Gender-based violence and environment linkages: The violence of inequality
“Gender-based violence and environment linkages: The violence of inequality” establishes a knowledge base for understanding and accelerating action to address GBV and environmental linkages. Developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of the Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT) […]
UNHCR GENDER EQUALITY TOOLKIT 2020
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Conflict Economies in Syria: Roots, Dynamics, and Pathways for Change
This discussion paper is the first of a series of discussion papers focusing on the conflict economy in Syria. These include the role of public institutions, civil society, the private sector, and external actors including regional and international governments and humanitarian institutions. download: [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SCPR_Conflict-Economies-in-Syria-Roots-Dynamics-and-Pathways-for-Change-En.pdf”]
BUILDING SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WOMEN GLOBALLY
This paper is based on a panel presentation and group discussion on How to Build Sustainable Infrastructure for Women Globally. It was one of the non-governmental organizations’ parallel events to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York, on March 12 2019. This panel addressed the priority theme for the 63rd […]
A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE ON POST-CONFLICT RESTRUCTURING AND RECOVERY: THE CASE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
This paper examines post-conflict restructuring and recovery approaches in BiH by using feminist political economy approach. It particularly focuses on the Reform Agenda for BiH as the latest framework for the reforms in the country. It looks at political and economic processes over the years leading up to adoption of the Reform Agenda and analyses […]
ACHIEVING GENDER PARITY ON INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL AND MONITORING BODIES
ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS AND STANDARDS RELEVANT TO THE GQUAL CAMPAIGN download: [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Working-Paper-4-Achieving-Gender-Parity-171002-3.pdf”]
Handbook Addressing violence and harassment against women in the world of work
The publication of this joint UN Women-ILO Handbook coincides with the unprecedented mobilization of millions of women, behind #MeToo and other movements, in a global response to sexual harassment and sexual assault in the world of work. Moreover, this handbook is being published within the context of the International Labour Organization (ILO) standard-setting process which […]
Gender and Security Toolkit: Intelligence and Gender
The Tool has been written primarily for intelligence services, intelligence practitioners and intelligence policy-makers, and also for parliaments, including specialized intelligence oversight committees. It will be useful for other bodies that monitor and oversee the intelligence sector, such as ombuds institutions and national human rights institutions (NHRIs). Civil society organizations, gender equality advocates, scholars and […]
Gender and Security Toolkit: Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender
This Tool sets out a vision and strategies to deepen efforts to integrate a gender perspective and advance gender equality in parliamentary oversight of the security sector. Parliamentary oversight is of key importance in establishing an effective and accountable security sector which is responsive to the needs of the whole citizenry. Gender-responsive oversight is the […]
Gender and Security Toolkit: Border Management and Gender
The Tool provides a framework to identify the multiple and varied gender aspects of border management. It also gives examples of progress made to integrate gender equality into border security management and promising practices. It highlights global trends and major issues that impact on border management, both internally and externally, and discusses standards that can […]