Clulow, Michael and Manson, Felicity | 2005
- Author(s): Clulow, Michael and Manson, Felicity
- Publisher: One world action etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women, political participation, local government, popular participation, civil society, central america
Based on a programme looking at issues of women’s citizenship and governance in Central America, lessons are drawn on the value of regional action, empowerment of women’s organizations, alliance building, potential to work with local governments and the need for new ways of doing politics.
Cole, Samuel | cop. 2011
- Author(s): Cole, Samuel
- Publisher: International foundation for electoral systems (IFES)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women, political participation, india, rwanda, south africa
The political mechanisms of India, Rwanda and South Africa are highlighted, with emphasis on how women could achieve political power through the democratic process. These best practices should lead to strategies to be used to improve women’s political participation in Liberia.
Conaway, Camille Pampell | 2006
- Author(s): Conaway, Camille Pampell
- Publisher: United nations development fund for women (UNIFEM)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women, political participation, gender mainstreaming, peace, africa
This discussion paper outlines the contributions of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) to enhancing women’s political participation and integrating a gender perspective in post-conflict governance in Africa.
Corner, Lorraine | 2008
- Author(s): Corner, Lorraine
- Publisher: United nations development fund for women (UNIFEM)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: gender equality, women's rights, development strategies, un, undp, development indicators
The publication aims to assist countries by suggesting a process for developing a gender-responsive rights-based national MDG reporting framework, and providing a sourcebook of issues to consider, possible strategies, and suggested long-term and intermediate targets and indicators.
Corner, Lorraine | 2005
- Author(s): Corner, Lorraine
- Publisher: United nations development programme (UNDP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: governance, gender equality, poverty, socio-economic indicators
This paper explores the extent to which existing indicators of governance are gender-sensitive and pro-poor and considers how they could be made more so, and proposes some additional indicators that might better capture the gender and poverty dimensions of governance.