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Issues Briefs on Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment and the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

24-Jul-2008

These Issues Briefs examine the connections between gender equality, women’s empowerment and aid effectiveness. They are intended for programme managers and thematic advisors in donor agencies. (Also available in French and Spanish.)

Aid effectiveness evidence gathering project on gender equality, human rights and social exclusion

23-Jul-2008

The purpose of this project, funded by the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway and the Netherlands, has been to build an evidence base on the relationship between human rights, social exclusion and gender equality and the aid effectiveness agenda as set out in the Paris Declaration.

Strengthening the Development Results and Impacts of the Paris Declaration through Work on Gender Equality, Social Exclusion and Human Rights

11-Apr-2008

This workshop shared the emerging analysis and experiences at field-level and identified and “show-cased” case studies  of direct relevance to the themes of the September 2008 High Level Forum (HLF-3) in Accra,which will review progress in implementing the Paris Declaration.

OECD promotes the economic and social benefits of gender equity

07-Mar-2008

Family-friendly workplace practices and attention to gender equity in hiring and management help to improve productivity and economic performance, OECD studies show. To mark International Women's Day, OECD is highlighting aspects of its work on gender issues and promoting diversity in its workforce.

Guide for Non-Economists to Negotiate Poverty Reduction Strategies

03-Apr-2007

This paper is intended to strengthen the ability of actors with limited knowledge of economics to engage in negotiations on the macroeconomic framework of Poverty Reduction Strategies.

Enhancing women’s market access and promoting pro-poor growth

14-Sep-2006

This "Hot Topic" paper prepared by the DAC Network on Poverty Reduction considers access to labour, financial, goods and service markets from a gender perspective. It is an extract from the publication “Promoting Pro-Poor Growth - Private Sector Development”.


Events

Enhancing partnerships between multilateral and bilateral agencies to support partner country efforts to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment

from 28-Jan-2008 to 29-Jan-2008

This joint biennial workshop of the DAC Network on Gender Equality (GENDERNET) and the United Nations’ Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) focussed on the role of multilateral agencies in delivering on commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment; how bilateral agencies can best support the efforts of  multilateral agencies; innovative practices in partnerships; opportunities to enhance and scale up work to support partner country efforts, and improved tracking of development assistance focussed on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Workshop on Development Effectiveness in Practice – Applying the Paris Declaration to Advancing Gender Equality, Environmental Sustainability and Human Rights

This workshop was held in Dublin on 26-27 April 2007 and organised by the DAC Networks on Environment and Development, Governance, and Gender Equality and the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness, with the support of the Irish and Danish Governments. The purpose  was to increase mutual knowledge and understanding of how practitioners are applying the Paris Declaration’s overarching principles to advance gender equality, environmental sustainability and human rights. The long-term goal is to demonstrate how attention to these issues enhances development effectiveness.



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