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Women as agents of change in water: reflections on experiences from the field
UN Women, 2015The Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) currently includes 26 women’s networks covering around 100 countries, predominantly in the developing world.DocumentMutual benefits of emPOWERing women for sustainable and inclusive development
United Nations [UN] Industrial Development Organization, 2015The energy and gender nexus is based on the recognition that men and women have different needs and priorities with regard to energy, stemming from gendered societal and cultural roles. Without access to energy, women often face especially exhausting and time-consuming work when undertaking basic subsistence tasks.DocumentFraming rights and responsibilities: accounts of women with a history of AIDS activism
BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2011Background: In South Africa, policy with respect to HIV/AIDS has had a strong rights-based framing in line with international trends and in keeping with the constitutional overhaul in the post-Apartheid era. There have also been considerable advances since 1994 towards legal enshrinement of sexual and reproductive health rights and in the provision of related services.DocumentEmpowering the poor in a changing climate: experiences from UNDP supported initiatives on adaptation
United Nations Development Programme, 2015The threat of climate change undermining global development efforts is becoming increasingly clear. Climate variability, more intense and frequent extreme-weather events, and growing inequalities are among the impacts being felt, suffered most by the poorest and most vulnerable people.DocumentGender & climate change adaptation: empowering women in agriculture and forestry
Rainforest Alliance, 2014In every region of the world, women are engaged in sectors that are directly affected by climate change. In agriculture, forestry, and other livelihood activities, these women are already feeling the impact of climate change; and generally experience greater vulnerability and risk than men.DocumentWomen's empowerment revisited : from individual to collective power among the export sector workers of Bangladesh
2012Bangladesh has become known as something of a success in advancing gender equality since the 1990s. There have been rapid gains in a number of social and economic domains, yet by most objective standards the current condition and status of women and girls within Bangladeshi society remain low.DocumentChallenges and Achievements in the Implementation of the Millenium Development Goals for Women and Girls
United Nations, 2013Access to water and sanitation for all is central to achieving global justice for poor women and men.Even though water and sanitation have been the focus of international development at least since the 1970s,the global aid architecture is straining to solve what appears on the surface a simple problem: how to provide water and sanitation to all.DocumentKorea’s support policies for single-parent families
Korea Development Institute, 2014Korea’s support policies for single-parent families are considered to have started in 1989 with the legislation of the Single-mother and Child Welfare Act.DocumentPreliminary results of the survey on Persons with Disabilities conducted in selected Metro Manila cities
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) recognize the need to understand the link between disability and poverty. In fact this has become one of the key issues in the subject of poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific.OrganisationObserv’action
Observ’action works in partnership with Genre en Action, a network of organisations and individuals working to promote and advance gender equality and development in Francophone countries.Pages