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The publications database consists of physical and electronic resources in the area of gender and media diversity.
As the GMDC believes in knowledge creation and dissemination, the publications database offers an opportunity for this cycle of creation and communication to transpire. This resource is a collection of contributions from various organizations and individuals across the region. In forming a community of knowledge, the GMDC hopes this will encourage further knowledge development in the region and beyond.
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Teenage Tata: Voices of young fathers in South Africa
30 June 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
Teenage Tata: Voices of young fathers in South Africa provides a fresh and in-depth portrait of impoverished young South African men who became fathers while teenagers. It provides space for their articulate and impassioned voices to be heard amidst the outcry against the absence of fathers, and offers insights into... [read more]
Baba: Men and Fatherhood in South Africa
30 June 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
Baba: Men and Fatherhood in South Africa provides answers to some of the most difficult questions about fatherhood in South Africa: Who is a father? What does it mean to be a father? Is it important for fathers to do more for children in a world that assumes that mothers take the primary parenting role? Do different... [read more]
Gender and access to justice in sub-Saharan Africa
26 June 11
Regional relevance: Regional
This is a report on a conference aimed to share knowledge and experience on gender and access to justice in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. It aimed to broaden the analysis of ‘accessing justice' to the study of justice outcomes; to explore the roles and meanings of customary law and traditional judicial... [read more]
Gender politics makes a difference: experiences of the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Foundation across the world
20 June 11
Regional relevance: International
Gender policy, feminist analyses, and feminist discourses have held a firm place in the Heinrich Böll Foundation since its very beginning. Along with ecology and democracy, they are a key focus of our work in Germany and abroad, and a guiding principle for both the Foundation's promotion of research and its own... [read more]
The power to participate: building feminist political influence in Africa
20 June 11
Regional relevance: Africa
The articles brought together in this issue of 'Perspectives' reflect on the strengths and shortcomings of strategies for fostering gender-responsive political governance. They provide lessons and reflections that can contribute to the debate about the efficacy of these strategies. [read more]
Leading to Action: a political particpation handbook for women
18 June 11
Regional relevance: International
There is an expression, "actions speak louder than words." Leading to Action helps its readers and workshop participants move beyond talking about political limitations to taking action. Whether your goal is to be elected to office, support the campaign of another person, encourage women to vote, or secure better... [read more]
Mainstreaming a gender justice approach: a manual to support NGOs in self-assessing their gender mainstreaming competence
15 June 11
Regional relevance: International
This manual aims to support gender experts in South America, the Horn of Africa, West, East, Central and Southern Africa, South Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, in the implementation of gender mainstreaming and leadership trajectory. [read more]
Gender Climate Change Capacity Development Series-Africa: Module 2- Adaptation
14 June 11
Regional relevance: International
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has developed training modules and policy briefs on gender and climate change themes of specific relevance to the Africa region, including overall climate change issues, adaptation, finance, agriculture and food security, and energy and technology. These knowledge... [read more]
Water and Climate Change - An Exploration for the Concerned and Curious
10 June 11
Regional relevance: International
All this talks of floods and droughts and climate change leaves many of us worried and confused. Will there be enough water? Who will get it? How can we help? This book answers these and other questions. Based on their work in South Africa, but drawing also on international experience, the contributors present a... [read more]
Electoral Management Design: The International IDEA Handbook
10 June 11
Regional relevance: International
Building trust and professionalism in the management of electoral processes remains a major challenge for Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs), institutions and/or bodies responsible for managing elections. The ‘credibility gap' - the diminished public confidence in the integrity and diligence for many electoral... [read more]
