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Tuesday, November 03, 2015
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Advancing gender equality within peace and security in Jordan
The Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) drafted a National Action Plan (NAP) on United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) to advance women, peace and security on the national level. The JNCW proposed a draft for the NAP in...
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Monday, October 19, 2015
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A WIP – World Bank Study : "The Female Political Career"
The Women in Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) will present the WIP – World Bank Study “The Female Political Career” at the Palace of Westminster, on October 20th, 2015. A panel discussion on how to increase the presence of women in parliaments and...
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Monday, October 27, 2014
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A Step Forward, Women’s Inclusive Political Participation, South Asia
This chapter analyses the initiatives on women’s empowerment introduced by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the  SAARC agenda on women’s issues, and progress and challenges related to advancing the gender agenda and...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014
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Arab Youth : Civic Engagement & Economic Participation
Arab Youth and Evolving Regional Context The Arab region has been experiencing a massive youth bulge, with more than half of most countries’ populations under the age of 25. Young men and women in the Arab region today are the most educated; thus...
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Tuesday, May 06, 2014
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Austerity Measures in Developing Countries: Public Expenditure Trends and the Risks to Women and Children
This study examines how austerity measures may have adversely affected children and women in a sample of 128 developing countries in 2012. It relies on International Monetary Fund (IMF) fiscal projections and IMF country reports to gauge how social...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2014
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Arab Social Media Report
The societal and political transformations taking place across the region played an instrumental role in challenging stereotypes about Arab women as oppressed and subservient. In particular, the leading role that women have played in orchestrating...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
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A compilation of political party statutes
This compilation includes statutes from nine political parties of different ideological backgrounds, geographic locations and size. Drawing from the statutes included in this publication, the introduction uses selected examples to highlight how...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
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African Women and ICTs: Investigating Technology, Gender and Empowerment
Women in Africa are undeniably participating in the information and communication technology (ICT) revolution and they are doing so in many and varied ways; the changes that the use of these tools have brought about are visible everywhere....
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Friday, October 11, 2013
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A comparative study of structures for women MPs in the OSCE
As a first of its kind in the OSCE region, this study is concerned with the presence and operation of dedicated women’s parliamentary bodies (alternatively referred to as parliamentary struc­tures for women members of parliament (MPs)) that promote...
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Monday, September 09, 2013
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Albania’s 2009 Parliamentary Election: Monitoring the Implementation of Gender Quota and Women’s Participation
The 2009 election was the first to take place after the adoption of a quota for women’s participation in political life, and after the revisions to the Electoral Code approved in late 2008. The quota law, “On Equality in Society,” was enacted in...
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Friday, August 16, 2013
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A Place at the Table: Safeguarding Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
Ten years after the start of the western intervention in Afghanistan, Afghan women are facing an uncertain future. Women have strived for and made important gains since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, including in political participation and access...
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Saturday, June 01, 2013
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A transformative stand-alone goal on achieving gender equality, women's rights and women's empowerment: Imperatives and Key Components
As the leading organization with a global mandate to promote gender equality, women’s rights and women’s empowerment, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) calls for a specific commitment to achieving...
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Friday, March 22, 2013
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Advancing Equality in Women's Participation & Influence in Public Life through the Post‐2015 Framework
This paper explores how inequalities in women's participation and influence in political and public life can be addressed through the new global development framework that is expected to replace the Millennium Development Goals when they expire in...
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Friday, March 22, 2013
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Addressing Inequalities through Increased Political Representation of Women in International Relations
While the number of women parliamentarians is understood to have increased by 75% since 19951, such trends are not as encouraging considering that women continue to be at the ‘bottom of the power pyramid’  and represent only 19.7% of...
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Friday, March 01, 2013
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Analysis: Cambodian Commune/Sangkat Council Election 2012
An analysis of data and views on Cambodian women's political participation, especially during the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Council elections in 2012.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
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Assessment of National Women's Machineries in Turkey
With the new organizational law, the objectives and duties of the national women's machinery (NW)M have been updated and expanded to focus on building equality for women and men, and to move beyond the elimination of discrimination against women,...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
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Arab Human Development Report 2009: Challenges to Human Security in the Arab Countries
Arab Human Development Reports (AHDRs) engage institutions and citizens in the Arab countries in global concerns so as to build understanding and consensus around regional and national development priorities. They also identify disadvantaged groups...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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A Study of the San Salvador Municipal Gender Equity Policy
This report describes the objectives and strategies of the San Salvador gender equity policy and its impact on women.
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