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Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan’s Big Cities: Evidence for Reform (IDS Policy Briefing 166, 2019)

March 9, 2019

Why did 11 million fewer women than men vote in Pakistan’s 2018 general elections? Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is a much higher gender gap in each province’s largest metropolitan city compared to its remaining constituencies. This gap relates to men’s views about women’s vote and women’s knowledge of politics and the electoral process. Poor knowledge is, in turn, associated with a low interest in politics, which links to the failure of political parties to directly engage women and address their issues. These challenges can be addressed with better targeted voter education campaigns and a concerted effort by political parties to engage women directly and reduce their perception of being ‘politically invisible’.

Click here for full briefing.

Filed Under: Advocacy, Gender, Pakistan, Participation, Participation Highlights, Publications (published in print and/or online), Urban Development, Urban Highlights Tagged With: Elections, Engagement, Women

Civil Society & Inclusive Peace (Peace Direct, 2019)

February 20, 2019

Inclusive peace, or the idea that all stakeholders in a society should have a role in defining and shaping peace, is receiving widespread global recognition. Still, despite the progress made through the increased recognition of inclusive peace at the theoretical and policy level, it has proven difficult to achieve in reality. Peace Direct teamed up with the Inclusive Peace & Transition Initiative and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict to explore the dynamics of inclusivity and peacebuilding in further detail in this report.

The report includes in-depth case studies from around the world, that help us to understand the strategies employed by grassroots peacebuilders to counter the challenges to effective inclusion in peacebuilding. From Nigeria to DR Congo, explore the case studies below to see what has worked (or not) in particular situations, and the successes, challenges and stalemates encountered on the pursuit to inclusive peace.

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Filed Under: *INTER-PERSONAL ROUTES, Colombia, Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC), Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Participation, Participation Highlights, Peace & Social Cohesion, Peace Highlights, Philippines, Social Mobilisation, Voice and Accountability Tagged With: Elections, Women

Towards A More Gender-Inclusive Open Source Community (Digital Impact Alliance, 2018)

November 26, 2018

While open source has long been used in the ICT4D sector, the open source community still faces challenges to represent different demographics despite the movement’s aspiration of inclusiveness and global reach. Given that the codes and algorithms underpinning digital technologies inherently reflect the values and backgrounds of those who build and contribute to them, women’s underrepresentation in open source is a challenge to the community’s commitment to inclusivity.

Recognizing the intersectional nature of this issue, DIAL conducted new research to explore the experiences of women working in open source and better understand why women are underrepresented and do not always feel welcome in this community.

This research report is the culmination of a thorough review of the literature, hundreds of hours of dialogue with leaders of, active participants in, and people who have turned away from open source communities. The findings of the research explore how these communities can help reflect the needs of women, provide them with the support they need to be successful and ultimately enable them to contribute to the development of more effective, equitable and inclusive open source products.

Click here for full report.

Filed Under: ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development), Publications (published in print and/or online) Tagged With: Open Source, Women

Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology 2018 (Accra, Ghana/livestream)

October 9, 2018

This event will be live-streamed at: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aswgt2018

Over 250 of Africa’s leading technology innovators will gather October 9-11 in Accra, Ghana for the second Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology. The Summit — which comes at a crucial point in time when the world is set to reach 50% connectivity — aims to design solutions that will enable millions of African women and girls to benefit from access to technology and use their skills to build a better Africa for all.

Bridging the digital gender gap is a critical step toward the vision of a thriving Africa — yet research has shown that women in some communities are up to 50% less likely than men to be online. In Africa, where nearly 75% of the population remains offline, this problem is particularly acute. The Summit will explore a range of relevant topic areas, with a focus on developing policy to advance:

● Access to affordable broadband
● Women’s rights online
● Digital education and skills
● Digital entrepreneurship

The 2018 Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology is a collaboration between the World Wide Web Foundation, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), Ghana Ministry of Communications, African Development Bank, Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Internet Society, Facebook, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany), Google, Swedish International Development Agency and UN Women.

Tagged With: Girls, ICT4D, Women

Beyond Access: Using Digital to Further Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (Gender & Development online discussion)

September 27, 2018

Sara Baker of Take Back the Tech!

Dhanaraj Thakur from the Alliance for Affordable Internet, an initiative of the Web Foundation

Divya Titus #IWillGoOut Campaign, social activist and gender consultant

Introduced by Caroline Sweetman, Editor of G&D

Moderated by Amy O’Donnell, Digital Specialist at Oxfam, Board member of anti-harrassment charity Hollaback! and co-editor of our ICTs issue.

The webinar will be livestreamed on the Gender & Development Facebook page www.facebook.com/GaDjournal or join via your computer, tablet or smartphone on Go To Meeting. No need to pre-register – just click on the link below at 13.00 hrs BST Thursday 27 September. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/407544893 

Thursday 27 September, 13.00-14.30 British Summer Time (+1 GMT)

Joining from a video-conferencing room or system?
Dial: 67.217.95.2##407544893
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Tagged With: gender, ICT4D, Women

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