Library

Gender Analysis for Policy and Planning

Readings:

• Gender workshops with men: experiences and reflections, Gender and Development, 5/2, June 1997.
• Men in the kitchen, women in the office? Working on gender issues in Ethiopia, F. Tadele, (2001).
• Men's roles, gender relations, and sustainability in water supplies: some lessons from Nepal, S. C. Regmi and B. Fawcett, (2001). (67K pdf)

Budgets:

• Quinn, S. (2009). Gender budgeting: Practical implementation. (741K pdf)
• Gender Budget Initiatives: Strategies, Concepts and Experiences, edited by K. Judd (2002). Book is available for download.
• Gender Responsive Budgeting, supports efforts to ensure that planning and budgeting effectively respond to gender equality goals. A wealth of resources and publications is available.

ICTs:

• ICTs for Learning and Advocacy

Statistical and Comparative Data

• GENDERSTATS from the World Bank.
• Statistics from UNICEF
• Statistics and indicators on women and men, United Nations.
• WomenWatch Statistics and Indicators
• Measures of Distributional Inequality, tool to help understand the Gini Coefficient.

Links:

• BRIDGE (Briefings on Gender and Development)
  • BRIDGE Cutting Edge Packs, provides overviews of the latest information on gender themes and summaries of resources. Word and PDF versions available.
• Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists, the outcome of the African Feminist Forum held in Accra, Ghana in November 2006. The Charter outlines the values of the work and lives of African feminists. (192K pdf)
• ELDIS Gender Links
• Gender Action: Women Taking Their Rightful Place in the World Economy promotes gender equality and women's rights in all International Financial Institution (IFI) investments.
• Gender Manuals and Resources, from Network Learning.
• Gender, rights and development: A global sourcebook, edited by M. Mukhopadhyay & S. Meer, (2008). Book may be downloaded for free.
• Gender Training Tools and Resources, WomenWatch, United Nations.
• Genuine Progress Index
• Intercooperation. (2009). Participatory gender analysis: A tool to promote gender equity within the Union: guidelines for facilitators. This document serves as a tool for conducting participatory discussion and analysis on the social position and condition of men and women. (350K pdf)
• An Introduction to Gender Audit Methodology: Its design and implementation in DFID Malawi, Caroline Moser, (2005). (213K pdf)
• Men's Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice: Beyond Rhetoric, Caroline Sweetman, ed. Oxfam, (2001). (345K pdf)
• One World Action, empowers the poorest citizens to transform their own lives and strengthens the democratic process.
• A Rights-Based Approach to Realizing the Economic and Social Rights of Poor and Marginalized Women: a synthesis of lessons learned, Aanchal Kapur and Nata Duvvury, (2006). (308K pdf)
• SEAGA (Socioeconomic and Gender Analysis Programme)
• Social Watch 2009 Gender Equity Index (GEI)
• Steps for Action to Promote Gender Equality, edited by Programme Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Rights, (2009). (2.65 Mb pdf)
• Transforming Health Systems: Gender and Rights in Reproductive Health, from the World Health Organization (WHO).
• United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), video and audio resources.
• Women's Empowerment, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).