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Thursday, May 31, 2007
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Women In Parliament: The Year In Perspective 2006
This annual brochure provides an overview and analysis of progress made and setbacks encountered by women in parliamentary elections and renewals in 2006. It presents data on women in national parliaments, regional and world trends, information on...
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
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Women At The Top 2005: Changing Numbers, Changing Politics?
This report focuses on women’s representation in political life in the United Kingdom, examining the feminization of politics and the integration of women and women’s perspectives into British politics. It identifies the causes of women’s under-...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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Empowerment Through Technology: Gender Dimensions Of Social Capital Build-Up In Maharashtra, India
This paper explores how and to what extent women and men have benefited from the build-up of social capital in technology uptake, and the role of women in this process. The focus of the paper is on collective action as a mechanism to stimulate...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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Is Greater Decisionmaking Power Of Women Associated With Reduced Gender Discrimination In South Asia?
This research paper discusses how improving women’s decisionmaking power relative to men’s within households leads to improvements in a variety of well-being outcomes for children. It describes the situation in South Asia, where these outcomes...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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Increasing the Effective Participation of Women in Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
This brief analyzes key resources that women need to have access to and control of to ensure food and nutrition security in Africa. It argues that women should be involved not only by the means of creating new policies, but also by participating in...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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Gender and Development: Bridging The Gap Between Research and Action
This paper analyzes the effects of gender and intrahousehold issues on development intervention outcomes providing specific guidance on how to incorporate research findings into development projects and policy instruments. It discusses the...
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Friday, April 27, 2007
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National machinery , action plans and gender mainstreaming in the Council of Europe member states since the 4th World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995)
This document presents the situation concerning institutional mechanisms for equality and their effective functioning in Council of Europe member States. It also evaluates the specific programmes and specific areas of action, as well as advancements...
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Friday, April 27, 2007
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Positive Action in the Field of Equality Between Women and Men
This report aims to give as comprehensive a picture as possible of positive action, to explain how it interrelates with the principle of non-discrimination and how it interacts with other tools, such as gender mainstreaming.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
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CEDAW Assessment Tool Report for the Russian Federation
This report analyzes Russia's compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It examines Russia's implementation of each of the provisions specified in CEDAW through two types of analyses: an...
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Engendering Development Through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources, and Voice
This report aims to improve understanding of the links between gender issues, public policy, and development in order to foster a stronger commitment to promoting gender equality. It examines extensive evidence on the effects of institutional...
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Friday, April 20, 2007
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CEDAW Assessment Tool Report for Serbia
This report analyzes Serbia's compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It examines Serbia's implementation of each of the provisions specified in CEDAW through two types of analyses: an...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
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Gender Equality and The Millennium Development Goals
This report has three main objectives: to show the strong linkages between gender equality and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); to show that working for gender equality offers a compelling, win-win approach for policy makers and planners...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
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Land and Use Rights and Gender Equality in Vietnam
This report describes a pilot project in north central Vietnam, which has instituted an approach to land titling that gives both women and men rights to use land. It discusses how the project has increased opportunities for rural families to use...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
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Participatory Approaches to Increasing Women’s Voice in CDD Projects: Example from Indonesia
This report highlights key features of the approaches used in Indonesia to ensure women’s voice in community-driven development (CDD) projects. It focuses particularly on the Kecamatan Development Projects (KDP) and the Water and Sanitation for Low...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
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Improving Women’s Lives: World Bank Actions Since Beijing
This report describes the efforts of the World Bank to achieve the goals set forth in the Beijing Platform for Action. It discusses World Bank projects which have helped to improve the lives of women and girls and institutional changes which have...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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Preventing and Responding to Gender-based Violence in Middle and Low-income Countries: A Global Review and Analysis
This review focuses on two of the most common types of violence against women: physical intimate partner violence and sexual violence by any perpetrator. It provides definitions, recent statistics, health consequences, costs, and risk factors...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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The Challenge of Implementing Gender Responsive Legislation in Central Asia
This report describes the processes and challenges faced by the Central Asian countries moving towards creating gender equality in governance. It focuses on the following three main areas: economic empowerment through gender responsive labor...
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Monday, April 02, 2007
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What Is a Gender Audit
This paper highlights the importance of conducting gender audits of national budgets. It describes the concept of gender audits, provides a list of questions to guide a gender audit, and examines the situation of women with respect to the economy....
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