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ODA OCCASIONAL PAPERS #35

UNODA Occasional Papers No. 35

Rethinking Unconstrained Military Spending

Series:
United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Occasional Papers
12 Jun 2020
This publication addresses the issue of military spending from various angles by examining the impact of military expenditures on security; the relationship between military spending and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; the importance of gender perspectives in rethi...
PROGRESO MUJERES AMERI LATINA 2017

El Progreso de las Mujeres en América Latina y el Caribe 2017

Transformar las Economías para Realizar los Derechos

11 Mar 2020
América Latina y el Caribe se encuentra en una encrucijada de enorme relevancia para el empoderamiento económico de las mujeres. Tras un período de prosperidad, progreso social y consolidación democrática, muchos países están experimentando una desaceleración económica —y algunos incluso recesión...
GENDER EQUAL WOMEN RIGHT REVIEW

Gender Equality: Women’s Rights in Review 2020

25 years after Beijing

18 Mar 2020
2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action. It also marks the first time that progress on the implementation of the Platform is reviewed in light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in 2015. This report therefore takes an integrated appr...
CONTRACEPTIVE USE METHOD 2019 BKLT

Contraceptive Use by Method 2019

Data Booklet

27 Dec 2019
This data booklet highlights estimates of the prevalence of individual contraceptive methods based on the World Contraceptive Use 2019 (which draws from 1,247 surveys for 195 countries or areas of the world) and additional tabulations obtained from microdata sets and survey reports. The estimates...
LEAST DEV CTRIES RPT 2018 (A)

The Least Developed Countries Report 2018 (Arabic language)

Entrepreneurship for Structural Transformation - Beyond Business as Usual

19 Nov 2019
For Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, they need to transform the structure of their economy. This, in turn, requires entrepreneurship that innovates. The entrepreneurial landscape in LDCs is dominated by micro and small enterprises with low ch...
PAYS LES MOINS AVANCES RPT 2018

Rapport sur les Pays les Moins Avancés 2018

L’entreprenariat au service de la transformation structurelle − Changer de cap

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Rapport sur les pays les moins avancés
19 Nov 2019
Pour que les pays les moins avancés (PMA) progressent vers les objectifs de développement durable, ils doivent transformer la structure de leur économie. Ceci, à son tour, nécessite un esprit d’entreprise innovant. Le paysage entrepreneurial dans les PMA est dominé par les micro et petites entrep...
PREVENIR VIOLENCIA CONTRA MUJERES

Prevenir la violencia contra las mujeres durante las elecciones

Una guía de programación

25 Oct 2019
Esta guía pone de relieve los ejemplos de VCME, con frecuencia indignante, en todo el mundo, y muestra las medidas innovadoras de prevención y respuesta que se están probando. Está dirigida a quienes están en mejor posición para prevenir y mitigar la VCME, incluidas las organizaciones internacion...
PREVENIR LA VIOLENCE A L

Prévenir la violence à l’égard des femmes dans les élections

Un guide de programmation

25 Oct 2019
Ce guide met en lumière les exemples souvent choquants de VEFE à travers le monde, et présente les mesures innovantes de prévention et de lutte actuellement mises en oeuvre. Il est destiné aux acteurs les mieux placés pour prévenir et réduire la VEFE, notamment les organisations internationales e...
PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Preventing Violence Against Women in Elections

A Programming Guide

23 Oct 2019
This Guide highlights the often-shocking examples of VAWE around the world, and showcases the innovative prevention and response measures being tested. It is intended for those best positioned to act to prevent and mitigate VAWE, including international organizations and those providing programmi...
FROM EUROPE TO THE WORLD

From Europe to the World

Understanding Challenges for European Businesswomen

23 Oct 2019
Getting more women to trade beyond the European Union will require policies that go beyond trade. Policies are needed to get women to set up and grow their businesses in high-growth potential industries, enter export markets, and enjoy equal rights and opportunities in the labour market. Trade po...
GENDER EQUALITY WOMENS RIGHTS

Gender Equality and Women's Rights in the Context of Child Custody and Child Maintenance

An International and Comparative Analysis

Series:
UN Women Discussion Papers
2 Sep 2019
The division of care and responsibility for children, including financial care, is usually determined by the family law of the State. This study identifies some of the most prevalent custody and child maintenance regimes in cases of divorce, dissolution of a civil union, and separation of parents...
INVEST FREE UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE

Investing in Free Universal Childcare in South Africa, Turkey and Uruguay

A Comparative Analysis of Costs, Short-term Employment Effects and Fiscal Revenue

Series:
UN Women Discussion Papers
30 Aug 2019
This discussion paper makes the case for investing in free universal childcare services of high quality in order to reduce gender inequality in earnings and employment. It estimates the employment-generating and fiscal effects of investing in free universal childcare in three middle income countr...
TRADE POLICIES COMBAT INEQUALITIES

Trade Policies for Combating Inequalities

Equal Opportunities to Firms, Workers and Countries

23 Oct 2019
In the last four decades, international trade, along with finance and technology, has been instrumental in the development process of many countries. Trade reforms undertaken in developing countries have been accompanied by more rapid economic growth, leading to a reduction in income gaps and low...
TALE MULTIPLE DISCONNECTS

A Tale of Multiple Disconnects

Why the 2030 Agenda does not (yet?) Contribute to Moving German Gender Equality Struggles Forward

Series:
UN Women Discussion Papers
3 Jun 2019
This study addresses the percolation and domestication of the United Nations’ “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – Transforming our World” in Germany with a view to understanding its impact on domestic gender equality policies. Concentrating on federal-level policymaking, the main finding o...
WOMEN SHAPING GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOV

