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Improving women's lives: World Bank actions since Beijing
World Bank, 2006The World Bank is committed to helping member countries fulfil the Beijing Platform for Action and recognises that gender equality is critical to development and poverty reduction. The World Bank's emphasis on gender increased after the 1995 Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women.DocumentGender Politics: Citizenship, Activism and Sexual Diversity
Pluto Press, 2005Is it possible to move beyond the male-female gender binary system?' This book begins with this question.DocumentWorking with the media on gender and education: a guide for training and planning
Oxfam, 2006How can education and gender campaigners, and organisations and coalitions, work more effectively with the media to promote gender-equitable education? This guide was developed following two workshops which were held in Nairobi, Kenya and Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2005 and 2006. Gender equality issues in education are explored and practical advice on working with the media is given.DocumentGirls and science: a training module on motivating girls to embark on science and technology careers
Education Sector, UNESCO, 2006What practical guidance and training is available for educators to help redress the under-representation and under-achievement of girls in science and technology subjects in African countries?DocumentMainstreaming Gender through Sector Wide Approaches in Education: India Case Study
Cambridge Education Consultants, 2000What opportunities have arisen for mainstreaming gender into education as a result of the shift to sector wide approaches (SWAps)? This case study of the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) in India is part of a study initiated by the Working Party on Gender Equality (WP-GEN) of the Development Committee of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).DocumentHuman development and Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) –Goal 3: promote gender equality and empower women: mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment
United Nations Development Programme, 2003This report examines the status of women in Sudan, using the third Millennium Development Goal of women's empowerment as the framework. It begins with an overview of some key definitions, including gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment.DocumentFifth Periodic Report on Implementation of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Japan)
Government of Japan, 2002Japan's 5th periodic report on the implementation of the ?Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women? (CEDAW) covers the period May 1998 to April 2002. It was put together in consultation with a wide range of civil society groups.DocumentCitizenship: towards a feminist synthesis
Feminist Review, 1997This article outlines how citizenship can be used as a political and theoretical tool by combining 'rights' and 'participation'. Participation in social, economic, cultural and political decision-making provides a more dynamic and active form of rights in which people work together to improve their quality of life.DocumentWomen, citizenship and difference
Feminist Review, 1997In a globalising world where the role of the local, the national and the global is shifting, the meanings of citizenship are also changing. This article presents some new theoretical discussions on gender and citizenship.DocumentCitizenship degraded: Indian women in a modern state and a pre-modern society
Oxfam, 2003One of the greatest barriers to achieving full citizenship rights for women is culture. If development organisations are to help advance women's rights and full citizenship then they must abandon explanations on the basis of ?culture? that ignore gender-based discrimination, and overcome their anxieties about appearing neo-colonial.Pages
