Bandiaky, Solange | 2007
- Author(s): Bandiaky, Solange
- Publisher: World resources institute. Institutions and governance program
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women, popular participation, local government, gender equality, senegal
A study among the rural population in the Malidino reserve, Senegal, shows that participatory approaches and decentralization are insufficient for ensuring greater gender equity and equality; moreover, they may be exacerbating extant cleavages.
Barakat, Bushra A. | 2007
- Author(s): Barakat, Bushra A.
- Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women's rights, muslim women, family law, customary law, arab countries
This publication focuses on the legal reality faced by Muslim women in Arab countries as exemplified by matrimonial law. It highlights examples of discrepancies between legal wording and social practice, which is to say between what the law says, and the reality of how it is actually applied.
Barker, Gary | 2010
- Author(s): Barker, Gary
- Publisher: International center for research on women (ICRW) [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: men, gender equality, gender mainstreaming, sex roles, public sector, educational policy, health policy, poverty alleviation, brazil, chile, india, mexico, south africa
How can public policies more adequately engage men and boys in achieving gender equality and reducing gender disparities in health and social welfare? Research in Brazil, Chile, India, Mexico and South Africa, with brief summaries on Norway and Tanzania, show the diversity of policy recipes needed.
Basu, Amrita | 2005
- Author(s): Basu, Amrita
- Publisher: United nations research institute for social development (UNRISD)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: women, social movements, political parties, political participation, south asia, sri lanka, pakistan, bangladesh, india
Two sets of relationships are explored: those between women and political parties, and those between political parties and social movements that organize women. The focus is on South Asia, with case studies of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and, particularly India.
Batliwala, Srilatha | cop. 2011
- Author(s): Batliwala, Srilatha
- Publisher: Association for women's rights in development (AWID)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: gender equality, empowerment, evaluation, women's rights
This document presents important insights gathered from AWID's research into the challenges of monitoring and evaluating the progress of women’s rights work. The insights are important for those engaged in women’s rights and empowerment work at the grassroots, national, regional, and global level.