Huckerby, Jayne | 2008
- Author(s): Huckerby, Jayne
- Publisher: United nations development fund for women (UNIFEM)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: gender mainstreaming, government budgeting, women's rights, manuals
This is an advocacy and action tool for stakeholders in the area of government budgets and women's human rights, including policy and lawmakers at the country level, and gender and human rights advocates. It is based on Diane Elson's book 'Monitoring Government Budgets for Compliance with CEDAW'.
Huffer, Elise | 2006]
- Author(s): Huffer, Elise
- Publisher: Pacific Islands forum secretariat (PIFS)
- Pages: 1--56
- Keywords: women, political representation, oceania
This report focuses on both the enabling and constraining factors which impact on women’s representation in political decision-making at all levels in the Pacific countries that are members of the Pacific Islands Forum.
Hust, Evelin | 2002
- Author(s): Hust, Evelin
- Publisher: University of Heidelberg. Department of political science. South Asia institute
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women, political participation, panchayat, empowerment, india, orissa
This study on the effects of women's quotas in politics in Orissa, India, shows that quota for women is indeed an important impetus to women's empowerment in rural India, but that the process will take a long time and that the goal of women's empowerment will not be secured by the quota alone.
Imam, Ayesha and Kamminga, Evelien | cop. 2012
- Author(s): Imam, Ayesha and Kamminga, Evelien
- Publisher: KIT
- Pages: --
- Keywords: political participation, citizenship, women, community participation, gender, land rights, political representation, women in development, local government, women in politics, governance, west africa, mali, niger
This book provides insights into what gender inclusive citizenship means as a practice, what can be achieved when it is promoted and what role participatory action research can play. It shares the experiences of women in local communities devising ways to exercise their citizenship.
Imam, Ayesha M. | 2003
- Author(s): Imam, Ayesha M.
- Publisher: International council on human rights policy (ICHRP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women, human rights, legal status, law, civil and political rights
In addressing the questions of what obstacles prevent people, particularly women, from accessing their legal entitlements, what role do institutions play in the protection of those rights, this paper focuses on: the nature of legal rights; issues of implementation; and issues around social practice.