Gender Equality

This report assesses the overall performance of UNDP in gender mainstreaming and promoting gender equality.

The essays in this volume explore the multiple factors that influence the process of engendering governance in complex societies. They focus particularly on the changing roles of various actors such as women’s movements, the state and civil society.

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 paper addresses the characteristics of electoral processes in post-conflict countries.

This article encompasses material that was prepared for a training workshop on eliminating violence against women (VAW). It highlights ideas, concepts, policies, approaches and strategies for a greater involvement and engagement of men to eliminate gender violence.

This training guide focuses on the human rights-based approach to development cooperation as a framework for women's empowerment and gender equality.

This research paper examines the theory of women’s empowerment, and explores the challenges faced by practitioners and policy makers in implementing this theory.

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 article advances the argument that parliaments confronting situations of crisis and recovery benefit from integrating a gender perspective into their core functions.