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Gender Equality - The Role of Microcredit in Poverty Reduction and Promoting Gender Equity - A Discussion Paper
Canadian International Development Agency, 1997Microcredit programmes have delivered results for large numbers of poor people. But do poor women and men automatically benefit' This paper seeks to spark discussion on the role of microcredit as a tool in fighting poverty and gender inequality, drawing on evidence from South Asia.DocumentGender and Participation in Agricultural Development Planning: Lessons from Costa Rica
1997In spite of efforts by both governmental and nongovernmental bodies, gender considerations have been overlooked in mixed farming development policies, plans and programmes in Costa Rica.DocumentBRIDGE Report 8: Gender and Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Institute of Development Studies UK, 1993How can current and future economic adjustment policies more effectively incorporate gender concerns' Gender issues have begun to enter mainstream debates about the impact of structural adjustment.DocumentBRIDGE Report 41: Gender Issues in Agricultural Market Liberalisation
Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998Are men and women affected differently by agricultural liberalisation? If so, how can future policy integrate gender concerns? There is growing recognition that gender and other social issues must be a key consideration for the successful implementation of agricultural liberalisation policies.DocumentGender-orientation in the Post-harvest Sector: Pointers for Identifying Gender-specific Aspects in the Post-harvest Sector
1998The success of projects aimed at reducing women's workloads in the post-harvest sector depends upon careful situation analyses that include the interests of all involved, both men and women. Aimed at head office and field staff, this paper presents a range of questions that can be used in planning and implementation as well as in monitoring and evaluating projects.DocumentGender Inequalities in Primary Schooling: The Roles of Poverty and Adverse Cultural Practices
Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998The roles of poverty and 'adverse cultural practices' in perpetuating the gender gap in primary education evident in many developing countries are explored in this paper. It investigates whether variations in terms of the gender gap can be explained by a country's level of development.DocumentEmpowering the Next Generation: Girls of the Maqattam Garbage Settlement
Population Council, 1998Lessons learned from interventions aimed at extending employment opportunities and broader social roles to adolescent girls in the settlement of Maqattam (on the outskirts of Cairo) are the focus of this publication. Livelihoods of Maqattam families are directly or indirectly linked to garbage collection and sorting, and almost half of households have adolescent daughters.DocumentGender: the Key to Sustainability and Food Security
Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 1997Based on FAO's Plan of Action for Women in Development (1996-2001) this document describes FAO's conceptual framework for analysing the implications of gender in sustainable agriculture and rural development, and outlines its strategies and actions aimed at addressing these issues.DocumentFood and Agriculture Organization Plan of Action for Women in Development (1996-2001)
1995As the Food and Agriculture Organization's framework for implementing the Platform for Action adopted at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women (September 1995), this paper details a strategy for achieving a number of objectives specifically relating to rural women.DocumentTip Sheet on Globalisation and Equality Between Women and Men
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 1998How do gender-differentiated effects of globalisation arise? These questions are answered in this 2-page Sida guideline. Whilst globalisation - defined as policies and trends associated with market liberalisation - is often assumed to have similar impacts on women and men, the effects in fact reinforce existing patterns of inequality between them.Pages
