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Unpaid care work and empowerment of women and girls
United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2014How do care concerns becomes more visible on domestic policy agendas? What factors lead to care-sensitive social policies? Care is a social good that underpins all development however it is all too often invisible in policy and programming, amongst donors and in budgeting.DocumentWomen’s Economic Opportunity Index 2012
The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2012In the second half of the 20th century, the entry of women into the workforce helped to propel most of the world’s developed economies. Yet, women remain the world’s greatest pool of untapped labour; nearly one-half of the world’s working age women are not currently active in the global economy.DocumentWorld survey on the role of women in development 2014: Gender equality and sustainable development
UN Women, 2014This flagship UN study, part of the World Survey series which is issued every five years, highlights the links between the causes of gender inequality and unsustainability, and makes the case for the importance of recognising and building on the synergies between sustainable development and gender equality.DocumentThe World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 2014: Gender Equality and Sustainable Development
UN Women, 2014This flagship UN study, part of the World Survey series which is issued every five years, highlights the links between the causes of gender inequality and unsustainability, and makes the case for the importance of recognising and building on the synergies between sustainable development and gender equality.DocumentMeasuring progress toward empowerment Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index: baseline report
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2014This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey results, summarising both findings from the WEAI survey and the relationships between the WEAI and various outcomes of interest to the US Government’s Feed the Future initiative.DocumentAfrican Women and Girls – Their say on their world post-2015
Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development, 2014The Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD), has released a landmark publication that details the voices of African women and girls in the post Millennium Development Goals discussion. African women and girls at the Grassroots – their say on their world post 2015 is a representation of African women’s voices from the grassroots.DocumentEmpowering Women Entrepreneurs through Information and Communication Technologies - A Practical Guide
United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2014The promotion of micro and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) has been recognised as an important strategy for advancing the economic empowerment of women, while reducing poverty and gender inequality.DocumentAfrican leaders champion women’s empowerment as the key to unlocking the continent’s agricultural potential. The initiative to Empower Women in Agriculture (EWA) recognises women as the unsung heroines of African agriculture
African Capacity Building Foundation, 2012"Strengthening the role of women in agriculture has far-reaching consequences on economic and agricultural growth, food security, and better standards of living in Africa.DocumentEmpowerment of women and girls: unpaid care work in Nigeria
2014This resource is the Nigeria country profile within the Eldis Interactions 'Empowerment of Women and Girls' portal, under the theme of 'unpaid care work'.DocumentChanging status of women and the phenomenon trafficking of women for transactional sex in Nigeria: a qualitative analysis
2013This paper examines the changing status of Bini women occasioned by the upsurge and endemic nature of the trafficking of women for the purpose of transactional sex. It engaged ethnographic methods of data collection with the use of family-based interviews, focus group discussions using vignette stories, life histories, and key informant interviewing.Pages