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Individual versus Community
Publishers WWW sites, 1998Citizenship theory is based largely on the rights and responsibilities of the individual. Where does the community fit in to such theories, and how does the emphasis on the individual limit the application of citizenship theories to a western perspective? In this chapter Chilla Bulbeck challenges three key areas of citizenship theory and practice.DocumentDecentralisation: Toward Gender Orientation
2001How can a gender perspective and women's interests be included in decentralisation processes through technical advisory services? This publication from GTZ outlines the various entry points through which donors can assist in ensuring that women and men participate equally in the process and its outcomes. The publication is divided into national and local level actions.DocumentGender and Local Government
2002Local government is the area of state policy closest to people and is therefore an important focus for work on citizenship. Although it is responsible for many goods and services that are on the surface available to all, many factors, including race and gender, influence whether people receive them.DocumentGender and Local Governance
2001This is a handbook outlining strategies in local governance to ensure that women's needs and interests are incorporated into development planning at the local level. Going beyond service delivery, it includes issues of power, decision-making, participation and accountability as part of the picture of how citizens can access their entitlements to development.DocumentLocal Action/Global Change: Learning about the Human Rights of Women and Girls
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1999This book aims to develop human rights awareness and provide information on issue-oriented actions. It includes substantive information about the human rights of women in such areas as violence, health, reproduction and sexuality, education, the global economy, the workplace, and family life.DocumentDoes Sex Make a Difference: An Equalities Pack for Young People on International Women's Day
2003?Get a Life!? is one message of this pack which looks at why women are underrepresented in politics in the UK. Young people, particularly girls, are encouraged to get involved in politics and representative bodies in school, community and government. Positive stories are presented of women's and young people's participation in politics.DocumentWomen Hold Up Half the Sky
2003This series of eight training videos which accompanies the above workbook is for learning about the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its relevance to women's daily lives. These short narrative dramas showing the effects of patriarchy on women and girls are based on real life stories.DocumentPassport to Dignity
2003To address women's disadvantage and devise solutions, there is a need to develop a comprehensive systemic analysis of the situation of women which looks at the causes and structures of disadvantage. The human rights framework can provide the tools to do this. It can identify how and where oppressive systems work and help to dismantle them.DocumentGender in Practice: Drawing Lessons from the Experiences in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
2001This bulletin shows women's rights campaigners some of the ways in which they can effectively influence policy arenas. This is a collection of tools, guidelines and lessons emerging from a two-year WIDE project on implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.DocumentExpandir el Concepto de la Ciudadania de las Mujeres: la Vision de Pueblo y la Representaci¢n de las Mujeres Mapuche en Sernam? (?Expanding the Concept of Women's Citizenship: the People's Vision and the Representation of Mapuche Women)
2000What difficulties do indigenous women's groups face in lobbying for gender equality?Pages