Men to Men Strategy Toolkit: For Working with Men to Combat Gender Based Violence

- The Toolkit shares information, tools, activities, and skills building ideas and methods to support organisations and individuals to better understand the needs of working with men to address sexual and gender based violence and the spread of HIV in collaboration with women’s rights organisations in Africa. The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) more»

Championing the Women's Agenda Within the First 100 Days

- With a supportive Constitution, leadership that intends to affirm women and youth, and almost 20% representation in the 11th Parliament thanks to affirmative action, could this be considered a new dawn for Kenyan women? Joan Birika more»

Electoral Security and Peace Building - A Dialogue with the Women's Situation Room

- Origin of the Women's Situation Room (WSR); its structure and reach; benefits of the WSR process to voters, candidates and members of the public, and how the WSR process was linked or supported by the national security, peace and legal machinery are some of the issues tackled at the forum. more»

The Invisible Hands - India

- What is the impact on the country's economy and society when its women double up as unpaid and underpaid labourers? Are these women subsidising the economy? If yes, how much is it? This short documentary raises such questions and provides apparent answers so that you will raise even more questions. Presenting "The Invisible Hands… that build India"- a curtain raiser on Gender and Macroeconomics.  Pramod Dev more»

Anne Klein Women’s Award 2013: Lepa Mlađenović, Serbian Women’s and Human Rights Activist

- Lepa Mlađenović is the winner of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Anne Klein Women’s Award. The award ceremony will take place in Berlin on 1 March 2013. The prize money is 10.000 €. more»

Roadmap to 1325

- The UN resolution 1325 It could be a milestone for gender-equitable security policy. This volume contributes to filling the gap in knowledge about approaches both to gender-sensitive peace and security policy. Edited by the Gunda Werner Institute. Verlag Barbara Budrich, Leverkusen/ Farmington Hills 2010 more»

Peace and Security for All

- Feminist Positions and Perspectives on Peace and Security Policy. In this publication the Gunda Werner Institute presents a detailed position paper to contribute to the international debate on peace and security policy. Publication series of the Gunda Werner Institute, Volume 6, March 2010 more»

Transitional Justice

- In recent years, concepts of transitional justice for dealing with societies‘ conflict-ridden past have become increasingly important and are often emphasized by peace researchers and politicians as ways of securing peace. The aim is to achieve reconciliation or at least an improvement in relations between the parties that were involved in the conflict, and to find a way for an often divided society to find peaceful forms of coexistence and thus prevent future conflicts. more»

Understanding Gender Based Violence: Deconstructing Masculinity and Femininity

- Gender Based Violence (GBV) continues to be a major global social, economic and developmental challenge, with far reaching ramifications on men, women, children and the society as a whole.  more»

EU Countries Comparison

- EU countries on the gender test bench: In the member states of the European Union (EU) are considerable differences in dealing with the equal rights. See a comparison of the EU countries. more»

Equality and Gender in Europe

- Equalization, Gender Mainstreaming, anti-discrimination - in the matter of equal rights many impulses go out during the last years from the European Union (EU). Reason to jubilate? more»

Quotas matter for full equal political and economic participation

- Quotas are a necessary prerequisite for full equal political and economic participation, a powerful tool to overcome the glass ceilings, experienced by so many skilled women over decades now. It is apparent that voluntary quotas don’t work, but regulatory pressure does. As a matter of equality and democracy quotas make a huge difference.
Barbara Unmüßig more»

Good Practices in Gender Mainstreaming

- Is there really not any contentual developement since the start of the discussion on gender mainstreaming in the EU? Comments to the conference of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) on 28th of November 2011 in Bussels. Christian Raschke and Henning von Bargen more»

For diversity and justice. Diversity, gender mainstreaming and anti-discrimination in the everyday practices of foundations.

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Henning von Bargen in the issue 2012, 2 of StiftungsWelt on role model function of foundations and what they should consider in their behaviour to be fit for future, democratic, socially fair and well positioned. Therefore strategies of Gender Mainstraming and Managing Diversity are highly crucial.

Henning von Bargen more»

Lecture and pannel discussion: "Michael Kimmel: The Guy´s Guide to Feminism"

- Renowned American sociologist, researcher on men and masculinity, author and self-proclaimed feminist, Michael Kimmel, together with his co-author, Michael Kaufmann, seek to find answers to this, for some, provocative question. Written tongue in cheek and entertainingly, Michael's short stories and instructions in “Guy's Guide to Feminism” – garnished with jokes and comics – illustrates why feminism not only brightens up the lives of women but is also beneficial to men.  more»

The anti-feminist men’s rights movement – lines of thought, networks and online rallying

- Anti-feminist circles have rallied increasingly against an equity-based gender policy in recent years. These circles are a network-like amalgamation of various groups and individuals originating predominantly from conservative and liberal camps, but also in part from right-wing groups. more»

Women's Voices, Women's Choices - 100 years International Women’s Day

- What are the achievements in the battle for more gender equality, what are the hopes and dreams women having nowadays? Which challenges and obstacles need women to overcome when seeking for their rights and their self-determination? We have asked our female partners from around the world about their viewpoints concerning this special anniversary. more»