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Gender-transformative approach: Practical tips to incorporate it into the intervention cycle

Gender-transformative approach: Practical tips to incorporate it into the intervention cycle

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team worked with INTPA.G1 and provides a list of practical tips based on the recently published infographic “Thinking out of the box to be gender transformative in our work”.

Worldwide
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender mainstreaming
+3
Gender policy
Women's empowerment
Women's organisations
Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration

Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team partnered with INTPA.G.1 and provides three best practices of the EU-funded "Regreening Africa".

Ghana
Niger
Mali
+5
Kenya
Ethiopia
Senegal
Somalia
Rwanda
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Sustainable Land management
+5
Environment & green economy
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender policy
Women's empowerment
Gender Focal Persons

Gender equality programmes beyond borders

Article
Voices & Views

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are at the very heart of the European Union values, guiding practice both within and beyond its borders. DG DEVCO has an active, enthusiastic network of Gender Focal Persons (GFPs) who work...

Civil Society
Human rights defenders
Gender
+6
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender mainstreaming
Gender policy
Gender-based violence
Women's empowerment
Women's organisations
Hand of African woman sorting seeds after harvest

Conducting gender analysis in Madagascar

Article
Voices & Views

Madagascar is among the poorest countries in the world – with women facing a disproportionate amount of challenges. Developing more gender-sensitive policies and working with development partners are ways to move the situation...

Africa
Madagascar
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender policy
+1
Women's empowerment
Two refugee women wearing a colourful scarf

Putting women’s empowerment at the heart of the refugee crisis in South Sudan

Article
Voices & Views

Since 2013, over 2.2 million South Sudanese refugees have fled to neighboring countries, while 1.76 million remain internally displaced by an ongoing and brutal conflict. The levels of humanitarian aid cover just a fraction of the...

Africa
South Sudan
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender mainstreaming
+2
Gender policy
Women's empowerment
woman is laying leather out to dry

Women entrepreneurs identify missed opportunity in the economy

Article
Voices & Views

Successful women entrepreneurs are fighting to create economic opportunities for those looking to follow their example and close the gap on gender inequality. Economic experts believe that an increase in women participating in...

Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender policy
+9
Women's empowerment
Women's organisations
Private Sector
Entrepreneurship
Research for Private sector development and industry
Trade & Economic Integration
Fair Trade
Trade Policy
Trade-related adjustment - Aid for trade

EU Gender Action Plan II: How EU Delegations contribute to gender equality worldwide

Article
Voices & Views

From gender-based violence to social exclusion, there is still a long way to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality and the empowering of women and girls.

Gender
Gender budgeting
Gender equality - women's rights
+4
Gender mainstreaming
Gender policy
Gender-based violence
Women's empowerment
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Gender mainstreaming: The new norm for development agencies

Article
Voices & Views

Thanks in part to awareness campaigns like She is We, gender equality has become a key issue for the development community. This is particularly evident among the national development agencies, as many of them have adopted new...

Development Policy
Gender
Gender policy
ECHO Humanitarian workers listening to a brief

Gender-sensitive development: Driving change from within EU Institutions

Article
Voices & Views

In 2016, the European Commission launched its second Gender Action Plan (GAP), with the aim of making all EU development assistance gender-sensitive. To accomplish this, the GAP brought in Gender Focal Persons (GFPs) whose role is...

Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender mainstreaming
+2
Gender policy
Women's empowerment