Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Strengthening democracy through women's political participation

Vande Berg, Marsha J. and Kirchner, Annette | 1999
  • Author(s): Vande Berg, Marsha J. and Kirchner, Annette
  • Publisher: The Asia foundation
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political participation, nepal, mongolia, sri lanka
The Emerging Issues in Asia seminar reported here focused on effective strategies for human rights and legal reform, women's participation in politics and other sectors of society, governance reform in the aftermath of the economic crisis, and the current security challenges in northeast Asia.

Asian development bank's support to gender and development : phase II: results from country case studies

Vasudevan, R. and Hardjanti, K. and Shrestha, S. and Melo, V. | 2010
  • Author(s): Vasudevan, R. and Hardjanti, K. and Shrestha, S. and Melo, V.
  • Publisher: Asian development ban (ADB). Independent evaluation department
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender mainstreaming, development projects, asian development bank, evaluation
Experiences with gender mainstreaming in selected projects of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nepal, Pakistan, and Papua New Guinea are reported. Ways for ADB to improve further the gender focus of its assistance are suggested.

Women leading change : experiences promoting women's empowerment, leadership, and gender justice : case studies of five Asian organizations

Veldhuis, Ester and Carvalho, Annaka Peterson and Bouma, Joanna | cop. 2011
  • Author(s): Veldhuis, Ester and Carvalho, Annaka Peterson and Bouma, Joanna
  • Publisher: Oxfam Novib
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: leadership, political participation, empowerment, indonesia, sri lanka, philippines, cambodia
Four case studies describe experiences from Cambodia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Indonesia in promoting women's political and economic empowerment and leadership.

CEDAW and the human rights based approach to programming : a UNIFEM guide

Waldorf, Lee and Arab, Christine and Guruswamy, Menaka | [2007]
  • Author(s): Waldorf, Lee and Arab, Christine and Guruswamy, Menaka
  • Publisher: United nations development fund for women (UNIFEM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: human rights, women's rights, women, treaties, development strategies
This guide consolidates insights and experiences gained by Unifem to assist staff in further deepening the human rights based approach (HRBA) within programming.

Recognizing rights promoting progress : the global impact of the convention of the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

Warner, Ann | cop. 2010
  • Author(s): Warner, Ann
  • Publisher: International center for research on women (ICRW)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: equal opportunity, political participation, treaties, women's rights
Examples of the impact CEDAW has had around the world and cases and countries where CEDAW ratification and implementation have led to concrete changes in the opportunities afforded to women and girls are reported. Increasing women’s political participation is one of the focus areas.
 

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