Related Publications: Gender Mainstreaming
Gender and Trade Draft for Discussion
No. of pages: 10
Publication date: June 2006
Languages: English
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In 2006 the Government of Afghanistan will undergo the massive task of reviewing all existing trade laws and/or policies. This exercise will be supported by different international agencies and ministries. This paper will help stimulate discussion and inform policy-making processes around trade policies and their possible impacts on women and men. We believe that such discussions are important to analyze the dynamics between trade policies, gender inequalities, growth and poverty.
Capacity Building on Gender, Data and Statistics: report and recommendations
No. of pages: 27
Publication date: December 2004
Languages: English
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In May 2003 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between UNIFEM, the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the Afghan Ministry for Women's Affairs (MOWA) and the Afghan Ministry for Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MMRD). "...the objective of the partnership is to ensure that the analysis of NRVA data, from the year 2003 onwards, will incorporate a strong gender perspective and that capacities for such analysis and the utilization of its outputs for gender advocacy, planning, policy formulation, budgeting, programming and monitoring are developed and institutionalized."
Gender and the 2003 National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA)
No. of pages: 34
Publication date: December 2004
Languages: English
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This report focuses in detail on the survey design and quantitative survey tools designed for the 2003 Afghanistan National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) exercise. It aims to provide suggestions and recommendations on how to strengthen them vis-a-vis their ability to collect data that would assist an eventual in-depth gender analysis of the livelihood conditions, constraints and opportunities available to the rural Afghan populations.
Gender and Law Working Group Herat Mission Report
No. of pages: 4
Publication date: February 2004
Languages: English
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Aim of the mission: Analysis and monitoring the women's condition who were evicted by the Islamic Republic of Iran and monitoring the reasons for the burning issues in Herat Province.
UNIFEM