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Gender and Security Toolkit: Places of Deprivation of Liberty and Gender

This Tool is designed to be used by all actors working in connection with people who have been deprived of their liberty. These include policy-makers, legislators, institutional managers, front-line staff, members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others. The main focus of the Tool is related to deprivation of liberty within criminal justice facilities, although much […]

Gender and Security Toolkit: Justice and Gender

This Tool is intended mainly for use by Ministry of Justice personnel, judges, lawyers, court administrators and others working in justice institutions, as well as those educating or training judicial and legal professionals. This Tool will also be of value to those who work with justice institutions to advance gender equality, such as civil society […]

Gender and Security Toolkit: Defence and Gender

This Tool is intended for practitioners engaged on topics related to gender, peace and security with a focus on the defence sector. This includes staff of armed forces, ministries of defence, regional security institutions, international organizations and multilateral field missions who are looking to learn more about applying a gender perspective to their work. It […]

Gender and Security Toolkit: Policing and Gender

This Tool sets out a range of options for integrating a gender perspective and advancing gender equality in and through policing, drawing on experience from multiple contexts. While it provides guidance in terms of examples and checklists which borrow from good practices in different contexts, what is relevant will differ across time and place and […]

ECONOMIC POWER RESOURCES: A RESOURCE TOOLKIT

Resource Categories: -World Pulse Resource Section -Funding & Fundraising Information -Online Training & Training Programs -Opportunities -Scholarships   download: [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/economic_power_resources_toolkit_1.pdf”]

A CONTEMPORARY VIEW OF ‘FAMILY’ IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

The paper examines the interplay between the obligations related to the ‘family’ that States have assumed through various human rights treaties adopted over the decades, and the recent commitments undertaken under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.   [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Discussion-paper-A-contemporary-view-of-family-in-international-human-rights-law-en.pdf”]

Building Inclusive Economies: How Women’s Economic Advancement Promotes Sustainable Growth

The connection between women’s economic participation and prosperity is undeniable. Over the past two decades, a growing number of international organizations and world leaders have recognized that the economic empowerment of women is critical to economic growth and stability. Analyses from the United Nations, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), […]

WITHOUT FEMINISM THERE IS NO AGROECOLOGY: TOWARDS HEALTHY, SUSTAINABL E AND JUST FOOD SYSTEMS

This document intends to inform CSM positions towards the upcoming CFS Policy Process on Agroecology and other innovations. A shorter version of this vision is also included in the new edition 2019 of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch of the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition.   [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CSM-Agroecology-and-Feminism-September-2019_compressed.pdf”]