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Tool: indicators for measuring results on gender equality
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2010The purpose of this Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) publication is to provide a selection of potential indicators from which SIDA country teams can choose to help monitor results in gender equality work in different sectors.DocumentMy rights, my voice: annual progress report 2013
Oxfam, 2014My Rights, My Voice (MRMV) engages marginalized children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries. The 2013 Annual Progress Report provides an overview of the second year of this innovative three year programme and of the MRMV Global Programme Framework.DocumentThe Millennium Development Goals Report 2014
UN, 2014Fourteen years ago, the Millennium Declaration articulated a bold vision and established concrete targets for improving the existence of many and for saving the lives of those threatened by disease and hunger. There has been important progress across all goals, with some targets already having been met well ahead of the 2015 deadline.DocumentNo way out: child marriage and human rights abuses in Tanzania
Human Rights Watch, 2014In Tanzania, 4 out of 10 girls are married before their 18th birthday. A study by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimated that 37 percent of Tanzanian women aged 20−24 years were first married or in union before the age of 18, between 2000−2011. Human Rights Watch documented cases where girls as young as seven were married.DocumentMeaning-making of female genital cutting: children's perception and acquired knowledge of the ritual
Dove Medical Press, 2013How do girls who have undergone female genital cutting understand the ritual? This study provides an analysis of the learning process and knowledge acquired in their meaning-making process. Eighteen participants were interviewed in qualitative indepth interviews. Women in Norway, mostly with Somali or Gambian backgrounds, were asked about their experiences of circumcision.DocumentTrue story - female genital mutilation in Afar, Ethiopia
2012The Afar region of North-east Ethiopia has one of the country’s highest rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) with around 74 percent of women and girls undergoing the practice. Since 2000, a joint programme to abandon FGM in the Afar region carried out by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has made significant progress.DocumentHandbook for cultural and religious leaders to end FGM
African Women's Development & Communication Network, 2014What action can you take to address FGM? This handbook, produced by the African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET) is a behaviour change communication tool intended to expand the engagement of men in religious and cultural institutions to reach out to their communities to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in Meru and Tharaka, Kenya.DocumentFemale genital cutting
Tostan, 2014Female genital cutting (FGC) is a deeply-rooted social norm enforced by community expectations around marriageability. Girls who are not cut are often ostracised by their communities. Tostan is an African-based organisation empowering rural communities to achieve sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights.