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Today, 20 June, is . A person’s gender, age, religion, race, ethnicity, sexuality and health or disability shape every stage of the migration experience. Find out more via our free resources...

Migration | BRIDGE In many parts of the world, migration has replaced fertility and mortality as the leading agent of demographic change. A person’s gender, age, religion, race, ethnicity, sexuality and health or disability shape every stage of the migration experience. BRIDGE has produced a new extended briefing on g...

Call for Evidence on Care: Your chance to influence the UN High Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment!

Call for evidence on care | Interactions This Interactions guide shares the very latest research and analysis on women’s economic empowerment, gender-based violence, urban health and unpaid care work. Hosted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and co-produced with partners around the world, Interactions provides vital evidence an...

As ‘Addressing the Care Economy’ is one of six focus areas for The UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, revisit Bridge’s Cutting Edge Pack outlining why care is important and exploring which approaches offer the best prospects for change.

Gender and Care | BRIDGE Providing care can be both a source of fulfilment and a terrible burden. For women and girls in particular, their socially prescribed role as carers can undermine their rights and limit their opportunities, capabilities and choices - posing a fundamental obstacle to gender equality and well-being. H...

New from BRIDGE! An extended briefing on Gender, Age and Migration. We look at who migrates and who doesn’t, reasons for migrating, experiences of the migration process and what life is like for different groups of migrants and refugees when, and if, they reach their destinations. We end with a series of recommendations for more gender and age sensitive policy making. http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/10410/Gender%20Age%20and%20Migration%20Extended%20Briefing.pdf?sequence=1

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We have created a new key issues guide on Social Protection and Women and Girls' Empowerment. We hope you find it useful! http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/gender/key-issues/gender-and-social-protection #.VwYo9PkrK70 .

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Women’s economic empowerment beyond labour force participation.

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Sustainable women’s economic empowerment: Looking beyond labour force participation | Interactions This Interactions guide shares the very latest research and analysis on women’s economic empowerment, gender-based violence, urban health and unpaid care work. Hosted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and co-produced with partners around the world, Interactions provides vital evidence an…

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'Sustainable Women’s Economic Empowerment: Looking Beyond Labour Force Participation'

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How we can we realise women's empowerment in a meaningful way? The issues tackled by a new Institute of Development Studies bulletin...

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Connecting Perspectives on Women’s Empowerment A new IDS Bulletin entitled Connecting Perspectives on Women’s Empowerment makes a timely contribution to our understanding of how ideas around empowerment have evolved and how we can move forward to ...

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Four reasons why gender is an essential part of sustainable development

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Four reasons why gender is an essential part of sustainable development | BRIDGE One of the biggest events in the international gender equality calendar starts on 14 March corner. The 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York until 24 March 2016, attended by state representatives, advocates for gend…

Applying a gender perspective to monitoring and evaluation

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Next #GenderHH! Applying a Gender Perspective to M&E: March 10th Join the next Gender Happy Hour Twitter chat using on Thursday, March 10th at 8pm EST to talk about applying a gender perspective to monitoring and evaluation. We’ll talk about som…