Latest items for LO-DATA-2
March 16, 2023, 3:32 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: LO-DATA-2
“Women entrepreneurs appear to have a restricted network structure. However, informal sources of information are used more often than formal ones, no matter whether the question is about internal and external markets, or about specific information for the management of a firm. More women entrepreneurs contact their friends and families (59 per cent); their clients (51 per cent); their partners (41 per cent), and business collaborators (37 per cent), than business associations, chambers of commerce or women’s NGOs. Only a small percentage (8 per cent) stated that they would consult other businesswomen. Businesswomen active in the hotels and restaurants management, in particular, rely on personal contacts (73 per cent of...more
Variables: LO-DATA-2
“Women entrepreneurs appear to have a restricted network structure. However, informal sources of information are used more often than formal ones, no matter whether the question is about internal and external markets, or about specific information for the management of a firm. More women entrepreneurs contact their friends and families (59 per cent); their clients (51 per cent); their partners (41 per cent), and business collaborators (37 per cent), than business associations, chambers of commerce or women’s NGOs. Only a small percentage (8 per cent) stated that they would consult other businesswomen. Businesswomen active in the hotels and restaurants management, in particular, rely on personal contacts (73 per cent of...more
Feb. 22, 2023, 1:05 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
“One of the goals of the Strategy for Promoting Gender Equality 2017-2023 is to promote entrepreneurship among women in line with the Action Plan of the Strategy for Promotion of Women Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria 2017-2023” (26). “The Entrepreneurship is a woman! EIW 2016-2018 project of Erasmus. With the Bulgarian Management Association as a local partner, the project aims to support unemployed women in exploiting business opportunities in small, excluded, poor areas where there is demand for services (e.g. food, care, services for kids and young mothers, education) but the environment may not be conducive to the development of high-growth startups” (26). “There are different organisations supporting women’s entrepreneurship, such as...more
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
“One of the goals of the Strategy for Promoting Gender Equality 2017-2023 is to promote entrepreneurship among women in line with the Action Plan of the Strategy for Promotion of Women Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria 2017-2023” (26). “The Entrepreneurship is a woman! EIW 2016-2018 project of Erasmus. With the Bulgarian Management Association as a local partner, the project aims to support unemployed women in exploiting business opportunities in small, excluded, poor areas where there is demand for services (e.g. food, care, services for kids and young mothers, education) but the environment may not be conducive to the development of high-growth startups” (26). “There are different organisations supporting women’s entrepreneurship, such as...more
Jan. 12, 2023, 9:59 p.m.
Countries: Mozambique
Variables: LO-DATA-2
" Since 2019, the Spotlight Initiative, a global initiative of the United Nations funded by the European Union, has been supporting the approval and implementation of Mozambican laws that protect women and girls from gender-based violence and harmful practices, such as early marriages...In Mozambique, over the past year, the Spotlight Initiative supported more than 9,000 women in this way" (para 5-6).
Variables: LO-DATA-2
" Since 2019, the Spotlight Initiative, a global initiative of the United Nations funded by the European Union, has been supporting the approval and implementation of Mozambican laws that protect women and girls from gender-based violence and harmful practices, such as early marriages...In Mozambique, over the past year, the Spotlight Initiative supported more than 9,000 women in this way" (para 5-6).
Jan. 12, 2023, 8:01 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"In the build-up to the Sandinista revolution, the ATC was founded with the goal of organizing peasants and farm workers in defense of their rights as well as to improve living conditions in the countryside. Shortly after the historical triumph, they made the decision to found the ATC’s Women’s Secretariat (later adding the ‘Movimiento de Mujeres del Campo’/MMC or Rural Women’s Movement). This space was perhaps the first in a Nicaraguan organization specifically created to address women’s issues, and in this case, to meet the demands of peasant and working-class women. The Secretariat and MMC have since their inception struggled for better wages, access to education, respect for women’s physical...more
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"In the build-up to the Sandinista revolution, the ATC was founded with the goal of organizing peasants and farm workers in defense of their rights as well as to improve living conditions in the countryside. Shortly after the historical triumph, they made the decision to found the ATC’s Women’s Secretariat (later adding the ‘Movimiento de Mujeres del Campo’/MMC or Rural Women’s Movement). This space was perhaps the first in a Nicaraguan organization specifically created to address women’s issues, and in this case, to meet the demands of peasant and working-class women. The Secretariat and MMC have since their inception struggled for better wages, access to education, respect for women’s physical...more
Dec. 9, 2022, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: LO-DATA-2
" One group, the Come Together Widows and Orphans Organization (CTWOO), has offered legal advice and support to nearly 500,000 widows since 2013" (para 8).
Variables: LO-DATA-2
" One group, the Come Together Widows and Orphans Organization (CTWOO), has offered legal advice and support to nearly 500,000 widows since 2013" (para 8).
June 9, 2021, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: LO-DATA-1, LO-DATA-2
"Furthermore, between 2009 and 2011, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development implemented the Women for Women programme financed by the European Commission20, whose aim was to create a National Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors. Nine female and male ambassadors were chosen under the said project (four in Warsaw and five in Cracow). A group of 30 women was selected in both cities to participate in the 'My Job, My Company' workshop. During the 132-hour training the participants learned the rudiments of business activity from such thematic areas as: legal and tax-related aspects of business activity, the basics of accounting and marketing, the rules of preparing business plans. 12 out of...more
Variables: LO-DATA-1, LO-DATA-2
"Furthermore, between 2009 and 2011, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development implemented the Women for Women programme financed by the European Commission20, whose aim was to create a National Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors. Nine female and male ambassadors were chosen under the said project (four in Warsaw and five in Cracow). A group of 30 women was selected in both cities to participate in the 'My Job, My Company' workshop. During the 132-hour training the participants learned the rudiments of business activity from such thematic areas as: legal and tax-related aspects of business activity, the basics of accounting and marketing, the rules of preparing business plans. 12 out of...more
April 6, 2021, 5:43 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Nolmongen was among the first residents of Umoja, which was founded in 1990 as a refuge for Samburu women who have suffered sexual assault and been cast out and stripped of any claims to their property or children, as well as those fleeing child marriage or female genital mutilation (FGM). Today, the women are on the brink of being granted the title deed to a tract of grazing land by the county government - a right they never would have had outside the village - and are motivating nearby communities to also start giving land rights to women" (para 5-6).
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Nolmongen was among the first residents of Umoja, which was founded in 1990 as a refuge for Samburu women who have suffered sexual assault and been cast out and stripped of any claims to their property or children, as well as those fleeing child marriage or female genital mutilation (FGM). Today, the women are on the brink of being granted the title deed to a tract of grazing land by the county government - a right they never would have had outside the village - and are motivating nearby communities to also start giving land rights to women" (para 5-6).
Sept. 20, 2020, 8:58 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Polish Network of Women Entrepreneurship Ambassadors is a non-profit organization based in Poland, which is developing an international project promoting Women Entrepreneurship Ambassadors, launched in 2009 by the European Commission...The founder of the "Polish Network of Women Entrepreneurship Ambassadors" Foundation is Urszula Ciołeszyńska, who decided to transfer good examples from abroad to Poland. Explanation: Urszula Ciołeszyńska was appointed in 2008 as the Goodwill Ambassador of Lions Clubs International, in 2009 as the Ambassador of the European Network of Femal Entrepreneurship Ambassadors. Since 2015 as the Poland’s Ambassador of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, she is a member of the international Women’s Entrepreneurship Day World Ambassadors team."
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Polish Network of Women Entrepreneurship Ambassadors is a non-profit organization based in Poland, which is developing an international project promoting Women Entrepreneurship Ambassadors, launched in 2009 by the European Commission...The founder of the "Polish Network of Women Entrepreneurship Ambassadors" Foundation is Urszula Ciołeszyńska, who decided to transfer good examples from abroad to Poland. Explanation: Urszula Ciołeszyńska was appointed in 2008 as the Goodwill Ambassador of Lions Clubs International, in 2009 as the Ambassador of the European Network of Femal Entrepreneurship Ambassadors. Since 2015 as the Poland’s Ambassador of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, she is a member of the international Women’s Entrepreneurship Day World Ambassadors team."
Dec. 5, 2017, 10:04 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Some evidence suggests that unless greater attention is paid to gender relationships in the allocation and reimbursement of loans, even microcredit schemes targeting women may end up favoring men. In Bangladesh in the 1980s, after access to microfinance was increased to benefit rural women, it appeared that in many cases the loans were in fact used by male relatives, even while the female borrowers were liable for repayment"(34)
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Some evidence suggests that unless greater attention is paid to gender relationships in the allocation and reimbursement of loans, even microcredit schemes targeting women may end up favoring men. In Bangladesh in the 1980s, after access to microfinance was increased to benefit rural women, it appeared that in many cases the loans were in fact used by male relatives, even while the female borrowers were liable for repayment"(34)
Nov. 27, 2017, 2:59 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LO-DATA-1, LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-2, NGOFW-DATA-3
"USAID tried to tackle this question with the Land Reform in Afghanistan (LARA) project, which ran from 2011 to 2014. The initiative established a Women’s Land Rights Task Force comprised of prominent Afghan men and women as well as civil society to advise project leaders on land rights affecting Afghan women. The project proposed strategies for bolstering women's land rights, but it is unclear how much women's access to their land has changed since" (para 6).
Variables: LO-DATA-1, LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1, NGOFW-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-2, NGOFW-DATA-3
"USAID tried to tackle this question with the Land Reform in Afghanistan (LARA) project, which ran from 2011 to 2014. The initiative established a Women’s Land Rights Task Force comprised of prominent Afghan men and women as well as civil society to advise project leaders on land rights affecting Afghan women. The project proposed strategies for bolstering women's land rights, but it is unclear how much women's access to their land has changed since" (para 6).
April 1, 2017, 11:03 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-3
"Niger is also the country with the largest number of Dimitra clubs. Self-organized groups of men and women meet regularly to discuss and find solutions to the challenges they face in their daily lives. Developed by FAO, the food and agriculture organization of the United Nations, this approach has enabled many communities to mobilize and improve their living conditions over the years. In Gasseda, a village in the South, six dimitra clubs have been active for several years. Three clubs are for women only, one for men, and two others for youth. Club members meet regularly to identify their problems and take action to solve them" (1).more
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-3
"Niger is also the country with the largest number of Dimitra clubs. Self-organized groups of men and women meet regularly to discuss and find solutions to the challenges they face in their daily lives. Developed by FAO, the food and agriculture organization of the United Nations, this approach has enabled many communities to mobilize and improve their living conditions over the years. In Gasseda, a village in the South, six dimitra clubs have been active for several years. Three clubs are for women only, one for men, and two others for youth. Club members meet regularly to identify their problems and take action to solve them" (1).more
July 18, 2016, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Tanzania
Variables: LO-DATA-1, LO-DATA-2
"TGNP Mtandao (formerly the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme) began the Gender Budget Initiative in 1996 as a response to the falling quality of public social services following structural adjustment policies in the 1980s. The broad aim of the Initiative is to make decision-making processes on policies, budgets, taxes and debts more democratic, participatory and responsive to the needs and demands of marginalized women and their communities...A major and lasting achievement, overall, has been increased awareness among grassroots activists of the importance of budget processes and the strengthening of their capacity to hold elected representatives to account" (221).
