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Winnie Byanyima discusses her background, what led her into politics and the challenges she faced as a woman in Uganda.

 

Judith McHale discusses gender-biased media coverage in the 2008 US presidential election and challenges women face when running for office, from UNDP Lecture Series on Gender and Development: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities.

 

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A User’s Guide to Measuring Gender-Sensitive Basic Service Delivery
The Guide is produced as part of a UNIFEM, UNDP, and Gender at Work initiative called Gender and Democratic Governance in Development, which aims to improve the governance of basic services provision to women.
Gender Responsive E-governance: Exploring the Transformative Potential
This primer highlights some of the key gender-related issues regarding e-governance, presents entry points for continued programming on gender and e-governance, and makes recommendations for closing the existing gender gap in specific e-governance interventions. Also in Arabic
Electoral Financing to Advance Women's Political Participation: A Guide for UNDP Support
The primer outlines the role that political systems play in shaping electoral financing options and outcomes, and gives a summary of basic campaign financing constraints that women face. Also in Arabic
Gender Equality and Justice Programming: Equitable Access to Justice for Women
This primer outlines the major obstacles and barriers women face in accessing justice and suggests strategies and interventions to overcome these challenges. Also in Arabic
Quick Entry Points to Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality in Democratic Governance Clusters
This primer explores some of most common questions on gender, recalls basic obligations for UNDP staff, and develops a human rights-based approach to practical tools for democratic governance practitioners in terms of gender programming per Cluster. Also in Arabic

Women are Citizens Too (English | Arabic)
This document is a discussion of gender within the broader context of citizenship, providing a more nuanced analysis and understanding of the tremendous challenges, as well as risks and forms of resistance, facing attempts at gender equality in the Arab world.
Parliament, the Budget and Gender
(English | French | Arabic)
This handbook, the sixth in a series produced by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) together with different partners, has been written with the intention of strengthening parliament’s capacity in the budgetary process.
Essays on Gender and Governance (UNDP India)
The three papers in this volume are the outcome of a one-year long collaborative exploration of the multiple factors that influence the process of engendering governance in complex societies, in particular the changing roles of various actors including women's movements, the state and civil society.
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