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Wednesday, July 02, 2014
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State of Local Democracy in the Arab World
This report includes a tool for carrying out self-assessments of the state of local democracy. The assessment tool was developed by International IDEA and has been used with great success to carry out assessments in many countries, including new as...
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Friday, May 02, 2014
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Substantive Equality and Reproductive Rights: A Briefing Paper on Aligning Development Goals with Human Rights Obligations
This briefing paper is intended to provide guidance on how to incorporate the principles of substantive equality into the Post-2015 Agenda. Specifically, when considering reproductive rights and gender equality in these programs, states should take...
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Monday, April 28, 2014
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Status of Violence against Women in Jordan
Violence against women is a global concern, not restricted to certain peoples,but may differ in the form or size of the phenomenon. All religions emphasize respect for human rights, irrespective of sex, color and race. This is also re-iterated in...
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Friday, February 14, 2014
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Survey Report: Syria Peace Talks Fail to Engage Women
In partnership with the Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria, Inclusive Security conducted a survey of 110 women living and working inside Syria. The resulting report shows they overwhelmingly support the inclusion of women, and of civil...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
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State of Women's Representation 2013, USA
Nearly 100 years ago, American women gained the right to vote with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. This victory came after a decades-long struggle to amend the U.S. Constitution so that women could never be barred from the polls on the...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
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South Africa Local Government Gender Policy Framework
Local Government has a significant role to play in the achievement of government's goal of "a better life for all." If Local Government were to effectively facilitate the social and economic development of communities and households, the quality of...
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Saturday, February 02, 2013
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Strong voices: Yemeni Women's Political Participation from Protest to Transition
Based on focus group discussions with women from different backgrounds in Aden, Sa’ada, Sana’a and Ta’iz, the report, prepared by SaferWorld, seeks to shed light on the participation of women in street and institutional politics during Yemen’s...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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Seeing Beyond the State: Grassroots Women’s Perspectives on Corruption and Anti-Corruption
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – in partnership with the Huairou Commission (HC) - launched a new gender-themed publication at the 15th biennial International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC), a global forum organized by...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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Strengthening Women’s Roles in Parliaments
Governance is the way in which governments and public sector institutions guarantee the rule of law, promote economic growth and provide some measure of social protection to citizens. Generally, the term ‘democratic governance’ refers to a...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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Seeds of Change: Gender Thematic Trust Fund Report 2005–2006
In 2005, UNDP launched a system-wide initiative to strengthen the organization’s work on gender mainstreaming. This initiative was supported through the Gender Thematic Trust Fund (GTTF), which received a contribution of $5.5 million from the...
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Monday, December 20, 2010
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Securing the Rights and Livelihoods of Rural Women in Africa in the Context of the Food Crisis and Climate Change
In Africa, a great majority of the population lives in rural areas and is fully dependent on land and other natural resources for its livelihood: e.g. Niger (83%); Rwanda and Malawi (81%). Women make a great proportion of rural populations due to...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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Sub-regional (ECOWAS) Consultation on Gender Parity in Decision Making Structures/Institutions
The African Union Commission and International IDEA launched a 5 year Joint Activity Plan (JAP) in 2008.  The Joint Activity Plan is designed to support the African Union Commission in implementing its mandate related to the African Charter on...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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Supporting Women’s Leadership and Participation in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan
This paper describes UNIFEM’s work in empowering women in Afghanistan since early 2002. UNIFEM's activities aimed at supporting women’s leadership and participation in decision-making, strengthening the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in Afghanistan,...
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Sunday, December 09, 2007
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Special Summit of the Americas and Gender Equality
The goal of the Special Summit was to facilitate hemispheric cooperation at the highest level of government in order to address current economic, social and political challenges in the region. The agenda of the Summit focused on three issues:...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007
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Strengthening Afghan Women's Civil Society to Secure Afghanistan's Future
This paper describes women’s civil society in Afghanistan and assesses the needs of Afghan women’s non-governmental organizations and community. It also provides policy recommendations on building and sustaining a strong Afghan women’s civil society.
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Friday, September 07, 2007
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Sharia Implementation in Nigeria: The Journey So Far
This book describes the impact of Sharia laws on women’s rights and equality in Nigeria. It explains the circumstances and background to some of the cases involving women under the new Sharia Penal Codes in the northern part of Nigeria since its...
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Friday, July 06, 2007
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Sex And Power In Turkey: Feminism, Islam And The Maturing Of Turkish Democracy
This paper describes historical contributions of women to Turkey’s politics and analyzes the changing reality of modern political life in the country. The researchers describe the impact of Islam, crime and sex on the status and rights of women in...
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Monday, June 04, 2007
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South African Review Of 50/50 Campaign
This report reviews the progress made in South Africa since tthe launch of the Women's Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO) campaign, "50/50 by 2005: Get the Balance Right!" It discusses the increase in women's political representation...
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