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    Reconociendo las necesidades de la mujer : acceso a servicios públicos en la descentralización sectorial
    (Derechos de las mujeres y participación ciudadana, CIID, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2008) MacLean, Melissa
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    Reconnaître leurs besoins : décentralisation sectorielle et accès des femmes aux services publics
    (Droits des femmes et participation citoyenne, CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2008) MacLean, Melissa
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    Realizing their needs : women’s access to public services in sector decentralization
    (Women’s Rights and Citizenship, IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2008) MacLean, Melissa
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    Voz de la mujer se está dejando oír : representación y participación política en sistemas descentralizados
    (Derechos de las mujeres y participación ciudadana, CIID, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010) MacLean, Melissa
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    Parole aux femmes : représentation politique et participation dans les systèmes décentralisés
    (Droits des femmes et participation citoyenne, CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010) MacLean, Melissa
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    Women gaining voice : political representation and participation in decentralized systems
    (Women’s Rights and Citizenship, IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010) MacLean, Melissa
    Research teams in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America, supported by the Women’s Rights and Citizenship program of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) looked at factors that help or hinder women’s participation in local government. The research showed that it can be as hard at the local level as it is at the national level for women to gain access to decision-making bodies and ensure their needs and opinions are taken into account. More than rules and regulations are required. Raising male awareness about women’s political representation and participation is also crucial.
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    Local government, gender and integrated development planning
    (Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Cape Town, ZA, 2007) Todes, Alison; Sithole, Pearl; Williamson, Amanda
    Internationally, there is debate about whether decentralisation to local government helps to empower women by making government closer and more accessible to them, or whether it undermines rights won at the national level. In South Africa, integrated development plans (IDPs) are meant to give strategic direction both to the work of the municipality and to national and provincial governments. This monograph discusses the outcomes from a study in South Africa (2004-2006). The full report, “Women Decentralisation and Integrated Development Planning” is also available. The document provides background, findings from the study, results from municipalities and their implications, and some recommendations.
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    Impact of decentralization policies on women rights in Sudan : a case study on the impact of decentralization on health, education and use of natural resources; final research report
    (Gender Center for Research and Studies, 2007) Elkarib, Asha Khalil; Farah, Mohamed Salih; Ibrahim, Ilham Osman
    This research aims at looking at the impact on decentralization polices and processes on women rights and gender relations in Sudan. Specifically the research looked into the different factors which may affect the degree of meeting women’s health and education needs and impact on distribution and access to resources, in order to identify certain sets of appropriate, measurable and adaptable gender sensitive monitoring indicators to be adopted by policy makers and practitioners in order to sharpen the gender analysis, audit and focus. The problem upon which the research was built was based on observing how women’s ability in Sudan to enjoy their rights has deteriorated and reflected in serious decline in girls' quality of education, health and access to resources. It was assumed that the adopted decentralized system in Sudan has not contributed to reducing the gender gap and hence did not improve the gender relations towards gender equality. The research capitalized on using the available literature and secondary information and qualitative data and statistics from different sources including government bodies, UN agencies and research institutions. However, that was complemented by participatory qualitative information generated through Participatory Tools such as group discussions, reflection workshops, selective interviews, and social exclusion analysis. Participants in these discussions included government officials, community leaders, women committees and groups, students, Parents/teachers committees, water committees, policy makers, and civil society members.
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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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    Engendering local governance for sustainable development in Nigeria : report on three - day constituency building workshops for women's groups in target LGAS, Apr. - May 2006
    (Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NG, 2006) Afonja, Simi; Afolabi, Mojirayo; Alagbile, Monica