Women Shaping Global Economic Governance

11 Jul 2019
This report brings together contributions from leading policymakers and thought leaders from all across the world on how to shape our economies. Written entirely by women, this book is not about women. It is written by women who want to encourage everyone, including the 50% of the global populati...
GENDER EQUALITY & INCLUSIVE GROWTH

Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth

Economic Policies to Achieve Sustainable Development

3 Jun 2019
Proponents of inclusive growth advocate for equity considerations to be at the front and center of growth policy. However, their principal concern is with class – not gender equality. This publication shows that economic growth is an inherently gendered process and gender-based inequalities can i...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 2019 (P)

Situação da População Mundial 2019

Um Trabaho Inacabado - A Busca por Direitos e Escolas para Todos e Todas

10 Apr 2019
O relatório descreve a luta por direitos e escolhas nos últimos 50 anos e mostra como o UNFPA desempenhou um papel crítico em ajudar mulheres e adolescentes a superar os diversos e crescentes obstáculos ao acesso a informações e serviços, tendo os mesmos direitos e oportunidades que homens e meni...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 2019 (R)

State of World Population 2019 (Russian language)

Unfinished Business - The Pursuit of Rights and Choices for All

Series:
State of World Population (Russian language)
1 May 2019
The report describes the struggle for rights and choices over the past 50 years and shows how UNFPA played a critical role in helping women and adolescents overcome the diverse and evolving obstacles to their accessing information and services, having the same rights and opportunities as men and ...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 2019 (A)

State of World Population 2019 (Arabic language)

Unfinished Business - The Pursuit of Rights and Choices for All

Series:
State of World Population (Arabic language)
9 May 2019
The report describes the struggle for rights and choices over the past 50 years and shows how UNFPA played a critical role in helping women and adolescents overcome the diverse and evolving obstacles to their accessing information and services, having the same rights and opportunities as men and ...
AFRICA RENEWAL V33 #1 2019

Africa Renewal, April - July 2019

Series:
Africa Renewal
3 Jun 2019
The Africa Renewal magazine examines the many issues that confront the people of Africa, its leaders and its international partners: sustainable development goals, economic reform, debt, education, health, women's empowerment, conflict and civil strife, democratization, investment, trade, regiona...
AFRIQUE RENOUVEAU V33 #1 2019

Afrique renouveau, Avril - Juilet 2019

Series:
Afrique renouveau
6 Jun 2019
Le magazine Afrique renouveau traite des nombreux défis auxquels sont confrontés les populations africaines, leurs dirigeants et leurs partenaires internationaux: les objectifs de développement durable, les réformes économiques, la dette, l’éducation; la santé, la promotion de la femme, les confl...
ASIA PACIF SUS DEV JRNL #2 2018

Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2018, Issue No. 2

Series:
Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
18 Oct 2019
The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Published twice a year, the APSDJ is a rebranded journal of the Unit...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 2019

State of World Population 2019

Unfinished Business - The Pursuit of Rights and Choices for All

Series:
State of World Population
12 Apr 2019
The report describes the struggle for rights and choices over the past 50 years and shows how UNFPA played a critical role in helping women and adolescents overcome the diverse and evolving obstacles to their accessing information and services, having the same rights and opportunities as men and ...
ESTADO POBLACION MUNDIAL 2019

Estado de la población mundial 2019

Un asunto pendiente - La defensa de los derechos y la libertad de decidir de todas las personas

Series:
Estado de la Población Mundial
18 Apr 2019
El informe describe la lucha por los derechos y las opciones en los últimos 50 años y muestra cómo el UNFPA desempeñó un papel fundamental para ayudar a las mujeres y los adolescentes a superar los diversos y cambiantes obstáculos a su acceso a la información y los servicios, teniendo los mismos ...
ETAT POPULATION MONDIALE 2019

État de la population mondiale 2019

Une tâche inachevée - La poursuite de l’acquisition des droits et des choix pour tous

Series:
État de la population mondiale
17 Apr 2019
Le rapport décrit la lutte pour les droits et les choix au cours des 50 dernières années et montre comment le FNUAP a joué un rôle essentiel en aidant les femmes et les adolescentes à surmonter les obstacles divers et en évolution qui les empêchaient d'accéder à l'information et aux services, en ...
SDGS FEMINIST MOVEMENT BUILD

The SDGs and Feminist Movement Building

Series:
UN Women Discussion Papers
12 Feb 2019
This discussion paper views the whys and hows of feminist engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a broader context: the key UN-related processes from the time women began getting involved with them in the 1970s. This contextual analysis for the period from the 1970s up to 201...
GENDER EQUALITY POVERTY INTRIN

Gender Equality and Poverty are Intrinsically Linked

A Contribution to the Continued Monitoring of Selected Sustainable Development Goals

Series:
UN Women Discussion Papers
18 Feb 2019
This discussion paper provides an updated analysis of gendered economic inequality in high- and middle-income countries. A review of the literature demonstrates that such an analysis needs to explicitly recognize that gender, poverty, and (economic) inequality are intrinsically linked. Specifical...
PROGRESS WORLDS WOMEN 2019/20

Progress of the World's Women 2019-2020

Families in a Changing World

Series:
Progress of the World’s Women
21 Aug 2019
This report provides an extensive assessment of the reality of families today. It brings together global, regional and national data, and in-depth analysis about core issues of concern, including family laws, income and employment, unpaid care work, violence against women, and families and migrat...
INTEGRATING A GENDER PERSPECTIVE

Integrating a Gender Perspective into Human Rights Investigations

Guidance and Practice

4 Mar 2019
This publication provides practical guidance on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of investigative bodies or entities, from the planning phase to the investigations and to writing the report and presenting its findings. It should be read in conjunction with existing OHCH...