Asia \ 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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Monitoring women’s representation in local government SDG indicator 5.5.1b
Presentation for workshop on women representation in local government. Section 1. Why women’s representation in local government matters Section 2. Background of SDG indicator 5.5.1b Section 3. What is local government and how is it organized Section 4. Sources of data for SDG indicator 5.5.1b Section 5. Reporting data for SDG indicator 5.5.1b
Author: Ionica Berevoescu Publisher: UN Women Publication year: 2019
Indicator 5.5.1(b): Proportion of seats held by women in local governments
Author: UN Stats Publisher: UN Stats Publication year: 2019
The Hunger Project's Fact sheets: Empowering women leaders in India
Among other initiatives, Hunger Project programs in India empower women to join elected village councils. Mobilizing people for self-reliant action, empowering women as key change agents and engaging with local government leads to vast, sustainable change. These fact sheets, combined here, detail four component elements of that work through personal stories and organizational objectives: Building Capacities Towards Leadership; Federations: Collective Action for Good Governance; Transforming the Political Agenda; Advocating for Good Governance, and Women’s Equal Participation in the Electoral Process
Author: The Hunger Project Publisher: The Hunger Project Publication year: 2019
Elected women demand equity in Bihar
Gender equality is critical to causing society-wide change. And though women bear the major responsibility for meeting basic needs, in much of the world, they are systematically denied the resources, freedom of action and voice in decision-making to fulfill that responsibility.
Author: The Hunger Project Publisher: The Hunger Project Publication year: 2019
Gender-Responsive Budgeting: The Case of a Rural Local Body in Kerala
This article discusses gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) at the local level in Kerala by studying a village panchayat, the lowest tier of rural local government. GRB of a rudimentary form, known as Women Component Plan (WCP), had been in existence at the local level for the last 20 years as a key feature of participatory planning. The study adopts a fourfold classification of all projects implemented in the panchayat on the basis of their gender friendliness and calculates allocation and expenditure under each of these categories. The data on which the article relies relate to the expenditure incurred under the annual plans rather than budgets, which are based on inflated and unreliable data. The article ends by making some observations based on the data and the overall experience of Kerala in gender budgeting.
Author: John S. Moolakkattu, John S. Moolakkattu Publisher: Sage open Publication year: 2018
