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Data | The little data book on gender in Africa 2012/13
Global Index, Governance and Gender, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe little data book on gender in Africa 2012/13 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators (ADI) 2012/13. It contains some 60 key indicators on economics, human development, and empowerment and is intended as a quick reference for users of the Africa development indicators 2012/13 book and ADI online. The country tables present the latest available data for World Bank member...
Global Database of Quotas for Women
Electoral Systems, Governance and Gender, Web Resource, Academic/Think TankThis Database provides information on the various types of gender quotas in existence today, detailing the percentages and targets in countries where they are applicable. The Database is intended as a working research tool. That is, it will continue to expand as more information becomes available and is verified. Only countries with electoral gender quotas will be found on this web site. The...
The Global Gender Gap Report 2012
Global Index, Governance and Gender, Global IntegrityThe Global Gender Gap Index introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income groups, and over...
Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa:Pilot Evidence from Rwanda
Article / Working Paper, Governance and Gender, Land Governance, DonorAlthough recent developments have increased interest in African land tenure, Rwanda’s nation-wide Land Tenure Regularization (LTR) program is one of a few models to address these issues at the required scale. A rigorous empirical analysis that is used to evaluate the pilot for this program highlights four main effects; namely, (i) significant and large investment impacts that are particularly...
Integrating a Gender Dimension into Monitoring & Evaluation of Rural Development Projects
Framework, Governance and Gender, Land Governance, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe Toolkit for Integrating Gender into Monitoring and Evaluation has been developed to assist project task teams, borrowers and partners to recognize and address gender concerns in designing rural development sector projects, to monitor progress in gender integration during implementation, and to evaluate its impact in achieving overall rural well-being. The toolkit contains among other things...
Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: A Toolkit
Framework, Governance and Gender, UNDP ProducedIntegration of a gender perspective into programming and policy-making – Gender Mainstreaming – has become a key priority of UNDP. Towards this end, 'Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: A Toolkit' integrates a gender perspective into the analysis of work, home, and public life in order to improve policy-making and programming. This publication reflects the work of more than a hundred specialists...
Gender Mainstreaming Questionnaire
Civil Society, Europe and CIS, Governance and Gender, Questionnaire , UNDP ProducedThis questionnaire is designed for creating a baseline assessment of the gender mainstreaming capacity of UNDP Macedonia staff. The results of this assessment is used to guide activities on capacity building and creating a gender mainstreaming strategy for UNDP Macedonia.
Scorecard: Performance Indicators for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Governance and Gender, Questionnaire , Other UN AgencyThe Scorecard is intended to provide an assessment of what the UNCT as a whole contributes to gender mainstreaming and consequently to the promotion of gender equality in the country. The main focus is on gender mainstreaming strategies and processes, rather than on development results. The Scorecard helps UNCTs become more aware of their own performance on gender equality and thus better...
Mainstreaming a Gender Justice Approach: A Manual to support NGOs in self-assessing their gender mainstreaming competence
Civil Society, Framework, Governance and Gender, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Verona Groverman & Jeanette Kloosterman This framework has been created to help gender experts and consultants to coach organisations in self-assessing their gender mainstreaming competence. In this framework you find the ingredients for a self-assessment, to be organised in a workshop setting. It is meant to support development organisations in ‘screening’ their gender...
Checklist: Gender checklist for free and fair election in SA
Africa, Electoral Systems, Governance and Gender, QuestionnaireThis checklist can be used as a diagnostic tool to assess the extent of gender equality in elections including the representation of woman and men in the decision-making process. The checklist is intended for electoral authorities, political parties, election observers, election monitors, gender activist, researcher and others concerned with assessing whether an election is free and fair,...