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This booklet provides an overview of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and raises awareness of the rights to which women are entitled under CEDAW. The purpose of this publication is to increase the effectiveness of reporting,…

This publication consists of a collection of papers from the High Level International Conference, "Strengthening Economic and Financial Governance Through Gender Responsive Budgeting," held in Brussels in October 2001. These papers highlight the various concepts and tools for undertaking gender…

This handbook provides a preliminary mapping of gender equality issues as raised by each of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It also highlights the obligations and commitments of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the Beijing Fourth…

This manual is a legal and institutional resource intended for parliamentary candidates, parliamentarians, and legal/political organizations. It is structured to serve as a training resource on how to study and refer to the Constitution of Afghanistan. It provides information on the legal,…

This report provides an overview of a UNIFEM-sponsored training programme and congress on women's political participation in the Pacific region. It contains a summary of the discussions from these events, which focused on two main themes: the factors that thwart the efforts of women to attain…

This handbook calls upon participants and decision-makers to consider the needs of women and girls in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes. It provides the insight, knowledge and tools that will allow policy makers and practitioners to achieve the objectives set out in…

This publication highlights UNIFEM's efforts to ensure that the international commitments made in Security Council Resolution 1325, as well as the Beijing Platform for Action and the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), are translated into action. Four sections…

This handbook, intended as a reference tool, provides practical examples of a parliament's active engagement in the budgetary process. It seeks to advance a parliament's own institutional capacity to make a positive impact on the budget, and to equip a parliament, its members and parliamentary…