Gender, Citizenship and Governance

The power of investing in women's rights and empowerment : a mid-term summary of the MDG3 fund and its gender equality outcomes

Pittman, Alexandra | 2011
  • Author(s): Pittman, Alexandra
  • Publisher: Association for women's rights in development (AWID)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women's rights, popular participation, empowerment
The findings of the report reveal how critical support to women’s organizations, working from a rights-based approach, catalyzes a broad and wide-reaching set of outcomes that truly make a difference in women’s lives, rights, and participation around the world.

Communicating change : learning from women's rights activists' campaigns for legal and policy change

Pittman, Alexandra and Workman, Anna | 2009
  • Author(s): Pittman, Alexandra and Workman, Anna
  • Publisher: AWID
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women's rights, social movements, mass communication, social change
How do activists communicate the need for legal and policy change through their women's equal rights campaigns? What are strategies for effective communication of campaign goals? This resource tries to provide answers by analysing activists' experiences in campaigning for women's equal rights.

Making women's voices heard : gender accountability in water and sanitation services

Pol, Ineke van de and Evertzen, Annette | 2008]
  • Author(s): Pol, Ineke van de and Evertzen, Annette
  • Publisher: Ministry's effectiveness and quality department (DEK)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, water, sanitation, public services, popular participation, gender mainstreaming
Practical examples from the water and sanitation sector are used to examine why women’s rights are lagging behind, who is accountable for this poor performance, and how it can be improved. The focus is on three players in the triangle of accountability: the state, service providers and clients.

Engendering Rwanda's decentralization : supporting women candidates for local office

Powley, Elizabeth | 2008
  • Author(s): Powley, Elizabeth
  • Publisher: Hunt alternatives fund. The initiative for inclusive security
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, local government, elections, capacity building, rwanda
Women's representation in local government in Rwanda is looked at and an outline is given of the advantages and challenges of decentralization for women.

Rwanda : the impact of women legislators on policy outcomes affecting children and families : The state of the world's children 2007 background paper

Powley, Elizabeth | 2006
  • Author(s): Powley, Elizabeth
  • Publisher: United nations children's fund (UNICEF)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women in politics, political representation, family law, children, rwanda
It is shown that, despite the constraints on their effectiveness and the enormity of the problems facing children and families in Rwanda, women in parliament have emerged as strong advocates for children and families.
 

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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.