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From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
1 in 3 women will suffer from or feel threatened by violence, including sexual violence and the fear of violence. This is not confined to a particular region or culture.… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Gender inequality has its roots in differences between men and women in society. These result from social constructions of relations, which in turn stem from sexual… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Gender wasn’t on the development agenda until the 1970s. At that time, it was recognized that development could harm women as modernization brings increased… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Violence against women can be seen on three levels: the international, national, and intimate levels. We can look at psychological as well as patriarchal factors, and… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
There is a gendered experience of poverty: women and men experience poverty differently, and women may experience poverty differently from one another. In the case of… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
The terms “sexual” and “sexual abuse” were avoided at the inter-governmental level until 1999 with the Convention of the Rights of the Child and… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
The Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
In this chapter, the six key transformation pathways to the SDGs are introduced, followed by more in-depth analysis of education, inclusion, jobs, and growth. Professor… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
The Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
There is very little information about who makes up the casualties of disasters, but some have suggested that women are 14 times more likely to die during an event in… -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
This case study looks at the specific relationship between gender and water. -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
This video is part of Module 3: How can we reduce urban poverty and make cities inclusive and safe? measuring urban poverty, women's savings group -
From SDG Academy on 8 October, 2019
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From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
The household is the unit we live in. It may include our family or may not. Over time, as industrialization has occurred, the definition of family has shifted to the… -
From SDG Academy on 8 August, 2019
How does inclusive and participatory approaches with ICTs insure a healthy population and ultimately the achievement of universal health coverage? In this video, Chief… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
In this chapter, Elizabeth Prügl discusses an initiative that has proliferated in Africa called the Women’s Situation Room. It responds to election violence…