Southern Africa \ 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
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
Compendium of WIEGO and SEWA case studies - legal barriers
1. Advocacy and Progressive National Legislation: StreetVendors in India
2. Market Traders and Legal Victories in Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa
3. Legal Change for the Adoption of an Inclusive Recycling Model in Bogotá, Colombia
4. Social Mobilization and a New Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil
5. Global Standard Setting and Advocacy for Domestic Workers
Author: Jenna Harvey, Sanjay Kumar, Renana Jhabvala and SEWA Bharat Publisher: WIEGO 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
A Human Rights Approach to Localising The MDGs Through Gender-Equitable Local Development
Until now, the United Nations Capital Development Fund’s (UNCDF) Gender Equitable Local Development (GELD) programme has not been presented within an explicit human rights framework. This is strange given that the human rights based approach to development (HRBAD) aims to ensure that all human beings can live their lives fully and with dignity. HRBAD is fundamentally about the healthy and full development of individuals and communities. In addition, one of human rights’ central concerns is that people have equal access to the benefits of society. Initiatives to realize human rights therefore give priority to the most marginalized - the poorest - in a society. It is those individuals who have most difficulty in securing the basics that are essential to living their lives with dignity. Women in all communities are disproportionately represented among the poor. Thus, human rights have gender equity as a central focus. Put another way, we are dealing with the feminization of poverty. We are dealing with the concept of equal access (to development). In short, we are dealing with those who need (and deserve) greater priority in access to infrastructure and supporting services in order to reach a point of equality.
Author: Ron McGill Publisher: Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance Publication year: 2009
