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Women and the formal economy
Australian Agency for International Development, 2011This think piece by Lorraine Corner concerns women and the formal economy. Historically, in high income countries participation in the formal economy has been the most important route to women’s empowerment and increased gender equality. The costs of gender inequality in the formal economy are high, especially in developing countries.DocumentGendered dimensions of land and rural livelihoods: the case of new settler farmer displacement at Nuanetsi Ranch, Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe
Land Deal Politics Initiative, 2012The biofuel boom has become a core issue in Zimbabwean land and development debates. Biofuels require large tracts of land for production; and the land acquisition programmes by the various state, non-state actors and individuals have been termed ‘land grabbing’.DocumentReligious-Based Political Parties and Groups Continue to Resist Women’s SRHRs in Brazil
Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2013What abortion legislation currently exists in Brazil? What role have religious groups played in advancing or impeding women’s rights in Brazil?DocumentUN Women website: Gender Responsive Budgeting
UN Women, 2012How can gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) initiatives create enabling policy frameworks, build capacity and strengthen monitoring mechanisms to support accountability to women?DocumentIntegrating gender equality dimensions into public financial management
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2010This issues brief is on the integration of a gender equality perspective into public financial management (PFM). It introduces the what, why, where and how of both PFM and gender-responsive budgeting (GRB); outlines opportunities and challenges for implementing GRB; suggests ways of using GRB techniques; includes a comprehensive list of material for further reading.DocumentGender Responsive Budgeting and Aid Effectiveness Knowledge Briefs
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2010This series investigated how gender responsive budgeting (GRB) tools and strategies had been used in the context of aid modalities, such as general budget support (GBS) and sector budget support (SBS). Research was carried out in ten countries: Cameroon, Ethiopia, India, Morocco, Nepal, Mozambique, Peru, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.DocumentSecuring land rights in rural communities of Nigeria: policy approach to the problem of gender inequality
2013In Africa, the pursuit of gender equality in inheritance rights remains one of the most difficult challenges due to its entrenched patriarchal characteristics. This is also the case in the rural communities of South-Eastern Nigeria.DocumentElections and the risk of instability in Africa: supporting legitimate electoral processes
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014Whereas elections have become commonplace in Africa over the past 20 years, several recent examples have shown that they can also crystallise tensions and cause violence (as happened in Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire and Zimbabwe), and can fail to legitimise power.DocumentLessons from electoral management and processes in West Africa
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014A significant issue in the debate on constitutional and political reform in West Africa continues to be the improvement of governance to ensure electoral integrity and protect the electoral mandate through free and fair elections.DocumentEvolving customary institutions in the Drylands: an opportunity for devolved natural resource governance in Kenya?
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014Improved governance of natural resources is crucial for building climate resilient livelihoods and economies in Africa’s drylands. This paper looks at why the authority and capacity of customary natural resource management institutions has been weakened, and how this impacts on resource governance and climate resilience.Pages