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Score Card for Gender Responsive Agricultural Service Provision
Africa, Land Governance, Public Administration, Questionnaire , UN WomenThis scorecard, developed by UN-Woman and The Gender Monitoring Office, can be used for measuring access of women and men farmers to agricultural services, including inputs such as seeds and fertilizers, as well as financial services and land access. The goal is to identify both obstacles to access, improvements in service design, and gender gaps in service provision.
Questionnaire to Governments on Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly
Governance and Gender, Questionnaire , UN WomenThis open ended questionnaire can be used to assess governments progress on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly. The questionnaire consists of four parts: In Part One, reporting States are invited to highlight major overall achievements and obstacles encountered in...
Planning And Financing For Gender Responsive Peacebuilding
Framework, UN WomenThis paper addresses a wide range of questions in the broad area of planning and financing for gender equality in post-conflict settings. It presents findings from several studies conducted by UNIFEM (now part of UN Women) on the inclusion of women’s needs and issues in post-conflict planning frameworks, such as Multi-Donor Trust Funds (MDTFs), Joint Programmes (JPs), Post- Conflict Needs...
The Oslo Principles on Democratic Governance Assessments
GAP, Policy Document, Academic/Think Tank, UNDP Produced, UN Women, Other UN Agency, Civil SocietyIn early October 2011, the Oslo Governance Forum gathered 270 policy makers, experts and practitioners from 75 countries to engage in a rigorous investigation of the principles and pragmatics underpinning democratic governance assessments. The Forum was convened by UNDP’s Democratic Governance Group in partnership with a broad coalition of stakeholders, including UNDEF, ActionAid, Act Alliance,...
Assessing Gender Equality in Tajikistan: A Five-Part Series
Asia and the Pacific, Governance and Gender, Report, UN WomenAssessing Gender Equality in Tajikistan: A Five-Part Series Author/Editor(s): Elena Mezentseva, Elena Kobzar, Irina Maltseva, Davron Muhamadiev, Dilbar Turukhanova, Rangina Nazrieva Shortly after the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the newly independent Republic of Tajikistan fell into a civil war that lasted from 1992 to 1997. Since then the country has established political stability, but...
Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work & Poverty
Governance and Gender, UN WomenProgress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work & Poverty Author/Editor(s): Martha Chen, Joann Vanek, Francie Lund, James Heintz, with Renana Jhabvala and Christine Bonner This report marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. It argues that unless governments and policymakers pay more attention to employment, and...
Gender, Health and Development in the Americas: Basic Indicators 2005
Civil Society, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, UN WomenGender, Health and Development in the Americas: Basic Indicators 2005 Through this publication, PAHO, UNFPA and UNIFEM seek to provide government, civil society, academia, and other cooperation agencies with a set of basic statistical indicators that illustrate the differences between women and men in terms of health status and its socioeconomic determinants. This brochure includes a group of...
Bridging the Gender Digital Divide: A Report on Gender and ICT in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Guide / Manual / Indicators, UN WomenBridging the Gender Digital Divide: A Report on Gender and ICT in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Author/Editor(s): Lenka Simerska and Katerina Fialova Commissioned by UNDP, this report represents a joint effort of UNDP and UNIFEM to deepen knowledge about gender dimensions within Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICTD) and to...
Pakistan Floods 2010 – Rapid Gender Needs Assessment of Flood-Affected Communities
Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, UN WomenPakistan Floods 2010 – Rapid Gender Needs Assessment of Flood-Affected Communities Following the floods in the Summer of 2010 that have affected the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Pakistan, UNIFEM is working to ensure that gender concerns are fully integrated into relief and recovery operations. In particular, UNIFEM focuses on supporting assessments of the conditions and needs of...
Women, War, Peace: The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women’s Role in Peace-Building (Progress of the World’s Women 2002, Vol. 1)
UN WomenWomen, War, Peace: The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women’s Role in Peace-Building (Progress of the World’s Women 2002, Vol. 1) Author/Editor(s): Elisabeth Rehn, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Historically, the world has been silent about the situation of women in war, almost as silent as the women who remain on the sidelines during war or who are excluded...