Women’s economic empowerment – or WEE – has increasingly featured on the international aid agenda...
Category - Gender and development
Is there a role for donors in helping to change restrictive...
Reducing gender gaps and removing barriers to gender equality are good for economic and social...
Hope, gains and progress in preventing violence against women...
I have been working to address violence against women and girls across the world for over 15 years...
The rise of women CEOs in Australia’s aid NGOs
In 1995, when Suzette Mitchell studied the gender composition of senior staff in Australian aid...
Financing female entrepreneurs: a crucial step for socioeconomic...
Financial empowerment of women has social and economic benefits for all citizens. Entrenched...
Inheritance rights of women and Shariah law: the case of...
The legal system of Bangladesh has evolved from a combination of indigenous, Moghul and English...
Fortnightly links: a feminine response to terrorism, Cyclone...
The Conversation explores the idea of a ‘feminine’ response to terrorism. European...
Gender in the 2019-20 Australian aid budget
After six years of aid budget cuts, in late 2018 the Australian government finally connected the...
Fortnightly links: unconditional cash transfers, democracy and...
As malaria cases spike in South Australia (34 cases last year, likely linked to overseas travel)...
Fortnightly links: calls to integrate DFID into Foreign Office...
Owen Barder, Hannah Timmis and Arthur Baker rebut calls to integrate DFID into the Foreign Office...