Governance and gender

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Handbook on women's participation in political parties: ( S. McCollom;K. Haffert;A. Kozma / National Democratic Institute , 2008); This handbook presents the specific elements and approaches that are most effective in encouraging women’s participation and leadership in political parties.

The handbook dra...
Improving the governance of basic services provision for women: ( UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2009); This Guide is intended as a generic and basic tool to map and analyse governance of basic service delivery through a gendered lens. It seeks to improve the measurements of basic services delivery in v...
Are women less corrupt?: ( A. Swamy;S. Knack;Y. Lee / Williams College , 2000); This study, using several independent data sets, investigates the relationship between gender and...
A reference manual on developing gender-sensitive indicators: ( T. Beck / Commonwealth Secretariat , 1999); This reference manual is designed to assist the user in the selection, use and dissemination of gender-sensitive indicators at the national level. It aims to strike a balance between discussion of the...
Methodological approach to measuring gender equality: ( BRIDGE , 2007); This report examines conceptual and methodological approaches to gender and measurements of change with a focus on indicators, examining current debates and good practice from the grassroots to the in...
New method to construct measures of women's empowerment: ( J. Williams / Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado , 2005); This paper develops a new method for constructing measures of gender and women’s empowerment with cross-sectional survey data. ...
Outlines a participatory approach for the development of governance indicators: ( C. Scott ; A. Wilde / United Nations Development Programme , 2006); The aim of the guide is to provide a framework for generating pro-poor gender sensitive indicators to assist policy-makers monitor and evaluate democratic governance at the country level.
The guide ...