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    Mainstreaming Gender in Global Governance

    SAGE Publications, 2002
    The rhetorical acceptance of gender mainstreaming by various international organisations obscures considerable diversity in when and how mainstreaming is applied. The paper is divided into three parts. The first outlines a social-movement approach to the study of gender mainstreaming.
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    Guidelines for a Gender Analysis: Human Rights with a Gender Perspective, Implementing the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women

    United Nations [UN] Commission on the Status of Women ., 2000
    Despite the failure of the Unite States (US) to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the City and County of San Francisco introduced a regulation to implement CEDAW at the local level. As part of the implementation, the City department must undertake a gender analysis of its budget allocations, service delivery, and employment practices.
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    Producing Shadow Reports to the CEDAW Committee: A Procedural Guide

    International Women's Rights Action Watch, 2009
    How can non-governmental organisations (NGOs) ensure governments are implementing international law to protect women's rights? This is a practical guide for NGOs who wish to use the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to hold their governments accountable for upholding and enforcing women's rights.
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    Global Governance: Feminist Perspectives

    Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
    To understand the potential for governance to empower women and lead to greater gender equality, it is crucial to pay greater attention to governance institutions and processes beyond the state.
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    A Change in Thinking: Gender Budgeting - Now's the Time

    Oxfam, 2007
    Gender budgeting can deliver better-value services for both women and men. This CD aims to help service delivery and regeneration initiatives in the UK to take gender into account. Only then will the poorest people in society benefit from the services on offer by the State.
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    Improving the Environment and Community Safety in the Sol Plaatje Municipality of South Africa - a Gender-sensitive Approach

    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2007
    The urban planning process in the Sol Plaatje Municipality of South Africa was the first in the area to actively promote awareness among women and introduce mechanisms and policies for women's participation. The project Steering Committee adopted a 30 per cent minimum quota for women's participation in the planning process.
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    Urban Governance: Why Gender Matters

    Global Development Research Centre, 1996
    Women's views are rarely taken into account in urban planning processes. Yet women's needs and interests differ from men's in relation to services such as transport and health, and infrastructure. Policymakers and planners, therefore, need to take a more gender-sensitive approach so that women's needs and interests are addressed and women are included in these decision-making processes.
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    South Africa Local Government Gender Action Plan Manual

    Gender Links, Johannesburg, 2008
    This manual is a product of the Training of Trainer (ToT) workshop organised by Gender Links in 2007. The workshop itself brought together representatives from local government staff from four countries, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia and South Africa. The manual is designed to complement the South African government's Gender Policy Framework for Local Government.
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    Political Learning through Women's Experiences in Local Governments: The Case of Central American Path to Learning

    2008
    Although women in Latin America have only relatively recently been involved in decision-making positions in local governments, they have been able to accumulate valuable experience and knowledge in municipal management and implementation of public policies with a gender perspective.
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    Gender and Decentralised Governance

    Institute of Federalism, 2005
    Why is decentralisation increasingly common? Does it, or can it, serve gender equality goals? This overview and annotated bibliography defines the concepts of governance, decentralisation and gender, describes various challenges in engendering decentralised governance and highlights some donor responses to these issues.

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