Gender

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

DEVCO C1 Unit at the EDDs 2018: some take-away messages to improve gender-responsive actions in rural economies.

Maria Ketting DEVCO-C1 updated the Information | 6 July 2018

Did you miss the EDDs? Or perhaps miss some of the sessions on rural women and girls? C1 was there and is reporting back with some of the main take-away messages to improve gender-responsive actions in rural economies . Although women represent an average of 43% of the agricultural labour force in...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Child marriage, education and empowerment in Uganda

Capacity4dev Team updated the Idea | 4 July 2018

At 15, Agnes dropped out of school, forced by her parents to marry an unemployed 17-year-old who was unable to take care of her. S oon, Agnes became pregnant, but lost the baby after a difficult delivery. Malnourished and physically abused, she persevered, never giving up on the dream of one day...

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Group: Youth in Development
Child marriage, education and empowerment in Uganda

Capacity4dev Team updated the Idea | 3 July 2018

At 15, Agnes dropped out of school, forced by her parents to marry an unemployed 17-year-old who was unable to take care of her. S oon, Agnes became pregnant, but lost the baby after a difficult delivery. Malnourished and physically abused, she persevered, never giving up on the dream of one day...

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Group: Youth in Development
Augustine Hti San commented on an learning event | 20 June 2018

Training Gender Mainstreaming in policy, programmes and projects

I was not able to attend this training. Pleae let me know if there will be another similar training like this one. I really need it. Thanks a lot.

Group: Public Group on Design, Monitoring & Evaluation
How to Operationalize Gender Issues in IMF Work

Xavier LE MOUNIER posted Information | 14 June 2018

Policy Paper June 2018: http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Policy-Papers/Issues/2018/06/13/pp060... Reducing gender gaps can have important economic benefits. Gender gaps remain significant on a global scale, both with respect to opportunities and outcomes. For example, gender-based legal...

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Group: Economics, public finance, domestic revenue mobilisation & budget support
#VACANCY #EXPERTISE - We're looking for an evaluator profile who can assist Ecuador in the evaluation they are carrying out to their national public policy to combat violence against women & girls (see below the ToR's in Spanish! Deadline: June 13! )

Alina Orrico posted Information | 12 June 2018

#Vacante #Expertise Buscamos Asesor/a para apoyar la realización de la Evaluación del Plan Nacional para la Erradicación de la Violencia de Género hacia la Niñez, Adolescencia y Mujeres de #Ecuador ! Aquí los TdR: http://www.fiiapp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/TdR-AT-Eval-Violencia-d...

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Group: Public Group on Design, Monitoring & Evaluation
Policy Forum on Development at the EDDs 2018

Sara Simon updated the Information | 11 June 2018

In collaboration with the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones (AIMF) and the network of women leaders of the Maghreb ( Réseau des Femmes Leaders du Maghreb ), the Policy Forum on Development organised a lab session on “ Leaders of change: Promoting female leadership in the Maghreb ”...

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Group: Policy Forum on Development (PFD)
Migration and gender: between protection and empowerment

Laura Zorrilla Fernandez uploaded a new Document | 11 June 2018

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MIEUX has launched a new thematic factsheet on the topic of migration and gender. The factsheet explores the relationship between protection and empowerment of migrant women and girls in the context of policy development and offers some suggestions for migration practitioners working on this topic...

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Group: Public Group on Migration & Asylum
Policy Forum on Development at the EDDs 2018

Dorothee Fischer updated the Information | 8 June 2018

In collaboration with the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones (AIMF) and the network of women leaders of the Maghreb ( Réseau des Femmes Leaders du Maghreb ), the Policy Forum on Development organised a lab session on “ Leaders of change: Promoting female leadership in the Maghreb ”...

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Group: Policy Forum on Development (PFD)
Empowerment of Women workers in the garment industry in Myanmar

Isabelle DEMOLIN updated the Information | 8 June 2018

“Striving for living wages” was a common denominator at the project lab of sequa at the European Development Days 2018 titled “Empowerment of Women workers in the garment industry in Myanmar”. Since 2013 sequa runs the SMART Myanmar project which promotes sustainable consumption & production of...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

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