Women's Citizenship and Governance / Participation citoyenne des femmes et la gouvernance

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    Justice de genre, citoyenneté et développement
    (CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2009) Mukhopadhyay, Maitrayee; Singh, Navsharan
    Bien que les femmes aient, partout dans le monde, fait des gains notables ces dernières décennies, les inégalités entre les sexes et les injustices fondées sur le sexe continuent d’empêcher les filles et les femmes de réaliser leurs droits et leur plein potentiel à titre de citoyennes et de partenaires à part entière dans la prise de décision et le développement. Par conséquent, pour chaque droit qui a été établi, on compte des millions de femmes qui ne peuvent s’en prévaloir. Cet ouvrage présente des études menées en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes, au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord, en Afrique subsaharienne et en Asie du Sud, précédées d’un chapitre liminaire qui relie la réflexion actuelle sur la justice sexospécifique aux débats sur la participation citoyenne, les droits, la loi et le développement. Le dernier chapitre inscrit la justice sexospécifique, la participation citoyenne et les droits dans le débat qui a cours actuellement dans le domaine du développement et qui porte sur les moyens à prendre pour atténuer la pauvreté et remédier à l’exclusion sociale. Le livre réunit les perspectives d’éminentes chercheures féministes de plusieurs disciplines, dont la sociologie, les sciences politiques et les études juridiques, et, ce faisant, apporte un nouvel éclairage tant pour les activités de plaidoyer que pour la recherche.
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    Locating women in the Tanzanian decentralization history : progress, problems and future research issues
    (Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, UG, 2007) Shayo, Rose
    The larger research project seeks to problematise the link between democracy, decentralisation and women's citizenship, looking at concrete realities in three countries: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The research relates specifically to the arena of social citizenship, and interrogates how the dynamics of gender-based power plays out in decentalised spaces, with consequences for women's citizenship. The paper covers the conceptual framework, main arguments for introducing decentralization policy, as well as opportunities that these programmes may present for women in Tanzania.
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    Decentralisation, local politics and the construction of women's citizenship : the case of Uganda
    (Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, UG, 2007) Byamukama, Dora C. Kanabahita
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    Still on the road : decentralisation and women's citizenship in Kenya
    (Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, UG, 2007) Mitullah, Winnie V.; Kanyinga, Karuti; Munguti, Kaendi
    In Africa, the 1960s witnessed a strong desire by the new governments to replace colonial administrative arrangements. This led to many countries introducing different forms of decentralisation. Many argued that transferring legal, administrative and political authority from the central government to the lower units would foster efficient management of public resources and by that enable the states to meet the huge post-colonial expectations. But actual implementation revealed that governments were much concerned with deconcentration or transfer of administrative responsibilities to the lower units. There were generally very few attempts at giving autonomous powers to lower units and regions - devolution. Many were concerned about retaining control powers at the centre and giving the regions only administrative responsibilities....This concept paper is an attempt to outline key issues concerning decentralisation and women's citizenship in Kenya. It seeks to find out the implications of decentralisation for women's citizenship and in particular what decentralisation implies for women's social and economic rights. This concept paper provides an overview of gender and development, and further spells out whether decentralisation provides opportunities for women's participation in local decision making and access to justice. The paper further attempts to examine politics of ethnicity in relation to decentralisation and women's citizenship. For each of these issues, we have identified key research questions.
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    Decentralisation, local politics and the construction of women's citizenship : Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
    (Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, UG, 2006) Nakirunda, Maureen
    The Centre for Basic Research (CBR) carries out research in areas of constitutionalism, civil society, governance, gender, environment, and labour. The ‘Decentralization, Local Politics and the Construction of Women's Citizenship Project’ is supported under a new IDRC project initiative. During the workshop a number of points were raised - one being the need to include cultural rights, because in the case of Uganda, it is cultural rights that have a direct impact on the socio-economic and political rights of women. Under decentralization, women are immersed into cultural norms that can pull them backwards. The report covers workshop presentations and discussions.
