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Policy recommendations: financing for development
African Women's Development & Communication Network, 2015This short briefing contains recommendations on financing for development from representatives of African women's rights organisations, trade unions and civil society organisations.DocumentMaking financing for development work for gender equality: what is needed at Addis and beyond
Gender and Development Network, 2015This briefing from the Gender and Development Network in the UK has been written in preparation for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3).DocumentResearching the politics of gender: A new conceptual and methodological approach (Research Framing Paper 1)
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2014A significant gap exists between the political settlements literature and the mainstream feminist literature on women in politics.DocumentIs women's work a pathway to their agency in rural Egypt?
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015Whether work is performed for household members’ consumption (subsistence work) or for sale to others (market work), it may be an enabling resource for women’s agency, or their capacity to define and act upon their goals.DocumentFrom Commitment to Action: Financing gender equality and women’s rights in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
2015This four-page brief provides an overview of OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members’ aid to gender equality since the MDGs and identifies priorities for financing gender equality in the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda.DocumentThe well-being of elderly survivors after natural disasters: measuring the impact of the Great East Japan earthquake
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2015The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011 had a devastating impact on the northeastern part of Japan.DocumentHow gender shapes adolescence: diverging paths and opportunities
Young Lives, 2015The effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing gender-based inequalities continues to be undermined by knowledge gaps around the determinants, mechanisms, experiences and outcomes of gender dynamics and discrimination in childhood.DocumentAfghanistan gender equality report card: evaluating the Government of Afghanistan’s committments to women and gender equality
EQUALITY for Peace and Democracy, 2015Since 2001, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) has made over 2,300 explicit commitments to the women of Afghanistan on gender equality in laws, treaties and agreements, policies, and strategic documents, a figure that does not even include the innumerable verbal commitments made over the past fourteen years.DocumentFemale employment in MENA's manufacturing sector: the implications of firm-related and national factors
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has realised significant advances toward improving women’s well-being and social status over the last few decades. However, women’s employment rate in the MENA region remains one of the lowest in the world.DocumentFlexible labor regulations and informality in Egypt
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015Do flexible labour market regulations reduce informal employment? This paper examines the effects of changes in labour regulations on the incidence of formal employment. Using the case of Egypt, it studies the effects of the introduction of more flexible labour regulations in 2003, allowing employers to fire workers, on the incidence of formal employment.Pages