Variables: LO-DATA-1, LO-DATA-2
"TGNP Mtandao (formerly the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme) began the Gender Budget Initiative in 1996 as a response to the falling quality of public social services following structural adjustment policies in the 1980s. The broad aim of the Initiative is to make decision-making processes on policies, budgets, taxes and debts more democratic, participatory and responsive to the needs and demands of marginalized women and their communities...A major and lasting achievement, overall, has been increased awareness among grassroots activists of the importance of budget processes and the strengthening of their capacity to hold elected representatives to account" (221).
April 1, 2016, 10:10 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-DATA-2
"To help these desperately poor women CARE started an emergency feeding program in 1996 which provided 10,000 widows and their children with monthly food rations. Realizing that the program would not be sustainable until the widows could meet their own basic needs CARE developed a strategy to help these women. Many of them unskilled and illiterate become independent, income earning, entrepreuneres". This statement was made at 0:41 by the narrator (ENB-CODER COMMENT)
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-DATA-2
"To help these desperately poor women CARE started an emergency feeding program in 1996 which provided 10,000 widows and their children with monthly food rations. Realizing that the program would not be sustainable until the widows could meet their own basic needs CARE developed a strategy to help these women. Many of them unskilled and illiterate become independent, income earning, entrepreuneres". This statement was made at 0:41 by the narrator (ENB-CODER COMMENT)
Feb. 29, 2016, 9:23 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: LO-DATA-2
""NGO's in Ukraine have been most prevalent toward helping female advancement and independence in Ukraine over the last ten years. They have done a lot to improve the situation of women here and empower them to make changes in their lives related to abuse, unemployment, etc." Lada Usova" (8)
Variables: LO-DATA-2
""NGO's in Ukraine have been most prevalent toward helping female advancement and independence in Ukraine over the last ten years. They have done a lot to improve the situation of women here and empower them to make changes in their lives related to abuse, unemployment, etc." Lada Usova" (8)
Jan. 13, 2016, 3:23 p.m.
Countries: Vanuatu
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"The VANWODS has been providing micro finance services to women since 1996. It started as a pilot project under the Department of Women’s Affairs and became a beneficiary owned NGO in 2003. From 2003 until 2007, the number of its members increased to almost 3000, and the value of its savings has grown from 15 million at the end of 2003 to 73 million at the end of 2007. In 2007, VANWOODS started to accept male members. As of November 2010, there are total of 5514 clients with 4085 total number of clients taking our loans. Since 1996, VANWODS total loans released amounts to Vatu 814 million" (19)more
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"The VANWODS has been providing micro finance services to women since 1996. It started as a pilot project under the Department of Women’s Affairs and became a beneficiary owned NGO in 2003. From 2003 until 2007, the number of its members increased to almost 3000, and the value of its savings has grown from 15 million at the end of 2003 to 73 million at the end of 2007. In 2007, VANWOODS started to accept male members. As of November 2010, there are total of 5514 clients with 4085 total number of clients taking our loans. Since 1996, VANWODS total loans released amounts to Vatu 814 million" (19)more
Aug. 12, 2015, 4:07 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-DATA-2
"Prior to the change of regime in 2003, there was no discriminatory law forbidding women from joining non-governmental organizations and associations, especially professional organizations such as the Bar Association, Doctors’ Union, Engineers’ Union and Teachers’ Union. The General Federation of Iraqi Women was the NGO concerned with women but it was a front serving the policy of the ruling party, as women’s activity was forbidden to any other organization in the country. The political transition saw large numbers of women joining a wide range of NGOs and an increase in the number of these organizations, prompting the Government to create the Ministry of State for Civil Society Affairs to register...more
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-DATA-2
"Prior to the change of regime in 2003, there was no discriminatory law forbidding women from joining non-governmental organizations and associations, especially professional organizations such as the Bar Association, Doctors’ Union, Engineers’ Union and Teachers’ Union. The General Federation of Iraqi Women was the NGO concerned with women but it was a front serving the policy of the ruling party, as women’s activity was forbidden to any other organization in the country. The political transition saw large numbers of women joining a wide range of NGOs and an increase in the number of these organizations, prompting the Government to create the Ministry of State for Civil Society Affairs to register...more
Aug. 11, 2015, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: Vanuatu
Variables: LO-DATA-2
“According to World Bank, there is no formal organization in Vanuatu that represents the interest of businesswomen” (40)
Variables: LO-DATA-2
“According to World Bank, there is no formal organization in Vanuatu that represents the interest of businesswomen” (40)
