Resources

27 Oct 2016
John Riverson, Mika Kunieda, Peter Roberts, Negede Lewi and Wendy M. Walker, 2005: Paper describes steps which are being taken by the World Bank to improve the effective meeting of gender needs in transport, summarizing examples of good practice and illustrating their application in Ethiopia.
27 Oct 2016
Asian Development Bank, 2015: Policy brief draws on rapid assessments of sexual harassment in public transportation conducted in three countries in Asia, and attempts to specify recommended actions to prevent and address sexual harassment in public transportation and its related spaces such as train platforms and bus stops.
12 Oct 2016
World Bank, 2002: Strategy identifies gender-related barriers to poverty reduction and sustainable development; and recommends appropriate actions to reduce these barriers; it is intended to establish an enabling environment to foster country-led, country-specific strategies for changing the gender patterns that are costly to growth, poverty reduction, and human well-being.
12 Oct 2016
CGIAR/International Agricultural Research Center in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 2014: Report from a training workshop covering the practical, technical and analytical aspects of gender mainstreaming in dryland agriculture, as well as lessons learned for consideration in future trainings.
20 Sep 2016
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE): Report identifies key factors in promoting gender equality within research organizations, discusses how the effectiveness of gender equality initiatives can be assessed, and identifies stakeholders' needs and priorities in relation to measures that could be made available for research institutions to support gender equality.
TYPE: Reports
16 Sep 2016
GTZ, 2010: Working paper traces the ways in which women’s economic empowerment through climate mitigation and adaptation fosters economic growth and socioeconomic development, reduces poverty, keeps environmental problems in check, and increases the potential for adaptation
TYPE: Reports
16 Sep 2016
BRIDGE, IDS, 2011: Report maps pathways for making climate change responses more gender aware and potentially transformative, arguing that gender transformation should be both a potential end goal and an important condition of effective climate change responses and poverty reduction [Available in English, Spanish and French]
TYPE: Reports
16 Sep 2016
UNDP, 2009: Guide for practitioners and policy makers on the linkages between gender equality and climate change and their importance in relation to the achievement of the MDGs, highlighting why it is important to include women in climate change policy and programming, and demonstrating how women’s contributions can strengthen the effectiveness of climate change measures.
16 Sep 2016
World Bank, 2011: Four case studies conducted in Casablanca, Morocco, Sana’a and rural Yemen, and the northern part of the West Bank in Palestine aim to help fill the gender data gap by increasing understanding of the ways in which transport services are facilitating or constraining women’s access to resources, markets, training, information, and employment.
REGIONS: Arab Region
15 Sep 2016
OECD International Transport Forum, 2011: Report presents an overview of gender issues in transport as well as good practices and a set of recommendations for both developed and developing countries, urban and rural areas, and infrastructure and services
15 Sep 2016
FAO, 2006: Paper discusses gender issues and energy linkages within the international sustainable development context and presents recommendations on ways of incorporating gender sensitivity into energy and development policies and planning processes
TYPE: Reports
13 Sep 2016
ENERGIA: Background paper defines gender concepts and places them in the context of the energy sector, and describes issues of gender and energy
TYPE: Reports
12 Sep 2016
World Bank, 2011: Background paper to World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development reviews the literature on the links between energy access, welfare, and gender in order to provide evidence on where gender considerations in the energy sector matter and how they might be addressed
TYPE: Reports
12 Sep 2016
Women In Europe for a Common Future (WECF), 2009: Background information on the need to integrate a gender perspective into the efforts to promote safe and sustainable sanitation, with guidance on how to mainstream gender into this sector
TYPE: Reports
12 Sep 2016
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)/Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), 2006: Report describes how both women and communities as a whole benefit from involving women in water supply and sanitation projects, with key messages and recommendations
TYPE: Reports