Capacity Building

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.

This paper examines the case of women's participation in electoral processes in Mozambique. It investigates gender-sensitive legislation, voter registration and education, political parties, and training of women candidates.

This presentation focuses on the efforts of the UNDP Yemen Electoral Support Programme to enhance women's political participation in Yemen. It outlines the programme's strategic areas of support, with a particular focus on voter education.

This fact sheet explains how to promote the involvement of women as informed and empowered voters.

This paper discusses the participation of women in post-conflict societies and examines the problems they face in their efforts to participate in elections. It also describes the legislative measures that have been taken in several countries to enhance the participation of women.

This case study describes the experiences of Mongolian women in the context of the political and economic transformation of their country. It analyzes the current status of these women and describes what they need to do to advance within their society.