This report provides insight into integrating cultural analysis in development programmes, especially in the critical areas of gender equity and equality and reproductive health and rights. The culmination of two years' work with UNFPA field offices, headquarters staff and technical advisers, the report examines culturally sensitive programming during the past decade in a number of countries where UNFPA operates- Brazil, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Uganda and Yemen.

This report contains sections on the socio-political participation of women and provides statistical information on the evolution of applying gender equality policies.

This report analyzes the developments of women´s political participation in Latin American since the beginning of the third wave of democratization in the Region. It compiles data from 18 countries.

This report describes methods, tools, and successes in improving legislation to protect women’s legal rights; enhancing justice sector capacity to interpret and enforce women’s legal rights; strengthening civil society’s capacity to advocate for legal protections for women; and increasing public awareness of women’s legal rights.

This manual, specifically addressed to groups and individuals not well versed in legal matters, provides tools to human rights activists and defenders who investigate violence perpetrated against women by non-state actors. Its goal is to offer guidance with regard to the legal definitions and human rights protection mechanisms that may help them compel States to fulfill their obligation to protect. It presents concrete examples of particular forms of violence committed against women by non-state actors and models of strategies that have been used effectively, particularly in Muslim communities.

This report examines research on the changes experienced by refugee women who lived in refugee camps in Mexico and then returned to Guatemala, both with regard to their personal lives and their communities. It looks at issues related to health, education, training, organization, and daily life. It also considers the factors that promoted or hindered their reintegration into post-conflict Guatemala.