Pacific \ Women in local government
Gender equity is a priority for CLGF members and the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth is working towards gender equity and has set a target of a minimum of 30 per cent of women in public life – both in elected leadership positions and administration – including at the local level. A key focus is developing strategies to increase women's participation in decision making.
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Eight key messages to promote sustainable mobility from a gender perspective in our cities ∗
Eight key messages from Metropolis - the world assoication of the major metropolises - to promote sustainable mobility from a gender perspective in our cities
Author: Metropolis Publisher: Metropolis Publication year: 2016
Reflections on the Local Government (Community Well-Being) Amendment Bill
Measuring Local Well-being: reflections on the Local Government (Community Well-Being) Amendment Bill. The Local Government (Community Well-being) Amendment Bill is designed to provide local authorities with greater legal freedom to make investments that will raise the well-being of their local community. The legislation is predicated on the assumption that people’s well-being is influenced by their local context. In order to identify the influence of changes in context generated by local investments, it is necessary to recognise that individuals differ in many ways and that the impact of any given investment can vary substantially from one person to the next. Indicators based on collections of individuals miss much of that variation. It is also necessary to recognise the variety of ways well-being can be measured. This short article raises both these issues by exploring three measures of well-being currently available on the 2018 Quality of Life survey.
Author: Philip S. Morrison Publisher: Policy Quarterly Publication year: 2019
Women in local government: stories of inspiration from Fiji
This booklet celebrates the achievements and important contributions women make to local government and their communities. It showcases to the sector and wider community the diversity, competence, influence, dedication and passion of both current and past female local government employees and councillors. The challenges faced by the women in this publication are also real and highlights the need change on a number of levels.
Author: CLGF Pacific Publisher: CLGF Publication year: 2017
Gender in Local Government A Sourcebook for Trainers
This Sourcebook was developed to provide readily available and usable gendersensitivematerials and resources to build local government capacity for sustainable, equitable and inclusive human settlements.
Author: Prabha Khosla, Bernhard Barth Publisher: UN-HABITAT Publication year: 2017
Making infrastructure work for men and women
This report provides a gender review of a decade and a half of World Bank infrastructure lending for 1,246 projects. The objective of this review is to assess the status of and trends in gender integration in the World Bank infrastructure portfolio, and to establish a baseline for monitoring and enhancing gender integration in line with commitments made for the 2006 Gender Action Plan.
Author: World Bank Publisher: World Bank Publication year: 2010
