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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Guide / Training Material
Election Coverage from a Gender Perspective: A Media Monitoring Manual
This manual presents a methodological tool for monitoring media coverage during election campaigns. It focuses on a gender perspective using objective and verifiable information, and is based on experiences of six Latin American institutions.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Report / White Paper
Empowered and Equal: Gender Equality Strategy 2008 - 2011
The Gender Equality Strategy 2008-2011 - first launched in March - embodies UNDP's strong corporate commitment to deepen further our efforts to promote gender equality and women's empowerment. It is designed to complement and reinforce UNDP's...
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Guide / Training Material
Enhancing Women’s Political Participation: A Policy Note for Europe and CIS (ECIS)
This Policy Note presents a set of pragmatic recommendations that will enable policy makers to enhance women’s political participation in the region. These measures are the product of six national roundtable discussions organized in 2008 in Bosnia...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Report / White Paper
Everywhere and Nowhere: Assessing Gender Mainstreaming in European Community Development Cooperation
This briefing documents the experiences of civil society advocates in pushing for effective gender mainstreaming in the European development activities. This briefing calls attention to areas where policy and practice must be strengthened to meet...
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Estonia: Gender Equality Act
The purpose of this Act is to ensure equal treatment arising from the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia and to promote gender equality of men and women as a fundamental human right. The act was passed on April 7, 2004 and came into force on...
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Website / Database
European Women's Lobby 50/50 Campaign
The “50/50 Campaign for Democracy” of the European Women’s Lobby is a push for concrete action to increase women’s presence in politics and in the 2009 European Parliament elections. The Campaign is endorsed by prominent personalities across Europe...
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Guide / Training Material
EWL Lobbying Kit: No Modern European Democracy without Gender Equality
The Kit has been produced in the context of the EWL Campaign “No Modern European Democracy without Gender Equality” to be launched officially in September 2009. The Kit comprises of two sections. In the first section, you will find an Action Kit,...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Report / White Paper
Explaining Women’s Representation: The Role of Legislative Recruitment & Electoral Systems
This paper examines the principal steps involved in the process of recruiting individuals to countries’ legislatures. It also looks at the effect of development, culture, and a country’s electoral system on women’s representation.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Report / White Paper
Equal Participation of Women and Men in Decision-Making Processes, with Particular Emphasis on Political Participation
This paper describes issues relevant to women's political participation, representation and leadership. It describes strategies to address the disparity between men and women, gender mainstreaming as a cross-cutting strategy, globalization, and...
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Saturday, October 20, 2007
Expert responses
Establishing Women's Party Sections
This consolidated response illustrates the key steps to establishing a women’s party section as recommended by iKNOW Politics Experts as well as by scholars and practitioners in this field. The key steps include introducing the idea of founding a...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Report / White Paper
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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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Website / Database
Eldis Gender Resource Guide
Eldis is a knowledge service that aims to support the documentation, exchange and use of evidence-based development knowledge. Its Gender Resource Guide allows access to a number of resources on women's issues.
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Monday, February 19, 2007
Academic Paper / Article
Enhancing Women's Participation in Electoral Processes in Post-conflict Countries: Post-election Support
This paper is based on the experiences of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and its programme to provide support to women in parliaments of post-conflict countries. It focuses on the question of post election support and assesses the challenges...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Report / White Paper
Estonian Human Development Report 2002: Human Development and Policy Making
This report analyzes the formulation of policy regarding human development in Estonia. It examines the extent to which good governance principles, with the basic elements of decentralization, transparency, lawfulness and participation, are followed...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Report / White Paper
Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming in UNDP
This report assesses the overall performance of UNDP in gender mainstreaming and promoting gender equality. It examines gender mainstreaming in policies and programmes; capacity and resources for gender mainstreaming within the organization; the...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Academic Paper / Article
Essays on Gender and Governance
The essays in this volume explore the multiple factors that influence the process of engendering governance in complex societies. They focus particularly on the changing roles of various actors such as women’s movements, the state and civil society...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Academic Paper / Article
Enhancing Women's Participation in Electoral Processes in Post-conflict Countries: Experiences from Mozambique
This paper examines the case of women's participation in electoral processes in Mozambique. It investigates gender-sensitive legislation, voter registration and education, political parties, and training of women candidates.
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Report / White Paper
Enhancing Women's Participation in Electoral Processes in Post-conflict Countries
This paper addresses the characteristics of electoral processes in post-conflict countries. It examines sources of international standards for women's participation in electoral processes, challenges and dilemnas faced by international bodies...
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