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Gender and international financial institutions. A guide for civil society

Manuals & Guidelines
June, 2011
Global

The guide consists of an overview of the gender relevant policy framework and initiatives at IFIs. It also contains a gender checklist which should help civil society organisations in determining whether gender considerations have been addressed during the preparation and implementation of IFI-financed projects and programmes. The checklist is divided into three parts:

• broad gender considerations during the project/programme preparation, monitoring and evaluation stages,

• gender issues that need to be addressed during the assessment of projects in particular sectors

Governing land for women and men: A technical guide to support the achievement of responsible gender-equitable governance of land tenure

Manuals & Guidelines
December, 2012
Global

The guide focuses on equity and on how land tenure can be governed in ways that address the different needs and priorities of women and men. It moves away from long-standing debates about gender equality in access to land, towards the mainstreaming of gender issues to achieve more gender-equitable participation in the processes and institutions that underlie all decision-making about land.

Participating in Socially Responsible Land Investment - Model Guidebook for Communities Considering Agricultural Investment

Manuals & Guidelines
February, 2020
Global

This guide takes communities and their leaders, and 'ocal and national civil society organisations, through the steps needed to ensure that land investments in the community are carried out inclusively and responsibly.

Women's gains from the implementation of succession law in Uganda : voices from Wakiso and Mpigi districts; final report

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Uganda

The marginalization of women with regard to property ownership has hampered efforts for poverty alleviation and the improvement of livelihoods. In Uganda, current institutionalization of land reform necessitates inquiry, to determine whether women’s status has changed under new provisions. The Succession Act makes some helpful provisions but also presents loopholes, which can be exploited by illegitimate claimants.

Children, youth, women and development plans in West and Central Africa.

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 1972
Western Africa
Middle Africa

IDRC personnel. Report on the status of women, youth and children in West Africa and Central Africa, and regard for their needs in development planning - discusses education of women, maternal child health, health education (particularly in nutrition practices and in ensuring safe water supply) equal opportunity, employment opportunitys, equal pay for woman workers and young workers, rights to land ownership and participation in economic development projects.

Overcoming inequities in access to natural resources : experiences from Asia

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Asia

This Working Paper reviews the literature on the equity implications of different arrangements of natural resource management. The focus is on gender, ethnic and economic differences in access to natural resources in Asia, where two-thirds of the world’s poor live. First, the importance of common pool resources for the poor, women and minority groups is set out along with the implications of reduced or lost access to these resources.