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The Gender impact assessment and monitoring tool

The aim of the tool (first part) is to provide Women2030 partners with a common understanding of how to assess gender issues within local, regional and national contexts, in order to create a sound basis of comparable data for the project Women2030 and laying the groundwork for gender just implementation of the SDGs. Furthermore, monitoring […]

UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children 2019

Humanitarian Action for Children 2019 underscores the urgency of protecting children in crisis from all such threats to their lives, well-being and dignity.   download: [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Humanitarian-action-for-children-2019-eng.pdf”]

YOUNG PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: GLOBAL STUDY ON ENDING GENDER -BASED VIOLENCE, AND REALISING SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS

The study seeks to contribute to the strengthening of state laws and policies that foster social inclusion and gender equality for the benefit of young persons with disabilities, especially young women and girls with disabilities; to eliminate discrimination against them, particularly with regard to access to and enjoyment of SRHR and GBV prevention and response […]

Women, Peace and Security: The Role of Institutions in Times of Peace and War in the Arab Region

This study examines the role of the institutions in the Arab region in response to the Women, Peace and Security agenda inspired by Security Council resolution 1325 wich affirmed that gender equality and the empowerment of women are central to global peace and security, and vice versa.   download: [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/women-peace-security-institutions-war-arab-english_0.pdf”]

Missing Figures: The Cybersecurity Gender Gap

Considering that modern society depends on cybersecurity for nearly every aspect of daily life in the digital age—to work, shop, travel, communicate, form relationships, protect our health, keep ourselves safe from terrorist attacks, natural disasters and other calamities, etc—it is surprising that women, who represent 50 percent of the global workforce, comprise only 11 percent […]

AFGHANISTAN: PROMOTING EDUCATION DURING TIMES OF INCREASED FRAGILITY

Within the context of increased fragility that Afghanistan has been experiencing, the current report aims to an up-to-date analysis of the country’s education sector, including the use of public expenditures spanning over the past six years. Supported by recent administrative and household data and using the information from a primary survey of off-budget funding, the […]

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) […]