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  A Menu of Options for Intra-Household Poverty Assessment

  2006

  Most measures of household poverty, based on income and consumption, assume that all resources that enter the household are shared equally by household members. Yet, in reality, some members may be relatively more privileged than others, commanding more income and accessing greater consumption opportunities. Often it is women, children and the elderly who are most disproportionately affected.
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  Gender, Time Use, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

  World Bank, 2005

  It is not always clear what is meant by 'time poverty', nor how time poverty is measured. Time poverty can be understood as the fact that some people, most often women, do not have enough time for rest and leisure after taking into account the time they spend working, whether in the labour market, for domestic work, or for activities such as fetching water and wood.
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  Re-thinking the ??Feminization of Poverty?? in Relation to Aggregate Gender Indices

  Routledge, 2006

  This paper recognises that the United Nations Development Programme's indicators - the Gender-related Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) (see section 6.2) - do not adequately measure the gendered dimensions of poverty, and suggests ways to work towards aggregate indices that are more sensitive to gender gaps in poverty.
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  Accountability Upside Down: Gender Equality in a Partnership for Poverty Eradication

  Social Watch, 2005

  Until recently, projects or programmes were the principal mechanism through which donors provided development assistance to partner countries. Yet, with the introduction of new aid mechanisms, donor funds are increasingly being channelled to partner governments through direct budget support.
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  Mainstreaming Gender into NGO Work. A Case Study from Nigeria

  University of Wolverhampton, 2002

  In October 2000, staff from CRUDAN (the Christian Rural and Urban Development Association of Nigeria) attended a workshop, held as part of a broader effort to integrate a gender perspective into CRUDAN's work. A checklist for measuring gender equality in organisations was drawn up at the workshop, and was later simplified to make it easier for member organisations to use.
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  Manual for the Gender Self-Assessment

  Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers, 2003

  What contribution do you think SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation) makes to equal gender relations? This is just one of the many questions used to encourage SNV staff and partners to assess their own performance on gender. The questions are designed to enhance self-reflection and staff ownership of efforts to promote women's empowerment and gender equality.
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  An introduction to gender audit methodology: its design and implementation in DFID Malawi

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This background paper outlines the methodology used during an audit of the UK Department for International Development's (DFID) gender equality and mainstreaming work in Malawi. The audit comprised both an internal organisational assessment and an external assessment of development objectives.
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  Focus. Empowering Women

  United Nations Development Programme, 2005

  The United Nations Development Programme/ Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (UNDP/PAPP) supports Palestinian women through a wide range of initiatives - reviewed in this magazine. Training on gender and women's rights and assistance in gender mainstreaming is provided by UNDP to the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Women's Affairs.
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  The Model Parliament for Family Law Reform: A Significant Step towards Linking Women's Issues with National Concerns

  Women Living Under Muslim Law, 2004

  The 1993 Oslo agreement resulted in the forming of the Palestinian Authority but it did not create a separate Palestinian state. This deprived many Palestinians of their fundamental right to self-determination and in the years that followed Palestinians passionately discussed every new law that was proposed.
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  Palestinian Women in Israel

  Coalition of Women for Peace, 2004

  Palestinian women living in Israel experience overlapping spheres of discrimination - politically, economically, and socially. Politically, Israel is dominated by men particularly those from the military. Although many women are dissatisfied with how political parties address women's concerns, fewer and fewer women are entering politics.

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