Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Claiming equal citizenship : the Campaign for Arab women's right to nationality

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Women's learning partnership (WLP)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women's rights, civil and political rights, citizenship, arab countries, middle east, north africa
The Women’s Learning Partnership joins with regional partners in the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf to call for reform of discriminatory laws which deny women equal nationality rights and undermine women’s status as equal citizens in their home countries.

CAPWIP : Center for Asia-Pacific women in politics

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Center for Asia-Pacific women in politics (CAPWIP)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women in politics, women, political participation, asia, oceania, asia and the pacific
The Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) is an NGO dedicated to promoting equal participation of women in politics and decision-making.

iKNOW politics : International knowledge network of women in politics

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: UNDP etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political participation, women in politics, political representation
iKNOW Politics is an online workspace designed to serve the needs of elected officials, candidates, political party leaders and members, researchers, students and other practitioners interested in advancing women in politics.

Women's rights and citizenship [(WRC) program]

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International development research centre]. (IDRC)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women's rights, civil and political rights, human rights, governance, decentralization in government, justice, gender equality, asia, latin america, caribbean region, middle east, north africa, africa south of sahara, west africa
The Women's Rights and Citizenship programme of the IDRC supports research projects and knowledge sharing activities that address one or more of the following research areas: women's citizenship and governance; access to justice; sexual and reproductive rights; economic rights; and migration.

CGG : Campaign for good governance

| 2008-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Campaign for good governance (CGG)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: popular participation, civil society, capacity building, gender equality, sierra leone
The Campaign aims to increase citizen participation in governance through advocacy, capacity building and civic education. It specializes in: Decentralization & Local Governance, Democratic Participation, Corruption, Human Rights, Gender, Peace-building, Poverty Reduction Strategies, and Budgeting.
 

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This information portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on women’s political participation & representation, women’s rights, institutional mainstreaming, and decentralization & local governance. Find your resources in the database.