Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:03:52 One of the Eldis RSS newsfeeds on major development issues Gender http://www.eldis.org Copyright ©2010 Eldis, Sussex p.ferguson@ids.ac.uk en-uk Eldis Logo http://www.eldis.org 85 http://www.eldis.org/images/logo/eldisRSS.gif Logo for www.eldis.org 34 60 Do cash transfers reduce gender conflicts within households? R Slater; M Mphale This paper reviews the World Vision's 'Cash and Food Transfers Pilot Project' in Lesotho, focusing on the impact of cash transfers on gender relations. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50502 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50502 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:45:52 GMT Do cash transfers continue poor women's second-class citizenship status? M. Molyneux Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) provide mothers of school-age children in extreme poverty with a cash subsidy conditional on their children's attendance ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50501 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50501 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:45:52 GMT A review of Norway's Gender Action Plan B. Aasen; S.B. Hellevik; D.C. Lier This paper investigates to what extent Norway has contributed to development results for women's rights and gender equality in selected partner ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50424 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50424 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:45:52 GMT The role of marriage, education and mother tongue in obtaining land rights for women D.O. Fuentes; H. Wiig This report explores Peruvian land formalisation law, arguing that it is gender neutral. The paper examines land ownership in Peru from a gender perspective, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50422 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50422 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:45:52 GMT Increasing a gender perspective in small arms control C. Buchanan; V. Farr; M. Flood This article, 'Women, men and gun violence: options for action', forms part of a larger publication on directions for the reduction of small arms ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50386 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50386 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:45:52 GMT Empowering Maasai women in Tanzania Maanda Ngoitiko Maasai women are among the poorest and most marginalised groups in Tanzanian society. A local women-led organisation – the Pastoral Women's ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50372 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50372 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:45:52 GMT The proportion of older persons in the world will double by 2050 This report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50295 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=50295 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:47:58 GMT The importance of day care services in terms of gender-equal practices 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 ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45435 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45435 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:18:02 GMT ICT and gender in Bangladesh '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 ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45340 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45340 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:11 GMT Armed violence: counting the cost 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, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45315 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45315 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:57:46 GMT Can microcredit for women tackle poverty in the EU? <meta content="Microsoft Word 12" ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45254 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45254 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:44:39 GMT How the family may be co-opted by wider forces, to serve different political ends S. White The question of whether Islam empowers women arises in the context of contemporary Bangladesh where, while conventional indicators of gender inequality ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45211 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45211 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:28:51 GMT Women and food security R. Mehra; M. H. Rojas 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 ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45174 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45174 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:35:31 GMT What effect do peacekeeping missions have on local economies? K.M. Jennings; V. Nikoli?-Ristanovi? UN peacekeeping missions have been a major component of many conflict and post-conflict environments. The resultant 'economies' that emerge ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45071 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45071 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:41:02 GMT Including women's voices in climate change policy and programming L. Aguilar Revelo; I. Castaeda Camey; V. Chao Rebolledo; et al. Poor women's limited access to resources, restricted rights, limited mobility and muted voice in shaping decisions make them highly vulnerable ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45069 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45069 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:58:45 GMT Integrating gender issues in humanitarian responses to conflicts and emergencies In the rush to provide humanitarian response when a disaster hits or a conflict erupts, paying specific attention to gender issues may seem irrelevant. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45064 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=45064 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:38:41 GMT Advocating for the protection of women against discrimination The Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (OP-CEDAW) can help ensure that State Parties ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44955 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44955 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:11:16 GMT How to set up support groups for survivors of domestic violence M. Medina Martins; P. Viegras; R. Mimoso; et al. When working with survivors of domesitc violence, it is important to deal with the many social issues surrounding abuse, rather than concentrating ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44927 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44927 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:01:08 GMT Work and family in Latin America and the Caribbean For most of the 20th century, productive and reproductive work were organised according to rigid gender roles that have become inappropriate in today's ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44915 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44915 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:17:12 GMT Best practice for women's empowerment F. Flintan It is often suggested that women in pastoral societies are marginalised and oppressed either through embedded patriarchal values or through outside influences ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44914 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44914 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:09:11 GMT Tools for conducting participatory discussions on gender equity in Bangladesh AFM. Amir Uddin; A. Khanom; M. Boss; et al. These guidelines have been prepared as a tool for conducting participatory discussion and analysis on the social position and condition of men and ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44799 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44799 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:30:34 GMT Monitoring and evaluation indicators for those working to address violence against women and girls S.S. Bloom Over the past two decades violence against women and girls (VAW/G) has been put on the map as a critical issue to be addressed in the international ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44692 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44692 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:17:29 GMT Strategies for bringing women into government T. Whitman; J. Gomez Involvement of women in peace processes brings skills, attributes, and perspectives to government processes. Post conflict governments that have involved ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44544 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44544 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:28:48 GMT A summary guide to monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW J. Hukerby; L. Kytola; N. Alami The adoption of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) by the United Nations in 1979 and subsequent ratification ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44539 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44539 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:42:24 GMT Disaster risk reduction: gender and livelihoods A. Giuliani; R. Wenger; S. Wymann von Dach This paper highlights gender as a very important factor in determining vulnerability in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The degree of vulnerability ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44530 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44530 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:09:34 GMT Donors address HIV epidemic for women and girls K. Ashburn; N. Oomman; D. Wendt In the 1980s, at the beginning of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, it was estimated that about a third of all people infected worldwide were women. After just ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44414 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44414 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:42:30 GMT The importance of recognising female landowners as farmers, Ethiopia M. Bezabih; S. T. Holden This paper assesses the differentials in contract renewal behaviour between plots rented out by male and female land owners in Ethiopia, and the socio-cultural ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44350 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44350 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:34:00 GMT Civil war and education: assessing the Guatemalan experience R. Chamarbagwala; H.E Moran <meta content="Microsoft Word 11" ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44343 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44343 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:48:02 GMT “Too old' is a significant risk factor in maternal mortality Mizanur Rahman; Julie DaVanzo; Abdur Razzaque This working paper, published by Pathfinder International, investigates the association between maternal mortality and demographic, programmatic, and ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44282 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44282 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:37:02 GMT Ensuring human security can lead to better opportunities for human development in the Arab world M. El-Sayyid; M. Al-Rasheed; S. Benjelloun; Et al This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44277 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=44277 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:12:40 GMT