Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women
Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women (From Sandesh.org)
National machineries for women in development (2002)
This report includes salient points and recommendations from the BRIDGE 1996 report on National Machineries for Women (NWMs), up-dated with more recent thinking, policy and practice1. Also included are summaries of some best practice examples. The original report reviews the experience of national machineries for women in developing countries, drawing on case study material from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries (including Belize, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Uganda and Zambia) as well as comparative material from Chile and the Philippines where national machineries are well-established.
Strengthening institutional mechanisms
Southern Africa is making remarkable progress to integrate gender perspectives in legislation, public policies, programmes and projects by establishing and strengthening institutional mechanisms to promote the advancement of women. More from this 1999 report.
1999 Statement from India's Department of Women and Child Development
This statement from the Secretary of India's Department of Women and Child Development gives us an overview of India's implementation of institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women.
