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    Masculinity and Civil Wars in Africa – New Approaches to Overcoming Sexual Violence in War

    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2009
    An analysis of the different roles that men and women can play as a conflict unfolds offers new perspectives to help understand wars and restore peace in post-war societies. Sustainable peace building requires, among other things, addressing the behaviour and thinking of violent actors and preventing re-establishment of the old discordant social order.
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    A user’s guide to measuring gender-sensitive basic service delivery

    UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2009
    Gender, governance and basic services are inextricably linked. A functioning democratic system of governance enables people to express their needs through the political system, and ensures that the system responds appropriately to their needs. This Guide reviews the role of basic services in development and in relation to the Millennium Developmen Goals (MDGs).
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    The Treaty of Lisbon from a Gender Perspective: Changes and Challenges

    2008
    The Treaty of Lisbon is an agreement signed in 2007 that aims to reform and modify European Union institutions and their ways of working so that they are better equipped to face today's challenges. This briefing paper was written to guide the Women in Development Europe (WIDE) in shaping their gender advocacy strategy around the Treaty.
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    Talking about Governance. European Community Aid: Policy and Practice on Governance and Democracy

    One World Action, 2006
    This report synthesises findings from research conducted by One World Action on practices of democracy and human rights in the context of governance in seven countries - Azerbaijan, Georgia, Guatemala, Morocco, Mozambique, Peru and Rwanda.
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    Gender and Governance: Supporting Resources Collection

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    This Supporting Resources Collection - part of the BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Governance - showcases existing work on gender and governance. It presents summaries of a mix of conceptual and research papers, policy briefings, advocacy documents, case study material, and practical tools from diverse regions and disciplines.
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    Gender and Governance: Overview Report

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    With their focus on democracy, transparency, accountability, inclusive citizenship and participatory processes there is huge potential in the ideas and practices of governance to catalyse real change in terms of gender equality. However, this potential remains largely untapped.
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    BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 21: Gender and Governance

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    Governance processes - with their emphasis on principles of accountability, transparency, responsiveness and inclusiveness - should be a means to social transformation. But despite this potential, they are failing to deliver on gender equality.
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    Gender and Governance Cutting Edge Pack

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    Put simply, governance refers to decision-making by a range of interested people (or 'stakeholders') including those in formal positions of power and 'ordinary' citizens. These decisions have a huge impact on the ways in which women and men lead their lives, on the rules they are expected to abide by, and on the structures that determine where and how they work and live.
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    Engendering Local Democracy: The Impact of Quotas for Women in India's Panchayats

    Routledge, 2006
    Has women's increased participation in local governance institutions resulted in outcomes that contribute towards gender equality in India?
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    Recasting the Global Political Economy: Counting Women's Unpaid Work

    New Political Economy, 2009
    To date, the discipline of International Political Economy (IPE) has prioritised the study of the state and the market. But what about the spheres of the social, the domestic and the household? There is a widespread, growing depletion of the capacities and resources for social reproduction - that is, the 'glue' that keeps households and societies together and active.

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