• Palestinian feminist writing : between oppression and resistance [Arabic language] 

  Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera (Mada al-Carmel, 2007-07)

  The book, “Palestinian Feminist Writing: Between Oppression and Resistance” is the first release of the Gender Studies Program at Mada al-Carmel, the Arab Center for Applied Social Research, and addresses how speech and ...
• Localised or localising democracy : gender and the politics of decentralisation in contemporary Uganda 

  Ahikire, Josephine (Fountain Publishers, Kampala, UG, 2007)
• Social impact of the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline : how industrial development affects gender relations, land tenure, and local culture 

  Endeley, Joyce B. Mbongo; Sikod, Fondo (Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY, US, 2007)
• Transnational migration of Vietnamese women in Asia : experiences, rights and citizenship; final technical report 

  Bélanger, Danièle; Tran Giang Linh; Le Bach Duong (University of Western Ontario, 2011-07)

  Women who work in South Korea and Taiwan had access to NGOs and government services when facing difficulties while women in the Gulf region have nowhere to turn. Transnational marriage migration largely occurs outside the ...
• Gender and work in MENA : research capacity building activities; final technical report 

  Roushdy, Rania (Population Council, Cairo, EG, 2011-11)

  In the MENA region, gender and work is an important topic that has attracted a great deal of attention in both research and policy circles in recent years. However high-quality research on gender and work in the MENA ...
• Assessing justice and global migration : Indonesian women domestic migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates 

  University of Indonesia. Centre for Women and Gender Studies (Centre for Women and Gender Studies, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, ID, 2011)

  The research examines how access to justice for unskilled Indonesian female domestic migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is impeded by the legal and judicial systems of both countries, the substantive legal ...
• Women’s rights, citizenship and governance in Sub-Saharan Africa Training Institute : final technical report 

  Hassim, Shireen (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, ZA, 2012-07)

  Women are scarce in the research environment: with regard to gender distribution in enrollments in higher education, apart from South African institutions, the rest of the continent is characterized by male dominance. ...
• Formalizing the informal and informalizing the formal? : analyzing changes in women's work in the domestic service and the banking sector in Ghana; final technical report 

  Tsikata, Dzodzi; Ampofo, Akosua Adomako; Darkwah, Akosua; Anyidoho, Nana Akua; Pinkrah, Ama (University of Ghana, Legon, GH, 2012)

  The study examines women’s work in two sectors- banking and paid domestic work; the formal and informal economy sectors are illustrative of some important developments in the character of women’s work. Three decades of ...
• Promoting Decent Work for Women in the Banking and Domestic Sectors in Ghana : a national research dissemination and policy dialogue, 14th December 2011 

  University of Ghana. CEGENSA (CEGENSA, University of Ghana, Legon, GH, 2012)

  The report analyzes research regarding women in the labour force, towards policy recommendations and new labour legislation. Employment agencies need to be more closely scrutinized and regulated, both public and private, ...
• Land tenure practices and women's right to land : implications for access to natural resources (anglophone Cameroon); research report 

  Fonjong, Lotsmart; Sama-Lang, Irene; Fombe, Lawrence (University of Buea, CM, 2011)

  The study investigates women’s land rights under statutes and customary practices in Cameroon, and the effects on women’s role in the economy. Findings reveal that despite Cameroon’s adherence to universal principles of ...
• Descentralización, poder local y derechos de la mujer : tendencias mundiales en participación, representación y acceso a servicios públicos; recomendaciones para los responsables de las políticas públicas emanadas de la conferencia internacional, ciudad de México, 2008 

  CIID (CIID, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2009)
• Reconociendo las necesidades de la mujer : acceso a servicios públicos en la descentralización sectorial 

  MacLean, Melissa (Derechos de las mujeres y participación ciudadana, CIID, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2008)
• Reconnaître leurs besoins : décentralisation sectorielle et accès des femmes aux services publics 

  MacLean, Melissa (Droits des femmes et participation citoyenne, CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2008)
• Realizing their needs : women’s access to public services in sector decentralization 

  MacLean, Melissa (Women’s Rights and Citizenship, IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2008)
• Voz de la mujer se está dejando oír : representación y participación política en sistemas descentralizados 

  MacLean, Melissa (Derechos de las mujeres y participación ciudadana, CIID, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010)
• Parole aux femmes : représentation politique et participation dans les systèmes décentralisés 

  MacLean, Melissa (Droits des femmes et participation citoyenne, CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010)
• Women gaining voice : political representation and participation in decentralized systems 

  MacLean, Melissa (Women’s Rights and Citizenship, IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010)

  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 ...
• Impact of land tenure practices on women's rights to land in anglophone Cameroon and implications on sustainable development : final technical report (technical report no. 5) 

  Fonjong, Lotsmart; Sama-Lang, Irene; Fombe, Lawrence (University of Buea, CM, 2011)

  The study investigates the state of women’s land rights under statutes and customary practices in Cameroon and how the conception of these rights affects women’s role in the economy. It concludes that the future of women’s ...
• Changing shape of the care diamond : the case of child and elderly care in Japan 

  Abe, Aya (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva, CH, 2010)

  This paper describes the scale of the elderly care problem in Japan, examines the government’s role in providing care and, to a lesser extent, considers the market’s role before and after the introduction of Long-Term Care ...
• International labour migration from Vietnam to Asian countries, 2000-2009 : process, experiences and impact; report presented at the International workshop “Labour Migration from Vietnam to Asian Countries: sharing research findings and NGOs’ experiences” 

  Bélanger, Danièle; Le Bach Duong; Tran Giang Linh; Khuat Thu Hong; Nguyen Thi Van Anh; Hammoud, Belinda (Institute for Social Development Studies, Hanoi, VN, 2010)

  This report examines the experiences of migrant workers from Vietnam in four major destination countries: Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. Research findings contrast sharply with the positive discourse about the ...

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