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Gender and Early Warning Systems
This publication discusses the importance of considering gender differences in the design, implementation and life-cycle of early warning systems, as part of a series of briefs aimed at practitioners. It introduces the terminology and concepts behind gender and early warning systems, illustrates...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2009 | EN
Resolution on "Science and Technology for Development"
This resolution, drafted by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), aims to mainstream global attempts to facilitate scientific innovation for sustainable development. Its importance lies in engaging with the vast array of rights-based science and technology issues -- including research...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2009 | EN
HRP at 40: what they say. A history of scientific achievement to advance sexual and reproductive health
This report gives an overview of the last 40 years of work carried out by HRP, the Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, which was established in 1972, following a World Health Assembly resolution. HRP aims to advance sexual and reproductive health. The...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 2012 | EN
Rio+20 – A Water Guide for Negotiators and Young Water Experts
This guide provides an overview of water-related topics up for discussion at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). It aims to introduce the Rio+20 process and facilitate relevant stakeholder participation. It gives an overview of global water commitments, emerging issues related...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 2012 | EN
Innovation for development: Converting knowledge to value
This report -- summarising a UNESCO innovation for development workshop -- examines the role of innovation in development, and the contribution of knowledge, research and development to innovation. It focuses on knowledge in science, engineering and technology. The report outlines analytical and...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: January, 2009 | EN
Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index
The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is the first measure of women's empowerment and inclusion in the agricultural sector. It aims to track the change in female empowerment as a result of the US government's Feed the Future initiative that tackles food security. The WEAI focuses...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: February 2012 | EN
Engendering agricultural research, development and extension
This report examines how agricultural research, and practices can promote gender equality, and why the distinct role of women in achieving food security must be recognised. It gives an overview of how gender should be integrated throughout the research, development, and extension system. It...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: December 2011 | EN
Gender & Agroforestry in Africa: Are Women Participating?
This report synthesises the results of a review of 104 studies on gender and the adoption of agroforestry in Africa, and aims to identify strategies that challenge gender imbalances in development initiatives. It explores women's participation in agroforestry, including their ability to manage...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: April 2011 | EN
Science, Technology and Gender: An International Report
This technical report provides policymakers with a framework for action to address the underlying causes for the science and technology (S&T) gender gap, and aims to promote discussion about gender in the scientific and academic communities. The report provides an overview of S&T for development...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2007 | EN
Inquiry-Based Science Education: Increasing Participation of Girls in Science in sub-Saharan Africa
This booklet, published by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), aims to inform policymakers about how Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) -- an educational tool that uses learners' experiences for practical teaching -- can encourage girls to participate in science and mathematics. It...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2011 | EN
Girls into Science: A Training Module on Motivating Girls to Embark on Careers in Science and Technology
This training manual aims to help science educators, career advisers and school staff to encourage more girls to pursue science and technology (S&T) careers in Africa. Specific objectives include promoting a positive image of women in science, making educators aware of gender stereotypes related to...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2007 | EN
Gender, Science and Technology: An Asia and Pacific Gender Mainstreaming Training Manual
This training manual focuses on helping scientists, policymakers, government bodies and human resource departments improve their leadership capabilities in science, technology and gender (STG) issues. By building the capacity of government organisations to implement policies on gender equality, it...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: July 2003 | EN
Facing the Facts: Women's Participation in Science, Engineering and Technology
This report presents gender-differentiated statistical data on higher education student enrolments and graduations, human resources for science and technology (S&T), publication output, funding allocation, and scientific ratings given to individual researchers by the National Research Foundation...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2009 | EN
Comparative study on gender dimension of policies related to the development and application of science and technology for sustainable development
This study evaluates the extent to which gender perspectives have been integrated into science and technology policy in six Asian countries: China, India, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. It aims to assess the existing level of support for the integration of gender...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2004 | EN
A new golden age? The prospects for science and innovation in the developing world
This briefing paper, published by the Royal Society and part of its Atlas of Islamic-World Science and Innovation project, summarises recent scientific and technological advances across the Islamic world and draws attention to the barriers to further and faster progress. The authors present case...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
Feminization and marginalization? Women Ayurvedic doctors and modernizing health care in Nepal
This article argues that unless the modernisation of traditional medicine in Nepal is treated with care, it could create gender inequalities and the increased social marginalisation of women. Healthcare in Nepal is slowly being modernised to fit more with a model of Western medicine than with...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: March 2010 | EN
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