Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Enhancing the role of women in electoral processes in post-conflict countries : post-election support

Jabre, Kareen | 2004
  • Author(s): Jabre, Kareen
  • Publisher: UN. Department of international affairs]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women in politics, parliamentary government
Drawing on experience of the IPU, the question of post election support to women in parliaments is addressed. The challenges faced by newly-elected women in post-conflict countries and responses and solutions provided both nationally and through international aid are also assessed.

Advancing governance through peer learning and networking : lessons learned from grassroots women

Jaeckel, Monika | ca. 2002]
  • Author(s): Jaeckel, Monika
  • Publisher: Huairou commission [etc.
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, local government, associations, leadership, popular participation, capacity building
The Huairou Commission with the Support of the LIFE Global Programme of DG/BDP/UNDP launched the \"Our Best Practices Campaign for Local Governance\". This report is a reflection on the process, results and key lessons of the Huairou Commission campaign.

UNIFEM's work on gender-responsive budgeting : evaluation report Gender-responsive budgeting programme: Morocco

Johnson, Karen | 2010
  • Author(s): Johnson, Karen
  • Publisher: United nations development fund for women (UNIFEM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender mainstreaming, budgeting, programme evaluation, morocco
This summative report documents findings and recommendations from the country assessment in Morocco during Phase II of the GRB Programme “Strengthening Economic Governance: Applied Gender Analysis to Government Budgets.

Governance and citizenship from below : views of poor and excluded groups and their vision for a new Nepal

Jones, Nicola and Bhatta, Binod | 2009
  • Author(s): Jones, Nicola and Bhatta, Binod
  • Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: poverty, governance, civil and political rights, citizenship, popular participation, discrimination, nepal
How do poor Nepali women and men understand and practise citizenship? What barriers do they face? Such questions are addressed, focusing on women’s and men’s grassroots experiences and understandings of governance and citizenship, and the implications for state building in post-conflict Nepal.

Gender and local government

Joseph, Carmel | 2002
  • Author(s): Joseph, Carmel
  • Publisher: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender mainstreaming, local government, capacity building, manuals, south africa
This tool is compiled for the African National Congress 2000 local government elections manifesto in South Africa. Aimed at local councillors, it shows ways of tackling inequalities such as rights under the constitution, challenging customary laws, using CEDAW and promoting political participation.
 

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