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| Partners for Prevention - Annual Report 2011 (2012)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
Building upon the project’s firm foundation of effective programming and diverse partnerships, 2011 was a year of expansion, consolidation and deepening efforts for reaching our goals. For a summary of our results, progress and key activities for 2011.
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| In Their Own Words: Exploring Parliamentarians’ Perceptions of Gender-based (2012)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
This publication explores the engagement and commitment of members of parliament to public policy on the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) across Asia and the Pacific. The recommendations generated by this research will be used to raise awareness and facilitate education with parliamentarians on GBV prevention approaches, including work with boys and men; develop networks of champions who can further regional and national level discussions and deliberations on GBV prevention; and strengthen mechanisms that effectively bridge high-level policy action and decision-making with on-the-ground activities.
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| Understanding Masculinities: Culture, Politics and Social Change, Study Guide (2012)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
In South Asia a pool of knowledge and skill has been generated through years of application in community situations. The SANAM (South Asian Network to Address Masculinities) project aims to collate the learning from these interventions and transfer it into a curriculum that generates knowledge not only towards a better understanding of the various ways in which masculinities operates and affects community lives but also provides the skill to negotiate these situations with effective. This study guide contains key learnings that are part of the SANAM project.
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| Partners for Change: A Mapping Study of Organizations Working with Men and Boys on Gender Equality in Pakistan (2011)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
This study aims to review the efforts and programmes of different organizations in engaging men and boys for attaining the goal of gender equality. It also seeks an understanding and coordination among the stakeholders to resist the societal and cultural pressures against any desired change. The study not only clarifies the concepts of patriarchy and masculinity but also unfolds the role of men in the discourse on gender.
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| Men's Attitudes and Practices regarding Gender and Violence against Women in Bangladesh (2011)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
This survey - conducted by icddr,b, with UNFPA and Partners for Prevention - is the first study ever conducted in Bangladesh that targets understanding men’s attitudes and practices regarding gender and violence against women. The survey found that men who have negative attitudes towards women are more likely to use violence, affecting not only the women for whom they have violated but also the children in their lives, families and the community at large. The research also found that men who have been abused as a child are at least two times more likely to use violence against women later on in life, amongst other findings.
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| Mapping Masculinities: A Framework Analysis of Factors Associated with Violence against Women in Cambodia (2011)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
This report serves as a second round of analysis of qualitative data on masculinities and gender-based violence conducted by Gender and Development for Cambodia (GAD/C) in 2009 to further explore men and women‟s experiences of violence through a framework analysis of gender, violence and masculinities in the Cambodia context.
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| Partners for Prevention - Annual Report 2010 (2011)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
This report covers our progress and key programmatic milestones from 2010. Through our valued partnerships across the Asia-Pacific region, Partners for Prevention moved from a take-off phase in 2009 to full implementation of our three projects in 2010 - Evidence-based Policy Advocacy, Capacity Development and Networking and Communications for Social Change.
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| Advancing the Implementation of CEDAW in the Cook Islands (2011)
The report "Advancing the Implementation of CEDAW in the Cook Islands: Good Practise Approaches to Civil family law Bill" presents the results of a desk review commissioned by the UNDP Pacific Centre to identify good practice law reform options in six areas pertaining to family law in the Cook Islands.
The six areas reviewed in this report are; i) marriage, ii) the end of marriage, iii) the care of children, iv) spousal and child support, v) domestic violence and vi) property division after marriage or relationship breakdown. For each of the six areas this policy paper identifies; the current relevant law in the Cook Islands (or where there are gaps in the current laws) and the range of components that are essential to a comprehensive, good practice and CEDAW compliant civil Family Law Bill. For each component, the policy paper identifies a range of good practice approaches (based on international conventions to which the Cook Islands is a party including CEDAW, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), international declarations and commentary, relevant academic literature and government and non-government reports). Finally, the paper provides a range of good practice examples that illustrate how differentcountries have approached each particular component or issue in their respective law(s). Where possible examples from Oceania have been chosen (Pacific Island countries and territories, New Zealand and Australia) but this publication also provides international comparison by drawing on examples from around the world that represent aspects of good practice in various laws of contemporary Cook Islander society, including national commitments to gender equality and the implementation of CEDAW
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| Deoum Troung Pram Hath in Modern Cambodia: A Qualitative Exploration of Gender Norms, Masculinity and Domestic Violence (2010)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
This report examines the links between masculinity, gender, and domestic violence and aims to help identify effective means of preventing violence against women and children in Cambodia.
