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African women and ICTs : investigating technology, gender and empowerment.London, Ottowa, Pretoria: Zed Books ; International Development Research Centre ;Unisa, 2009.Call no: 396(6) A2579 RAmore details – full text

African women’s report 2009 : measuring gender inequality in Africa : experiences and lessons from the African gender and development index.Addis Ababa: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 2009.UN Sales Number: 09.II.K.3more details – full text

América Latina : la agenda educativa frente a la desigualdad y la globalización / Karina Pacheco Medrano.In: Papeles de relaciones ecosociales y cambio global. No. 101 primavera 2008: 129-142.Call no: Pp 812 more details

Building Resilient Communities through Empowering Women with Information and Communication Technologies: A Pakistan Case Study / Arshad Khan Khalafzai 1 and Niru Nirupama. In: Sustainability, vol. 3, no.1 (2011), p. 82-96.full text

Conditional cash transfers and female schooling : the impact of the female school stipend program on public school enrollments in Punjab, Pakistan / Nazmul Chaudhury, Dilip Parajuli.Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2006. (Policy research working papers ; WPS 4102). Call no: IBRD 330.34 P767 WPS 4102 UN Stacksfull text

The Corporate Gender Gap 2010 / World Economic Forum. Geneva : World Economic Forum, 2010.full text

Current global and national trends and challenges and their impact on gender equality and empowerment of women : report of the Secretary-General.[New York] : UN, 14 Apr. 2010UN Doc. Symbol: E/2010/49full text

Desarrollo y trabajo de las mujeres en el medio rural / Juana Aznar Márquez ... [et al.] (eds.).Barcelona, Spain: Icaria Editorial, 2009.Call no: 396(46:72:85) D441 RAmore details

L’égalité entre hommes et femmes au coeur du travail décent.Genève: BIT, 2009.full text

Egyptian women workers and entrepreneurs: maximizing opportunities in the economic sphere / Sahar Nasr, editor.Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2010.Call no: IBRD 331.4(62) E323 UN Refmore details – full text

Equality for Women : Where Do We Stand on Millennium Development Goal 3? / Mayra Buvinić ... [et al], editors.Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2008.Call no: IBRD 396 E648 UN Refmore details – full text

Exploring Linkages: Women’s Empowerment, Microfinance and Health Education / United Nations Population Fund and Research and Applications for Alternative Financing

A selection of publications available at UNOG Library

Promoting Gender Equalityand Empowering Women

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for Development in collaboration with microfinance institutions. New York: UN Population Fund, 2010. full text

Gender and Rural Employment Policy: Differentiated pathways out of poverty / FAO.Rome: FAO, 2010.full text

Gender Equality and the Corporate Sector / Lisa Warth.UNECE Discussion Paper Series, No. 2009.4 .Geneva: UN, 2009.full text

Gender Equality and Trade Policy / United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality.IANWGE, 2011.full text

Gender equality at the heart of decent work - Report VI / International Labour Conference, 98th Session, 2009. Geneva: ILO, 2009.full text

Gender equity in junior and senior secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa / Esi Sutherland-Addy.Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2008.Call no: IBRD 330.34 W926 no. 140 UN Refmore details – full text

Gender Gap and Economic Policy: Trends and good practices from the ECE region / UN Economic Commission for Europe.Geneva: UN, 2009.full text

Gender (in)equality, globalization and governance / Amelita King Dejardin ; International Labour Office.Geneva: ILO, 2009.full text

Girls’ education in the 21st century : gender equality, empowerment, and economic growth / ed. by Mercy Tembon ... [et al.]Washington: World Bank Publ., 2008.

