Constitution and Legislative Reform

This Act was adopted in Bangladesh to outline punishments for sexual offense, women and children trafficking, causing death for dowry, sexual oppression and other sexual violence crimes.

The Act was adopted in Australia in 1996 to provide support and rehabilitation for victims of crimes of violence by giving effect to an approved counselling scheme and a statutory compensation scheme.

This consolidated response highlights some of the important aspects and examples of mainstreaming gender into legislative frameworks in the Americas.

This is a collation of case summaries from the Asia Pacific region citing CEDAW, National Constitutions, and other Human Rights instruments protecting equality of rights between men and women.

This summary report outlines the main outcomes of the IDRC sponsored conference on Women's Political Participation and Access to Basic Services in the Context of Decentralization.

International IDEA interviewed Maria Ruiz, amember of the Bolivian Constituent Assembly, following her visit to Nepal in September 2008.

This report highlights discrimination against women in nationality laws by examining laws that differentiate between women and men.

This consolidated response highlights the role of international organizations, national governments, and non-profit women’s organizations in mainstreaming gender into national policies and legislation of the South-East Asian countries.

This paper describes experiences of the CIS countries with integrating gender equality in national policies and budgets.