Women's Empowerment

Publications

Primers in Gender and Democratic Governance #2
[10/08/09] Gender Equality and Justice Programming: Equitable Access to Justice for Women. Available in: Arabic| English| French more...

Primers in Gender and Democratic Governance #3
[10/08/09] Electoral Financing to Advance Women’s Political Participation: A Guide for UNDP Support.Available in: Arabic| English| French more...

Primers in Gender and Democratic Governance #4
[10/08/09] Gender Responsive E-governance:Exploring the Transformative Potential. Available in: Arabic| English| French more...

Resource Guide on Gender and Climate Change
[06/05/09] Poor women's limited access to resources, restricted rights, limited mobility and muted voices in shaping decisions make them highly vulnerable to climate change. This resource guide aims to inform practitioners and policy makers of the linkages between gender equality and climate change. more...

Innovative Approaches to Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment
[01/10/08] Written for the High-level Event Partnership Meeting on the MDG3 Global Call to Action, this publication addresses the lack of progress on women's economic empowerment, and highlights promising and innovative approaches from all regions of the world. more...

Primers in Gender and Democratic Governance #1
[15/01/07] Quick Entry Points to Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality in Democratic Governance Clusters. Available in: English| French more...

Seeds of Change: Gender Thematic Trust Fund Report
[01/01/07] UNDP has taken significant steps towards championing gender equality thanks to the Gender Thematic Trust Fund, which received a contribution of $5.5 million from the Government of the Netherlands. more...

Taking Gender Equality Seriously (2006)
[01/01/06] There are many success stories throughout UNDP where gender mainstreaming has yielded positive results. The examples in this booklet show that mainstreaming achieves results when resources, capacity, commitment and management support all converge in a strategic area. more...

Human Development Reports - Gender
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Resource Guide for Gender Theme Groups (2005)
[01/01/05] Gender equality and women's empowerment are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in their own right and central to all other development efforts. This resource guide has been developed to strengthen coordinated action in the UN system to support countries to achieve these goals. more...

En Route to Equality: A Gender Review of National MDG Reports (2005)
[01/01/05] This gender review of 78 national MDG reports provides key insights and practical suggestions for effective mainstreaming of gender concerns and tracking of progress under each Goal.For more information or to order copies, please e-mail mariko.saito@undp.org. more...

Transforming the Mainstream: Gender in UNDP
[01/09/03] This publication sets out key issues in gender mainstreaming, learning from the efforts of UNDP and its partners ingovernment and civil society organizations, bilateral and multilateral agencies. more...