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Gender, Citizenship and Governance

The gender & governance programme in Kenya : discussion forum

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Gender & governance programme]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political participation, elections, kenya
This section of the Programme's website provides access to the discussion fora currently taking place.

30 years United nations Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women : [CEDAW]

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: United nations development fund for women] (UNIFEM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women's rights, sex discrimination, women, treaties
This website is part of the activities to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). It highlights success stories of the Convention’s implementation from around the world.

Gender-responsive budgeting in the Asia-Pacific region

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: University of South Australia (UniSA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender mainstreaming, budgeting, asia and the pacific
This website is part of a research project, Gender-Responsive Budgeting in the Asia-Pacific Region. It aims to document the experiences with gender-responsive budgeting of selected countries in the Asia and the Pacific region.

Grassroots feminism : transnational archives, resources and communities

| 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Grassroots feminism
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: feminism, information networks
This website aims to establish transnational feminist networks and to archive cultural and political activities of the grassroots feminist movement worldwide.

Consolidated response on the rise of women in parliaments in sub-Saharan Africa

| 2008]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International knowledge network of women in politics (iKNOW) : with UNDP etc.
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political participation, parliamentary government, affirmative action programmes, africa south of sahara
In this consolidated response, iKNOW Politics experts and staff highlight a number of factors stimulating the advancement of women in politics in Africa, including gender quotas in politics, national women’s movements, and the spillover effect of democratic values throughout the continent.
 

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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.