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Women's Status, Rights and Interests in Land Diversion
2005Previously in China, all land was controlled by the communes. Over the past twenty years, with the break up of the communes, new land tenure arrangements have given greater control over land to individual households.DocumentMigration and Rural Women's Development
Beijing Academy of Social Sciences Press, 2004The methodology of this study combines a quantitative questionnaire and qualitative interviews. The study took place in four counties of Anhui and Sichuan in 2000. More than 3000 married women were surveyed on their migration history.DocumentEngendering Poverty Alleviation Policies and Measures in China ---- A Policy Research Paper
China-gad, 2004Discussions about women and poverty have recently begun in the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council. In the latest nationwide poverty alleviation policy and its county-level intervention plan, two women-specific indicators for identification of poor villages have been introduced.DocumentTranscending boundaries to improve the food security of HIV-affected households in rural Uganda: a case study
Population Council, USA, 2007Realising food security for all is a complex task that requires attention to agricultural, nutritional, technological, and gender issues. This case study describes the experience of Partners for Food Security (PAFOSE) in Tororo, Uganda, a multi-organisation partnership aimed at better integrating district level organisations to identify and promote ways to improve food security.DocumentThe Women Empowerment Approach: a Methodological Guide
Commission on Women and Development, Brussels, 2007This dynamic empowerment methodology creates specific yet flexible indicators for development programming in local contexts. First of all it sets out the theoretical foundations that underpin the concept of empowerment, as conceived by women's movements from the South and key thinkers on the issue.DocumentDecent Work? The Cambodian Garment Industry
One World Action, 2007Has the garment industry in Cambodia led to the creation of decent work for women?DocumentGender and Ageing Briefs
HelpAge International, 2002Aimed at practitioners and policy makers, these briefs cover six key issues in ageing, gender and development:?gender in an ageing world;?age, gender and HIV/AIDS;?participation for older men and women;?humanitarian crises: hearing and understanding older people's gender needs;?violence and older people: the gendered dimension; andDocumentThe Gender Implications of Pension Reforms. General Remarks and Evidence from Selected Countries
2006Globally, women make up the majority of older people, as well as the majority of the elderly living in poverty. Despite these facts, and despite international and national commitments to gender mainstreaming in all policy fields, concerns about gender equality have been largely absent from mainstream pension policy debates, and from mainstream academic research on pension reforms.DocumentThe Second Fundher Report: Financial Sustainability for Women's Movements Worldwide
2007Where is the money for women's rights and how can we tap it? How could new resources be mobilised to build stronger feminist movements in order to advance women's rights worldwide? This report analyses the funding landscape for women's rights work, building on an earlier report published by the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) in 2006.DocumentCaring and Contributing: the Role of Older Women in Multigenerational Households in the HIV/AIDS Era
Oxford Institute of Ageing, 2007Older women are much more likely to be affected by, rather than infected with, HIV and AIDS. They are often the primary caretakers of the sick, of the children of the sick, and of children who have been orphaned due to AIDS. They may also help pay for medical treatments, transportation and school fees for children and grandchildren, as well as household subsistence needs.Pages