Gender

Gender Equality

Women suffer economic, social, and political discrimination. Much has been done over the last three decades to try and reverse such discrimination, and aid has played its part. Yet in many societies there is often a higher incidence of poverty among women than men, while women are also more likely to live in extreme poverty.

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In recent weeks there have been several large gatherings of experts dealing with how to tackle the complex climate change and environmental problem...

CARL-GUSTAV LINDÉN / Apr 2013
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The aid efficiency agenda, shifting priorities, and new aid modalities and the challenge they present to gender mainstreaming.

UNU-WIDER / APR 2013
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How has gender mainstreaming been implemented by Danida, the Finnish MFA, and Sida.

UNU-WIDER / APR 2013
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Is helping farmers access better technologies an effective use of aid to agriculture?

UNU-WIDER / Apr 2013
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We welcome applications from researchers for the call for papers between 1 February and 11 April 2013.

UNU-WIDER / Jan 2013
Fisherman in Wataboo beach © UN Photo/Martine Perret

At the recent UNU-WIDER research conference on development and climate change, the communications team took the opportunity to ask participants vis...

UNU-WIDER / Oct 2012

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