When Daughters Migrate and Mothers Do Not
Deepita Chakravarty and Ishita Chakravarty – As many of the discriminatory practices against girl children and women primarily take place within the household, the family seems to have a crucial … Continue reading
Breaking the Multiple Constraints on Poor Women’s Livelihoods
Naila Kabeer et al. – The Discussion Paper assesses the success of two pilot projects—one in West Bengal, India and the other in Sindh, Pakistan—in ‘graduating’ poor women out of … Continue reading
Born Free and Equal
The UN Human Rights Office has released a new publication on sexual orientation and gender identity in international human rights law. It sets out the source and scope of some … Continue reading
Women and Post-conflict Peacebuilding
Women are among the most competent, yet marginalized, unnoticed and underutilized actors in efforts to rebuild war-torn societies. Opportunities for sustainable peacebuilding are lost – and sustainable peace is at … Continue reading
Domestic work is no longer a “domestic issue”
ILO – The ratification of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers by the Philippines this week breaks new ground in extending basic labour rights to the nearly 100 … Continue reading
Innovation for development: demystifying the buzzword
Giulio Quaggiotto – So is innovation just the latest buzzword (fad?) in the development discourse (hold off clicking on the yes button, skeptics out there), or is it something we … Continue reading
Is innovation essential for development work?
David Lewis – Any approach that emphasises continual problem-solving is important and worthwhile. But there may be a downside to all this innovation. Not all development problems require new solutions. For … Continue reading
Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank – The report provides both a stocktaking and forward-looking assessment of LAC’s financial development. Rather than going into detail about sector-specific issues, the report focuses on the main … Continue reading
Citizen as Designer
Brodie Boland – By shifting the responsibility of the citizen from deciding to designing, we can redirect resources away from conflict and toward creating better ideas…We have an opportunity to redefine … Continue reading
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