Presented by Koh Miyaoi, Gender Specialist, Team Leader, at Bratislava Regional Centre at CEU, in Budapest
2nd presentation available from CEU:Global gender action towards sustainable and equitable development by Klelija Balta, Gender Analyst
http://prezi.com/oyrvoki6kmhq/global-gender-action-towards-sustainable-and-equitable-development
Empowering citizens towards transformative development in Malawi: addressing...IFPRIMaSSP
A critical look at the policy and practice trends over the past 50 years of an independent Malawi and 20 years of a democratic Malawi, it is clear that Malawi has lacked an effective developmental and democratic social contract between the state and citizens. This paper argues that at this moment and going forward there is an urgent need to find a ‘growth-enhancing’ and ‘democracy-deepening’ path to change that can stand the test of the frequent regime changes, which keeps Malawi on a vicious cycle of poverty and dependency. In order to find this path, there is need to cultivate the politics of taking responsibility, transparency, and accountability, drawing these from a continued renewal of societal values at all levels. These societal values would be developed within a construct of collective action with rules of the game that work for all actors regardless of their official labels or positions. Using evidence from research, the paper provides very practical ways of doing this. This for example includes how initiatives such as the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP), which are currently implemented mainly out of political correctness rather than transformative change, can be turned into opportunities to reconstruct state-citizen social contracts that are ‘growth enhancing’ and ‘democracy-deepening’ from the bottom up. Development is firstly political and then technical and not the other way round. Therefore, the tough questions that exit in how politics informs development and change need to be addressed for transformative change to take place.
Can Organisations of the Urban Poor be Significant Actors in 'building' Socia...Caroline Cage
In 2005 Sattherthwaite and D’Cruz made the bold assertion that ‘Perhaps the most significant initiative today in urban areas of Africa and Asia in addressing poverty… is the work of organizations and federations formed and run by the urban poor or homeless’. With growing numbers of NGOs in urban areas, as well as pressure on governments to increase citizen involvement in decision-making, large-scale Organisations of the Urban Poor (OUPs) are becoming recognised as potentially important civil society actors in urban decision-making and implementation. Urban poor federations such as Slum Dwellers International (SDI) have spread rapidly through the developing world, while at the same time NGOs have begun supporting umbrella groups as longer-term representatives of the urban poor.
In Kisumu (one of the fastest growing cities in Kenya and focus of the 2007 post-election violence), both SDI and NGO supported groups are operating in several wards of the city, attempting to perform similar functions of representation and coordination in the community. However, there are differences both in their supporting organisations, and in the way the groups themselves are structured and function internally. For example, while NGO supported groups may be seen as less antagonistic, and therefore perhaps better able to connect to local state actors, they may also be more constrained by the same overarching structures of donor aid and financing that has been found to limit the NGOs which support them. So how representative are they? Do they increase solidarity? And how do they influence, or are they influenced by external actors? This paper presents early findings from research into the Horizontal and Vertical Social Capital of SDI and NGO supported umbrella groups in Kisumu in order to understand how effective these groups are in their intended role as bridges between external partners and the community.
Selected mayors from across the country will give fast presentations on how they are moving the needle on one or more key goals related to advancing their cities’ success. For more info, visit ceosforcitiesnationalmeeting.org.
Empowering citizens towards transformative development in Malawi: addressing...IFPRIMaSSP
A critical look at the policy and practice trends over the past 50 years of an independent Malawi and 20 years of a democratic Malawi, it is clear that Malawi has lacked an effective developmental and democratic social contract between the state and citizens. This paper argues that at this moment and going forward there is an urgent need to find a ‘growth-enhancing’ and ‘democracy-deepening’ path to change that can stand the test of the frequent regime changes, which keeps Malawi on a vicious cycle of poverty and dependency. In order to find this path, there is need to cultivate the politics of taking responsibility, transparency, and accountability, drawing these from a continued renewal of societal values at all levels. These societal values would be developed within a construct of collective action with rules of the game that work for all actors regardless of their official labels or positions. Using evidence from research, the paper provides very practical ways of doing this. This for example includes how initiatives such as the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP), which are currently implemented mainly out of political correctness rather than transformative change, can be turned into opportunities to reconstruct state-citizen social contracts that are ‘growth enhancing’ and ‘democracy-deepening’ from the bottom up. Development is firstly political and then technical and not the other way round. Therefore, the tough questions that exit in how politics informs development and change need to be addressed for transformative change to take place.
