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  Nigeria: political transition and the complexities ofgender empowerment

  United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2005

  The paper looks at the inherent gender constraints and the role of individuals as catalysts for change in the Nigerian political process through a biographical sketch of Representative Patricia Etteh.Nigeria experienced democratic transition in 1999 and a peaceful transfer of power from one elected government to another.
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  Leading to choices: a leadership training handbook for women

  Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace, 2001

  This handbook is based on a conceptualisation of leadership as horizontal, inclusive, and participatory; as a process that leads to greater choices for all by fostering communication among individuals who learn from each other, create a shared vision, and reach a common goal forged by consensus.
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  The Women's Movement in the Zimbabwe Constitutional Debate: The Continuous Journey to a Gender Fair Constitution

  BRIDGE, 2005

  This paper outlines the struggle of Zimbabwean women to free themselves from oppressive and exploitative discourses during colonial and post-colonial periods. It discusses how institutionalised patriarchy marginalised women and demonstrates women's refusal to behave as passive victims.
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  Freedom for women: mainstreaming gender in the South African liberation struggle and beyond

  Oxfam, 2005

  As a result of women's activism, non-sexism became a key goal of the national liberation struggle in South Africa. During the negotiations for democracy, women drew on their experience of the years of struggle to ensure that gender equality was enshrined in the constitution, and that an array of gender machinery was put in place to mainstream gender in the new state.
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  Taking gender equality seriously: making progress, meeting new challenges

  United Nations Development Programme, 2006

  UNDP and its partners have had mixed success with gender mainstreaming. For UNDP, as for others, mainstreaming has too often meant that everyone - and thus no one in particular - has responsibility for promoting women's empowerment. Nonetheless, there are many success stories throughout the organisation where mainstreaming has yielded positive results.
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  Women are Citizens Too: the Laws of the State, the Lives of Women

  United Nations Development Programme, 2002

  The term citizen, ?Al Mouwaten? is gaining significance in official statements and documents, in the press, and in public discussions in many parts of the Arab world. The idea of citizenship has been successfully drawn on by some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as a means of pressing for greater equality for women in the region.
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  Gender equality and mainstreaming in the policy and practice of the UK Department for International Development (DFID): a briefing from the UK Gender and Development Network

  Womankind, 2003

  This report analyses DFID's progress in gender mainstreaming and the implementation of its commitments under the Convention for Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  The Politics of State Structures: Citizenship and the National Machinery for Women in South Africa

  African Gender Institute, South Africa, 2004

  The National Machinery for Women was established in South Africa after the 1994 elections, largely as a result of the political pressure generated by the Women's National Coalition. Through tracking one particular piece of legislation - the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act - this paper analyses the effectiveness of the National Machinery for Women in South Africa.
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  Human 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, 2003

  This 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.
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  Citizenship: towards a feminist synthesis

  Feminist Review, 1997

  This 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.

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