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Gender Database l Global Database of Quotas for Women
26 March 2013 | comparative indicators, electoral systems, gender, gender indicators, global initiative, quotasIn liason International IDEA, Inter-Parliamentary Union and Stockholm University have developed a global database of quotas for women. The Database reveals that the use of electoral...
Le Fond des Nations Unies pour la Démocratie invite les organisations de la société civile à poser sa candidature pour bénéficer d’une subvention (Date limite: 31.12.2012)
09 November 2012 | civil society, community, democratisation, economic opportunities, funding, gender, human rights, human-rights, media, opportunity, youthLe Fond des Nations Unies pour la Démocratie invite les organisations de la société civile à poser sa candidature afin de bénéficier d’une subvention pour des projets ayant pour but de faire...
Vacancies (UN Women): 3 consultancies on gender indicator and assessment methods, CLOSING Oct 17
17 October 2012 | gender, indicators, opportunity, vacancyApplications close this Thursday (18 October) for consultants to prepare studies assessing feasibility and options of the 1325 indicators for voluntary reporting by Member States. Please share widely...
Blogpost: We want what the Ok Tedi women have!
10 October 2012 | asia pacific, extractive, gender, natural resources, papau new guinea, participatory mechanisms, womenWhen women from extractives communities all over PNG gathered to share their experiences at the last Women in Mining and Petroleum Conference in Madang, we were struck by how much they looked to one...
Data Gaps Hampering Efforts to Empower Women | Audit Profession News & Events
20 July 2012 | data, education, employment, gender, health, world bankHow many women in African countries use fertilizer to help grow their vegetables? It’s an important question in agriculture-dominant Africa, where many women are farmers—and where the targeting of...
Bogpost: Why measuring social institutions is important for assessing progress on gender equality?
14 May 2012 | blogpost, children, gender, global index, institutions, methodologyDiscriminatory social institutions can help explain persistent gender inequalities There is now widespread agreement that gender equality matters for development, economic growth and poverty...
Why Arab women still 'have no voice'
24 April 2012 | gender, governance, political partiesAmal al-Malki, a Qatari author, says the Arab Spring has failed women in their struggle for equality. Is the Arab Spring a movement leading to more freedom and equal rights? Not for women, according...
Why Women Are a Foreign Policy Issue - By Melanne Verveer | Foreign Policy
24 April 2012 | conflict, fragility, gender, governance, peace processIn the past, U.S. diplomacy and development efforts were conducted in a manner that was gender neutral at best. The United States regularly supported peace talks that left women out of negotiating...
Ghana: UN Women Call for Peace On Biometric Registration
24 April 2012 | civ regist, election commission, electoral process, gender, voter registration(UN Women) has described the violence which has been experienced at certain polling stations over the biometric registration as a manifestation of intolerance. For this reason, the UN Women has...
Sierra Leone: Saturday courts tackle gender-based violence case back-log | UNDP
20 April 2012 | access-to-justice, gender, justice, law enforcement , public adminSurvivors of sex- and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone are having their day in court, as the judiciary now sits on Saturdays in a critical first step towards clearing an estimated 700-case...