GOING ONLINE FOR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MEANINGFULLY ENGAGING ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN FOR SMARTER DIGITAL INTERVENTIONS
Source: Women Deliver This report, developed by Girl Effect in collaboration with Women Deliver, explores the barriers and opportunities of digital technology in improving adolescent girls’ and young women’s access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information. Globally, internet-enabled mobile phone use among this population is increasing, but there is little evidence about […]
Rethinking gender-responsive Procurement: Enabling an Ecosystem for Women´s Economic Empower
Source: UN Women and the International Labour Organization This publication proposes an evolved vision of gender-responsive procurement (GRP) that leaves no one behind and creates outcomes for gender equality and women’s empowerment, not only opportunities. This vision would contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, especially Goals 5 and 8, which focus on gender equality and decent […]
INFLUENCING POLICY THROUGH RESEARCH: The Case of Sexual Harassment Law in Lebanon
Source: American University of Beirut [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/anti_harassemnet_law__executive_summary.pdf”]
TRANSCENDING NORMS GENDER TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES IN WOMEN AND GIRLS SAFE SPACES IN HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS
Source: UNFPA This resource is part of the UNFPA Arab States Regional Office Knowledge Series, which encompasses various products that share insights and good practices from the field. Building on years of experience in multiple humanitarian settings throughout the region, the information provided in this resource aims to inform organizations managing Safe Spaces in the […]
Rethinking Resilience: The role of women in community responses to organized crime
Source: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. This brief explores the roles women play in community resilience to organized crime, the socio-economic factors shaping these roles and the challenges associated with them, highlighting typologies of how women act as change-makers in driving resistance to organized crime and criminal governance. Better understanding these dynamics helps inform […]
Rights at Risk: Time For Action
Source: Observatory on the Universality of Rights Trends Report This report illuminates more recent developments, additional context analysis, and extends to analyze anti-rights trends in regional human rights systems. The report can be read as a whole, while chapters can also be read in any order, and used as stand-alone resources. [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/rightsatrisk_timeforaction_ourstrendsreport2021_0.pdf”]
BEHIND THE SCENES OF EXTRACTIVES: MONEY, POWER AND COMMUNITY RESISTANCE A Toolkit
Source: Count Me In The course is designed to facilitate two complementary but distinct processes. The goals of the first process are to share the contents of the research report ‘Behind the scenes of extractives industry: critical insights from Honduras, Indonesia and Zimbabwe’ by Salena Fay Tramel and Arif Naqvi, and to facilitate a process […]
Toolkit on Gender-sensitive Communication
Source: The European Institute for Gender Equality This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Although it provides tips and examples for the English language, the underlying principles for gender-sensitive writing are universal and remain relevant when using other languages. [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20193925_mh0119609enn_pdf.pdf”]
Bending the Curve Towards Gender Equality by 2030
Source: Equal Measures 2030 The analysis overwhelmingly shows that we need to pick up the pace of progress for girls and women and some countries demonstrate that rapid change is possible. At a global level, each issue is trending in the right direction – but diving deeper, we can see that progress cannot be taken […]
Applying Gender-sensitive Approach in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
Source: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings This paper provides a broad account of gender aspects in THB. It also offers a basis for discussion about possible ways to apply gender-sensitive approaches. Supplementing the data from the Study, desk research and an analysis of existing literature on the […]