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Women and the Economy
There are considerable differences in women's and men's access to and opportunities to exert power over economic structures in their societies. In most parts of the world, women are virtually absent from or are poorly represented in economic decision-making, including the formulation of financial, monetary, commercial and other economic policies, as well s tax systems and rules governing pay.
- WomenWatch Special Feature: The gender perspectives of the financial crisis
[ www.un.org ]
Languages: English
A WomenWatch special feature on the the gender perspectives of the financial crisis, April 200.
- The Global Financial Crisis: Assessing Vulnerability for Women and Children
[ www.worldbank.org ]
Languages: English
World Bank Internal Policy Brief, March 2009
- The gender perspectives of the financial crisis
[ www.un.org ]
Languages: English
The emerging issue on “The gender perspectives of the financial crisis” was considered at an
interactive expert panel at the Fifty-Third Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
(CSW) in March 2009. The website of the UN Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
contains the papers and presentations, as well as an issues paper and information on the
panelists. DAW, 2009
- Women In 33 Countries Highly Vulnerable To Financial Crisis Effects
[ www.worldbank.org ]
Languages: English | French
World Bank Estimates Increase in Infant Mortality, Less Girl Education and Reduced Earnings.
World Bank press release, 6 March 2009.
- UNESCO Future Forum: The Potential Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on
Women and Gender Equality
[ portal.unesco.org ]
Languages: English
The UNESCO Future Forum was held on 2 March 2009 at UNESCO Headquarters to reflect on the
ramifications of the present financial and economic crisis and their implications for
international cooperation in general and in particular for UNESCO’s domains, namely
education, the sciences, culture, communication and information. UNESCO, 2009
- Microfinance: no panacea, but useful
instrument in fight against poverty
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Languages: English
UN-DESA Policy Brief No. 10. DESA, 2008
- Expert meeting on mainstreaming gender in trade policy (10 - 11 March 2009)
[ www.unctad.org ]
Languages: English
The meeting addressed three main issues: the relation between trade and gender; the impact of trade policy on gender through labour markets, SMEs, agriculture and migration; and how to advance mainstreaming gender in trade policy from theory to practice. The report of the meeting, as wells as papers and presentations are available online. UNCTAD, 2009
- Trade Liberalisation and Women
[ www.unifem.org ]
Languages: English
These web pages on Trade Liberalization and Women are part of UNIFEM's programme on Women and International Trade. The aim is to bring together relevant data on trade issues and their gender-differentiated impact on women.
- IANWGE task force on gender and trade
[ www.un-gender-trade.org ]
Languages: English
- Gender and Food Security - Fisheries
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Overview of women in fisheries with links to successful programmes, lessons learned and technology advancements
- Development Gateway: Gender and Development
[ topics.developmentgateway.org ]
Languages: English | French | Spanish
The Development Gateway's Gender and Development topic area is envisioned as a common platform for gender and development related resources, information, and dialogue.
- Gender and Food Security - Agriculture
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Both women and men play critical roles in agriculture throughout the world, producing, processing and providing the food we eat. Rural women in particular are responsible for half of the world's food production and produce between 60 and 80 percent of the food in most developing countries. Yet, despite their contribution to global food security, women farmers are frequently underestimated and overlooked in development strategies.
- UNIFEM Promoting Women's Economic Security and Rights
[ www.unifem.org ]
Languages: English
This section covers UNIFEM's activities to promote women's economic security and rights and contribute to the eradication of feminized poverty. It contants informaiton on gender and macroeconomics, gender and trade and gender budgets.
- Gender and participation in agricultural development planning
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Languages: English
Case studies: Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Honduras, India (Sikkim), Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia.
