South Africa

Consolidated Responses on Independent Women Candidates in Local Elections in Mali

This consolidated response highlights recommendations on how to empower independent women candidates to succeed in elections. These recommendations include providing training sessions, working with civil society organizations, forming women’s caucuses and coalitions, holding public outreach campaigns, and lobbying political parties.

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Parliament, the Budget and Gender

This handbook sets out practical examples of parliament's active engagement in the budgetary process. It seeks to advance parliament's own institutional capacity to make a positive impact on the budget, and to equip parliament, its members and parliamentary staff with the necessary tools to examine the budget from a gender perspective.

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South Africa: Women and Local Government

This article describes the participation and representation of women in local government elections in South Africa.

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The Participation of Women in South Africa's First Democratic Election

This article describes the participation of women in the 1994 election in South Africa, and the particular difficulties women candidates faced during this election.

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Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Education

This paper uses the gender-responsive budgeting approach to explain how governments and donors can promote gender equality in education through their decisions on financing.

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Participation, Values, and Implementation: Three Research Challenges in Developing Gender-sensitive Indicators

This article critically reviews three key research challenges that emerged as a result of developing gender-sensitive indicators for an NGO in South Africa.

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