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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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
Women’s Leadership Stories: Cook Islands Stories of inspiration from women in local government
Our women’s stories are exciting stories. These stories have been an important fellowship and experience for our women. They all thought that their story was not worthy to be shared. Yet those that agreed to be interviewed and recorded in this publication have opened their private life and home for the world to understand and learn what our women and their families in the Pa Enua feel, live, and hold important.
Author: CLGF Pacific Publisher: CLGF Publication year: 2017
Women’s Leadership Stories– Bougainville Stories of inspiration from women in local government
This booklet takes us on a journey of change and challenge with women who identify as grandmothers, mothers, sisters and daughters. We are struck by the hard work and limited resources that each woman faces. Whether it is organisation building and management, peace dialogues, standing in local elections, investing in business or education – we gain a sense of courage and determination from these women to drive change for themselves and their communities.
Author: CLGF Pacific Publisher: CLGF Publication year: 2017
Workforce Planning Guidelines for Local Government in Tasmania
Workforce planning in Tasmania as a whole, and in the local government sector in particular, is essential to meet the needs of communities and deliver a growing, prosperous Tasmania. As the level of government best placed to meet community needs, councils are in a unique position to identify the skills, knowledge and expertise needed to effectively tailor services, generate economic and employment opportunities and support the overall prosperity of their local and regional communities. Planning a future workforce to deliver vital services needs to be clearly linked to local, regional and state-wide priorities. Councils have a key role to plan for their own workforces as part of strategic planning but also play an important role in partnering with a range of local, regional and state level organisations to identify and support conditions for economic growth. Workforce planning brings important benefits to councils and their communities and these guidelines are intended to help local government plan at a local, sub-regional and regional level to support the future growth of a vibrant Tasmanian economy.
Author: Sally Ann Hunting, Roberta Ryan Publisher: University of Technology, Sydney Publication year: 2016
Resource guide on decentralisation and local government
This resource guide provides practical guidance for designing, implementing and evaluating decentralisation reforms and local government practices to ensure they are as effective as possible. It also synthesises and presents current debates on the impact of decentralisation and local government on poverty reduction, service delivery and conflict as well as providing links to cutting-edge research and recent case studies.
Author: Zoe Scott and Munawwar Alam Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat Publication year: 2011
