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Emergency and rehabilitation programmes: does gender matter?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005This factsheet examines men's and women's differing vulnerabilities in times of emergency. In wartime, men are often primary casualties, while women - in situations of armed conflicts, civil strife, or natural disasters - often lose the capacity to sustain their family’s livelihood.DocumentIraq, education in transition: needs and challenges
Education Sector, UNESCO, 2004This report is the result of a needs assessment survey on the education sector in Iraq which was designed to assist the Iraqi government in developing a medium-term perspective for the renewal of the education sector in Iraq.The report provides an assessment of, and recommendations for secondary education; vocational preparatory schools; teacher training; and higher education.The assessmentDocumentEducation that protects
Forced Migration Review, 2005This paper explores the role that education can play as a protection mechanism in and after emergencies.This article notes that, based on work by Save the Children exploring the practical connections between education and protection in several conflict-affected countries, parents feel safer if children are in school rather than out.DocumentOccupation takes its toll: righting rights for Palestinian children
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003The lives of Palestinian children are tense, dull and dangerous. Amid the political violence, can schools help children secure their rights and understand their lives? What can be done to ensure that international law is applied in occupied Palestine?DocumentFair play at the Olympics? Respecting workers’ rights in the sportswear industry
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003If labour exploitation were an Olympic sport, sportswear multinationals would win plenty of medals. As the 2004 Athens Olympics approaches, sportswear companies are spending billions of dollars in associating their products with the event. The expansion of international trade in sportswear has drawn millions of people – mainly women – into employment.DocumentMilitary spending and development
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003War in Iraq and Afghanistan, conflict between Israel and Palestine and terrorist attacks in a score of major cities have dominated the international headlines in the last three years. Few doubt their interconnections – although the sequence of cause and effect are matters of passionate debate.DocumentCost of US military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States Congress has allocated some US$ 50 billion from the national budget for military operations in Afghanistan and US$ 100 billion for operations in Iraq.DocumentGrowing up in poverty and without rights: Palestinian children under Israeli occupation
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003UN resolutions have declared that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza and the wall encircling Palestinian communities is illegal. As prospects of peace fade and more families slide into poverty, the rights of Palestinian children - including rights to survival, protection and to development –are being violated.DocumentIncreasing women’s representation in Iraq: what strategies would work best?
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2004This briefing document summarises some of the main policy options used for securing women’s inclusion in all Iraqi governing bodies. These strategies can be adopted for election or appointment to the Governorate Election Caucus, the Transitional National Authority, the national legislature, any regional or local bodies, and other public offices, such as commissions.