implications for advancement of gender equality & women’s rights in EU partner countries
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Woestman, Lois
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- vrouwenorganisaties, beleid, arbeidsverdeling naar sekse, gelijke behandeling, EU, België, Spanje, Zweden
- Description
- The purpose of this briefing paper is to contribute to the capacity building of women organizations and gender advocates, and promote their involvement in the Aid Effectiveness processes. . .This briefing paper, first, introduces the principles of the European Union Code of Conduct on Complementarity and Division of Labour in Development Policy, and EC plans for their implementation via the EU Toolkit for Implementation of Complementarity and Division of Labour in Development Policy. Secondly, this paper discusses what Sweden, Spain and Belgium are doing/planning to do to implement the Code of Conduct, and how their actions/plans relate to gender and development equity concerns. Throughout, key issues are highlighted in the form of questions to be kept in mind. The paper concludes with proposals for action that gender advocates could undertake or support.