See How They Grow: Business Development Services for Women's Business Growth

This document presents a study which focuses on lessons learned in the provision of business development services (BDS) that assist business growth for women-owned enterprises. The study consists of two parts. The first chapter is a review of the existing literature on the international experience in BDS and the major findings of research on lessons learned in BDS as they apply to women clientele and growth in their enterprises. The second part concentrates on deriving lessons from two local BDS initiatives, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) Sericulture Program and Independent Business Enrichment Center (IBEC) Enterprise Training Program in South Africa

Neformalno zapošljavanje žena u gospodarstvima u tranziciji

Članak govori o zapošljavanju žena u neslužbenom gospodarstvu u zemljama u tranziciji (ZUT). Od početka tranzicije pojačani su trendovi fleksibilnoga i neslužbenog zapošljavanja, te rastućeg osiromašenja kućanstava. U središtu razmatranja je zapošljavanje žena, a ne pojedini gospodarski sektori ili tvrtke. Siromaštvo i nezaposlenost u ZUT-u su sve izraženiji pa u neformalnim oblicima zapošljavanja sudjeluju ljudi različitih profila, uključujući i visoko-obrazovane osobe. U radu se analizira neformalno zapošljavanje siromašnih osoba, a ne ilegalne aktivnosti poput krijumčarenja oružja, droge i ljudi. Ujedno se daje okvir za analizu načina preživljavanja siromašnih ljudi uključenih u neformalno zapošljavanje u ZUT-u. Razlog tako širokog okvira jest odnos siromaštva i neslužbenog zapošljavanja jer se te pojave u ZUT-u i u mnogim zemljama svijeta preklapaju. Osobe koje rade u neslužbenom gospodarstvu obično su siromašnije od onih koji rade u službenome, a to je pogotovo naglašeno među ženama

Making It Work: Linking Youth Reproductive Health and Livelihoods

Assesses the challenges and effectiveness of programs that integrate adolescent reproductive health with options that improve economic capabilities, assets, and activities. Highlights innovative approaches, and defines gaps in existing interventions

Fulfilling the Beijing Commitment: Reducing Poverty, Enhancing Women's Economic Options

Provides a guide for policy action and offers recommendations for two pivotal areas -- poverty reduction and enhanced economic opportunities for women and adolescent girls -- as goals for implementing the Beijing Platform for Action

Expanding the care continuum for HIV/AIDS: Bringing carers into focus

This review by the International Center for Research on Women explores the specific issues that cluster around the provision of care in the context of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. With the support of the Population Council’s Horizons program, this review applies the care economy lens to two key sectors, health and social protection, and finds that while important strides are being made, much more needs to be known and done to enable individuals, families, and households to survive in a world shaken by AIDS. The report documents the challenges faced by family care providers, who are primarily women and unlinked to existing services; responses by the health sector and the community to support caregivers, including the involvement of youth and men in caregiving; and government- and private-sector–sponsored social protection programs to help sustain the safety nets of households affected by HIV/AIDS

Neformalno zapošljavanje žena u gospodarstvima u tranziciji

Članak govori o zapošljavanju žena u neslužbenom gospodarstvu u zemljama u tranziciji (ZUT). Od početka tranzicije pojačani su trendovi fleksibilnoga i neslužbenog zapošljavanja, te rastućeg osiromašenja kućanstava. U središtu razmatranja je zapošljavanje žena, a ne pojedini gospodarski sektori ili tvrtke. Siromaštvo i nezaposlenost u ZUT-u su sve izraženiji pa u neformalnim oblicima zapošljavanja sudjeluju ljudi različitih profila, uključujući i visoko-obrazovane osobe. U radu se analizira neformalno zapošljavanje siromašnih osoba, a ne ilegalne aktivnosti poput krijumčarenja oružja, droge i ljudi. Ujedno se daje okvir za analizu načina preživljavanja siromašnih ljudi uključenih u neformalno zapošljavanje u ZUT-u. Razlog tako širokog okvira jest odnos siromaštva i neslužbenog zapošljavanja jer se te pojave u ZUT-u i u mnogim zemljama svijeta preklapaju. Osobe koje rade u neslužbenom gospodarstvu obično su siromašnije od onih koji rade u službenome, a to je pogotovo naglašeno među ženama

Women’s economic & social rights in MENA

Meeting: IDRC Research Consultation, 9-10 December, 2007, Cairo, EGThe presentation focuses on a rights-based approach to research in Arab countries, which would support movements towards inclusion of women in policy advocacy as well as in disaggregated statistical information. A rights-based approach to research could make strategic and context relevant/specific use of international human rights instruments (for instance, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)) and labour standards