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Afghan values or women’s rights? gendered narratives about continuity and change in urban Afghanistan
Collective for Social Science Research, Karachi, Pakistan, 2011There is considerable debate about the extent to which gender equality and womens’ rights are universal values. This debate has been particularly heated in Afghanistan where the violation of women’s rights by the Taliban regime was one justification used by the US and its allies for their invasion of the country.DocumentWomen’s empowerment and nutrition:what does the evidence tell us?
Transform Nutrition, 2014Development programmes aimed at alleviating poverty and improving nutrition often consider women’s empowerment as an effective way to achieve impact. However, while nutrition outcomes are often measured, effects on women’s empowerment are not always evaluated.DocumentWELDD Feminist leadership web portal
Shirkat Gah, 2014This web portal, developed by the Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratisation (WELDD) programme, is intended to be a space to share useful resources, as well as a forum for sharing experiences and holding discussions about how to nurture feminist leadership that is transformative and sustainable.DocumentMDGs progress and post-MDGs priorities in the Commonwealth
Commonwealth Secretariat, 2013The Commonwealth Secretariat commissioned a review of the status of MDGs achievement in Commonwealth member countries. The objectives of this review were to assess existing evidence on achievements in social progress and to identify key issues and linkages on the three critical social development sectors - health, education, and gender.DocumentRemarks by Lakshmi Puri at a CSW58 side event on “ICT and the Internet as powerful means in advancing women’s rights and empowerment: Possibilities and Challenges”
UN Women, 2014In March 2014, Ms Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of the UN Women, delivered these opening remarks at a Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58) side event.DocumentEmpowering women through higher education in Nigeria
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2011Does higher level of education imply greater women empowerment in Nigeria? What factors inhibit women’s participation in higher education in the country? What are the benefits and prospects of women empowerment? This paper has attempted to answer these questions by adopting a qualitative descriptive survey method.DocumentGrowth and economic opportunities for women: literature review to inform the DFID-IDRC-Hewlett Foundation research program on women's economic empowerment, gender equality and growth in low income countries
International Development Research Centre, 2013This is a background paper for a new research programme on women’s economic empowerment. It is a comprehensive literature review on the state of the field. Section 1 briefly discusses the global evidence on existing gender disparities in employment, wages, business opportunities, and the care economy.DocumentGender Equality Capacity Assessment Tool
UN Women, 2014The Capacity Assessment Tool responds to UN Women's mandate and the requirements of the UN System-Wide Action Plan (UN-SWAP). It is a way to assess the understanding, knowledge and skills that a given organisation and their staff have on gender equality and women's empowerment, and on the organisation’s gender architecture and gender policy.DocumentCreating space for women as transformers of conflict
Peace Direct, 2014What can women contribute to conflict resolution and the achievement of lasting peace?DocumentIslam and girl child education
2010This paper discusses the education of the girl child in the Islamic context. Based on the verses in the scriptures, it suggests that education in Islam encompasses both the knowledge for prayer, and of the sciences and humanities. It highlights scriptures that talk of the benefits derived from education.Pages