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Gender and Governance: Overview Report
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009With their focus on democracy, transparency, accountability, inclusive citizenship and participatory processes there is huge potential in the ideas and practices of governance to catalyse real change in terms of gender equality. However, this potential remains largely untapped.DocumentGender and Governance Cutting Edge Pack
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009Put simply, governance refers to decision-making by a range of interested people (or 'stakeholders') including those in formal positions of power and 'ordinary' citizens. These decisions have a huge impact on the ways in which women and men lead their lives, on the rules they are expected to abide by, and on the structures that determine where and how they work and live.DocumentPolitical Reform to Increase Quotas for Women in Parliament: The Use of Electoral Gender Quotas in Rwanda
Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC, 2007Electoral gender quotas accelerated greater representation of women in the Rwandan Parliament, with 48.8 per cent of parliamentary seats, the highest in the world after the first ever multiparty elections. While the use of electoral gender quotas is a useful and important mechanism, multiple factors produced the Rwandan success.DocumentIncreasing Women's Political Representation: New Trends in Gender Quotas
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2005The aim of electoral quotas is to increase - and safeguard - women's presence in Parliaments. Quotas for women mean that women must constitute a certain number or percentage of the members of a body, whether it is a candidate list, a parliamentary assembly, a committee or a government. There are three main ways in which quotas can work:DocumentThe Politics of Democratic Governance: Organising for Social Inclusion and Gender Equity
One World Action, 2007Democratic governance involves developing institutions and processes that are more responsive to the needs of ordinary citizens.DocumentYoung Feminist Activism Program
2007AWID's Young Feminist Activism Program (YWL - formerly Young Women and Leadership) supports and mobilises younger activists by creating opportunities for engagement, innovative research projects, capacity building activities and multi-generational dialogues. The programme works with participants to create independent spaces for young women to debate, discuss, analyse and plan.DocumentGender and Disability: A Survey of InterAction Member Agencies
Mobility International USA, 2002Do women and girls with disabilities participate in international development processes? What data is collected on their involvement? This survey of 165 United States-based international development organisations shows that 93 percent of respondent organisations do not know the extent of participation of women and girls with disabilities in their programmes due to insufficient data.DocumentStrengthening Women's Rights Organisations through Inclusion: Lessons Learned from the Gender, Disability and Development Institute
2006How can women's organisations include women with disabilities in all areas of their work? According to this article, inclusion is easy. Based on information gathered at Mobility International (MI) USA's Gender, Disability and Development Institute (GDDI), this paper recommends that organisations start with MIUSA's 'Checklist for Inclusion' which provides a simple self-assessment guide.DocumentGender, Participation, Health and Positive Thinking: A Personal Perspective
2004As an HIV positive activist herself, and from personal experience of donors and development organisations, Welbourn highlights the importance of understanding the widespread impact of HIV/AIDS on positive people, women in particular, and of involving them, in finding solutions to HIV-related problems.