Governance and gender

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Gendering basic service delivery: ( L. Corner;S. Repucci / United Nations Development Programme , 2009); The delivery of gender-sensitive basic services for women is a prerequisite for development. However, the the Millennium Development Goals will not be achieved unless and until women are able to contr...
How to select pro-poor and gender sensitive governance indicators: a guide: ( United Nations Development Programme , 2006); There are many indicators of democratic governance used in poor countries but most of them have been externally developed by private sector risk assessment agencies and international organizations. Th...
Monitoring government policy in Latin America: ( C. Dixon;L. Valverdes;M. Carolina da Silva / International HIV/AIDS Alliance , 2011); Throughout Latin America a diverse range of interest groups form a vibrant and innovative civil society. These groups are the driving force behind progress towards greater transparency, decentraliz...
A report assessing the extent to which women are sidelined in politics: ( J. Ballington / Inter Parliamentary Union , 2008); When women are involved in all aspects of political life, including as members of parliament, societies are more equitable and democracy is both strengthened and enhanced. However, they have been side...
Ensuring women participate in Latin American politics: ( B. Llanes;K. Sample / International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA , 2008); Even though women represent more than a half of the voting population in many countries and have been widely incorporated into the economic sphere, there is still an important gap between these advanc...
A gendered perspective of corruption in Mexico: ( L. Wangnerud / Quality of Government Institute , 2010); Cross-country comparative studies show that a high number of women in elected office is related to a low level of corruption. Whether there is a causal relationship is, however, disputed. However, sub...
Kosovo: how can women's participation be strengthened? ': ( A.Q. Mustafa / Fride , 2010); Kosovo has developed a number of policies and mechanisms to respond to the needs of its citizens, in particular in relation to security and decentralisation. Nonetheless, as the study has sho...
Are gender quotas addressing women's representation in Arab Parliaments?: ( United Nations Development Programme , 2010); Arab women have achieved significant progress over the past decades. Once marginal in some parts of the Arab world, female education has reached unprecedented levels. Important progress can also be...
Women's engagement with political parties in Africa: ( J. Ahikire / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa , 2010); This paper reviews and reflects on the experience of women’s political engagement in contemporary Uganda after the introduction of multiparty competitive elections in 2006. While the paper explo...
Asia and the Pacific: strengthening gender equality: ( A. Rajivan;E. Borsatti;H. Cheema / United Nations Development Programme , 2010); In every country across Asia and the Pacific, pervasive gender inequality remains a barrier to progress, justice and social stability, and deprives the region of a significant source of human poten...