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Crisis Management

While many women are already experienced in crisis management, there are various training tools and practical resources to help women learn how to manage crises more effectively. Crisis management skills can include recognizing the potential for crisis and working to forestall it, as well as reacting quickly and effectively once it occurs.

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The Road ahead Citizen Attitudes about Burundi in the Post-2011 Election Period

This report explores public opinion in Burundi. Based on 40 focus group discussions with nearly 500 Burundian participants, the report examines attitudes and concerns of Burundian citizens about the 2010 electoral period. As with all NDI public opinion studies, participants were asked about their views on government performance, security, human rights, and related issues. Principal findings are summarized below. The full results, along with selected quotations from participants, can be found in the Principal Findings section of this report.

Gender, Poverty and Employment: Information, analysis and strategies for poverty reduction through decent work for women and men

This course, based on the ILO “Gender Poverty and Employment” approach, will help you gain a better understanding of the dimensions of poverty, and formulate gender sensitive strategies to address them. Gender-based inequalities differentiate the processes that lead women and men into poverty and out of it, and interact with race, ethnicity and other possible grounds for discrimination. Poverty can also be traced to problems in the world of work - unequal access to employment opportunities, poor working conditions, powerlessness, and economic and social insecurity.

This programme will lead you through the linkages between poverty, lack of access to and control over productive assets, and gender-based discrimination. You will see how the gender-based inequalities and discrimination in the world of work play a role in the circle of poverty and how their elimination has to be part of an integrated poverty reduction agenda.

Report of the Secretary General: World Survey on the Role of Women in Development

The World Survey on the Role of Women in Development focuses on emerging development issues that have an impact on the role of women in the economy, and is presented to the Second Committee of the General Assembly at five-year intervals. The present report is the sixth World Survey on the Role of Women in Development. In its resolution 59/248, the General Assembly requested the Secretary General to update the World Survey in 2009. In its resolution 60/210, the Assembly decided that the theme for the survey would be “Women’s control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance”.

Gender and Security Sector Reform Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to provide policymakers and practitioners with a practical introduction to why gender issues are important in the security sector reform and what can be done to integrate them. It includes the following twelve chapters/tools: 1. Security Sector Reform and Gender; 2. Police Reform and Gender; 3. Defence Reform and Gender; 4. Justice Reform and Gender; 5. Penal Reform and Gender; 6. Border Management and Gender; 7. Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender; 8. National Security Policy-Making and Gender; 9. Civil Society Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender; 10. Private Military and Security Companies and Gender; 11. SSR Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation and Gender; 12. Gender Training for Security Sector Personnel.

2004 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development: Women and International Migration

This report sets out recommendations to improve the situation of migrant, refugee and trafficked women. It discusses issues relating to gender equality and international migration; poverty reduction and sustainable development; family and labor migration; refugees and displaced persons; human trafficking and smuggling; gender roles and integration of women; and health and HIV/AIDS.

Gender Equality: Practice Note

This practice note attempts to demystify gender mainstreaming by providing straightforward suggestions on how to focus attention on gender. It covers effective entry points for advancing gender equality; the relationship between gender and issues such as democratic governance and crisis prevention; and resources for gender mainstreaming.

Crisis Prevention and Recovery

This report outlines key areas for mainstreaming gender in conflict or potential conflict situations. It argues that attention must be given to early-warning protection and assistance, the role of women in peace processes, and the full participation of women in post-crisis reconstruction.