The present document contains a summary of the identified achievements, challenges, and key actions taken by the ESCAP members and associate members of the North and Central Asia sub-region to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. The countries that have submitted their national review reports, and are therefore included in this report, are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Furthermore, the key priority areas for action for countries in the region for the next five years are identified, with a view to accelerate the achievement of gender equality in the region of progress in implementing the Platform for Action and the 2030 Agenda.