Gender Equality Publications
Moving Targets: Youth Priorities and the Policy Response in War and Post-War Africa
Apr 16, 2012Unprecedented numbers of young people in weak and war-torn African nations, in short, tend to be characterized by the gap between what most youth need and what governments and international donors think they need, not to mention what they actually get. more
Reflections on Women in the Arab Spring: Women’s Voices from Around the World
Mar 05, 2012On the occasion of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2012, the Middle East Program asked a cross-section of women in the MENA region, the United States, and other countries to reflect on how women have fared in the Arab Spring. more
Women, Migration and the Work of Care: The United States in Comparative Perspective
Oct 03, 2011A new United States Studies publication, based on the conference: "Temporary Migrant Care Worker Programs in Canada and the EU: Models for the U.S.?" more
Middle Eastern Women on the Move
Jul 07, 2011Click to see the table of contents, or download the full PDF below. more
312. Trafficking Women after Socialism: from, to and through Eastern Europe
Jul 07, 2011March 2005 - The traffic in women and girls for prostitution has recently commanded the attention of state authorities, activists and academics the world over, although it is hardly a new phenomenon. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, increasing globalization, accompanied by population increases, urbanization, international migration, colonization and political upheaval contributed importantly to the growth of prostitution and the traffic in women and girls around the world. European countries, China and Japan supplied prostitutes to other countries. For example, French, Polish, Russian and Italian women went to brothels in other European countries, Argentina and Brazil while Chinese and Japanese women, including women of Korean ethnicity, went to brothels in colonial holdings such as British Hong Kong, the Dutch East Indies, French Indo-China, Manchuria, Singapore and Shanghai. more
65. Violence Against Women in Post-communist Societies: Benefits and Changes
Jul 07, 2011This paper will present the findings of the author's research entitled “Violence against
women and social changes in post-communist societies,” conducted during 1999 in
Hungary, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia. The author focuses her analysis on findings regarding both the negative and positive impact of changes on women’s vulnerability to and protection from domestic violence. The paper is based on both quantitative and qualitative analysis of interviews with 86 people (58 women and 28 men), 45 professionals and women’s groups activists, documentation of victim support organizations, and media and research reports from the above mentioned countries. more
Strategies for Promoting Gender Equity in Developing Countries: Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities
Jul 07, 2011Strategies for Promoting Gender Equity in Developing Countries: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities examines both old and new strategies for promoting gender equity in development. As such, it draws upon expert scholars and practitioners to analyze individual cases from throughout the developing world. It also aims to identify policy options and suggestions for moving the current debate forward. This publication is a product of a conference co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Inter-American Foundation. more
