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Gender inequality and poverty are closely related. It is not just that women have lower incomes and are less wealthy; poverty in the narrow financial sense is compounded by women's lack of political power and unequal access to basic human rights; employment; information; social services; infrastructure; natural resources. The European Commission has a longstanding commitment to promoting gender equality in development cooperation.

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Gender budgeting - Gender equality - women's rights - Gender mainstreaming - Gender policy - Gender-based violence - Women's empowerment - Women's organisations

Gender mainstreaming on the ground? The case of EU development aid towards Rwanda

Petra Debusscher updated the Document | 15 September 2017

debusscher_2014.pdf 408 KB

This article investigates why gender mainstreaming has not occurred in European Union (EU) development aid towards Rwanda despite a two-sided receptiveness from Rwanda and the EU’s Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation. I use a feminist institutionalist approach to examine formal and...

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Group: Public Group on Gender
Because Women Matter - designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives

Milena PIROLLI updated the Information | 13 September 2017

The Unit C1 dealing with rural development, food security and nutrition in the Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development published its guide: Because Women Matter - Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives. Women are...

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2016 Annual Implementation Report of GAP II

Marianna LIPPONEN updated the Document | 13 September 2017

gap_annual_report_2016_final.pdf 1.75 MB

SWD(2017)288 of 29.8.2017 JOINT STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EU Gender Action Plan II "Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020" Annual Implementation Report 2016

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paola de munari commented on information | 12 September 2017

Because Women Matter: Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives

Yes, thanks a lot!

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Margherita Sofia Zambelli commented on information | 12 September 2017

Because Women Matter: Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives

Dear Paola, You can now find the document for download in the Library. Hope it work!

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Because Women Matter: Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives

Margherita Sofia Zambelli updated the Information | 12 September 2017

Are you in charge of rural development/nutrition programmes but are not sure how to mainstream gender considerat ions and promote equality? This guide is for you. DEVCO C1 has published its guide: Because Women Matter - Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that all ow women...

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paola de munari commented on information | 11 September 2017

Because Women Matter: Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives

Hello again, it seems that the publication is available for download for EU staff only. Would it be made available to the general public?

Group: Public Group on Gender
Tima Suale commented on information | 11 September 2017

Because Women Matter: Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives

You can download clicking directly on the publication :-)

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Tima Suale commented on information | 11 September 2017

Because Women Matter: Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives

Thank you for posting, I did manage to download and found it very useful.

Group: Public Group on Gender
paola de munari commented on information | 11 September 2017

Because Women Matter: Designing interventions in food, nutrition and agriculture that allow women to change their lives

Dear Margherita, thank you for this. Is the guide available for download yet? Would you be able to share the link for download? Thank you

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