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Gender perspectives in peace initiatives: opportunities and challenges
Eldis Document Store, 2006This paper analyses the issue of women and conflicts. It looks at of women as victims of violence, and also as active participants in wars and conflict situations.DocumentA sight for sore eyes: bringing a gender vision to the responsibility to protect framework
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2006This paper analyses the importance of incorporating a gender perspective into the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) framework.DocumentBeyond firewood: fuel alternatives and protection strategies for displaced women and girls
Women's Refugee Commission, 2006This document presents the findings of desk reviews looking into fuel provision, collection and physical protection strategies in various IDP and refugee situations worldwide and conducted site visits in Darfur, Sudan and in the Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal.The paper assesses alternative fuel options, firewood collection techniques and other protection strategies, appropriate to theDocumentFearing Africa’s young men: the case of Rwanda
World Bank, 2006This paper sets the case of Rwanda’s male youth within the larger context of Africa’s urbanisation and burgeoning youth population. It investigates the pervasive images of male urban youth as a menace to Africa’s development and its primary source of instability.DocumentDisplaced women and girls at risk: risk factors, protection solutions and resource tools
Women's Refugee Commission, 2006This paper aims to clarify risks leading to displacement, risk factors during displacement and risks that inhibit safe and sustainable return.DocumentThe effect of armed conflict on accumulation of schooling: results from Tajikistan
Households in Conflict Network, 2006This paper examines the effect of the civil armed conflict from 1992 to 1998 in Tajikistan on the accumulation of schooling.DocumentCombating gender-based violence: a key to achieving the MDGS
United Nations Population Fund, 2005This gender-based violence toolkit is aimed at policymakers to address issues of concern, advocate for the protection of women from all forms of violence, reinforce legal mechanisms that will protect women at the national level and end the impunity with which crimes are committed against women.DocumentReport of the learning oriented assessment on gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment strategies in Rwanda
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2002This report is based on a Learning-Oriented Assessment Mission on Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Empowerment in post-Conflict Rwanda. The Assessment brought together bilateral and multilateral organisations with national governmental and nongovernmental partners to review progress towards gender equality.DocumentGender mainstreaming in practice: a toolkit
Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, United Nations Development Programme, 2007Considerable progress has been made in the area of gender equality in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS, yet, this has been matched by new circumstances and emerging challenges. This handbook is targeted at policy-makers charged with the day-to-day responsibility of gender mainstreaming.DocumentThe effects of conflict on the health and well-being of women and girls in Darfur: situational analysis report: conversations with the community
United Nations Children's Fund, 2005This report provides an overview of community perceptions about the risks women and girls currently face in Darfur as a result of the conflict.The study’s main objectives were to gain an increased understanding of how the conflict had affected women and girl’s health; to determine men’s perceptions on how the conflict had affected the health of women and girls , and to gain insight into the indPages