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| Making a Difference: An Assessment of Volunteer Interventions Addressing GBV in Cambodia (2010)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
The primary objective of this study is to analyze interventions where volunteerism has played or is playing a significant role in the prevention of and response to gender-based violence (GBV) in Cambodia. Drawing on consultations with all stakeholders, including volunteers, survivors and representatives of organizations, this study aims to inform and strengthen future volunteer interventions to respond to and prevent gender-based violence.
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| Understanding Masculinities: A Formative Research on Masculinities and Gender-based Violence in Pakistan (2010)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
This study is based on qualitative research undertaken in a small community in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. The research aims to deepen understanding of male attitudes and perceptions on GBV and their link to masculine identity.
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| Assessing Gender Responsive - Local Capacity Development in Indonesia (2010)
This study presents important research on the Indonesian experience of gender responsive capacity development at the local level. It provides insight into the kinds of gender-responsive capacity development programmes that are being initiated in Indonesia, as well as an assessment of their effectiveness. This is a joint product of the UNDP Indonesia and the Regional Gender and Capacity Development teams.
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| Gender and Climate Change: Impact and Adaptation (2010)
This report is the product of the annual Gender Community of Practice (CoP) Learning Event conducted on the topic of Climate Change. It consolidates the experiences, discussions and inputs of the gender specialists, climate change experts and UNDP country office focal points working within environment/sustainable-development who attended the CoP workshop.
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| Weaving Wisdom: Stories from the Ground (2010)
The E-Publication 'Weaving Wisdom: Stories from the Ground' is a by-product of the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing +15 that highlights the personal stories of the nine UNDP sponsored participants to the forum and provides an overview of their organizations. The stories outline how and why each of the nine women arrived in their current positions and the challenges they face while working towards empowering women and achieving gender equality in their respective countries.
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| Men and the Prevention of Gender based Violence: A Conceptual Framework for Policy Change (2009)
Publication by Partners for Prevention (P4P) - an interagency initiative of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and UNV in Asia and the Pacific.
This discussion paper aims to: propose a comprehensive framework for developing policies that respond to gender-based violence; identify the importance of engaging and targeting men and boys as partners in developing and implementing policies on the prevention of gender-based violence; and recommend a set of policy interventions on engaging men for policy change on gender-based violence.
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| Making Invisible Work MORE VISIBLE: Gender and Time Use Surveys with a focus on the Pacific and Unpaid Care Work (2008)
Pacific Women play a major role in the small economies of the region. Available data demonstrates their significant contribution to food and cash cropping, informal trading and community work. This report looks at methodologies for time use surveys in developing countries, especially the Pacific and the importance of unpaid care work. It concludes that women’s unpaid work caring for others will increase as the prevalence of HIV increases in the Pacific.
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| Investing In Gender Equality: Global Evidence and the Asia-Pacific Setting (2008)
This report compiles and reviews evidence from existing studies, exploring the linkages between gender inequality, economic growth and development. The findings suggest that decreasing gender inequalities has the potential of accelerating human development and growth. Impairment of women’s right to equality and empowerment not only denies a human right but also sabotages development. Emphasis on education of girls is related with progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and has a positive impact on fertility decline, child mortality and malnutrition. Countries, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, where the girls’ secondary enrolment ratio is below 50 percent also suffer from high child mortality. Asian history has shown countries that have invested in gender equality have been able to show early declines in fertility levels, which is vital to development. Thus, the report presents a ‘business and development case’ for equality interventions.
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| Equality for Women: A Handbook for NHRIs on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2008)
The Handbook has three objectives. First, it offers practical information and ideas that can assist national human rights institutions (NHRIs) to fulfill their mandates to protect and promote women’s equality through economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights. Second, the Handbook seeks to re-focus and re-frame the obligation to promote and protect human rights in the specific context of women’s equality and ESC rights at the practical level. Third, by setting out the basic standards for NHRIs to uphold in the areas of women’s equality and ESC rights, stakeholders will have better information with which to lobby NHRIs as well as Government and the international community, in relation to the functioning of NHRIs. In the course of their work, NHRIs struggle with basic questions about their own mandates, how to set priorities and how to address the particular challenges that are involved in equality rights and ESC rights.
This Handbook attempts to help NHRIs get better at answering these questions by providing tools and information about how institutions around the world are tackling these complex challenges.
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