Aug. 3, 2015, 3:36 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Moreover, activities are undertaken in order to enhance the support provided to immigrant women desiring to create their own business. At the 30 November 2012 meeting of the inter-ministerial committee for women's rights and gender equality, convened for the first time after 12 years, the Government committed itself to taking the situation of women systematically into account in reforming urban policy. ... Moreover, a programme for assisting enterprise creation by women in the districts concerned will be established through the women's initiatives fund (FGIF), whose resources will be enhanced with European Union support. On 29 April 2013, at the end of the conference on entrepreneurship, the President of the Republic...more
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Moreover, activities are undertaken in order to enhance the support provided to immigrant women desiring to create their own business. At the 30 November 2012 meeting of the inter-ministerial committee for women's rights and gender equality, convened for the first time after 12 years, the Government committed itself to taking the situation of women systematically into account in reforming urban policy. ... Moreover, a programme for assisting enterprise creation by women in the districts concerned will be established through the women's initiatives fund (FGIF), whose resources will be enhanced with European Union support. On 29 April 2013, at the end of the conference on entrepreneurship, the President of the Republic...more
July 31, 2015, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-DATA-2
"Prior to the change of regime in 2003, there was no discriminatory law forbidding women from joining non-governmental organizations and associations, especially professional organizations such as the Bar Association, Doctors’ Union, Engineers’ Union and Teachers’ Union. The General Federation of Iraqi Women was the NGO concerned with women but it was a front serving the policy of the ruling party, as women’s activity was forbidden to any other organization in the country. The political transition saw large numbers of women joining a wide range of NGOs and an increase in the number of these organizations, prompting the Government to create the Ministry of State for Civil Society Affairs to register...more
Variables: LO-DATA-2, NGOFW-DATA-2
"Prior to the change of regime in 2003, there was no discriminatory law forbidding women from joining non-governmental organizations and associations, especially professional organizations such as the Bar Association, Doctors’ Union, Engineers’ Union and Teachers’ Union. The General Federation of Iraqi Women was the NGO concerned with women but it was a front serving the policy of the ruling party, as women’s activity was forbidden to any other organization in the country. The political transition saw large numbers of women joining a wide range of NGOs and an increase in the number of these organizations, prompting the Government to create the Ministry of State for Civil Society Affairs to register...more
June 30, 2015, 7:44 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"The Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare have programmes in place to encourage small and medium enterprises run by women. In 2008 a total of 38% of SMEs were run by women. The MGECW has supported 873 income generating projects since 2000. A total of 90% of these projects are owned by women. The total number of small businesses owned by women in Namibia is not known as many operate informally and are not registered. The Government also encourages the private sector, particularly financial institutions, to provide financial assistance to women" (41)
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"The Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare have programmes in place to encourage small and medium enterprises run by women. In 2008 a total of 38% of SMEs were run by women. The MGECW has supported 873 income generating projects since 2000. A total of 90% of these projects are owned by women. The total number of small businesses owned by women in Namibia is not known as many operate informally and are not registered. The Government also encourages the private sector, particularly financial institutions, to provide financial assistance to women" (41)
April 29, 2015, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), former U.S. labor union, formed in 1900 by the amalgamation of seven local unions. At the turn of the century most of the workers in the garment industry were Jewish immigrants, whose attempts at organization were hampered by clashes between anarchists and socialists; this heritage of strife was carried over into the ILGWU, and in its early years many members were sympathetic to various radical movements. Despite these conflicts the union grew rapidly in its first years. However, the depression of 1903 and the open-shop campaign launched by the newly formed National Association of Manufacturers wiped out many hard-won gains" (para. 1). "By 1908...more
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), former U.S. labor union, formed in 1900 by the amalgamation of seven local unions. At the turn of the century most of the workers in the garment industry were Jewish immigrants, whose attempts at organization were hampered by clashes between anarchists and socialists; this heritage of strife was carried over into the ILGWU, and in its early years many members were sympathetic to various radical movements. Despite these conflicts the union grew rapidly in its first years. However, the depression of 1903 and the open-shop campaign launched by the newly formed National Association of Manufacturers wiped out many hard-won gains" (para. 1). "By 1908...more
April 28, 2015, 4:01 p.m.
