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    Gender, Governance and the Feminisation of Poverty, chapter 4 in Women's Political Participation and Good Governance: 21st Century Challenges

    United Nations Development Programme, 2000
    What is the 'feminisation of poverty', and will 'good governance' serve to reduce it? Similarly, will poverty reduction necessarily help to advance gender equality? Principles around promoting choice and participation for women and for men are increasingly visible in governance agendas. But there is a tendency to promote participation for women in the same way as for men.
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    Global Governance, International Development Discourses and National Policy-Making

    EQ?IT Institute, 2007
    International institutions are playing an increasingly influential role in a world that is becoming more connected through common policies on trade, politics and development. This paper looks at the implications of some of these policies for developing countries, and particularly for women.
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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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    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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    Influence and Accountability: Citizen Voices, Responsiveness and Accountability in Service Delivery

    One World Action, 2002
    How can citizens exercise their right to participate in meaningful ways in order to influence the delivery of basic services? How can the public sector's willingness and ability to respond be increased in accountable and sustainable ways?
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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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