Gender

Accountability the key to realising women’s rights and achieving the MDGs

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UNIFEM’s biennial flagship report makes the case that for women’s rights to translate into substantive improvements in their lives, and for gender equality to be realised in practice, women must be able to fully participate in public decision-making at all levels and hold those responsible to account when their rights are infringed or their needs ignored.

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Special issue of Development in Practice covering participatory research and gender analysis: ( Development in Practice , 2008); This issue of the journahas a special focus on “Operationalising participatory research and gender analysis” , and aims to add value to the discussion of methodological, practical, phil...
Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities: ( Delia Grace;Tom Randolph;Janice Olawoye;Erastus Kang'ethe / Development in Practice , 2008); Women play the major role in food supply in developing countries, but too often their ability to feed their families properly is compromised; the result is high levels of food-borne disease and con...
Reducing violence against Ethiopian school girls: ( United Nations Girls' Education Initiative , 2008); With a focus on Ethiopia, this paper identifies and analyses the types, prevalence, major causes and effects of violence against girls in schools. It also aims to assess the availability and effective...
Realising women’s rights and achieving the MDGs depends on strengthening accountability for commitments to women and gender equality: ( United Nations Development Fund for Women , 2008); UNIFEM’s biennial flagship report argues that realising women’s rights and achieving the Millennium Development Goals depends on strengthening accountability for commitments to wom...
Demystifying the media for gender and media advocacy: ( Global Media Monitoring Project , 2008); This toolkit seeks to de-mystify the media, gender and media advocacy by providing concrete steps, case studies, pointers, tips and information, with the aim of influencing gender re...
Highlighting the connection between climate change, disaster risk reduction, and gender-focused approaches to development: ( UN/ISDR / United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction , 2008); It is a well-known prediction that women in the developing world will suffer the most from the effects of climate change. What needs equal emphasis is the fact that women also represent an immense sou...
Indian men employed in London's hospitality sector: ( A. Batnitzky;L. Mcdowell;S. Dyer / School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford , 2008); The migration of middle-class Indian men working in the hospitality sector in west London illustrates the intersection of gender and social class in organising both who migrates and what types of l...
Gender implications of the Chinese trade race: ( C. Wichterich / Women in Development Europe , 2008); China has emerged as a global player and powerhouse on the international trade map. It is however increasingly depicted as a giant economic monster. As the world’s workshop, the country has b...
Supporting women human rights defenders: ( Oxfam Novib , 2007); Women human rights defenders are women who defend human rights as well as those who defend sexuality-related rights. This guidebook is designed to support the ongoing process of enhancing the under...
Why is access to female condoms failing?: ( Oxfam , 2008); Since the beginning of the HIV pandemic, many girls and women have struggled to protect themselves from infection, even when fully aware of the facts of HIV transmission. This report highlights how...