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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...
International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) Questionnaire
Governance and Gender, Questionnaire , Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThe International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) is a comprehensive household questionnaire on men’s attitudes and practices – along with women’s opinions and reports of men’s practices – on a wide variety of topics related to gender equality. The questionnaire can be used as a tool to assess gender equality on a household level. Topics include: gender-based violence; health and...
Dumping on women : gender and privatisation of waste management
Africa, Book, Governance and Gender, Public Administration, Academic/Think TankThis book is based on research conducted in the South African municipalities of Thabazimbi, Sol Plaatje and Johannesburg. The aim of the research was to find out how privatization of waste management services affected men and women differently and if privatization makes it harder for municipalities to promote equity between women and men. The Introduction explains the research and some of the key...
Measuring Governance with Pro-Poor and Gender Sensitive Indicators (ppt)
Governance and Gender, Presentation, Academic/Think TankPresentation delivered by Lorraine Corner, consultant, to the workshop on Country-led Governance Assessments in Namibia, 2009.
Gender sensitive and pro-poor governance indicators (PPT)
Governance and Gender, Presentation, Academic/Think TankPower point presentation presented by Christopher Scott at the International workshop on engendering and empowering governance indicators in New Delhi, 20-22 April, 2005. See also website page.
Are women economically more empowered in Left-run municipalities? A study of Self Help Groups in West Bengal, India
Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Governance and Gender, Local Governance and Decentralization, Political Parties, Academic/Think TankIn this article from the Munich Personal RePEc Archive, Zakir Husain, Diganta Mukherjee, and Mousumi Dutta pose the question who controls the income earned by Self Help Group (SHG) members from group activities – they, or their husbands? The answer indicates the level of economic empowerment attained by SHG members. This paper examines whether identity of person...
What Men Have to Do with It - Public Policies to Promote Gender Equality
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Governance and Gender, Latin America and the Carribean, Policy Document, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyHow can public policies more adequately engage men and boys in achieving gender equality and reducing gender disparities in health and social welfare? How can underlying social norms and institutions be changed to support men in becoming more gender-equitable on a large scale? A growing number of program experiences with men and boys worldwide confirm that programs can influence men’s...
Strengthening African Governance: index of african governance results and rankings
Africa, Conflict, Electoral Systems, Governance and Gender, Human Rights, Justice, Report, Academic/Think TankThe Index of African Governance is compiled and updated annually by a team of researchers at Harvard University and across Africa, under the leadership of Robert I. Rotberg and Rachel M. Gisselquist. The 2007 and 2008 editions of the Index were published as the Ibrahim Index of African Governance. In the first edition, published in 2007, Rotberg and Gisselquist set out the Index’...
Variation in Corruption between Mexican States Elaborating the Gender Perspective
Article / Working Paper, Corruption, Governance and Gender, Latin America and the Carribean, Academic/Think TankThis paper focuses on subnational variation in Mexico. Data from Transparency International indicate that corruption is ten times more likely to occur in requesting or receiving public services in the state most hit by corruption than in the state least affected. There is also considerable variation in the numbers of women elected, and the subnational analysis confirms previous cross-country...
The Politics of Poverty: Elites, Citizens and States
Civil Society, Conflict, Governance and Gender, Local Governance and Decentralization, Public Administration, Academic/Think Tank, Inter-Governmental Organization, Civil Society, DonorA new DFID synthesis report,The Politics of Poverty: Elites, Citizen and States, shows how research from four major DFID-funded research programmes closing this year is changing academic and policy thinking on governance. Governance is sometimes seen as an intangible concept. But, at root it is a simple one. Governance describes the way countries and societies manage their affairs...