What is New: International Women's Day
Alfred Gumbwa
In celebrating the International Women's Day, the Virtual Library on Capacity Development features selected ACBF publications on gender issues that you can download for free at : http://elibrary.acbfpact.org
Gender Budgeting As A Tool For Poverty Reduction: Concepts, Practices And Capacity Implications
The book by ACBF highlights the centrality of gender budgeting as a tool for improved transparency and accountability in the fight against inequity and poverty. Using the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) framework, it showcases national and sectorial gender budgeting experiences in three African countries - South Africa, Rwanda and Uganda - to serve as best-practice models for other African countries. The findings reveal that there is no specific template for gender budgeting and that all three countries studied are experiencing serious constraints in terms of implementation of policies and programs designed to promote gender equality in budgetary processes.
Women in Agriculture: An Assessment of the Current State of Affairs in Africa
Agriculture continues to loom large in the development possibilities in Africa. It is therefore not surprising that global, continental, regional, and national governments have all embarked upon policy and institutional initiatives to address problems in agriculture so as to ensure that the sector makes its relevant contribution to the African development agenda. However, agriculture, like any economic activity, requires relevant resources and rewards for optimum performance. The availability of resources, particularly, human resources, is only a necessary condition to the development of the sector. A sufficient condition is the terms of accessibility to these resources. Women farmers constitute one vital human resource in African agriculture. This study examines the state of women in African agriculture, by focusing on how policy and institutional considerations frame the conditions of access to agricultural resources. The study first shows the missing links in the approaches to African women in agriculture. Second, the study discusses the relationship between access to resources and rewards and the contribution of women farmers to agricultural development, food security and the larger continental development agenda. Through the use of thematic variables, the study shows some of the constraints that affect the access of women farmers to critical variables in agricultural production and marketing. Finally, the study reiterates the importance of political leadership in improving the conditions of women farmers and outlines viable policy recommendations that recognize and address the multiple roles and challenges African women farmers are confronted with in the agricultural sector in particular and national development in general
Compendium of Case Studies on Gender and Managing for Development Results
The Global Gender Gap Index of the World Economic Forum revealed in 2016 that while there exist some country success stories, there is generally limited progress on closing the gender gap in every region of the world. With an average gender gap of 32%, Sub-Saharan Africa displays a wider range of gender gap outcomes than practically any other region in the world. This compendium developed by the AfCoP at ACBF provides interesting insights on the current state of gender issues on the African continent as well as successful efforts to close the gender gap and promote women. The compendium points to policy recommendations and capacity imperatives that are needed to address the issue of gender equality as follows: ensure effective mainstreaming of gender issues in national and regional development planning; support research-development through specialized think tanks so as to formulate specific and evidence based gender policies; support gender sensitive budgeting in countries; improve access of women to productive inputs; promote national systems of gender disaggregated statistics and monitoring and evaluation; and ensure active stakeholders' participation in gender policies elaboration and implementation. In that perspective, capacity building is needed, hence the necessity of support from continental capacity building coordinating institutions
Selected Case Studies & Other Titles
- EMPOWERING WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY: Lessons from a successful woman entrepreneur in Kenya
- MANAGING FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP : Case Study of Nelly Ndaguba in Nigeria
- Gender and land Based Reforms in Zimbabwe
- Gender based Violence Awareness in the Church
- Reducing Gender Inequalities in the Rural Economy: Tanzania’s Experience
- MANAGING FOR GENDER EQUALITY RESULTS Empowerment of women for equitable participation in the oil and gas sector
- GENDER and Climate information Dissemination Systems in Semi-Arid Areas in Zimbabwe
- GENDER BALANCE IN DECISION-MAKING BODIES: Lessons from Tanzania
- EQUITY IN ACCESS TO ENERGY Assessment of Gender Mainstreaming in Rural Electrification Programs in Tanzania
- ENHANCING GENDER EQUALITY IN AFRICA: Progress in three regional economic communities
- AN AFRICAN WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR: Lessons from the CEO of Uganda’s largest juice processing factory
- Improving Livelihoods of Rural Women Through Managing for Development Results
- LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Turning environmental problems into economic opportunities—a story of rural African woman entrepreneur
- MORINGA BASED SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISE From a nutritional problem to a business opportunity, lessons from a rural woman entrepreneur in Benin
- Inclusive Financing in Africa: Lessons from the CEO of Kenya Women Holding Group
- EMPOWERING ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT Interventions and Lessons, Tanzania
- Mobile-based Solutions for Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality in Africa: Lessons from Cameroon
- BREAKING BARRIERS: The story of Divine Ndhlukula
- ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE OIL AND GAS ECONOMIES OF AFRICA: Lessons from Catherine Uju Ifejika, the continent’s most successful female oil tycoon
- Gender Budgeting as a Tool for Poverty Reduction; Concepts, Practices and Capacity Implications - the Case of South Africa
· Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme Leading the change, gender equality
· Gender Audit – AACES program in Malawi and Tanzania 2014
- Building Capacity for Gender Mainstreaming in Africa: Lessons for ACBF Operations (Brown Bag Seminar Presentation)
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