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

Case study: Suburban agriculture and cooperative building in 10 municipalities in the provinces of Camaguey, Las Tunas and Holguin, Cuba

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 13 September 2016

Published on the official EC website in 2016, the story Suburban agriculture and cooperative building in 10 municipalities in the provinces of Camaguey, Las Tunas and Holguin is paired to the project overview of the same name. The project aims to contribute to food security based on principles of...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Building Safer and More Inclusive Cities for Women

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 2 September 2016

A refuge for women in Kenya’s Langas slum in Eldoret decided it needed to provide more than shelter and healthcare for victims of sexual and other violence. So SlovakAid helped set up the St Vincent de Paul vocational training centre for single mothers. They studied hairdressing and dressmaking, as...

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Plantation, outgrower and medium-scale commercial farming in Ghana: Which model provides better prospects for local development?

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 26 August 2016

Published in May 2016, this policy brief provides some evidence on the impact of diverse agricultural business models supported by African governments, with some promoting largescale farming on plantations while others promote small- or medium-scale commercial farming. Particularly, the study...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Global gender and environment outlook

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 24 August 2016

-global_gender_and_environment_outlook-2016gender_global_and_environment_outlook_2016.pdf.compressed.pdf 26.8 MB

The GGEO report is essential reading for those interested in the social dimensions of environmental issues. For readers who want to better understand current environmental challenges, and for those seeking innovative and effective solutions, the report describes policy options and concrete...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
When investors come knocking: ensuring African women have a say

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 12 August 2016

This briefing , published in June 2016, summarizes the common challenges that women face in situations of large-scale land deals for agribusiness. As explained in the paper, while such projects can potentially benefit local communities, research suggests that investments can often have negative...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
SDGs and gender justice (ES)

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 9 August 2016

6_gender_justice_presentacion_2030_con_video.pdf 2.63 MB

ODS y justicia de género Cecilia Olea Mauleón CMP “Flora Tristan” Articulación Feminista Marcosur Antigua, julio de 2016

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Group: Policy Forum on Development (PFD)
Meet Your Experts!

Margherita Sofia Zambelli posted Information | 8 August 2016

Meet Your Experts! The new EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020 ( http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/10/26-fac-conclusions-gender-development/) requires that “Robust gender evidence (is) used to inform all EU external spending, programming and policy making.” (objective 4)...

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Group: Public Group on Gender
Third Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) High-Level Conference on Women Empowerment on 10-11 October 2016 in Barcelona

Fatiha Hassouni posted Information | 8 August 2016

The UfM Secretariat organizes the Third Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) High-Level Conference on Women Empowerment on 10-11 October 2016 in Barcelona . Following the 2014 and 2015 editions and in the perspective of the Fourth UfM Ministerial Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in...

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Group: Public Group on Gender
Third UfM High level Conference on Women Empowerment - 10 and 11 October 2016 in Barcelona

Fatiha Hassouni posted Information | 8 August 2016

The UfM Secretariat organizes the Third Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) High-Level Conference on Women Empowerment on 10-11 October 2016 in Barcelona . Following the 2014 and 2015 editions and in the perspective of the Fourth UfM Ministerial Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in...

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Group: Conflict Transformation, Peacebuilding and Security Network
Conference draft agenda

Fatiha Hassouni uploaded a new Document | 8 August 2016

programme_conference_f_en.pdf 1.63 MB

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Group: Conflict Transformation, Peacebuilding and Security Network

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