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Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

24/06/2020

19 pages long

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Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

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Overview

Progressive funders played an important role in supporting feminist movements to organise nationally, regionally, and transnationally, create feminist knowledge, research, and analysis, and influence both the official Beijing Conference and NGO Forum. Due to feminist organising both within and outside governments and United Nations bodies, the Beijing Conference was a landmark event for global commitments […]

Journal article

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

24/06/2020

18 pages long

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Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

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This article shares data insights and experiences of Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030), a new global cross-sector initiative that connects advocates and policymakers to easy-to-use data to guide efforts towards gender equality and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2019 EM2030 launched the SDG Gender Index, a tool to track 51 indicators critical to […]

Case study

Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence

17/09/2021

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

This is a profile of the work of African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD) on gender-based violence. It was produced by AWYAD's Executive Director Ritah Nansereko as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses access to services, capacity strengthening, community protection structures, culture, empowerment of women, gender-based violence, material […]

Webpage

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Equal access to water, managing sanitation, safe hygiene practices and community engagement are essential to prevent disease and improve health

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Briefing note

Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in Africa: A policy brief for the summit of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2010

01/01/2010

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide. The Summit’s theme ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development’ […]

Research report

A Fair Chance: Attaining gender equality in basic education by 2005

02/04/2003

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Girls' education

Overview

The main purpose of this report is to inform campaigning and advocacy work in the North and South on girls’ education. The report highlights the progress that has been made in reducing gender gaps in education in the developing world and the size of the challenge that remains. It has been coordinated by three member […]

Book

Gender and Poverty in the North

01/01/1997

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Livelihoods

Overview

International development policy-makers and practitioners are becoming increasingly involved in debates with governments and NGOs in the industrialised countries of the North, focusing on appropriate methods of understanding and tackling Northern poverty. The articles in this collection examine the phenomenon of the globalisation of poverty and unemployment as it relates to gender identity.

Journal article

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

01/02/2006

11 pages long

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Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

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Overview

This paper considers the role of urban agriculture in addressing the practical and strategic needs of African women, and assesses the gender implications of embracing urban agriculture as a development intervention strategy. Empirical evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe points to the multi-faceted role of urban agriculture whereby some women use this activity to support their […]

Journal article

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

01/02/2011

10 pages long

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The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

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Overview

This article examines the experiences of women occupying reserved seats on the suku councils of Timor-Leste (each of which represents a number of small villages). The limited political participation of these women is often ascribed to patriarchal ideas within rural areas, and the need for capacity development. This article argues, however, that there are further […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

24/06/2020

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

Keywords

Overview

Progressive funders played an important role in supporting feminist movements to organise nationally, regionally, and transnationally, create feminist knowledge, research, and analysis, and influence both the official Beijing Conference and NGO Forum. Due to feminist organising both within and outside governments and United Nations bodies, the Beijing Conference was a landmark event for global commitments […]

Journal article

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

24/06/2020

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

Keywords

Overview

This article shares data insights and experiences of Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030), a new global cross-sector initiative that connects advocates and policymakers to easy-to-use data to guide efforts towards gender equality and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2019 EM2030 launched the SDG Gender Index, a tool to track 51 indicators critical to […]

Case study

Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence

17/09/2021

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a profile of the work of African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD) on gender-based violence. It was produced by AWYAD's Executive Director Ritah Nansereko as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses access to services, capacity strengthening, community protection structures, culture, empowerment of women, gender-based violence, material […]

Webpage

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Equal access to water, managing sanitation, safe hygiene practices and community engagement are essential to prevent disease and improve health

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Briefing note

Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in Africa: A policy brief for the summit of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2010

01/01/2010

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide. The Summit’s theme ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development’ […]

Research report

A Fair Chance: Attaining gender equality in basic education by 2005

02/04/2003

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Girls' education

Overview

The main purpose of this report is to inform campaigning and advocacy work in the North and South on girls’ education. The report highlights the progress that has been made in reducing gender gaps in education in the developing world and the size of the challenge that remains. It has been coordinated by three member […]

Book

Gender and Poverty in the North

01/01/1997

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Livelihoods

Overview

International development policy-makers and practitioners are becoming increasingly involved in debates with governments and NGOs in the industrialised countries of the North, focusing on appropriate methods of understanding and tackling Northern poverty. The articles in this collection examine the phenomenon of the globalisation of poverty and unemployment as it relates to gender identity.

Journal article

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

01/02/2006

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

Keywords

Overview

This paper considers the role of urban agriculture in addressing the practical and strategic needs of African women, and assesses the gender implications of embracing urban agriculture as a development intervention strategy. Empirical evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe points to the multi-faceted role of urban agriculture whereby some women use this activity to support their […]

Journal article

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

01/02/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the experiences of women occupying reserved seats on the suku councils of Timor-Leste (each of which represents a number of small villages). The limited political participation of these women is often ascribed to patriarchal ideas within rural areas, and the need for capacity development. This article argues, however, that there are further […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

24/06/2020

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

Keywords

Overview

Progressive funders played an important role in supporting feminist movements to organise nationally, regionally, and transnationally, create feminist knowledge, research, and analysis, and influence both the official Beijing Conference and NGO Forum. Due to feminist organising both within and outside governments and United Nations bodies, the Beijing Conference was a landmark event for global commitments […]

Journal article

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

24/06/2020

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

Keywords

Overview

This article shares data insights and experiences of Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030), a new global cross-sector initiative that connects advocates and policymakers to easy-to-use data to guide efforts towards gender equality and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2019 EM2030 launched the SDG Gender Index, a tool to track 51 indicators critical to […]

Case study

Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence

17/09/2021

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a profile of the work of African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD) on gender-based violence. It was produced by AWYAD's Executive Director Ritah Nansereko as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses access to services, capacity strengthening, community protection structures, culture, empowerment of women, gender-based violence, material […]

Webpage

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Equal access to water, managing sanitation, safe hygiene practices and community engagement are essential to prevent disease and improve health

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Briefing note

Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in Africa: A policy brief for the summit of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2010

01/01/2010

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide. The Summit’s theme ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development’ […]

Research report

A Fair Chance: Attaining gender equality in basic education by 2005

02/04/2003

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Girls' education

Overview

The main purpose of this report is to inform campaigning and advocacy work in the North and South on girls’ education. The report highlights the progress that has been made in reducing gender gaps in education in the developing world and the size of the challenge that remains. It has been coordinated by three member […]

Book

Gender and Poverty in the North

01/01/1997

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Livelihoods

Overview

International development policy-makers and practitioners are becoming increasingly involved in debates with governments and NGOs in the industrialised countries of the North, focusing on appropriate methods of understanding and tackling Northern poverty. The articles in this collection examine the phenomenon of the globalisation of poverty and unemployment as it relates to gender identity.

Journal article

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

01/02/2006

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

Keywords

Overview

This paper considers the role of urban agriculture in addressing the practical and strategic needs of African women, and assesses the gender implications of embracing urban agriculture as a development intervention strategy. Empirical evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe points to the multi-faceted role of urban agriculture whereby some women use this activity to support their […]

Journal article

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

01/02/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the experiences of women occupying reserved seats on the suku councils of Timor-Leste (each of which represents a number of small villages). The limited political participation of these women is often ascribed to patriarchal ideas within rural areas, and the need for capacity development. This article argues, however, that there are further […]