Can Organisations of the Urban Poor be Significant Actors in 'building' Socia...Caroline Cage
In 2005 Sattherthwaite and D’Cruz made the bold assertion that ‘Perhaps the most significant initiative today in urban areas of Africa and Asia in addressing poverty… is the work of organizations and federations formed and run by the urban poor or homeless’. With growing numbers of NGOs in urban areas, as well as pressure on governments to increase citizen involvement in decision-making, large-scale Organisations of the Urban Poor (OUPs) are becoming recognised as potentially important civil society actors in urban decision-making and implementation. Urban poor federations such as Slum Dwellers International (SDI) have spread rapidly through the developing world, while at the same time NGOs have begun supporting umbrella groups as longer-term representatives of the urban poor.
In Kisumu (one of the fastest growing cities in Kenya and focus of the 2007 post-election violence), both SDI and NGO supported groups are operating in several wards of the city, attempting to perform similar functions of representation and coordination in the community. However, there are differences both in their supporting organisations, and in the way the groups themselves are structured and function internally. For example, while NGO supported groups may be seen as less antagonistic, and therefore perhaps better able to connect to local state actors, they may also be more constrained by the same overarching structures of donor aid and financing that has been found to limit the NGOs which support them. So how representative are they? Do they increase solidarity? And how do they influence, or are they influenced by external actors? This paper presents early findings from research into the Horizontal and Vertical Social Capital of SDI and NGO supported umbrella groups in Kisumu in order to understand how effective these groups are in their intended role as bridges between external partners and the community.
Selected mayors from across the country will give fast presentations on how they are moving the needle on one or more key goals related to advancing their cities’ success. For more info, visit ceosforcitiesnationalmeeting.org.
On March 2, 2017, Stephanie Leder, Gitta Shrestha and Andrew Reckers of IWMI Nepal presented the participatory gender training manual that was developed by their team under WLE and was trialed in Nepal.
This presentation was given at the joint think tank on welfare reform by The Centre for Welfare Reform and the Health Service Management Centre. It describes the underlying logic of personalisation and the wider impact it may have on the whole welfare state.
Presentation: Connecting the dots: enhancing women’s participation in decision making: Identifying areas of collaboration presented at Presentation presented at UNDP Regional Forum on Equal participation in decision-making, Istanbul, 17 November 2011, Session VIII: Connecting the dots: a coordinated solution to a complex challenge
This is an inclusivity training for conservation scientists and practitioners. The goal is gender mainstreaming research methods and programmatic outputs. It was presented on December 8, 2021, for the International Congress for Conservation Biology's annual meeting.
In Defence of Councillors - a #Notwestminster 2016 Lightning talk by Professo...Local Democracy Bytes
Why work long unsocial hours, constantly on call, under a demanding boss who really doesn’t understand what you do or why, with minimal support and training, for poor pay and low public esteem – unless you really had to do so? Professor Colin Copus gave this Lightning talk at Notwestminster 2016, Saturday 13th February in Huddersfield. Find out more at: www.notwestminster.org.uk
On March 2, 2017, Stephanie Leder, Gitta Shrestha and Andrew Reckers of IWMI Nepal presented the participatory gender training manual that was developed by their team under WLE and was trialed in Nepal.
This presentation was given at the joint think tank on welfare reform by The Centre for Welfare Reform and the Health Service Management Centre. It describes the underlying logic of personalisation and the wider impact it may have on the whole welfare state.
Presentation: Connecting the dots: enhancing women’s participation in decision making: Identifying areas of collaboration presented at Presentation presented at UNDP Regional Forum on Equal participation in decision-making, Istanbul, 17 November 2011, Session VIII: Connecting the dots: a coordinated solution to a complex challenge
This is an inclusivity training for conservation scientists and practitioners. The goal is gender mainstreaming research methods and programmatic outputs. It was presented on December 8, 2021, for the International Congress for Conservation Biology's annual meeting.
