Advancing Gender Equality

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849291514

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Advancing Gender Equality by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

The Commonwealth Secretariat has been a pioneer in promoting women’s rights and gender equality since the 1976–85 UN Decade for Women, and of gender mainstreaming since the UN 4th World Conference on Women, to which our 1995 Plan of Action on Gender and Development was a Commonwealth contribution. This publication brings together case studies prepared in connection with the end-of-term review of the 2005–15 Commonwealth Plan of Action for Gender Equality. The case studies are based on submissions and interviews with government representatives, gender specialists and other stakeholders, including civil society organisations, from 20 countries representing all regions of the Commonwealth. The examples were selected to demonstrate a range of strategies that can be employed to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. Together they help to show what perpetuates gender inequality and offer approaches that can be adopted to help end unjust discrimination.

Author : Rhona Rapoport
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015053785591

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Beyond Work-Family Balance by Rhona Rapoport Pdf

Everyone who struggles to meet the demands of work and personal-life responsibilities knows how tough it is to do so. This bold new book shows that it is the deeply engrained separation of work and personal life that has limited our ability to deal effectively with the conflict between them. Beyond Work-Family Balance demonstrates why the image of "balance" is outmoded and why a new approach--work-personal life integration--offers greater promise for meaningful change. Providing many examples from action research projects in more than a dozen organizations of different kinds, the authors show how using their method of integrating rather than separating personal-life considerations from the workplace can achieve positive outcomes, not only for workers but also for the work. The method offers a way of looking deeply into the work culture to find inequitable and ineffective work practices that are so embedded and routine that no one thinks to question them3/4they are just the way things get done. Once identified, these work practices can be changed to achieve what the authors call a Dual Agenda: a more equitable workplace where both men and women can achieve their full potential and a more effective workplace where the needs of the work, rather than gendered and outmoded assumptions, determine what gets done and how. Beyond Work-Family Balance offers an approach that achieves what "family friendly" policies, "mommy tracks," and so-called flexibility programs cannot. Such programs address the symptoms of the problem. This book offers a way of changing the everyday work practices and norms that are at the root of the problem.

Author : Pyburn, Rhiannon, ed.,van Eerdewijk, Anouka, ed.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780896293915

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Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future by Pyburn, Rhiannon, ed.,van Eerdewijk, Anouka, ed. Pdf

Over the past decade, interest in gender equality and women’s empowerment has grown rapidly, creating a unique opportunity to institutionalize gender research within agricultural research for development. This book, edited by researchers from the CGIAR Gender Platform, reviews and reflects on the growing body of evidence from gender research. It marks a shift a way from a traditional focus on how gender analysis can contribute to improved productivity, flipping the question to ask, How does agricultural and environmental research and development contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment? Chapters synthesize the wide range of CGIAR and other research in this area, covering breeding research and seed systems, value chain participation, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, natural resources, climate adaptation and mitigation, the “feminization” of agriculture, women’s role in agricultural research, and emerging gender transformative approaches.

Author : Organization of American States
Publisher : Organization of American States/ Inter-American Commission of Women
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Women
ISBN : 0827056869

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Advancing Gender Equality in the Context of Decent Work by Organization of American States Pdf

Author : Sohela Nazneen,Sam Hickey,Eleni Sifaki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351245609

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Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South (Open Access) by Sohela Nazneen,Sam Hickey,Eleni Sifaki Pdf

The fact that women have achieved higher levels of political inclusion within low- and middle-income countries has generated much speculation about whether this is reaping broader benefits in tackling gender-based inequalities. This book uncovers the multiple political dynamics that influence governments to adopt and implement gender equity policies, pushing the debate beyond simply the role of women’s inclusion in influencing policy. Bringing the politics of development into discussion with feminist literature on women's empowerment, the book proposes the new concept of ‘power domains’ as a way to capture how inter-elite bargaining, coalitional politics, and social movement activism combine to shape policies that promote gender equity. In particular, the book investigates the conditions under which countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have adopted legislation against domestic violence, which remains widespread in many developing countries. The book demonstrates that women’s presence in formal politics and policy spaces does not fully explain the pace in adopting and implementing domestic violence law. Underlying drivers of change within broader domains of power also include the role of clientelistic politics and informal processes of bargaining, coalition-building, and persuasion; the discursive framing of gender-equitable ideas; and how transnational norms influence women’s political inclusion and gender-inclusive policy outcomes. The comparative approach across Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Ghana, India, and Bangladesh demonstrates how advancing gender equality varies by political context and according to the interests surrounding a particular issue. Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South will be of interest to students and scholars of gender and development, as well as to activists within governments, political parties, nongovernmental organizations, women’s movements, and donor agencies, at national and international levels, who are looking to develop effective strategies for advancing gender equality.

Author : Rieky Stuart,Aruna Rao,David Kelleher,Sheepa Hafiza,Carol Miller,Hasne Ara Begum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351762984

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Advancing Gender Equality in Bangladesh by Rieky Stuart,Aruna Rao,David Kelleher,Sheepa Hafiza,Carol Miller,Hasne Ara Begum Pdf

In 1994, BRAC, the world's largest NGO, made headlines by putting women's rights centre stage in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world. The Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) Programme was one of the very first large-scale efforts to mainstream gender equality and aimed to weave objectives of gender equality throughout its own microfinance, education and health services. Advancing Gender Equality in Bangladesh describes the history, implementation, and outcome of this major 20-year initiative and discusses the lessons learnt throughout the fight to achieve gender equality outcomes in an effort to provide a tangible framework for future organizations interested in promoting gender equality and social inclusion. At a time when many gender equality programmes are still relatively young, this book offers a unique opportunity to track 20 years of intervention within a theoretical and cultural context and provides a platform for ongoing discussion about the roles of empowerment and gender transformation as agents for social change. This book provides an in-depth analysis of how strategies for change have operated in practice and will be of considerable interest to students, researchers and practitioners of international development, gender studies and social justice theory as well as those interested in a new practical methodology of the gender role framework.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Equal pay for equal work
ISBN : 9221289621

