Gender

Digital Bangladesh and gender equality

‘Digital Bangladesh’ became a key election issue at a time of great social and economic flux in Bangladesh. Within the context of such change, this policy brief shows how Digital Bangladesh could be used as powerful tool to create gender sensitive opportunities in business, education, citizenship and government.

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The proportion of older persons in the world will double by 2050: ( Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 2009); This report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries. This edit...
The importance of day care services in terms of gender-equal practices: ( Project on Population Ageing, Economic Commission for Europe , 2009); Elderly women outnumber elderly men in all countries of the UNECE region. They are more likely to live in poverty, be affected by disability and restrictions of mobility. Many elderly women are widows...
ICT and gender in Bangladesh: ( Development Research Network , 2009); ‘Digital Bangladesh’ became a key issue in the last election as the benefits of ICT became more well known. At the same time as this growing interest, Bangladesh was and still is in a time...
Armed violence: counting the cost: ( United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees , 2008); The report brings into focus the wide ranging costs of war and crime on development and seeks to provide a solid evidence base to shape effective policy, programming, and advocacy to prevent and re...
Can microcredit for women tackle poverty in the EU?: ( Women in Development Europe , 2009); How the family may be co-opted by wider forces, to serve different political ends; ( S. White / International Development Department, University of Birmingham , 2009); The question of whether Islam empowers women arises in the context of contemporary Bangladesh where, while conventional indicators of gender inequality are narrowing, Islam is increasingly visible in ...
Women and food security: ( R. Mehra;M. H. Rojas / International Center for Research on Women, USA , 2009); The steep increase in global food prices has added nearly 100 million people to the numbers who are chronically hungry, pushing the world total to nearly 1 billion people. Amid a global financial cris...
What effect do peacekeeping missions have on local economies?: ( K.M. Jennings;V. Nikolić-Ristanović / Microcon , 2009); UN peacekeeping missions have been a major component of many conflict and post-conflict environments. The resultant ‘economies’ that emerge to accommodate such an influx of personnel - ...
Including women’s voices in climate change policy and programming: ( L. Aguilar Revelo;I. Castañeda Camey;V. Chao Rebolledo;et al. / United Nations Development Programme , 2009); Poor women’s limited access to resources, restricted rights, limited mobility and muted voice in shaping decisions make them highly vulnerable to climate change. This guide aims to inform pra...
Integrating gender issues in humanitarian responses to conflicts and emergencies: ( United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , 2006); In the rush to provide humanitarian response when a disaster hits or a conflict erupts, paying specific attention to gender issues may seem irrelevant. This handbook sets forth standards for the in...