Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Making democracy work for women : initial experiences from 10 UNDEF funded projects : summaries of projects in Argentina, Cambodia, Ecuador, Great Lakes region, Haiti, Morocco, Nepal, Palestine and an IPS regional project in Africa

| [ca. 2008]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: United nations development fund for women (UNIFEM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political participation, decentralization in government, development projects, argentina, cambodia, ecuador, haiti, morocco, nepal, palestine, africa
This document presents UNIFEM-executed projects funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund from its first round of grants disbursed in 2006. A common factor among the projects is the creation of an enabling environment for women to participate in reform policies, agendas and decentralization.

Burundi and women's political participation : the role of ONUB

| [ca. 2006]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: UN. Opérations des Nations unies au Burindi (ONUB)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political representation, political participation, burundi
This paper looks at how the Operations des Nations Unies au Burundi has worked to promote women's political participation and representation in Burundi.

ILO participatory gender audit : a tool for organizational change

| [ca. 2006]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International labour office (ILO). Bureau for gender equality
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender mainstreaming, auditing, organizational research, popular participation, organizational research
An overview is given of the ILO’s experience of carrying out participatory gender audits and some key findings and outcomes are listed. It underlines how, through the audit process, country-specific plans and strategies for gender equality and mainstreaming have been developed.

Report on legal aid and self governance for women in the community alliance building for local development : December 1999 to June 2001

| [ca. 2001]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Swayam Shikshan Prayog
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, capacity building, popular participation, local government, legal aspects, india
This project in rural communities in Latur and Osmanabad districts in India demonstrate how a combination of training and facilitation can effectively link local women's groups with various decision-making structures in a demonstration of citizenship-building.

Gender-responsive budgeting programme in Rwanda 2008-2010

| [2011]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Ministry of finance and economic planning
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender mainstreaming, government budgeting, rwanda
Although Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in Rwanda has progressed well, the programme has faced and continues to face challenges. This document describes the first phases of implementation, explains why particular approaches were adopted, and discusses achievements and challenges to be met.
 

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