Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Gender equality, women's rights and access to energy services : an inspiration paper in the run-up to Rio+20

Danielsen, Katrine | 2012
  • Author(s): Danielsen, Katrine
  • Publisher: Ministry of foreign affairs of Denmark
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, energy policy, gender
The study presents a gender and rights analysis of energy system governance of different governance structures.The study also offers strategic entry-points for development actors to introduce, or support, a gender and rights approach in energy programming.

Social security : a woman's human right

Darooka, Priti | 2008
  • Author(s): Darooka, Priti
  • Publisher: Programme on women's economic, social and cultural rights (PWESCR)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, economic, social and cultural rights, social security, women's rights, human rights, south asia, india
An attempt is made to expand the understanding of the right to social security as a human right from a gender perspective based on experiences in South Asia on women's economic, social and cultural rights, particularly with respect to social security for women in the unorganized sector in India.

Gender and governance : supporting resources collection

Demetriades, Justina | 2009
  • Author(s): Demetriades, Justina
  • Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies (IDS). BRIDGE
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, gender, governance, civil and political rights
This Supporting Resources Collection showcases existing work on gender and governance. It presents a mix of conceptual and research papers, policy briefings, advocacy documents, case study material, and practical tools from diverse regions and disciplines.

Religious fundamentalisms and their gendered impacts in Asia

Derichs, Claudia and Fleschenberg, Andrea | cop. 2010
  • Author(s): Derichs, Claudia and Fleschenberg, Andrea
  • Publisher: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: political participation, popular participation, fundamentalism, religion, women, islam, buddhism, christianity, indonesia, malaysia, philippines, sri lanka
The impact of religiously inspired policies on women’s political and public participation in Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia is examined. The examination contributes to the global gender research and regards the role of religious fundamentalism on women’s room for manoeuvre.

Good governance and female genital mutilation : a political framework for social change

Diaby-Pentzlin, Friederike and Lisy, Kerstin | 2007
  • Author(s): Diaby-Pentzlin, Friederike and Lisy, Kerstin
  • Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: governance, human rights, social change, female circumcision
A closer link between good governance and female genital mutilation (FGM) in development policy practice would make a strategic contribution to eliminating FGM. The paper offers concrete recommendations for measures aimed at ending FGM in six areas of GTZ's good governance service package.
 

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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.