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Gender Responsive Investment Handbook

Women account for between 25-40 per cent of SMEs worldwide and their earning power is estimated to reach US$18 trillion by 2014 – more than double the estimated 2014 GDP of China and India combined.

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Gender, Peace and Security

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 recognises both war’s adverse effects on women and women’s important contributions to peace and security.

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Women and the Teaching Profession

The debates on women and teaching have been wide ranging and, in some cases, contentious.

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CEDAW – the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women – is a powerful international human rights instrument that reflects a global determination to achieve gender equality.

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Trading Stories

Through twenty regional and country case studies, Trading Stories pulls together the key links between trade, gender and economic development.

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Gender in Planning and Urban Development

Women and men experience cities in different ways and this must be addressed when planning urban development.

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Exploring the Bias

Achieving the Millennium Development Goal to promote gender equality and to empower women is a continuing aim for all developing countries.

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The Gender-Responsive School

The Gender-Responsive School shows teachers, headteachers and school administrators how to spot the key spaces in school life where gender is important.

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Where are the Gaps?

Education, especially girls’ education, is seen as the most effective protection against the HIV epidemic that has severely affected the school systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Small Change or Real Change?

It is now generally recognised that gender equality is essential for sustained economic growth and for democracy, peace and security.

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Gender Impacts of Revenue Collection in India

Studies on gendersensitive budgeting have concentrated on the expenditure side of government budgets.

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Gender Impacts of Revenue Collection in Uganda

Gender responsive budgeting is a key instrument to track how governments are investing in advancing gender equality and equity.

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Gender, HIV/AIDS and the Status of Teachers

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Gender and Trade Action Guide

The links between gender, trade and development are increasingly being recognised.

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Gender Equality

This reference book for Gender Ministers provides a snapshot account of the Commonwealth's achievements in promoting gender equality and records the advances made by women from 1995-2005.

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Gender and Human Rights in the Commonwealth

The purpose of this book is to contribute to current policymaking, programme planning and implementation on gender and human rights.

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Gender Impacts of Government Revenue Collection

This title was commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat as part of its commitment to integrate gender concerns into economic policy.

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Gender Sensitive Approaches to HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS is a development issue - affecting all sectors of society - economic and social development, education, public services, food security, to name a few.

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Gender Mainstreaming in the Multilateral Trading System

The social dimension of trade policy and trade liberalization is now a common topic in many official trade fora.

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Gender Mainstreaming in HIV/AIDS

This title is one of a new series of manuals on gender mainstreaming in critical development issues.

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Gender Budgets Make Cents

A gender responsive budget (GRB) is one which takes into consideration the effect of government revenue and expenditure policies on both women and men.

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Commonwealth Businesswomen

Globalisation and trade liberalisation are posing a number of challenges – as well as creating new opportunities – for the many women entrepreneurs throughout the Commonwealth.

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Gender Budgets Make More Cents

Gender Budgets Make More Cents documents ‘good practice’ in gender budget work from across the globe.

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Gender Mainstreaming in Science and Technology

This is one of the sectoral guides that are part of the Gender Management System (GMS) resource kit, a series of publications presenting GMS.

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Gender Mainstreaming in Legal and Constitutional Affairs

This is one of the sectoral guides that are part of the Gender Management System (GMS) resource kit, a series of publications presenting GMS.

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