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Gender and economics
(2010)
This document discuses on a common analytical foundation across the diversity of participant backgrounds, this first module aims to ensure that participants share similar understandings of basic economic and gender-equality ...
Gender and macroeconomics
(2010)
This document discuses on gender analysis of macroeconomics underscores both how gender relations permeate macroeconomic concepts and how macroeconomic indicators only measure a portion of total economic activity, with ...
Gender and poverty
(2010)
This document focuses on introduces definitions and measurement of poverty and explores how gender dynamics influence poverty as policy makers typically define it, stressing the importance of the household as a social ...
Gender – responsive policy analysis
(2010)
This document focuses on the following objectives that are : to synthesize the separate insights in relation to economics, gender relations, economic development strategies, sect oral issues and the development and ...
Economic commission for Africa : programme performance over the period 2008-2009
(2010-03)
This is the first programme performance report of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to be submitted to the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
Gender and trade
(2010)
This document analyzes gender and trade, focusing on linkages with development policies and welfare at the micro, meso, macro and international levels. It first examines some key concepts in trade theory from a gender ...
Inspite of constitutional guarantees, few African countries have achieved gender parity, says Janneh
(2010-07)
Although about 90 percent of African constitutions endorse gender equality and affirmative action, only 11 countries have achieved parity in secondary education and only eight countries have achieved parity at tertiary ...
Gender and access to finance
(2010)
This document provides a brief overview of the role of finance in development from a gender perspective, laying the conceptual foundations that then permit an examination of microfinance as one of the main strategic tools ...
Violence against women, a major agenda item of the 15th consultative meeting on gender mainstreaming at the African Union
(2010-01)
The situation of women in Guinea after the killings of September 28, 2009, but also the situation of women in Darfur will feature high on the agenda of the 15th Consultative Meeting on gender mainstreaming in the African ...
A UNDP/ILO/UNECA/ UNEP/ UNIFEM/ UNCDF Community of Practice Meeting On Accelerating the achievement of MDG 3 3rd to 6th November 2010
(2010-11)
The Community of Practice Meeting (COP) on accelerating the achievement of MDG 3 aims to bring together UNDP Gender Focal Point Persons, some UNDP Economists, Practitioners and Partners as well as ILO, UNECA, UNEP, UNIFEM, ...