Wilke-Launer, Renate | 2009
- Author(s): Wilke-Launer, Renate
- Publisher: Heinrich Bِll foundation
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women's rights, popular participation, political participation, social justice
Gender justice is an ambitious goal, one that the Heinrich Bِll Foundation is pursuing together with many different allies worldwide. This publication gives an overview of their work.
Winship, Joan D. | 2004
- Author(s): Winship, Joan D.
- Publisher: U.S. Agency for international development (USAID). Women's legal rights initiative
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women's rights, human rights, law, albania, guatemala, southern africa
The Women's Legal Rights Initiative seeks to strengthen and promote women's rights by enhancing opportunities for women to take part fully in the economic, social and political workings of their societies. Four best practices are illustrated with examples from Guatemala, Albania and Southern Africa.
Winyi, Norah Matovu | 2009
- Author(s): Winyi, Norah Matovu
- Publisher: Fahamu]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women's rights, human rights, treaties
Since its launch in 2003, some 26 African countries have ratified the Africa Women’s Rights Protocol. But with 27 countries yet to do so, the challenge remains to see each African nation commit to fully upholding women's rights.
Wollack, Kenneth | 2010
- Author(s): Wollack, Kenneth
- Publisher: National democratic institute for international affairs (NDI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: political participation, popular participation, women
In this statement, Kenneth Wollack, President of the National Democratic Institute, highlights both the achievements and challenges in the process of integrating and empowering women in political processes all over the world.
Wordsworth, Anna | 2007
- Author(s): Wordsworth, Anna
- Publisher: Afghanistan research and evaluation unit (AREU)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women, political participation, political representation, women in politics, afghanistan
This study assesses why the representation of women's interests remains minimal in spite of women's sizeable presence in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga and makes suggestions as to how women's gender interests may be raised within parliament.