In Defence of Councillors - a #Notwestminster 2016 Lightning talk by Professo...Local Democracy Bytes
Why work long unsocial hours, constantly on call, under a demanding boss who really doesn’t understand what you do or why, with minimal support and training, for poor pay and low public esteem – unless you really had to do so? Professor Colin Copus gave this Lightning talk at Notwestminster 2016, Saturday 13th February in Huddersfield. Find out more at: www.notwestminster.org.uk
As gender issues have become more mainstreamed in scientific research and media reports, confusion associated with the terms sex and gender has decreased. However, the discussion on sex and gender be integrated into our day to day conversations.
“Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.”
- Kofi Annan
GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovationCGIAR
This presentation was given by Marlene Elias (Bioversity International) and Lone Badstue (CIMMYT), as part of the Capacity Development Workshop hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 7-8 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovationIFPRI-PIM
This presentation was given by Marlene Elias (Bioversity International) and Lone Badstue (CIMMYT), as part of the Capacity Development Workshop hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 7-8 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute).
Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/
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Disrupting Institutional Rules & Organizational Practices for Women's Rights ...Gender at Work .
LSE Talk Presentation, January 2014
Disrupting Institutional Rules & Organizational Practices for Women's Rights and Gender Equality
Includes Case Studies with examples of G@W's work in India and South Africa.
Gender Equality
Should be a priority for achieving employment growth, competiveness and economic recovery
Gender Equality is deemed to be a vital necessity by many
As the UK and Europe emerges from the current economic climate It should be a major concern for us all
This presentation supported my journey to be an active TAR
( Think Act Do ) supporter
Developing Climate Resilient Flood and Flash Flood Management Practices to Protect Vulnerable Communities of Georgia - The Role of Risk Modelling in the Development of Flood Insurance Model in Georgia
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Gender Dimensions of Environmental Unsustainability
1. Gender Dimensions of
Environmental Unsustainability
Koh Miyaoi
Gender Practice Leader
UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre
Follow me on Twitter: @kohmiyaoi
2. In this session, we are going to ask ourselves….
• What are ‘gender dimensions’?
• Why do they matter to environmental
sustainability?
• What can we do to make sure ‘gender
dimensions’ are properly addressed in
environmental sustainability discussions?
3. Gender Dimensions
• What is GENDER?
• What does it mean to individual men and
women?
• What does it mean to a family?
• What does it mean to a community?
• What does it mean to policy-making?
5. Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Chez Republic
Croatia Cyprus Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
Lithuania Moldova Slovakia Serbia
Romania Tajikistan Ukraine
UNECE Gender Statistics
6. Poland Russia Tajikistan
WB; UNECE; Statistics Tajikistan
7.
8. • What does it mean if a woman on average
earn less than a man?
• What impacts can it have on a household
income?
12. • What can we say about the different
influences women and men are making on
GHG emissions?
• Are there other circumstances you can think
of in which men and women are differently
impacting on climate change?
13. Differences as a result of gender roles
• Resilience
• Vulnerability
• Participation
• Control
14. Gendered Differences: Resilience
• What makes individuals resilient?
• What makes a household resilient?
• What makes a community resilient?
• What makes a nation resilient?
15. Gendered Differences: Vulnerability
• What makes a nation vulnerable?
• What makes a community vulnerable?
• What makes a household vulnerable?
• What makes individuals vulnerable?
17. Gendered Differences: Control
• How do we know who are in control of natural
resources?
• Are men in control of their own life choices?
• Are women in control of their own life
choices?
