Materials: Democratic Governance
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Democracy: With Women, For Women (2010). This publication presents an overview and analysis of the first round of grants issued by the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) in partnership with UNIFEM in 2006. The following pages probe, in a concise fashion, what was achieved through seven grants to improve women’s political participation in a diverse set of countries and regions.
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Afghanistan’s Parliament in the Making: Gendered Understandings and Practices of Politics in a Transitional Country (2009). Based on interviews with male and female parliamentarians in Afghanistan, the report analyzes the role of women Members of Parliament and the challenges they face.
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A User’s Guide to Measuring Gender-Sensitive Basic Service Delivery (2009). This guide is intended to contribute to the development and more effective use of gender-sensitive indicators so that services are delivered more efficiently and effectively to women. It should be seen as a generic and basic tool to map and anlyse governance of basic service delivery from a gender perspective. It includes indicators and measurement tools and presents examples of newly developed and innovative measurement initiatives in women’s access to public services.
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Making Democracy Work for Women: The UNDEF-UNIFEM Partnership (2009). Since 2006, The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) has provided grants to strengthen democratic governance in more than a hundred countries. In line with UNDEF’s call to broaden democratic participation, UNIFEM works with approximately 10 percent of the Fund’s projects to address the multiple facets of women’s political participation. This brochure provides an overview of the UNDEF–UNIFEM partnership, outlines who qualifies for grants and lists activities in a number of countries where UNDEF grants are in affect and have made a significant impact on women.
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Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009: Who Answers to Women? (2008). The 2008/2009 edition of UNIFEM’s flagship report asks the question “Who answers to women?” at a pivotal moment. It demonstrates that the Millennium Development Goals and other international commitments to women will only be met if gender-responsive accountability systems are put in place both nationally and internationally. Acknowledging that different groups of women encounter distinct challenges in gaining access to their rights, the publication examines how women, including the most excluded women, are strengthening their capacity to identify accountability gaps and call for redress.
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