The handbook provides a comparative overview of gender-aware legislation and practices in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It also describes a comprehensive approach to influencing legislation and implementation processes, and provide detailed checklists for reference when analyzing legislation and its implementation.

This report maps the situation of gender and ICTs in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, identifying trends, gaps, as well as some good practices. It focuses particularly on the integration of gender in relation to issues such as process and control, education, training and skills and development, and their use to enhance opportunities for human development.

KARAT is a regional coalition that works to ensure gender equality in the CEE/CIS countries, monitors the implementation of international agreements and lobbies for the needs and concerns of women in the region at all levels of decision-making fora.

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 document presents a list of criteria and questions to facilitate the budgeting process of local governments in Albania. It includes topics such as taxes and tariffs, budget formulas, quality and extent of citizen participation, and local authorities’ communication systems.

This issue of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) Civic Update newsletter describes NDI's work to support the political activism of people with disabilities. It contains examples of work conducted by NDI in Albania, Bulgaria, Liberia, Malawi, Kosovo, and Iraq.