This paper aims to contribute to the debate around internationally agreed development and human rights goals not being met, what this implies for economic justice and women's engagement with the UN, and about the role of the UN.
It seems unlikely that whoever coined the term ‘information superhighway’ anticipated that the traffic on the internet would be in people, as well as information. How, and how much, the internet and other ICTs are implicated in trafficking is the subject of this paper.
This primer is a guide to the current debates on new reproductive technologies (NRTs), how they are changing political landscapes, and their potential effects on women's human rights.
This fact sheet explains the meaning of 'nanotechnology', explores its potential promises and risks, some of the reasons it matters for gender equality and identify ways it can be addressed.
This publication examines the relationship between agroecology and feminism and shows agroecology to be an essential tool that can advance the empowerment of rural women.
This publication presents an analysis of the current debates about food sovereignty from a gender perspective, in which the international and Latin American peasant women movement have played a central role.
This article introduces Buen Vivir both as a gender neutral concept and examines its implementation in public policies in Bolivia.
This series of articles contribute to an examination of new paths that challenge the mainstream development model, built from the work, analysis, and visions of feminist and women's rights movements and activists, as well as providing examples from India, Indonesia, Kenya, and the Middle East.
This collection of articles aims to provoke further analysis on other ways to think about development and organization of the economy.
This series presents different sub-regional perspectives on the impacts of the global financial crisis on women’s rights.