Small Change or Real Change? Commonwealth Perspectives on Financing Gender Equality

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Commonwealth Secretariat

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-en

Synopsis

It is now generally recognised that gender equality is essential for sustained economic growth and for democracy, peace and security. Small Change or Real Change? Commonwealth Perspectives on Financing Gender Equality presents key thinking from experts around the world on a topic that is currently of great international concern: how to ensure that sufficient financial resources are available – both through the new aid modalities and from domestic sources – to effect the necessary changes to make gender equality a reality.

The chapters cover the full range of issues around financing gender equality, including implementation of the aid agenda, the implications for gender equality of financing HIV and AIDS interventions, the impacts of trade policies on key sources of financing and women’s need for equal access to affordable finance. Of particular concern is the importance of tracking the gender impact of aid resources (including post-conflict aid) through mechanisms such as gender-responsive budgets and aid effectiveness approaches.

The contributors, all of them development practitioners though from diverse backgrounds, share one common goal: to influence governments, bilateral and multilateral organisations to scale up their commitments to financing gender equality and thus not only make a real difference to the lives of women around the world but also reduce poverty and promote sustainable development.

Chapters

Foreword

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-1-en

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Acronyms and abbreviations

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Introduction

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-3-en

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Challenges to Financing Gender Equality: A Macroeconomic View

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-4-en

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Aid Effectiveness and Gender-responsive Budgets

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-5-en

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Development, Aid Effectiveness and Gender Equality

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-6-en

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Micro-finance and Innovative Financing for Gender Equality: Approaches, Challenges and Strategies

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-7-en

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Gender and Trade: Impacts and Implications for Financial Resources for Gender Equality

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-8-en

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Strengthening the Connection Between Gender and Growth

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-9-en

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Gender Equality as Smart Economics: A World Bank Group Gender Action Plan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-10-en

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Promoting Democracy, Peace and Development in the Commonwealth Through Investing in Gender Equality

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-11-en

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Financing for Gender Equality: Post-conflict Reconstruction and Peace-building

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-12-en

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Spreading the Gains of Globalisation: Linking Women with Global Markets

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-13-en

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Financing HIV and AIDS Interventions: Implications for Gender Equality

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-14-en

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Female Employment in Agriculture: Global Challenges and Global Responses

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848590274-15-en

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The Role of National Women's Machineries in Financing Gender Equality

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Notes on the Contributors

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Index

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1 December 2008

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