Gender

­­­­Gender issues are cross-cutting and relevant to all policy areas on the Policy>Action Network website. This section has been developed to allow for more emphasis on specific policy development processes, particularly policy analysis and implementation. Participation in policy formulation is of particular relevance when looking at gender equity and this is also highlighted here. ­In addition there is a focus on evidence-based policy development.

Research reports & papers

• Fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in Africa +15  
  
  Reviews delivery of outcomes agreed upon in 2004 in Addis Ababa at the Seventh Africa Regional Conference on Women (Beijing­ +10).
  United Nations Economic Commission for Africa , November 2009
• Local government, gender and integrated development planning, service delivery 
  
  Considers whether national gender policy directives are being incorporated in integrated development programmes.
  Human Sciences Research Council, 2007
• South African CEDAW report: Progress made in the implementation of the Convention for the period 1998 to 2008  
  
  ­Focuses on the implementation of laws and policies which impact on women and the girl child.
  Presidency, May 2009
• The global financial crisis: Are women more likely to be pushed into chronic poverty? 
  
  Harmful household coping strategies may push many, particularly many women and their dependents, into chronic poverty.
  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, November 2009

Case studies

• Gender in the making of the Nigerian university system 
  Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, 2007

Toolkits & guidelines

• Budgeting for women’s rights monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW: A summary guide for policy makers, gender equality and human rights advocates 
  
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  United Nations Development Fund for Women, December 2008
• Gender mainstreaming: 10 steps for integrating gender into the policy-making process 
  
  With questions adapted from policymaking guidelines.
  Status of Women Canada, 1998
• Manual for gender mainstreaming social inclusion and social protection policies 
  
  Supports the implementation of gender equality in policies on social inclusion and social protection.
  European Commission, 2008
• Research as a tool for advocacy 
  
  A presentation outlining approaches to achieving research-based­ policies.
  Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2010

Conference & seminar papers

• Formulating a gender policy  
  
  ­­­A presentation with recomme­ndations on formulating a gender policy.
  Caribbean Water Iniatitive, June 2007
• Gender equity in South African education 1994 - 2004: conference proceedings 
  
  Explores research and social action dimensions related to gender equity in education.
  Human Sciences Research Council, 2005

Advocacy initiatives

• 365 National action plan to end violence against women and children 
  
  Established in May 2006 when civil society organisations and government representatives met to draft a National Action to End Gender Violence, and adopted the Kopanong Declaration.
  May 2006
• September National Imbizo 
  
  A new Facebook forum for a national citizens' dialogue, currently working against xenophobia and planning for ­a National Indaba in September 2010.
  July 2010
• Women'sNet 
  
  Works to advance gender equality and justice ­through the use of information and communication technologies, repository of ­info­rmation on gender advocacy.
  2009