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    CBR capacity building programme : gender and decentralisation
    (Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, UG, 2006) Nakirunda, Maureen
    The Centre for Basic Research (CBR) acknowledges that young graduates who have prior training in research methods have not been able to conduct research without supervision. Hence this short training programme included a three-day Capacity Building Training Workshop aimed at training participants to conceptualize and conduct research on their own. Junior researchers were expected to write concept papers, conduct research and write up a report within a period of 4 weeks. Issues including gender in research were given a special focus.
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    Scientific report of findings : gender at work, Indian change catalyst program
    (Gender at work, Glen Echo, MD, US, 2007) Kelleher, David; Rao, Aruna; Sengupta, Anasuya
    This work links organizational and institutional change in terms of gender equality. It looks at approaches to changing organizations and institutional rules at individual, community and organizational levels. The project engaged four social change organizations in India in a process of learning and action. Each organization nominated a team that then attended a series of workshops and carried out a change project in their organization that significantly improved at least one aspect of the organization's capacity to promote gender equality.
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    Justicia de género, ciudadanía y desarrollo
    (CIID, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2007) Mukhopadhyay, Maitrayee; Singh, Navsharan
    Si bien en las últimas décadas ha habido avances significativos para la mujer en el plano mundial, desigualdades e injusticias por razones de género siguen afectando la capacidad de niñas y mujeres para ejercer sus derechos y realizar su pleno potencial como ciudadanas en igualdad de condiciones en la toma de decisiones y el desarrollo. De hecho, por cada derecho que se ha establecido existen millones de mujeres que no lo ejercen. Este libro reúne estudios de América Latina y el Caribe, el Medio Oriente y África del Norte, África del Subsahara y Asia del Sur, con un capítulo introductorio a manera de prefacio que vincula el pensamiento actual sobre justicia de género con los debates sobre ciudadanía, derechos, legislación y desarrollo. Un capítulo de conclusión sitúa los análisis de estos temas en el marco de los debates actuales sobre mitigación de pobreza y exclusión social que interesan al campo del desarrollo. La obra aporta perspectivas multidisciplinarias de las más destacadas académicas feministas en sociología, ciencias políticas y derecho, entre otras. Al hacerlo, entrega nuevas visiones para la promoción de derechos y la investigación.
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    Gender at work : Indian change catalysts; action learning program, May 2005 workshop report
    (Gender at work, Glen Echo, MD, US, 2006) Kelleher, David
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    Gender justice, citizenship and development
    (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2007) Mukhopadhyay, Maitrayee; Singh, Navsharan
    Although there have been notable gains for women globally in the last few decades, gender inequality and gender-based inequities continue to impinge upon girls’ and women’s ability to realize their rights and their full potential as citizens and equal partners in decision-making and development. In fact, for every right that has been established, there are millions of women who do not enjoy it. In this book, studies from Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are prefaced by an introductory chapter that links current thinking on gender justice to debates on citizenship, entitlements, and law and development. A concluding chapter situates the discussion of gender justice, citizenship, and entitlements in current development debates on poverty alleviation and social exclusion. The book brings together multidisciplinary perspectives from leading feminist scholars of sociology, political science and legal studies, among others, and in doing so, provides new insights for both advocacy and research.
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    Human rights, institutions and social change : paper prepared for the Helsinki conference 2005
    (2005) Rao, Aruna; Kelleher, David
    Power is dynamic and relational and operates in both visible and invisible ways. This paper presents a conceptual framework on rights, institutions and social change which can be used to assess how gendered aspects of institutions, both ‘formal’ and ‘informal’, explain patterns of rights achievement, and to identify institutional change strategies that challenge and transform power relationships to enable the realization of women’s rights. This framework points the way to a research agenda to develop and include new strategic thinking on how to transform power relations for realizing women’s rights.
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    Indian change catalysts : action - learning program; final technical report, July 2004 - Nov. 2006
    (2006) Rao, Aruna; Kelleher, David; Sengupta, Anasuya; Viswanath, Rose; Kuckreja, Madhavi