Aid in Support of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Data on DAC members’ aid targeting gender equality and women’s empowerment are compiled with the help of the gender equality marker in the Creditor Reporting System (CRS).

Aid in Support of Women's Economic Empowerment - Chapter 2

Economic empowerment aims to raise the capacity of women and men to participate in, contribute to and benefit from growth processes in ways which recognize the value of their contributions, respect their dignity and make it possible to negotiate a fairer distribution of the benefits of growth.

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• Aid in Support of Gender Equality in Fragile and Conflict-affected States - Chapter 4
• Aid in Support of Gender Equality in Fragile and Conflict-affected States - Chapter 4

Aid in Support of Gender Equality in Fragile and Conflict-affected States - Chapter 4

The present study is a contribution to mark the 10th anniversary of the adoption of UNSCR 1325 (in 2010), and provides an overview of DAC members' funding targeted to gender equality in fragile and conflict-affected states.

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• Aid in Support of Women's Economic Empowerment - Chapter 2
• Aid in Support of Women's Economic Empowerment - Chapter 2

Aid in Support of Gender Equality in Education and Health - Chapter 3

This paper examines the extent to which Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors' aid to education and health addressed gender equality objectives, based on data collected through the DAC gender equality policy marker.

Aid in Support of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Statistical Overview - Chapter 1

Statistical overview examining data on OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) member aid flows that explicitly target gender equality and women's empowerment

Findings from the Gender Equality Module of the 2011 Paris Declaration Monitoring Survey

Twenty-four of the developing countries that undertook the 2011 Paris Declaration Monitoring Survey chose to also pilot the survey’s gender equality module. Read the full report here.

Women’s Economic Empowerment - Issues paper

Women’s economic empowerment is a prerequisite for sustainable development and for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. At the same time, it is also a right. Learn more in this issues paper.

Gender Equality and Global Public Goods: Some Reflections on Shared Priorities

This paper is intended to provide some initial reflections for the DAC Network on Gender Equality on whether, and to what degree, linkages can be made between the work on Global Public Goods (GPGs) and the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Igualdad de género y la entrega de la ayuda oficial al desarrollo ¿Qué ha cambiado [...] desde 1999?

Este informe examina prácticas y enfoques institucionales hacia la igualdad de género y empoderamiento de las mujeres dentro de las agencias de cooperación al desarrollo que son miembros del CAD OCDE.

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• Égalité des genres et la mise en oeuvre de l’aide: Ce qui a changé depuis 1999 dans les agences de coopération pour le développement
• Gender equality and aid delivery: what has changed in development co-operation agencies since 1999?

Security System Reform: Integrating Gender Awareness and Equality

This chapter of the OECD’s "Handbook on Security System Reform" highlights the importance of integrating gender equality issues into SSR processes.