These guidelines draw on the lessons of experience and incorporate illustrations of improved efficiency, effectiveness and coherence in development co-operation. The topics covered are of particular relevance to the design and implementation of locally-owned strategies for sustainable, people-centered development. They range from broad policy issues to more specific sectoral themes. A final chapter relates gender equality to other economic, social and environmental goals in the development co-operation agenda for the 21st century. http://www.oecd.org/document/28/0,3343,en_2649_34541_1887516_1_1_1_1,00.html

This paper provides an overview of the gender distribution of ICT and ICT-related employment in OECD countries, and compares these to the gender distribution of total employment. Participation in ICT-related education and training, and differences in ICT access and use by gender are also shown. http://www.oecd.org/LongAbstract/0,3425,en_2649_34223_38332122_119666_1_1_1,00.html

This tool addresses the gender aspects and challenges of a relatively new phenomenon: the privatisation of security on a global scale.

This tool provides an introduction to the benefits and opportunities of integrating gender issues into national-level security policy making. As strategic documents, security policies are critically important in establishing a coordinated response to security threats, and can serve as a platform for security sector reform (SSR) processes.

This tool aims to introduce political and implementation actors to the need for a gender perspective in the conduct of defence reform activities.

This article critically reviews three key research challenges that emerged as a result of developing gender-sensitive indicators for an NGO in South Africa.