- FAO focus: WOMEN HOLD THE KEY TO FOOD SECURITY
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English | French | Spanish
- Women and Poverty
[ www.un-instraw.org ]
Languages: English
Progress report and collection of resources on Women and Poverty by the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women. INSTRAW, 2006
- The Gender Dimensions of Post-Conflict Reconstruction
[ www.wider.unu.edu ]
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Subtitled "The Challenges in Development Aid", this research paper recommends that post-conflict reconstruction projects systematically address gender issues and promote gender equality to make peace work. UNU, 2006
- Poverty among women in Latin America: Feminization or over-representation? (UNDP Poverty Center, 2006)
[ www.undp-povertycentre.org ]
Languages: English
UNDP Poverty Center's Working Paper series disseminates the findings of work in progress in order to encourage exchange of ideas about development issues.
- Women's earning power and wellbeing (UNDP Poverty Center, 2006)
[ www.undp-povertycentre.org ]
Languages: English
UNDP Poverty Center's "One Pagers" are online publications aiming to raise awareness on technical issues of poverty measurement and policies for poverty reduction among a wide audience.
- The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States (UNIFEM 2006)
[ www.unifem.org ]
Languages: English
This report examines women's labour market situation in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the context of the social and economic transformations in the region in the past 15 years. It analyses trends in women's and men's labour force participation during the transition to a market-oriented economy and assesses their implications for the economic security of both women and men. UNIFEM, 2006
- The Gender Pay Gap over Women's Working Lifetime (UNDP Poverty Center, 2006)
[ www.ipc-undp.org ]
Languages: English
UNDP Poverty Center's "One Pagers" are online publications aiming to raise awareness on technical issues of poverty measurement and policies for poverty reduction among a wide audience.
- Online Discussion: Women and the Economy
[ www.un.org ]
Languages: English
From October 2004 to January 2005, WomenWatch hosted a series of online discussions on the Platform's critical areas of concern and other important issues to provide input into the review and appraisal of the Bejing Declaration and Platform for Action. All postings and background notes are available for reading as archived online discussion.
- International Trade Forum: Women in the Global Economy
[ www.tradeforum.org ]
Languages: English
4/03 issue of the International Trade Centre's quarterly magazine
- WIPO: Women and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
[ www.wipo.int ]
Languages: English
Article
- Women, households and change
[ www.unu.edu ]
Languages: English
The United Nations University, 1991
- The impact of economic development on rural women in China
[ www.unu.edu ]
Languages: English
A report of the United Nations University Household, Gender, and Age Project, 1993
- Women Livestock Managers in the Third World: A Focus on Technical Issues Related to Gender Roles in Livestock Production
[ www.ifad.org ]
Languages: English
by M. Niamir-Fuller (IFAD, 1994). This report examines women's technical knowledge of and involvement in livestock production in Asia, Africa and Latin America and provides guidelines on how these issues can be incorporated in IFAD's project cycle to the benefit of rural women.
- Survival, Change and Decision-Making in Rural Households: Three Village Case Studies from Eastern Morocco
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Languages: English
by A. Lubbock based on original research by Dr. Rahma Bourqia (IFAD, 1998)
- Women and credit - Lessons learned
[ www.ifad.org ]
Languages: English | French
Rural women are a priority target for IFAD and, in most appraisal reports, provision is made for a fixed portion of credit to be available to women on the same terms as for men. However, evaluation reports of projects in West Africa reveal that, so far, IFAD achievements in this area have been poor, whatever the approach for credit.
- Tamil Nadu Women's Development Project, India
[ www.ifad.org ]
Languages: English
Mid-Term Evaluation. Executive Summary
- Fifth progress report on the implementation of the plan of action for women in development - Twenty-ninth session
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- Gender and Food Security -- Division of Labour
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Overview of the gender division of labour in agriculture with facts and figures
- Overview of the socio-economic position of rural women in selected Central and Eastern European countries - Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
Publication of The Regional Office for Europe and the Women in Development Service/Sustainable Development Department, FAO, Rome, 1996
- "Harvesting best practices" - gender workshop held in Rome
[ www.fao.org ]
Languages: English
- Gender-Orientation in the Post-Harvest Sector
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Languages: English
- Design Considerations to Reach Rural Women
[ www.ifad.org ]
Languages: English
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