Smartfolder: C. Gender and Development

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-14 14:50

UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. Placing the advancement of women's human rights at the centre of all of its efforts, UNIFEM focuses its activities on four strategic areas: (1) reducing feminized poverty, (2) ending violence against women, (3) reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls, and (4) achieving gender equality in democratic governance in times of peace as well as war.

United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN INSTRAW) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-15 16:22

INSTRAW is the only United Nations entity mandated at the international level to promote and undertake research and training programmes to contribute to the advancement of women and gender equality worldwide. By stimulating and assisting the efforts of inter-governmental, governmental and non-governmental organizations, INSTRAW plays a critical role in advancing the global agenda of gender equality, development and peace. INSTRAW is funded entirely through voluntary contributions from UN Member States and donor agencies; the Institute does not have a regular UN budget.

Women in Development Office — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-05 15:40

Promoting a stronger and more productive role for women in development demands a broad and flexible approach. USAID's approach to gender integration is to design programs that take both women's and men's participation into account. When this is done development programs are more effective.

link to - Mainstreaming Gender, Population and Leadership into Coastal Management Programs — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-20 14:56

Diamond, N., 2001. Mainstreaming Gender, Population and Leadership into Coastal Management Programs. Workshop Proceedings: Summary of Women in Integrated Coastal Management and Leadership Development (WILD). July 12-13, 2001. University of Rhode Island, Coastal Resources Center. Narragansett, Rhode Island USA. 23pp.

STUDY ON WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS: PROJECT BEST PRACTICES — by Renee Giovarelli — last modified 2008-04-29 20:34

OCTOBER 2006. There is a significant gap in knowledge of how projects aimed at land tenure and property rights reform affect women’s rights to land. This study focused on a set of recent and existing land projects and how they dealt with gender. The results are based on a review of project literature, as well as interviews with project personnel and donor project managers. The outcomes are presented within the context of a “project cycle” of preparation/design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. To the degree possible, they are also couched in how successful projects were at incorporating the socio-cultural context in which they occurred. The analysis presented here contains elements of successful projects that have strengthened women’s access to and control over land.

World Bank Gender and Development — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-18 15:36

Gender equality contributes to economic growth and poverty reduction. This website provides information on Bank policy, strategy and implementation, as well as tools useful for integrating gender issues into analytical work, development operations and capacity building.

Participatory Approaches to Programming and Evaluation: A Means to Incorporate Gender Considerations into Development Projects — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-04-05 13:44

Participatory Approaches to Programming and Evaluation: A Means to Incorporate Gender Considerations into Development Projects

See also...The First Ghana Community Water and Sanitation Project: Poverty and Gender Issues — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-04 23:25

 

link to - Gender, Population and the Environment. Coastal Resources Center — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-20 14:42

InterCoast #41. 2002. Gender, Population and the Environment. Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island. Narragansett, Rhode Island USA. Spring. 40 pp. By Sharon Murray and Macol Stewart

link to - Navigating Gender and Population Linkages for Integrated Coastal Management — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-20 14:57

Diamond, N. (primary author) and Coloey, C., L. Hale, V. Lee. P. Rubinoff, and L. Squilante. Coastal Resources Center. 2001. Cross Currents: Navigating Gender and Population Linkages for Integrated Coastal Management. University of Rhode Island, Coastal Resources Center. Narragansett, Rhode Island USA. 12pp.

Also see... Social / Gender (Issues) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 16:15

 

USAID Women in Development Resources — by webadmin — last modified 2006-02-27 03:32

Link to the USAID Women in Development Program Resources page.

CARE — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-06-03 03:09

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty.

Eldis Regional and Country Profiles — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-05 15:30

Eldis is an internet based information service: filtering, structuring and presenting development information via the web and email. We maintain an ever-growing library of editorially selected and abstracted online documents, and an organisational directory of development-related internet services. It is possible to search the entire Eldis database as well obtain both Regional and Country-specific information. Country-level data include: health, education, gender, agriculture, trade and finance, governance, environment, poverty, food security and emergencies, Aid and debt. This service is funded by Sida, Norad, SDC and DFID, and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex.

Global Water Partnership (GWP) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-11 16:47

The World Water Council and the Global Water Partnership jointly developed this website aiming to provide information on the follow-up activities which have been initiated since the publication of "Financing Water for All", the report of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure. The Handbook and a Policy Brief for governments on the practical steps for making national water management strategies needed to support their efforts towards the sustainable economic development required to reach the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), can be downloaded here. The materials available at this site were written for governments on the practical steps for making national water management strategies needed to support their efforts towards the sustainable economic development required to reach the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). {www.gwpforum.org}

India Andhra Pradesh Community Carbon Offset Program — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 23:12

Project working with women's organizations planting Pongomia trees to produce vegetable oil for energy purposes.

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-05 15:30

provides a "one-stop-shop" webpage that provides publications and data sets generated within the various U.N. sub-programmes [Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Sustainable Development, Population, Forests, Financing for Development, Social Development, Statistics, Development Trends, Advancement of Women, and Public Administration].

The World Health Report 2005 — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-04 20:16

The World Health Report 2005 – Make Every Mother and Child Count, says that this year almost 11 million children under five years of age will die from causes that are largely preventable. Among them are 4 million babies who will not survive the first month of life. At the same time, more than half a million women will die in pregnancy, childbirth or soon after.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-16 19:20

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries. Seventy-five per cent of the world's poorest people - 800 million women, children and men - live in rural areas and depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihoods. Working with rural poor people, governments, donors, non-governmental organizations and many other partners, IFAD focuses on country-specific solutions, which can involve increasing rural poor peoples' access to financial services, markets, technology, land and other natural resources.

United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-15 16:43

UNFIP provides a "one-stop" service for partnership opportunities with the UN family. Established by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in March 1998, the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) was set up as an autonomous trust fund, headed by an Executive Director and operating under the leadership of the UN Deputy Secretary-General. UNFIP collaborates with UNF to encourage greater private sector investment in the development and implementation of innovative, high-impact initiatives, campaigns and projects on the ground to achieve the MDGs in four priority areas: 1. Children’s Health; 2. Population and Women (focus on adolescent girls); 3. Environment (biodiversity, energy and climate change); and 4. Peace and Security, and Human Rights.