Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Gendered budget work in the Americas : selected country experiences

Sugiyama, Natasha Borges | 2002
  • Author(s): Sugiyama, Natasha Borges
  • Publisher: University of Texas at Austin. Department of government
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender equality, government budgeting, women, men, brazil, mexico, peru, chile
It is explored how researchers and advocates in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Chile have attempted to assess the impact of government spending on women and girls, men and boys.

Increasing access to justice for women, the poor, and those living in remote areas : an Indonesian case study

Sumner, Cate and Zurstrassen, Matthew and Lister, Leisha | 2011
  • Author(s): Sumner, Cate and Zurstrassen, Matthew and Lister, Leisha
  • Publisher: Justice for the poor (J4P)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, justice, courts, judicial system, women's rights, indonesia
This note outlines a range of access-to-justice initiatives that have significantly increased the ability of the poor, particularly women and their dependents, to utilize the religious courts in Indonesia.

[Citizenship] : editorial

Sweetman, Caroline | 2003
  • Author(s): Sweetman, Caroline
  • Publisher: Oxfam
  • Pages: 2--7
  • Keywords: women's rights, civil and political rights, uganda, india, algeria, brazil, arab countries, nepal
This Editorial explores the subject of gender and citizenship and it summarizes the articles that have been presented in a special issue of Gender and Development (11: 3(2003)) on the issue.

Achieving women's economic & social rights strategies and lessons from experience

Symington, Alison and Gokal, Shareen and Principe, Tania and Sin, Caroline | cop. 2006
  • Author(s): Symington, Alison and Gokal, Shareen and Principe, Tania and Sin, Caroline
  • Publisher: Association for women's rights in development (AWID)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, economic, social and cultural rights, women's rights
Examples and experiences from many different contexts are used to provide an understanding of the opportunities and obstacles to women's economic and social rights implementation, and the different activities that have been used to advance women's economic and social rights in different settings.

Demands for electoral gender quotas in Afghanistan and Iraq

Taarup Nordlund, Anja | 2004
  • Author(s): Taarup Nordlund, Anja
  • Publisher: Stockholm university. Department of political science
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, affirmative action programmes, political representation, afghanistan, iraq
Information on current developments and discussions concerning gender quotas in Afghanistan and Iraq is presented. The view of existing stakeholders on gender quotas in the 2 countries is also considered.
 

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