Call no: IBRD 370 G525 UN Refmore details – full text

Global education digest 2010: comparing education statistics across the world / UNESCO.Montreal, UIS, 2010.Call no: UNESCO 370 G562 UN Refmore details – full text: english – français - español

The Global Gender Gap Report 2010 / World Economic Forum.Geneva: World Economic Forum, 2010.full text

Global trends in women’s access to “decent work” / Maria S. Floro and Mieke Meurs ; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, International Labour Organization.Geneva: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2009.full text

ILO and UN inter-agency collaboration : promoting gender equality in the world of work.Geneva: ILO, 2010.full text

Information and communication technologies for women’s socioeconomic empowerment / Samia Melhem, Claudia Morrell, Nidhi Tandon.Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2009.Call no: IBRD 330.34 W926 no. 176 UN Refmore details – full text

Information and communications technology and gender equality : new opportunities and challenges for public administration to implement the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals : note / by the Secretariat.[New York] : UN, 19 Jan. 2010.UN Doc. Symbol: E/C.16/2010/4full text

Keeping the promise : a forward-looking review to promote an agreed action agenda to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 : report of the Secretary-General.[New York] : UN, 12 Feb. 2010.UN Doc. Symbol: A/64/665full text

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Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions : Equality between women and men.Brussels: European Commission, 2009. (COM(2009) 77 final)full text

Le travail décent et les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement : tenir les promesses : dossier d’information du BIT.Genève: BIT, 2010.full text

Tendances mondiales de l’emploi des femmes : mars 2009 / Bureau international du travail.Genève: Bureau international du travail, 2009.Call no: ILO 331.4 G562bf UN Stacksfull text (english, french and spanish)

United Nations and empowerment of women / Surinder K. ShuklaChandigarh, India: Arun Publishing House, 2009.Call no: 341.271:396 S562 UN Cornermore details

UNGEI at 10: a journey to gender equality in education / United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative, UNICEF.New York: UNGEI, 2010.full text

Women in labour markets : measuring progress and identifying challenges / International Labour Office.Geneva: ILO, 2010.full text

Women Working in the Shadows / Ingeborg Wick.Siegburg: SÜDWIND Institut für Ökonomie und Ökumene; Munich: Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Bavaria, 2010.full text

Women’s access to and participation in science and technology / by Annette Williams, UKRC.UKRC, 2010. full text

The world’s women 2010: trends and statistics / UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.New York : UN, 2010.UN Doc. Symbol: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/19 - UN Sales No: 10.XVII.11more details – full text

2009 World Survey on the role of women in development : women’s control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance / UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.New York : UN, Sept. 2009.UN Doc. Symbol: ST/ESA/326 - UN Sales No: 09.IV.7more details – full text

Selected Websites

UN Women: http://www.unwomen.org MDGs: http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/millennium_development_goals

Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ianwge

UN Commission on the Status of Women, 55th session: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/55sess.htm

UN - Millennium Development Goal 3 : http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/gender.shtmlMDG Monitor: http://www.mdgmonitor.org/index.cfm

UNDP - Women’s empowerment: http://www.undp.org/women

WomenWatch - Education and training: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/directory/education_and_training_of_women_3002.htm

iKNOW Politics: http://www.iknowpolitics.orgResources library: http://www.iknowpolitics.org/library_main

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/index.htm

Heinrich Böll Stiftung – Gender: http://www.boell.org/web/135.html

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ILO - Gender equality: http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/equality-and-discrimination/gender-equality/lang--en/index.htmBureau for Gender Equality: http://www.ilo.org/gender/lang--en/index.htm

OECD - Gendernet:http://www.oecd.org/dac/gender

OHCHR - Womens’ Human Rights and Gender: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/women

Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN): http://www.ssrn.com

UNCTAD - Trade, Gender and Development: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/StartPage.asp?intItemID=5118&lang=1

UNECE - Gender: http://live.unece.org/gender/Welcome.html

UNHCR – Women: http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c1d9.htmlRefWorld (gender mainstreaming): http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic/45a5fb512/46c94e7c2.html

UN Research Institute for Social Development: http://www.unrisd.org

World Bank – Gender: http://www.worldbank.org/gender

Zunia (by Development Gateway) - Gender: http://zunia.org/cat/gender

Selected databases available through UNOG Library allAfrica.com - Resources on Women: http://allafrica.com/women

Contemporary Women’s Issues: http://search.rdsinc.com/sessions?products=CWI

OECD i-Library: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org

World Bank e-Library – Gender: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/subject/gender?type=browseSubject

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