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Roots of Gender Inequality

Roots of Gender Inequality

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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…
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Social Communication for Social Change

Social Communication for Social Change

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Sarah Bradshaw argues that if we want to change rates of violence, we have to change the way violence is understood and change attitudes about violence in society. In…
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Conceptualizations of Violence and Legal…

Conceptualizations of Violence and Legal Frameworks

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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.…
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Root Causes and Lived Realities: Violence Against…

Root Causes and Lived Realities: Violence Against Women and Girls

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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…
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Sustainable Development and Rights

Sustainable Development and Rights

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In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set the international policy framework for development across the globe. Critiques of the MDGs are that they were…
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Implementing SDG 5: Gender equality

Implementing SDG 5: Gender equality

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It is time to think about how SDG 5 on gender equality could be implemented! SDG 5 aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. In this video…
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Attacking Gender Inequality within Development

Attacking Gender Inequality within Development

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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…
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The Gendered Experience of Poverty

The Gendered Experience of Poverty

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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…
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Advancements in Women's Rights

Advancements in Women's Rights

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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…
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The Gender Agenda in the UN Human Rights Framework

The Gender Agenda in the UN Human Rights Framework

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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…
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of…

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

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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…
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Gender Equality: A Confucian Perspective

Gender Equality: A Confucian Perspective

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Confucian ethics is a tradition that can be used by people from different religious traditions in China. It is a tradition shared by people who may engage in different…
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Democratization and Political Participation: The…

Democratization and Political Participation: The Situation Room

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In this chapter, Elizabeth Prügl discusses an initiative that has proliferated in Africa called the Women’s Situation Room. It responds to election violence…
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Education, Inclusion, Jobs, and Growth

Education, Inclusion, Jobs, and Growth

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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…
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New Ways to Measure Urban Poverty

New Ways to Measure Urban Poverty

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This video is part of Module 3: How can we reduce urban poverty and make cities inclusive and safe? Living in poverty affects health, nutrition, and educational and…
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Global Value Chains

Global Value Chains

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In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the movement of products long distances through multinational companies, as well as the challenges presented by the global…

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