Countries: Sierra Leone
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"There have always been women’s active in groups in rural and urban communities including women’s cooperatives and market women’s associations. In the 1960s Christian women’s groups such as the Mother’s Union of the Anglican Church were active raising women’s issues in the national arena.. After the Nairobi Conference in the mid-1980s there was a big push for women NGO’s in the countries that raised women’s rights and development concerns in a systematic way; organized women’s networks started to emerge" (para 24)
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"There have always been women’s active in groups in rural and urban communities including women’s cooperatives and market women’s associations. In the 1960s Christian women’s groups such as the Mother’s Union of the Anglican Church were active raising women’s issues in the national arena.. After the Nairobi Conference in the mid-1980s there was a big push for women NGO’s in the countries that raised women’s rights and development concerns in a systematic way; organized women’s networks started to emerge" (para 24)
Oct. 31, 2014, 3:43 p.m.
Countries: Jordan
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"More and more women’s nongovernmental organizations developed until the Jordanian Women’s Association was established in 1974, in collaboration with UNFEM, to support women’ s participation in political decision making. The Business W omen and Career Club (BWCC) was established in 1976; it conducted many workshops and conferences in its main headquarters, and its branches supported women in elections and political participation" (138). "The Noor al Hussein Foundation, established in 1985, concentrates on projects that empower families in general and women in particular, while the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) focuses on improving the social and economic conditions of women by establishing and executing income-generating projects. JRF also has pioneering work in...more
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"More and more women’s nongovernmental organizations developed until the Jordanian Women’s Association was established in 1974, in collaboration with UNFEM, to support women’ s participation in political decision making. The Business W omen and Career Club (BWCC) was established in 1976; it conducted many workshops and conferences in its main headquarters, and its branches supported women in elections and political participation" (138). "The Noor al Hussein Foundation, established in 1985, concentrates on projects that empower families in general and women in particular, while the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) focuses on improving the social and economic conditions of women by establishing and executing income-generating projects. JRF also has pioneering work in...more
Oct. 7, 2014, 10:26 a.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Not only did women lead anti-corruption initiatives, their involvement also reaped important gender equality gains. For example, in less than a year, the programme yielded results that speak for themselves: in the town of Jinja in Uganda, because of women’s collective fight for land rights, 35 women received land deeds in their names, and 120 women are in the process of obtaining these deeds" (para. 3).
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Not only did women lead anti-corruption initiatives, their involvement also reaped important gender equality gains. For example, in less than a year, the programme yielded results that speak for themselves: in the town of Jinja in Uganda, because of women’s collective fight for land rights, 35 women received land deeds in their names, and 120 women are in the process of obtaining these deeds" (para. 3).
Oct. 7, 2014, 10:25 a.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"By way of background, UNDP funds and supports a programme in partnership with the Huairou Commission (a global network of grassroots women’s organisations) that so far has mobilized 2,300 community members and trained more than 500 people on social accountability strategies in Brazil, Nepal, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Uganda. ... In Brazil, since the start of the programme, 3,000 land deeds were granted to women as rightful owners" (para. 2- 3).
