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rssChallenges to women active participation in politics in Nigeria
Authors: Nwabunkeonye, U.P.
Publication date: 2014
This paper examined the challenges Nigerian women still face in active participation in politics such as discriminatory socio-cultural and religious practices; lack of finance; under-representation of women in governance; unhealthy political environment; political party discrimination; wrong perception of women in politics; lack of family, fellow women and media support; indigenization of women political aspirants; among others.
Women and political participation: toward attainment of 35% affirmative action and obstacles to the women participation in Nigerian politics and decision making process
Authors: Abubakar, M. & ; Ahmad, Z Bn
Publication date: 2014 In: Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science, Vol 2 (9) pp. 65-71
This paper examined the efforts to increase women's political participation and the obstacles facing women to do so.
Breaking through: how corporate social innovation creates business opportunity
This report looks at the positive power of business to drive the innovation needed to solve the growing social and environmental challenges facing our planet.
The goal of this report is to help Canadian business leaders consider corporate social innovation (CSI) as a powerful opportunity to concurrently drive social impact and growth.
Realising the Potential of Civil Society-led South-South Development Cooperation
Author: Moilwa, T.
Publication date: 2015
Civil Society Organisations from the BRICS countries and Mexico are now leading a huge range of South-South Development Cooperation (SSDC) initiatives. These organisations have a significant role to play in the post-2015 development cooperation landscape.
Asking people what they think: Using perceptions data to monitor the post-2015 agenda
Authors: Rodríguez Takeuchi,L. & Hine, S. with Chávez, C.
Publication date: 2015
The call for a ‘data revolution’ has spurred debate around the inclusion of new data and indicators to measure progress towards development goals. Indicators of perceptions – based on asking people what matters to them most and their opinions of change – could help to stimulate public debate and hold policy-makers accountable.
Aid and the Islamic State
Author: Svoboda, E. & Redvers, L.
Publication date: 2014
The IRIN/HPG Crisis Brief is a new product designed for aid workers, policy makers and donors to address a gap in current analysis of humanitarian research and action.
This pilot examines the flows of international aid into parts of Iraq controlled by militants from the so-called Islamic State (IS).
Inclusion, Resilience, Change: ADB’s Strategy 2020 at Mid-Term
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publication date: 2014
The midterm review of Strategy 2020 provides the Asian Development Bank (ADB) a precious opportunity to draw on its vast experience over the first 5 years of the strategy's implementation.
Gender-Equitable Public Investment: How Time-Use Surveys Can Help
Author: Fontana, M.
Publication date: 2014
Macroeconomic policy often fails to recognise the disproportionate burden of unpaid care work on women, and as a result reinforces both gender and income inequalities.
By providing detailed information on how this burden is unequally distributed across gender, class, ethnicity and other socioeconomic characteristics, time-use data can help in guiding more equitable allocations of public resources and promoting government budget priorities that recognise the importance of unpaid work, both for the economy and for human wellbeing.
Gender justice and climate justice: community-based strategies to increase women’s political agency in watershed management in times of climate change
Authors: Figueiredo, P. & ; Perkins, P.E.
Publication date: 2011
This paper discusses South-North initiatives and models for community-based environmental and climate change education which are using the democratic opening provided by watershed-based governance structures to broaden grassroots participation, especially of women, in political processes.
From best practice to best fit: understanding and navigating wicked problems in international development
Authors: Ramalingam, B., Laric,M. & Primrose, J.
Publication date: 2014
This Working Paper summarises the findings of a series of small-scale pilots of selected complex systems methods in DFID’s wealth creation work. The pilots contributed to improved analysis and understanding of a range of wicked problems, and generated tangible findings that were directly utilised in corporate and programmatic decisions.
