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“Woman” in the European Human Rights System: How is the Reproductive Rights Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights Constructing Narratives of Women’s Citizenship?
Published in 2017
Source: Columbia Law School
Reproductive rights are constructed through a gender-conscious reading of already recognised human rights. Despite the increasingly strong recognition of reproductive rights in international human rights law by the treaty-monitoring bodies and international tribunals, the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights reflects a limited understanding of women’s experiences, does not adequately challenge gender stereotypes, […]
A New Understanding of Poverty – Poverty Measurement and Policy Implications
Published in 2017
Source: The Institute of Economic Affairs
In this monograph the author demonstrates a deep appreciation of the underlying logic of absolute and relative measures of poverty that has enabled him to show how the strengths of each can be captured in a new single measure. The first part shows how the dominance of the relative measure of poverty has shaped the […]
Protecting Migrant Domestic Workers in The UK
Published in 2017
Source: Routledge
Though domestic work is often seen as a route out of poverty, with domestic workers sending remittances back to families in their country of origin, structural barriers relating to migration and labour market policies create vulnerabilities for this hidden workforce. This paper explores the situation of migrant domestic workers in the UK, and gives an […]
Population Dynamics and Policies in the Context of Global Climate Change –
Published in 2017
Source: UNFPA, IIED, UN-HABITAT, UN/DESA
This paper summarises some of the key issues involving the relationship between global climate change and each of the three major components of demographic trends – growth, distribution and composition. Each of these sections will conclude with a brief discussion on implications for population policy. Given space limitations, this paper will focus mostly on the […]
Resource Guide on Gender and Climate Change
Published in 2017
Source: United Nations Development Programme
This resource guide presents principal conceptual and methodological advances on gender relations in the context of climate change, with the overall objective of providing guidelines in this relatively new programme area. The guide also considers the approaches that consultants take to deal with the topic, as well as views held by organisations and experts in […]
No Climate Justice Without Gender Justice: An Overview of the Issues
Published in 2017
Source: Routledge
In this overview, the author presents an outline of current thinking on some gender dimensions of climate change, as a background to the articles that follow. The author also shows how gender issues are entwined with vulnerability to the effects of climate change, and how gender identities and roles may affect women’s and men’s perceptions […]
Engendering The Climate-Change Negotiations: Experiences, Challenges, And Steps Forward
Published in 2017
Source: Routledge
This article shares insights and experiences from the international climate-change policy process, recounting the history of women’s participation, demonstrating progress achieved, and hoping to inspire women and gender experts to get involved – at the local, national, regional, and international levels.
Introducing HPV Vaccine in Developing Countries — Key Challenges and Issues
Published in 2017
Source: Massachusetts Medical Society
This study discusses the new HPV vaccine which has been proven to effectively prevent cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 and grade 3 caused by HPV types 16 and 18. It considers the feasibility of its implementation in developing countries, taking into account cost and health infrastructure.
Sexuality Education in Europe: A Reference Guide to Policies and Practices
Published in 2017
Source: IPPF European Network
This sexuality education reference guide aims to systematically and coherently bring together information on sexuality education policies and programmes across Europe. As such, it is hoped that it will be a useful tool for both professionals and policy makers working in the field of young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, and that it […]
Poverty, Gender and Intersecting Inequalities in the EU – Review of the implementation of Area A: Women and Poverty of the Beijing Platform for Action
Published in 2017
Source: European Institute for Gender Equality
The report explores the progress between 2007 and 2014 in alleviating poverty in the EU. It provides a brief presentation of the different conceptualisations of poverty, and provides an overview of the EU policy framework for combating poverty and social exclusion and EU actions for specific groups. Then, it presents the main factors leading into […]