Gender
Land is Thicker than Blood or Water in Burundi: Intra-Family Land Disputes in a “Post-Conflict” State
June 9, 2013 | 4:55pm
“These,” I was told by women in Burundi’s upcountry, “are the conflicts that destroy families and communities.” Not disputes between neighbors over land boundaries, no
Assessing the Effectiveness of World Bank Investments: The Gender Dimension
The report evaluates Bank investments in ‘agriculture and rural development’; ‘sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS’; and ‘conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction’, finding that the Bank superficially includes women’s concerns in its investments.
Women's Political Participation and Economic Empowerment in Post-conflict Countries: Lessons from the Great Lakes Region in Africa
This report from International Alert makes recommendations for civil society, governments and the international community to strengthen women’s political participation and economic empowerment in post-conflict countries.
Gender in Transition: The Case of North Korea
This paper from the Peterson Institute uses a survey of 300 North Korean refugees to examine the experience of women in North Korea’s fitful economic transition.
Women, Business and the Law 2012
To shed light on why this grim statistic still holds true, Women, Business and the Law aims to examine legal differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 of the world’s economies.
Women Entrepreneurs: Seizing Opportunities and Making a Difference
Women entrepreneurs around the world need access to finance, markets, and peer networks, whether they are in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, or the United States. In this article, three panelists from CIPE’s Democracy that Delivers for Women conference discuss their experiences with women entrepreneurs in those countries, highlighting opportunities, challenges, and resources.
World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development
The 2012 World Development Report: Gender Equality and Development argues that gender equality is a core development objective in its own right. It is also smart economics. Greater gender equality can enhance productivity, improve development outcomes for the next generation, and make institutions more representative.
Leveraging Women’s Community Leadership: A Model for Outreach in Urban Refugee Populations
This publication explains how UNHCR engages women leaders within refugee communities to improve service delivery.
The Crossing
The small-scale cross-border trade in agricultural products between DRC and Rwanda constitutes a survival economy sustaining thousands of people on both sides of the border. This report analyses this trade between the towns of Goma (DR Congo) and Gisenyi (Rwanda) and the relationship between Congolese and Rwandese women traders, in order to understand the impact that improving this trade would have on good neighborly relations, peace and security.
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