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    Political Learning through Women's Experiences in Local Governments: The Case of Central American Path to Learning

    2008
    Although women in Latin America have only relatively recently been involved in decision-making positions in local governments, they have been able to accumulate valuable experience and knowledge in municipal management and implementation of public policies with a gender perspective.
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    Gender and Decentralised Governance

    Institute of Federalism, 2005
    Why is decentralisation increasingly common? Does it, or can it, serve gender equality goals? This overview and annotated bibliography defines the concepts of governance, decentralisation and gender, describes various challenges in engendering decentralised governance and highlights some donor responses to these issues.
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    Decentralizing Government and Centralizing Gender in Southern Africa: Lessons from the South African Experience

    2005
    Decentralisation is frequently presented as an important vehicle for increasing women's representation and political participation. However, the benefits for women of devolved local government are not always obvious. This paper starts from the premise that local government is in an ambiguous position.
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    Political Reform to Increase Quotas for Women in Parliament: The Use of Electoral Gender Quotas in Rwanda

    Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC, 2007
    Electoral gender quotas accelerated greater representation of women in the Rwandan Parliament, with 48.8 per cent of parliamentary seats, the highest in the world after the first ever multiparty elections. While the use of electoral gender quotas is a useful and important mechanism, multiple factors produced the Rwandan success.
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    Speaking Out: How the Voices of Poor People are Shaping the Future. All Papers

    Oxfam, 2008
    Many poor people around the world are denied the opportunity to have their say - they are often excluded from decision-making on issues that directly affect their welfare and so are less able to hold decision-makers to account. As a result, progress towards the reduction of poverty and suffering is slow.
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    Increasing Women's Political Representation: New Trends in Gender Quotas

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2005
    The aim of electoral quotas is to increase - and safeguard - women's presence in Parliaments. Quotas for women mean that women must constitute a certain number or percentage of the members of a body, whether it is a candidate list, a parliamentary assembly, a committee or a government. There are three main ways in which quotas can work:
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    Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers - A Revised Edition

    2005
    Women's access to the legislature is covered in three steps by this handbook: (1) it looks into the obstacles women confront when entering Parliament - be they political, socio-economic, ideological or psychological; (2) it presents solutions to overcome these obstacles, such as changing electoral systems and introducing quotas; and (3) it details strategies for women to influence politics once th
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    Putting National Gender-based Violence Legislation into Practice in the Philippines

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major problem in the Philippines, with approximately 9 per cent of women aged 18 and above having experienced physical abuse, much of which happens in the home at the hands of a relative or partner.
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    Gender, Politics and the State

    Routledge, 1998
    Over the last two decades our understanding of the relationship between gender, politics and the state has been transformed - this volume provides an overview of this dynamic and growing field. We need to broaden the field of politics to include activities often undertaken by women which fall outside the boundaries of conventional politics and, therefore, not usually considered 'political'.
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    Getting Institutions Right for Women in Development

    Zed Books Limited, 1997
    How can we make gender equity routine in development organisations and challenge the legitimacy of forms of social organisation which discriminate against women? The authors in this edited collection offer a range of reflections and propose a range of solutions including:

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