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Further information on women's rights and gender
The following list contains a selection of documents and websites with further information on women's rights and gender.
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Information published by the BMZ, the German government and implementing agencies
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Development Policy Action Plan on Gender Equality 2016–2020 pdf 454 KB - Link opens in a new window
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Road Map 2018 | Development Policy Action Plan on Gender Equality 2016–2020 pdf 880 KB - Link opens in a new window
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Road Map 2017 | Development Policy Action Plan on Gender Equality 2016–2020 pdf 1.8 MB - Link opens in a new window
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Road Map 2016 | Development Policy Action Plan on Gender Equality 2016–2020 pdf 798 KB - Link opens in a new window
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Gender Equality in German Development Policy | Cross-sectoral strategy | BMZ Strategy Paper 2|2014e pdf 621 KB - Link opens in a new window
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Women in Tech: Inspiration, no fairytales pdf 8.6 MB - Link opens in a new window
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Female genital mutilation. The contribution made by German development policy towards ending this violation of the human rights of girls and women | BMZ Position Paper 2|2015e pdf 258 KB - Link opens in a new window
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Women’s Pathways to the Digital Sector: Stories of Opportunities and Challenges pdf 3.8 MB - Link opens in a new window
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Human Rights in German Development Policy | BMZ Strategy Paper 4|2011e (accessible) pdf 484 KB - Link opens in a new window
pdf | 484 KB | 29 P. | accessible - Information about women’s rights on the Federal Foreign Office’s website - external link, new window
- Action Plan of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 for the Period 2013-2016 (PDF 1,19 MB) - external link, new window
- Information on the topic of poverty and empowerment on the KfW Development Bank’s website - external link, new window
- Information on the topic of gender on the GIZ’s website - external link, new window
- The GIZ’s gender knowledge platform - external link, new window
- Women’s Economic Empowerment in Technical Assistance Programmes. Examples of good practice in private sector development | A GIZ publication - external link, new window
- Employment Promotion in Contexts of Conflict, Fragility and Violence | A GIZ publication (PDF 1.9 MB) - external link, new window
- Promoting equal participation in sustainable economic development. Toolbox | A GIZ publication - external link, new window
International agreements and declarations concerning the protection of women’s rights
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - external link, new window
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - external link, new window
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - external link, new window
- Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women - external link, new window
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (PDF 36 KB) - external link, new window
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820 (PDF 39 KB) - external link, new window
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1888 (PDF 51 KB) - external link, new window
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1889 (PDF 172 KB) - external link, new window
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1960 (PDF 44 KB) - external link, new window
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2106 (PDF 47 KB) - external link, new window
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2122 (PDF 53 KB) - external link, new window
- EU guidelines on violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them (PDF 139 KB) - external link, new window
- Council of the European Union: Conclusions on Gender in Development (PDF 212 KB) - external link, new window
- Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016–2020 (PDF 558 KB) - external link, new window
- Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo 1994 (PDF 3.2 MB) - external link, new window
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (PDF 283 KB) - external link, new window
- Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) (PDF 531 KB) - external link, new window
- Protocol on Gender and Development of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) (PDF 1 MB) - external link, new window
Other publications and websites
- UN Women: the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - external link, new window
- Gender Equality and Sustainable Development: A Pathways Approach | A UN Women publication (PDF 594 KB) - external link, new window
- The World Survey on the role of women in development 2014: Gender equality and sustainable development | A UN Women publication (PDF 2.3 MB) - external link, new window
- Preventing Conflict, Transforming Justice, Securing the Peace. A Global Study on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 | A UN Women publication (7.87 MB) - external link, new window
- UN Women Watch - external link, new window
- List of United Nations publications on the topic of gender - external link, new window
- United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) - external link, new window
- Information published by UNICEF on the topic of gender equality - external link, new window
- Information published by UNICEF on the topic of female genital mutilation - external link, new window
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Global Concern | A UNICEF publication (PDF 233 KB) - external link, new window
- Information published by the World Bank on the topic of gender - external link, new window
- World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development | A World Bank publication - external link, new window
- Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2013 | Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, The World Bank and the United Nations Population Division - external link, new window
- Information published by the WHO on the topic of gender - external link, new window
- Information published by the WHO on the topic of female genital mutilation - external link, new window
- Information published by the WHO on the topic of violence against women - external link, new window
- Global and regional estimates of violence against women. Prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence | A WHO publication - external link, new window
- Gender and Urban Planning | A UN-HABITAT publication - external link, new window
- Gender and Economic Development | A UN-HABITAT publication - external link, new window
- Women in Post-Conflict Settlement Planning | A UN-HABITAT publication - external link, new window
- Gender and Urban Climate Policy. Gender-sensitive policies make a difference | A joint GIZ, UN-HABITAT and GenderCC publication (PDF 7.3 MB) - external link, new window
- Information published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the topic of gender equality - external link, new window
- Information published by UNESCO on the topic of gender equality - external link, new window
- Eliminating gender inequalities | information on the UNAIDS website - external link, new window
- Information published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the topic of gender - external link, new window
- The State of Food and Agriculture 2010–11: Women in Agriculture – Closing the gender gap for development | An FAO publication (PDF 3.3 MB) - external link, new window
- International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) - external link, new window
- Information published on the website of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) on the topic of women’s political representation - external link, new window
- Measuring Inequity: The 2012 Gender Equity Index | information on the website of the international network Social Watch - external link, new window
- GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice - external link, new window
