In addition , the resolution of the Economic and Social Council encouraged `` the regional commissions to undertake regional reviews so that the outcomes of intergovernmental processes at the regional level can feed into the 2015 review '' overseen by the Commission on the Status of Women . In accordance with this mandate , in 2014 ESCAP , in cooperation with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ( UN-Women ) , undertook a regional review of progress in implementation of the Platform for Action in Asia and the Pacific .