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"By way of background, UNDP funds and supports a programme in partnership with the Huairou Commission (a global network of grassroots women’s organisations) that so far has mobilized 2,300 community members and trained more than 500 people on social accountability strategies in Brazil, Nepal, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Uganda. ... In Brazil, since the start of the programme, 3,000 land deeds were granted to women as rightful owners" (para. 2- 3).
Sept. 12, 2014, 12:21 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Zan va Zamin (Women and Earth) is a grassroots organization that works to attain land tenure security and property rights for landless farmers, introduce diversified farming methods, and promote the conservation of eco-agriculture landscapes. The organization maintains a particular focus on advancing the rights of women. It was founded in 1999 by a small group of women activists in response to the challenges facing women in Tajikistan during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the civil war that would follow. ... To date, the group has helped more than 2,000 landless farmers secure formal title to the land they work, 1,200 of whom are women" (para. 1, 4).more
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Zan va Zamin (Women and Earth) is a grassroots organization that works to attain land tenure security and property rights for landless farmers, introduce diversified farming methods, and promote the conservation of eco-agriculture landscapes. The organization maintains a particular focus on advancing the rights of women. It was founded in 1999 by a small group of women activists in response to the challenges facing women in Tajikistan during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the civil war that would follow. ... To date, the group has helped more than 2,000 landless farmers secure formal title to the land they work, 1,200 of whom are women" (para. 1, 4).more
June 24, 2014, 11:38 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Women also participated in NGO-run training or income generating projects and even formed their own NGOs for refugee women" (2). This section of the report discusses life for Afghan women in refugee camps in the 1980s when the mujahidin were in power; these NGOs were in place then with the potential of others existing before them (CEP-CODER COMMENT)
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"Women also participated in NGO-run training or income generating projects and even formed their own NGOs for refugee women" (2). This section of the report discusses life for Afghan women in refugee camps in the 1980s when the mujahidin were in power; these NGOs were in place then with the potential of others existing before them (CEP-CODER COMMENT)
May 14, 2014, 2:11 p.m.
Countries: Uzbekistan
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"The Tadbirkor Ayol Association of Business Women of Uzbekistan is one of the largest women's non-governmental non-commercial organizations in Uzbekistan. That association was created in 1991, and today it has structural subdivisions in all viloyats of the country, as well as in the city of Tashkent and the Republic of Karakalpakstan" (94).
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"The Tadbirkor Ayol Association of Business Women of Uzbekistan is one of the largest women's non-governmental non-commercial organizations in Uzbekistan. That association was created in 1991, and today it has structural subdivisions in all viloyats of the country, as well as in the city of Tashkent and the Republic of Karakalpakstan" (94).
Feb. 26, 2014, 10:37 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: LO-DATA-2
“Women have begun to engage in politics (many voted in the referendum), and civil society groups are gaining strength. A new, albeit fragile, movement to support women’s equality has been growing steadily” (39)
Variables: LO-DATA-2
“Women have begun to engage in politics (many voted in the referendum), and civil society groups are gaining strength. A new, albeit fragile, movement to support women’s equality has been growing steadily” (39)
Feb. 28, 2013, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"CAIRO, March 20, 2012—A new council for women’s rights was established in Egypt a year after the Jan. 25th, 2011 revolution. Although it was harshly attacked by political activists for retaining the ideals of the wife of the former dictator, it is an important institution that works to protect the rights of women. It is perhaps the only official institution that attempts to give a voice to women, who are marginalized daily in the new Egypt, with many sectors attempting to sideline them from any vital role either socially or politically" (para 1)
Variables: LO-DATA-2
"CAIRO, March 20, 2012—A new council for women’s rights was established in Egypt a year after the Jan. 25th, 2011 revolution. Although it was harshly attacked by political activists for retaining the ideals of the wife of the former dictator, it is an important institution that works to protect the rights of women. It is perhaps the only official institution that attempts to give a voice to women, who are marginalized daily in the new Egypt, with many sectors attempting to sideline them from any vital role either socially or politically" (para 1)