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2012 Social Institutions and Gender Index : Understanding the drivers of gender inequality
Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was established by decision of the OECD Council on 23 October 1962 and comprises 24 member countries. The 2012 Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) shows that countries have made promising progress in tackling discriminatory social institutions in some areas. Latin America and the Caribbean shows the...
Democracy assessment: The Basics of the International IDEA Assessment Framework
Africa, Democracy, Framework, Civil SocietyThe IDEA State of Democracy project has developed a comprehensive methodological tool that the citizens of all democracies in the world can use to assess the functioning of their own democratic systems. The assessments are aimed at raising public awareness, sparking discussions and helping identify areas for reform. This publication is a basic guide to the International IDEA Democracy...
Guide to Gender Sensitive Indicators
DonorThe aim of this Guide is to promote conceptual and methodological understanding of indicators, with special emphasis on gender-sensitive indicators and offer suggestions and guidance for use of gender-sensitive indicators, with a particular focus on projects with an end-user focus. Annex 1 Definitions of key terms Annex 2 Criteria for the selection of indicators Annex 3 Examples of Region/...
Women Political Participation: Cambodia Experiences(ppt)
Asia and the Pacific, Governance and Gender, Presentation, Civil SocietyPresentation delivered on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011.
Democracy: With Women, For Women
Electoral Systems, Governance and Gender, UN WomenDemocracy: With Women, For Women Since 2006, the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) has provided grants to strengthen democratic governance in more than 100 countries. UNIFEM works with approximately 10 percent of UNDEF projects to inject its long-standing expertise in gender equality and governance. Democracy: With Women, For Women presents an overview and brief analysis of the first round of grants...
Blurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Academic/Think Tank, DonorBlurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies provides a summary of nearly a decade of research on citizen engagement done by the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability (the Citizenship DRC). The brief note Blurring the Boundaries - Citizen Action Across States and Societies has been produced by the Development Research Centre on...
Internal Party Integrity Management in South Africa
Africa, Democracy, Political Parties, Report, Civil SocietyIt is the view of this report that, as the primary vehicle of democratic representation in South Africa, political parties should in their organisation, management and conduct aim to reflect inter alia the Constitutional values of transparency and accountability. It claims that South African political parties’ internal governance is virtually unregulated except in terms...
Democratic Republic of Congo Democracy and political participation: An assessment of the first steps into the 3rd Republic
Africa, Democracy, Electoral Systems, Political Parties, Report, Civil SocietyAs the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) prepares to go to the polls in 2011, for only the second time in more than forty years, this report, focusing on the country’s democratic credentials states that Executive power is rapidly being consolidated, to the detriment of other governance institutions. This is threatening credible participation of the Congolese citizens in the...
So What Difference Does it Make? Mapping the Outcomes of Citizen Engagement
Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Democracy, Academic/Think TankOver the last two decades, the idea that citizen engagement and participation can contribute to improved governance and development outcomes has been mainstreamed in development policy and discourse. Yet despite the normative beliefs that underpin this approach, the impact of participation on improved democratic and developmental outcomes has proved difficult to assess. ...
Positioning civil society post-Polokwane: coming to terms with ANC political leadership changes
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Political Parties, Civil SocietyIn 2007 South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC) was overhauled in what was seen as a revolt against the leadership of former Party President Thabo Mbeki. The party’s elective national conference was held in Polokwane and led to significant changes in its top political leadership with Jacob Zuma replacing Thabo Mbeki as Party President...