Resources: gender
Incorporating gender into your NGO
N. Wassenaar, 2006. Incorporating gender into your NGO, Networklearning.
The fact that gender is a very common term with an unclear meaning is the first issue highlighted in this manual, which provides background information on the meaning of the term and guidelines on how to engender a non-government organisation. The manual is relatively short (31 pages), [...]
More gender-related links
UNIFEM
AusAID
WomenWarPeace.org: a portal on women, peace and security
<ELDIS
AWID (Association for Women’s Rights in Development)
Siyanda (an online database of gender and development materials)
OECD Development Assistance Committee page
Women’s Refugee Commission
Reproductive Health Awareness: A Wellness, Self-Care Approach
Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003. Reproductive Health Awareness: A Wellness, Self-Care Approach.
Reproductive Health Awareness is an approach to reproductive health developed by the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University. It focuses on four topics: body awareness and self care, gender, sexuality and interpersonal communication. The Reproductive Health Awareness approach was developed with [...]
HIV, AIDS & Islam: A workshop manual based on compassion, responsibility and justice
USAID, 2007. HIV, AIDS & Islam: A workshop manual based on compassion, responsibility and justice.
This manual is based on the experiences of Positive Muslim, a NGO funded in 2000 in South Africa, but it can easily be adapted to be suitable to different geographical contexts. It is a useful resource to develop a better understanding [...]
Working with women at risk. Practical guidelines for assessing local disaster risk
E. Enarson et al., 2003. Working with women at risk. Practical guidelines for assessing local disaster risk, International Hurricane Center Florida International University
The authors define this manual as a step by step guide to assess the resources and vulnerabilities of communities through women’s eyes. They designed this manual as a resource for others interested in [...]
Yaari Dosti: young men redefine masculinity
Yaari Dosti: young men redefine masculinity. A training manual, Population Council, 2006
This manual was designed to promote gender equality and to address masculinity for HIV prevention in the Indian context, but its content is easily adaptable to other social and cultural realities and in fact the authors invite users to adapt examples and discussions to [...]
Promoting Gender Equity and Empowering Young Women
Sakhi Saheli, 2008, Promoting Gender Equity and Empowering Young Women. A Training Manual, Population Council
This manual builds on the understanding that addressing cultural and gender norms is essential to target the spread of HIV among women, who tend to be more vulnerable to infection than men not only because of biological reasons, but also because [...]
Gender-oriented Entrepreneurship Promotion
A Manual for Practitioners. Gender-oriented Entrepreneurship Promotion, Swiss Agency for Development ad Cooperation in 2003.
Considering that the majority of small and micro-entrepreneurs in many countries in the world are women, this manual aims at assisting people involved in small-entrepreneurship development to implement gender-balanced programs. This guide for Women Entrepreneurship Promotion (WEP) is divided into two [...]
Building on gender, agrobiodiversity and local knowledge
FAO, 2005, Building on gender, agrobiodiversity and local knowledge: a training manual.
This is a resource specifically targeted to trainers, to guide them through the issues of gender and local knowledge in the context of agrobiodiversity management and food security. The links between gender, agrobiodiversity and local knowledge are explored, in order to help people recognise [...]
Making the MDGs work for all – Gender-responsive rights-based approaches
L. Corner, 2008, Making the MDGs work for all – Gender-responsive rights-based approaches to the MDGs, UNIFEM.
This is a resource on how to implement the MDGs from a gender equality perspective. The first section presents some elements to consider for a right-based approach to development, such as the need to integrate gender, to establish links [...]
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