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Towards a Better Future for Women and Work by Anonim Pdf

Author : OECD,Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Equality
ISBN : 9264301097

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Gender Equality in Canada by OECD,Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Pdf

- Foreword - Abbreviations and acronyms - Executive summary - Summary of recommendations - Gender equality in Canada: the state of play - Canada's institutional approach to gender equality - Delivering gender equality through government policy - Transparency, citizen consultation and accountability - Advancing gender budgeting in Canada

Author : Anjana Bhushan,Minh Chau Nguyen
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : World Bank
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Banco Mundial
ISBN : 0821334050

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Advancing Gender Equality by Anjana Bhushan,Minh Chau Nguyen Pdf

Author : Viviene Taylor
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0850925932

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A Quick Guide to Gender Mainstreaming in Development Planning by Viviene Taylor Pdf

This Quick Guide is part of the Gender Management System (GMS) resource kit, a series of publications presenting GMS. GMS is an innovative system developed by the Commonwealth Secretariat for gender mainstreaming. The system is a comprehensive network of structures, mechanisms and processes for bringing a gender perspective to bear on all government policies, plans, programmes and projects. The kit consists of a handbook which presents the GMS in detail; sectoral guides to gender mainstreaming in specific sectors; and resource documents to assist the user in gender analysis, monitoring, evaluation and other aspects of gender mainstreaming. Each sectoral guide also has a corresponding Quick Guide - a short, user-friendly publication presenting the essential points. It is designed for policy-makers, planners, field staff and other government personnel involved in gender mainstreaming, as well as for academic users, NGOs, the private sector and others who have a stake in advancing gender equality and equity.

Author : Sandra Laursen,Ann E. Austin
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421439389

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Building Gender Equity in the Academy by Sandra Laursen,Ann E. Austin Pdf

Grounded in scholarship but written for busy institutional leaders, Building Gender Equity in the Academy is a handbook of actionable strategies for faculty and administrators working to improve the inclusion and visibility of women and others who are marginalized in the sciences and in academe more broadly.

Author : Jody Heymann,Aleta Sprague,Amy Raub
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780520973879

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Advancing Equality by Jody Heymann,Aleta Sprague,Amy Raub Pdf

In a world where basic human rights are under attack and discrimination is widespread, Advancing Equality reminds us of the critical role of constitutions in creating and protecting equal rights. Combining a comparative analysis of equal rights in the constitutions of all 193 United Nations member countries with inspiring stories of activism and powerful court cases from around the globe, the book traces the trends in constitution drafting over the past half century and examines how stronger protections against discrimination have transformed lives. Looking at equal rights across gender, race and ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, social class, and migration status, the authors uncover which groups are increasingly guaranteed equal rights in constitutions, whether or not these rights on paper have been translated into practice, and which nations lag behind. Serving as a comprehensive call to action for anyone who cares about their country’s future, Advancing Equality challenges us to remember how far we all still must go for equal rights for all. A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

Author : Australian Capital Territory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Women
ISBN : OCLC:1399396238

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Advancing Gender Equality by Australian Capital Territory Pdf

Author : Caroline O'Neill
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798432046857

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Gender Inequality by Caroline O'Neill Pdf

Gender Equality Today For a Sustainable Tomorrow! Why must we subject female child to bitterness? Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis and disaster risk reduction is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century. Women are increasingly being recognized as more vulnerable to climate change impacts than men, as they constitute the majority of the world's poor and are more dependent on the natural resources which climate change threatens the most. Gender inequality: #Break the Bias is wonderful book by Caroline O'Neill. The book start off by analyzing what Gender inequality encapsulated and... Caroline O'Neill is a therapist and a writer in the United States of America. By the virtue of her profession, she knows the effect of gender inequality on females. The agony of being segregated, marginalized and sees as a sex toy is unimaginable especially on young girls. On one hand, To complement the effort of IWD especially along with 2022 theme Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow, Gender Inequality: #Break the Bias has done just analysis on the travail of women globally. And on the otherhand, The improve more on literature on feminsm... Why must we subject female child to bitterness? Click on Buy and you and I will explore: - Gender - Gender inequality - Forms of inequality - International women's day - Historical background - Reason for the movement - Break the bias as the 2022 theme ...Continuing to examine the opportunities, as well as the constraints, to empower women and girls to have a voice and be equal players in decision-making in all sphere... To join the struggle... ...You have got to BUY this book NOW! To ensure better living for females... ... Your INPUT is needed... Buy the book and enjoy!

Author : Mercy Tembon,Lucia Fort
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821374757

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Girls' Education in the Twenty-first Century by Mercy Tembon,Lucia Fort Pdf

Persuasive evidence demonstrates that gender equality in education is central to economic development. Despite more than two decades of accumulated knowledge and evidence of what works in improving gender equality, progress on the ground remains slow and uneven across countries. What is missing? Given that education is a critical path to accelerate progress toward gender equality and the empowerment of women, what is holding us back? These questions were discussed at the global symposium Education: A Critical Path to Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, which was sponsored by the World Bank in October 2007. Girls' Education in the 21st Century is based on background papers developed for the symposium. The book's chapters reflect the current state of knowledge on education from a gender perspective and highlight the importance of, and challenges to, female education, as well as the interdependence of education and development objectives. The last chapter presents five strategic directions for advancing gender equality in education and their implications for World Bank operations. Girls' Education in the 21st Century will be of particular interest to researchers, educators, school administrators, and policy makers at the global, national, regional, and municipal levels.