'Russia’s economic and social transformation has not had the anticipated effects on women and men. At the beginning of the reform era, most commentators on gender in Russia predicted that women would be the primary casualties of reform. It was anticipated that unemployment would have a ‘female face’, that the wage gap would grow and that female labour participation was likely to fall. These predictions proved inaccurate. Despite sweeping economic change, continuity in gender trends in empl more...

'The 2004 and 2007 enlargements created important spaces for the pursuit of gender politics in the Central and East European Member States. On the one hand, accession preparations fuelled a rush to implement new laws and create new institutions to implement the equal opportunities acquis, that is the existing body of Treaty provisions, directives, and European Court of Justice decisions on equal pay, equal treatment, and maternity and parental leave which is binding on Member States. On the othe more...

'Discrimination in the workplace remains an important factor in explaining women’s inferior social status. With Poland’s May 2004 accession to the European Union, amendments to the country’s labour code both defined and prohibited direct and indirect discrimination in employment.'

Article from Development and Transition, a joint publication of UNDP and the London School of Economics. The issue is devoted to ‘Gender In Transition’, to understand how transition and development affect more...

This quarterly newsletter seeks to encourage knowledge sharing from gender budget initiatives around the world, share news on progress made in incorporating a gender perspective into budgeting, and inform practitioners of new resources and publications on gender-responsive budgeting (GRB). Each issue sheds light on the efforts of specific actors in relation to GRB, demonstrates the application of GRB in a particular area, and highlights a specific country or regional programme supported by UNIFE more...

'This guide focuses on the monitoring and evaluation side of the right to information programmes, paying particular attention to the use of appropriate indicators, including gender and pro-poor indicators.

It complements the UNDP Practical Guidance Note on Right to Information developed in 2003 in recognition of the growing demand for guidance in this area to provide a toolkit of methods and approaches for designing and implementing right to information.'

Few women in Africa work in regular, formal sector jobs, and even those generally earn too little to escape from poverty.

'In a message to the governments gathered for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, Amnesty International joined Indigenous women's organizations throughout the region in calling for an end to violence and discrimination against Indigenous women and girls.'

'This report examines the role of discrimination in acts of violence carried out against Indigenous women in Canadian towns and cities.'

Toward a Compassionate Society is an anthology focusing on women's roles in conflict resolution, peace building, and democracy in a culturally and politically diverse world. It addresses the importance of cultural pluralism and women's role in promoting peace in the rapidly globalizing world of the 21st century. The issues are examined from a variety of gender-focused cultural and inter-disciplinary perspectives including sociology, anthropology, human rights, philosophy, and religion.

'Women are often excluded from decision-making, from the household up to the highest levels of policymaking. Women.s equal participation in governance is, therefore, an important end in itself – a recognition of their right to speak and be heard. More broadly, it is a means to social transformation. Decisions made and policies implemented by governance institutions at global, national and local levels help to shape perceptions of the roles that women and men play in society, as well as determi more...