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

James McNulty commented on an article | 6 March 2015

Bringing Vital Family Planning Services to Zambia's Rural Women

Hi Arnaud, thanks very much for your comment. One of the core result areas is the mobilisation of increased support from the community to increase the choices of women. As well as including the involvement of men, chiefs and community leaders, this also involves supporting/training Safe Motherhood...
FREE ONLINE TRAININGS ON GENDER

Arnaud DE VANSSAY updated the Information | 5 March 2015

IASC Gender in Humanitarian Action www.iasc-elearning.org/home The IASC online course "Different Needs - Equal Opportunities: Increasing Effectiveness of Humanitarian Action for Women, Girls, Boys and Men" “The IASC online course "Different Needs - Equal Opportunities: Increasing Effectiveness of...

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Arnaud DE VANSSAY commented on information | 5 March 2015

FREE ONLINE TRAININGS ON GENDER

You have also a training by the European Commission now publicly available here: https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/sites/default/files/learning/Gender_learn4dev/su4j68k2/player.html The course provides main strategies and basic tools to effectively promote gender equality in external and development...

Group: Public Group on Gender
EN: Methodological bases and approach

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 5 March 2015

The EU has developed and formalised a methodology for evaluating its external assistance in which priority is given to results and impacts. This page presents the methodological guidelines designed to facilitate the move towards an evaluation practice focused on programmes and strategies in EC...

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Arnaud DE VANSSAY commented on an article | 5 March 2015

Bringing Vital Family Planning Services to Zambia's Rural Women

Dear James, Thank you for this interesting article. Was there an sexual educational programme accompanying the activities? It is usually a good way to increase chances of success, sustainability of results, and to give more choice for women to decide.
Bringing Vital Family Planning Services to Zambia's Rural Women

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 4 March 2015

Meet Judith Muntahli. She was born in 1977 in Ilenga, a village in the Isoka district of Muchinga Province in the far north of Zambia. She and her husband are subsistence farmers with nine children. During her first pregnancy, Judith (pictured below) was bitten by a snake. But by the time she got...

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Bringing Vital Family Planning Services to Zambia's Rural Women

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 3 March 2015

Meet Judith Muntahli. She was born in 1977 in Ilenga, a village in the Isoka district of Muchinga Province in the far north of Zambia. She and her husband are subsistence farmers with nine children. During her first pregnancy, Judith (pictured below) was bitten by a snake. But by the time she got...

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EDD15 Expressions of Session Interest

Antonia Sariyska updated the Document | 26 February 2015

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Contacts to all stakeholders, who expressed an interest in organising a session at EDD15. Updated: 26 February

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Announcement of Selected Session Proposals

Antonia Sariyska created a new event | 23 February 2015

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Deadline for Submission of Session Proposals

Antonia Sariyska created a new event | 23 February 2015

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