18. Land ownership & control over land use
• Common barriers to women’s ownership
rights:
– the precedence given to tradition over modern
laws
– women’s own lack of awareness about their
entitlements
19. Examples of useful services
Kyrgyzstan
• 66 % of the population n rural areas and depend on agriculture for a living
• Societal norms and customs often limit women’s opportunities and rights to
land
• Media campaigns and local seminars to raise awareness about women’s land
rights
• Legal advisory centres in districts where local organizations provide legal aid
and assistance on land issues to women, including direct legal representation
• Working with the courts of elders that are authorized by the government to
resolve disputes at the local level and serve as informal justice systems in rural
areas
• Working with reigious leaders, imams, eg. a review of the basic principles of
Islamic Sharia law regulating property rights
• A small grants fund to support women’s cooperatives and small local
government projects to address practical gender needs at the village level to
improve their livelihoods through a variety of agricultural extension services
such as increasing women’s access to irrigation and improved terms for grinding
wheat.
20. Examples of useful services
Tajikistan
• Smaller proportion of farms registered to
women (2% in 2002)
• Provision of legal advice on land rights
• Support rural women to attend classes on
leadership skills, cooperative formation, farm
management and community activism.
• Meetings and consultations in villages
21. Why Gender Balance?
• The aim is diversity, and not a competition between men and
women
• Studies from various countries show that companies with a higher
share of women at top levels deliver strong organisational and
financial performance
• Companies with the most gender-diverse management teams had
17 percentage-point higher stock price growth between 2005 and
2007 compared to the industry average (McKinsey & Co)
• Their average operating profit was almost double the industry
average between 2003 and 2005 (McKinsey & Co)
• Companies with more women on their boards were found to
outperform their rivals with a 42 % higher return in sales, 66 %
higher return on invested capital and 53 % higher return on equity
(Catalyst research )
22.
23. Transformation of gender roles
• At present, gender norms influence the roles men
and women play in their households and wider
communities.
• Gender norms also influence opportunities and
choices.
• While sustainable development interventions
must take into account these gendered
differences, we need to remember what we
ultimately seek is a world where people’s life
choices are not restrained by gender.
24. Come and see what we do at UNDP
http://europeandcis.undp.org/ourwork/gender/
http://europeandcis.undp.org/blog/tag/gender-
equality-2/
Follow: @kohmiyaoi
Editor's Notes
Women’s participation inpaid labor is one indicator of gender equality. As a matter of fact, the statistics put the ECIS region in a positive light. The graph illustrates the over-time development from 1980 to 2008 of women’s share of the labor force. Also in global comparison, the ECIS region does well: its rate is way over the world average, and above the EU average, too - although the EU average is rising while the ECIS average is not showing any increase. Women’s participation in the labor force (share of total labor force) 1980-2008 WB stats
Are women in the ECIS region having a success story, then? When we look at the wage statistics, women’s participation in the labour force does not seem like a success. In all the countries where data is available in UNECE statistics women made less money from their work. The graph illustrates the hourly wages of women as a share of men’s hourly wage in 2008. The slice being extracted shows the pay gap - the money women do not receive when they work the same time as men do. By the way, the gap seems the smallest in Serbia, where the principle of equal pay for equal work OF EQUAL VALUE is in the country’s labor code since 2005.
Women retire earlier than men, but because of their longer life expectancy, the period they depend on pension is longer.Dark red area: the time men/women spend on pension The left column=women; the right column=men Women in the region receive less money, are more likely to work part-time, and they retire earlier than men. In every account, women’s pension and career development opportunities are negatively impacted. Regarding the retirement age, the ECIS is the most unequal region in the world for men and women. E.g. In Russia women live 12 years longer than men on average but retire at 55, men at 60. EU requires gender harmony in pension age. DATA: WB doing business report, WB pensions feature, UNECE, Stats Tajikistan + own calculations
Source:Eurostat, EU-SILC (ilc-di04)
Source: ‘Gender Equality and Climate Change’, European Institute for Gender Equality, 2012
Source: Eurostat, EU-SILC )data calculated by Eurostat at the request of EIGE)
According to recent estimates, women control about 70 % of global consumer spending.
Promoting UNDP’s human development paradigm is like tending a garden. Some plants need extra water; some plants need extra light; and some plants need to be protected from the sun. Whatever they need to grow to their fullest potential should be provided, because they all have the right to do so.