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

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Elif Cavuslu posted Information | 26 November 2018

Violence against women and girls still takes place every day, whether at home, at work, at school, in the street, or online. As many as 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives. Education is key to shift the culture of violence: tackling...

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Group: Education and Development
Social Protection systems for women and girls living in crisis contexts

Zena Mouawad updated the Information | 21 November 2018

Dear all, On this International Women Day, let us advocate for more investments in gender-sensitive social protection systems, in particular for women and girls living in crisis contexts. Social protection is a human right which many women and girls are still denied. Compared to men, they are more...

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Group: Social protection across the humanitarian-development nexus
Effects of Cash Transfers on Protection & Wellbeing outcomes for Women and Children_Powerpoint Presentation of Innocenti and the Transfer Project

Zena Mouawad updated the Document | 14 November 2018

CPC-webinar_2018_10.24.2018.pdf 1.97 MB

These slides presentation offers an overview of findings from the Innocenti and Transfer Project. The presentation was conducted on 24 October 2018. This presentation includes: 1) Review of impacts of cash transfers on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Social Safety Nets and Childhood Violence; 2)...

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Group: Social protection across the humanitarian-development nexus
EU Gender Action Plan 2016 - 2020 annual implementation reports

Blerina Vila updated the WIKI page | 31 October 2018

2018 2018 Annual Implementation Report of GAP II , Joint staff working document 2017 2017 Annual Implementation Report of GAP II , Joint staff working document Transforming lives: EU Gender Action Plan II – From Implementation to Impact , CONCORD 2018 (CSO report) Mind the GAP – An independent...

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Group: Public Group on Gender
EU Gender Action Plan 2016 - 2020 annual implementation reports

Blerina Vila created a new WIKI page | 30 October 2018

2018 2018 Annual Implementation Report of GAP II , Joint staff working document 2017 2017 Annual Implementation Report of GAP II , Joint staff working document Transforming lives: EU Gender Action Plan II – From Implementation to Impact , CONCORD 2018 (CSO report) Mind the GAP – An independent...

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Group: Public Group on Gender
2017 Annual Implementation Report of GAP II

Blerina Vila posted Information | 29 October 2018

Annual implementation report of the EU Gender Action Plan for 2017 has been approved and is available. https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/public-gender/documents/2017-annual-imple...

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Group: Public Group on Gender
2017 Annual Implementation Report of GAP II

Blerina Vila uploaded a new Document | 29 October 2018

eu_gap_2017.pdf 6.4 MB

Brussels, 15.10.2018 SWD(2018) 451 final 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 2017

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Group: Public Group on Gender
Do cash transfers enhance protection and wellbeing outcomes for women and children?

SPaN Group Administrators posted Information | 29 October 2018

In last week's webinar on the topic, latest results from studies conducted by The Transfer Project were presented. The accompanying powerpoint slides focus on impacts of cash transfers on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Social Safety Nets and Childhood Violence, and for the education of displaced...

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Group: Social protection across the humanitarian-development nexus
Promoting gender in the EU external response to migration: The case of the Trust Fund for Africa

Valeria Pintus uploaded a new Document | 23 October 2018

ecdpm-dp233-october_2018-promoting_gender_in_the_eu_external_response_to_migration_trust_fund_for_africa.pdf 1.73 MB

Has the EU been successful in integrating gender into the EU Trust Fund for Africa, one of the main financial instruments through which the EU engages with African partners in the field of migration and displacement? By looking at best practices and lessons learned, the authors of this paper...

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Group: Public Group on Migration & Asylum
Nueva nota de orientación - La evaluación con el género como dimensión transversal

Michaël POTAR uploaded a new Document | 12 October 2018

es_guidance_gender_sensitive_evaluations_ares.pdf 244.69 KB

En el contexto de la mejora y actualización de la calidad de nuestras evaluaciones, un grupo de trabajo conjunto DEVCO-NEAR-FPI ha desarrollado una nota de orientación sobre “EVALUACIÓN CON EL GÉNERO COMO DIMENSIÓN TRANSVERSAL”. Su propósito es apoyar el trabajo de los responsables de evaluación y...

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Group: Evaluation methodological approach

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