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    Women's rights and gender equality in the post-2015 framework

    Womankind, 2014
    This paper calls for women’s rights to be central to the post-2015 development framework. It is a collaborative publication produced by Womankind Worldwide, the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Kenya, Liberia Women Media Action Committee (LIWOMAC), and Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) Ghana.
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    Women's Land Link Africa country fact sheet: Nigeria

    2014
    This factsheet gives a statistical and categorical overview of information pertaining to land tenure, land legislation and land policies in Nigeria. It highlights past and existing legislation regarding land holding and tenure, inheritance, and land ownership as pertains to marriage and divorce.
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    Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria

    2013
    Written by various authors, this book explores the past, present and future of gender and relations in Nigeria. The first chapter explores whether western feminist theories are applicable in Africa.
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    Transitional justice gender: political perspectives for societies in transition

    Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2014
    In post-war periods, and in the aftermath of serious, systematic human rights violations, forms of gender-based violence (GBV) are usually forgotten during the processing of the past and reconciliation phase. Yet, successful and lasting peace processes can only be established once these incidents are paid due regard.
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    Compendium of Emerging Good Practices in Gender Mainstreaming

    2009
    To highlight efforts undertaken by African States to mainstream gender in their policies, strategies and programmes, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has compiled this Compendium of Emerging Good Practices in Gender Mainstreaming, which is published in two volumes and draws on experience from a number of African countries, and also includes a regional good practice perspective.
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    Empowering women for stronger political parties: a guidebook to promote women's political participation

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    Over a period of eighteen months, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) compiled twenty case studies of party activities to promote women’s political empowerment. Drawing on those and other examples, UNDP and the NDI identified concrete steps that can be taken by political parties to promote women in political life.
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    Political Parties in Africa through a Gender Lens

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2014
    One of the persistent democratic deficits throughout the world is women’s lack of influence in politics. In relation to political parties in particular, the voice of women in decision-making remains insufficient, and, in some cases, is non-existent.
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    Assessment of the evidence of links between gender equality, peacebuilding and statebuilding: literature review

    Overseas Development Institute, 2013
    This report provides an overview of the knowledge base on gender-sensitive approaches to peace-building and state-building in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS). Although not a systematic review, it uses systematic principles of enquiry to assess the evidence.
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    Gender-Specific Election Violence: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies

    2013
    The rising influence of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has paralleled the rapid development of women’s political participation worldwide. For women entering political life or holding public positions, new ICTs are frequently used as tools of gender-specific electoral and political violence.
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    Atlas of Electoral Gender Quotas

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2014
    This is a unique collection of data on the use of gender quotas around the world. It presents an overview of trends and challenges in the implementation of quotas, and it includes profiles of 85 countries and territories with detailed descriptions of corresponding quota systems.

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