Advancing gender equality
Subtitle: case studies from across the Commonwealth
By: Commonwealth Secretariat ; [edited by Editors4Change and Joan Ross Frankson]
Contributors: Frankson, Joan Ross, editor; Editors4change Limited
Publisher: The Commonwealth; Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781849291514
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Sex role; Case studies; Women; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Political activity
Description: "This publication brings together case studies prepared in connection with the end-of-term review of the 2005-15 Commonwealth Plan of Action for Gender Equality. The case studies are based on submissions and interviews with government representatives, gender specialists and other stakeholders, including civil society organisations, from 20 countries representing all regions of the Commonwealth."--Page iii.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Section 1.; title: Women's political participation.; title: Women's Parliamentary Caucus, Pakistan --; title: Nigerian Women's Trust Fund to strengthen women's political participation, Nigeria. -- -- section 2.; title: Women's corporate leadership and gender equality in the workplace.; title: Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, Australia --; title: The Equality Mark for Employers, Malta --; title: Women in Leadership Programme, New Zealand --; title: Women's Business Council, United Kingdom. -- -- section 3.; title: Women's enterprise and economic empowerment.; title: Mass Product Consumer Regulatory Authority, Cameroon --; title: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, India --; title: 1ASAM Program for Economic Development, Malaysia --; title: The Women Enterprise Fund, Kenya --; title: Fostering women's entrepreneurship, Mauritius --; title: Income-Generating Activity Programme, Uganda. -- -- section 4.; title: Combatting violence against women and gender-based violence.; title: One-Stop Crisis Centre, Bangladesh --; title: National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking, Canada --; title: Advancing policy and legislation to combat gender-based violence, Grenada --; title: Women and Child Protection Units, Namibia --; title: Central Registry on Domestic Violence, Trinidad and Tobago. -- -- section 5.; title: Working with men for gender equality.; title: Integrated approach to combating gender-based violence, Botswana --; title: Pacific Women's Network Male Advocacy Programme, Pacific Islands --; title: Channelling Men's Positive Involvement into the National Reponse to HIV/AIDS, United Republic of Tanzania. -- -- section 6.; title: Key factors for success.; title: Conclusion.