This report describes a collaborative project between the Center for Russian, Central and East European Studies at Rutgers University; the Information Center on Women’s Organizations and Initiatives (OSKA) in Poland; and the Kharkiv Center for Women’s Studies (KCWS) in Ukraine.

The project, “Legislative Advocacy for Women’s Rights,” aimed to facilitate Filipino women's full, informed participation in political life by increasing their presence in local elections and government, focusing primarily on the Cotabato Province in Mindanao, Philippines.

This paper identifies an initial set of considerations to ensure that gender equality is central to the aid effectiveness agenda.

This publication discusses the key issues in gender mainstreaming, learning from the efforts of UNDP and its partners in government and civil society organizations, as well as in bilateral and multilateral agencies.

This annual report evaluates the progress made by the UNDP/Japan Women in Development Fund to promote gender equality and women's empowerment across the globe. It provides a summary of the Fund's 2003 activities, and highlights global efforts made in 2003 to advance the status of women.

The Orissa Human Development Report 2004 analyzes the Indian state's attainments vis-à-vis three basic tenets that define human development: livelihood, health and education, as well as some key issues central to human development such as food security and vulnerability to natural disasters.

This report discusses the barriers to women’s access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It points out that women are underrepresented among ICT users, and that they are nearly absent as substantive producers of technology or content.

This report evaluates the outcomes of the UNDP Semipalatinsk Programme, which aimed at alleviating poverty and raising living standards among women, small-scale entrepreneurs and rural people in the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan.