Pakistan Training Manual 2: Gender Sensitization Training for Gender-Based Violence Cases Read more about Pakistan Training Manual 2: Gender Sensitization Training for Gender-Based Violence Cases This training manual contains the presentations corresponding to each session of the Gender Sensitization Training for Gender-based Violence Cases. Additionally, it provides easy reference to the international treaties, human rights instruments, national laws, and global and domestic jurisprudence discussed in all the session presentations.
Pakistan Training Manual 1: Judicial Training on Gender Sensitization Read more about Pakistan Training Manual 1: Judicial Training on Gender Sensitization This training manual contains the narratives of each module of the Judicial Training on Gender Sensitization. Additionally, it provides ready reference to all international treaties, human rights instruments, national laws, and global and domestic jurisprudence discussed in all the modules.
Legal Literacy for Women Read more about Legal Literacy for Women This regional capacity development technical assistance (R-CDTA) is designed to address a plethora of issues affecting gender equality in the legal and related sectors and to plug significant gaps among institutions. It aims to strengthen the capacity of investigating, prosecuting, and decision making bodies and equip women with adequate knowledge of their rights to access social and legal justice leading to a stronger, more inclusive society. It also aims to leverage existing networks and initiatives for a more nationwide reach.
Michelle Harding Keywords gender equality Read more about Michelle Harding Michelle Harding is a senior economist and Head of the Tax Data and Statistical Analysis Unit at the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. She leads the OECD’s work on tax policy and gender and is also responsible for the OECD’s Global Revenue Statistics Initiative, the calculation of effective tax rates on labour income, the Tax Database, Corporate Tax Statistics, and the OECD’s recent report on Taxing Virtual Currencies. Prior to her current role, Michelle’s work focussed on environmental taxation and climate change, including the taxation of energy.
Progress Report: Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (Phase 1) Read more about Progress Report: Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (Phase 1) This presentation presents a progress report on the Future Cities, Future Women Initiative (FCFWI), including challenges, opportunities, and immediate next steps.
Ketevan Chkheidze Keywords gender gender equality Read more about Ketevan Chkheidze Ms. Ketevan Chkheidze is a gender specialist/consultant for ADB. Based in Georgia, Ketevan is implementing ADB Regional Technical Assistance Program ‘Strengthening Gender-Inclusive Growth in Central and West Asia’ in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, under which she assists in the preparation of gender-sensitive project designs and pilot projects, supports project teams, provides capacity building for project implementation, and keeps abreast of country-level and sub-regional studies and issues.
ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Livable Cities—Integrated Urban Action Plans for Balanced Regional Development, Georgia Read more about ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Livable Cities—Integrated Urban Action Plans for Balanced Regional Development, Georgia The presentation discusses various entry points for gender issues as an integral part of inclusive planning of urban development projects.
ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Urban Governance Infrastructure Improvement Project in Bangladesh Read more about ADB project examples of involving women in urban planning and governance: Urban Governance Infrastructure Improvement Project in Bangladesh The presentation describes how an urban development project (Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project)—supported and financed by ADB—is addressing key gender issues, resulting to increased women's participation and leadership, women's economic empowerment, and women-friendly infrastructure and public spaces in a select number of pourashavas (secondary towns) in Bangladesh.
How gender budgeting contributes to urban planning Read more about How gender budgeting contributes to urban planning The presentation includes discussion on: (i) the importance of taking gender into consideration in urban planning; (ii) an overview of the concept of gender-responsive budgeting (GRB); (iii) how GRB is linked with urban planning; (iv) actors and stakeholders in the GRB process; (v) some experiences from South Eastern Europe on GRB application and its impact; (vi) challenges and lessons learned while applying GRB.
Trends in global travel behaviors, indicators, and their use in urban transport planning in Indian cities Read more about Trends in global travel behaviors, indicators, and their use in urban transport planning in Indian cities The presentation includes discussion on: (i) an overview of the work being done by ITDP, particularly in the area of sustainable and equitable transportation; (ii) statistics on the usage of urban transport; (iii) a framework for how city streets should be designed; (iv) detailed discussion on the gendered nature of travel and how this should be taken into consideration in the design of transport systems to make them more inclusive and safer, more comfortable and more convenient for women and girls.