Each United Nations Country Team (UNCT) is charged with establishing a gender theme group. The Gender Thematic Group (GTG)is the main mechanism for increasing collaboration, partnership and coherence within a unified United Nations approach to supporting progress and capacity of national partners. The work of most thematic groups on gender is to: facilitate dialogue on gender issues and encourage gender mainstreaming among partners; undertake activities supporting women’s human rights and empowerment in general and providing support for national policies and action plans; focus on training, production of gender briefing kits, and inputting into the Common Country Assessment(CCA)/United Nations Development Assistance Framework(UNDAF) processes, as well as work involving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs).