IPS became a UNDP accredited training organization in 2010 ; ( i ) Special Unit for South-South Cooperation of UNDP , and the Government of Brazil , to develop a South and emerging countries initiative on media and communications for development ( 2009-2010 ) ; ( j ) United Nations Development Fund for Women ( 2007-2009 ) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ( UN-Women ) ( 2010 ) , supporting gender communications initiatives ; ( k ) United Nations Democracy Fund , which awarded the organization a grant for communications activities with women politicians and journalists in Africa ( 2007-2008 ) .