Resources
Our resources section is where we make available useful resources such as studies, reports from the United Nations, Civil Society, NGOs, Governments, Academic Institutions and other sources related to women and specially women in Africa and other important documents such as copies of the Maputo Protocol and UNSCR 1325.
We have been able to gather together important and useful information while at the same time fostering information sharing among other organizations working for women’s rights.
It ranges from Women, Peace and Security; Political Participation; Economic Empowerment, Violence Against Women to HIV/AIDS & Reproductive and so on.
This report is the DFID Africa Gender Equality Action Plan. The action plan outlines what DFID is doing in Africa to promote gender equality as a fundamental aspect of its ongoing development work.
This report draws from the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Since 2005, this committee has referenced discrimination against women in law in 137 countries.
Source: NGO Expert Working Group
The following points are discussed: First, conflict and abuses of women’s rights occur not merely because of the action of one state, but often many states, as well as non-state actors who are involved in escalating the conflict or bringing it to a close in a democratic and transparent manner.
This report shows that global commitments to reverse the AIDS epidemic will be achieved only if the unique needs of young women and men are acknowledged, and their human rights fulfilled, respected, and protected.
This report generates specific, detailed lessons for successful implementation of initiatives that engage men and boys in advancing gender equality and reproductive health. Four case studies from Bangladesh, Philippines, Cambodia and Uganda are presented followed by lessons learnt and recommendations for supporting work in the field of male engagement.
Welcome to the first edition of Make Every Woman Count (MEWC) E-Newsletter. Now, not only do we offer our frequently updated website, but for individuals who don’t have the resources to visit the website daily to kept abreast of current issues, we offer the MEWC E-news.
International donors have sought to improve the social, political and economic position of women in Africa through an approach known as “gender”. This donor-driven strategy is failing. The jargon of gender programmes is ambiguous and easily misunderstood.
Gender inequality and the HIV epidemic are inextricably linked, particularly in countries most affected by the HIV epidemic. Addressing gender and HIV in isolation from each other is unlikely to sufficiently accelerate and sustain progress on either, t
Girls and women constitute the majority of those who remain deprived of education.The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has repeatedly expressed concern in its concluding observations at the low level of education of women and girls,
In a new study, the International Labour Office1 (ILO) notes that in spite of continuous positive advances in anti-discrimination legislation, the global economic and social crisis has led to a higher risk of discrimination against certain groups such as migrant labour.