GTCoP - Community of Practice Training for Gender Equality

This UNDP practical guide is for Members of the Fiji Parliament on how to scrutinise legislation from a gender perspective, in the day-to-day work of a parliamentarian. Gender is a critical dimension of parliamentary scrutiny. Considering laws, policies, programmes and budgets from a gender perspective ensures that they are fair to both men and women. While the toolkit specifically focuses on the scrutiny of legislation, the ideas can also be applied to the scrutiny of policies and programmes.

This guide looks at the legislative process as a vital entry point for gender mainstreaming, offering practical guidance on what gender-sensitive legislation is, why it is important, what it consists of and how it can be integrated it into routine parliamentary work. The publication provides a step-by-step guide on how to implement gender-sensitive legislation. It includes recommendations on how to conduct a gender needs analysis in a given sector, how to assess the gender implications of specific laws, how to integrate gender-focused activities in new legislative acts, and how to develop gender-sensitive indicators that can facilitate the monitoring of a law’s implementation. The publication also discusses some of the main principles of gender-responsive budget analysis, a central component of any successful gender-sensitive legislation. Finally, the Guide provides its readers with a self-assessment tool to guide them through different stages of law-making from a gender perspective. It is primarily intended for members of parliament and parliamentary staff/

Dr Joyce Banda's toolkit provides actionable steps to implement her recommendations for promoting women’s leadership in Africa. The toolkit is meant to inspire and provide examples of how policymakers, civil society organizations, community leaders, and the international community can work together to develop a critical mass of women leaders in political positions across Africa to ensure good governance and economic stability, and greater stability overall.

The methodology for incorporating a gender perspective into OAS/EOMs presented in this manual provides OAS international electoral observation with the technical tools for a careful examination of equitable participation by men and women throughout the electoral process. The first part of this manual presents a conceptual framework, providing an overview of the principles and precepts on the political participation of women established in both the international and Inter-American human rights system, and explaining how a gender perspective has been incorporated into the four criteria of a democratic election, according to the OAS definition. The second part of the manual presents a methodological framework and criteria. The third part of the manual describes the necessary tools for observing elections from a gender perspective. 

This publication showcases the success stories, and the lessons learned along the way in implementing Temporary Special Measures (TSMs) in the Pacific. Following an overview of TSMs and the global and regional commitments that encourage their adoption, this report details the measures successfully implemented in the Pacific, as well as those that have not passed. Lessons learned in each country are shared with the aim of furthering regional knowledge and acceptance of these measures.

This toolkit focuses on monitoring electoral violence through gender-aware citizen observation. It is designed to help nonpartisan citizen election observer groups assess and mitigate the impact of violence against women throughout an election cycle. Specifically, the toolkit outlines the key information these observer groups will need to carry out a long-term observation (LTO) that combines violence monitoring with a prevention and mitigation component—a best practice to stop and address violence against women in elections.

This guide is the compilation of more than 15 years of research studying the complex attitudes toward women candidates, every woman’s campaign for governor on both sides of the aisle, and real-time polling on voters’ views on everything from words that work for women candidates to how to call out an opponent’s record. The findings are presented into three key categories, designed to be easily-digestible resources for elected officials, candidates, campaign teams, and the general public.

The guide brings to light the scourge of violence against women in elections. It identifies the specific components of violence against women in elections, including types, tactics, victims and perpetrators, and presents options for policy and programming responses based on current good practices. It also provides examples of definitions and methods from all regions that may prompt ideas for actions according to each country’s national context. This guide is intended for those best positioned to prevent and mitigate violence against women in elections, including national electoral stakeholders, international organizations, UN agencies, those providing programming support on electoral assistance, women’s political participation, human rights monitoring and ending violence against women. It will also be a resource for members and especially leaders of political parties, electoral management bodies, civil society organizations, women’s groups and gender equality activists.

This resource kit sets out information on HIV/AIDS and its impacts, while taking into account the gender dimensions and its processes, and makes recommendations for effective program and policy options. The Operational Guide provides a conceptual framework for programme implementation from a rights perspective, and carefully constructed tools and checklists to help development practitioners respond strategically to the HIV/AIDS gender nexus. The fact sheets aim to provide policy makers with concise information about gender related aspects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.