WG 06.1: WG Gender and Development - Session I

Time: Wednesday, 25/Jun/2008: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Session Chair: Dr. Christine Müller
Session Title: Political Dimensions of Global Governance and Sustainable Development
Note: The contributions entitled "poster presentation" will be available in all sessions of the Working Group on Gender and Development.

Presentations

Gender and Peace Building: Women's Peace Activism in El Salvador
Irantzu M. Azkue
HEGOA, Institute of Development Studies and International Cooperation, University of the Basque Country, Spain

Engendering New Aid Modalities: Rationale, Experiences to Date and Suggestions for Improvement
Nathalie Holvoet
Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Poverty Alleviation and Gender Empowerment through Entrepreneurship in South Africa: Opportunities and Challenges (Poster Presentation)
Alain Ndedi and Emilie Kinfack
YENEPAD, South Africa

Matrilineal Khasi Society and Gender Issues in Governance (Poster Presentation)
Durgadas Mukhopadhyay
Delhi University, India

Innovations organisationnelles et développement: l’impact de la structure sexuelle des tontines camerounaises sur la nature dichotomique traditionnelle des rapports hommes/femmes et les objectifs socio-économiques des ménages (Poster Presentation)
Thierry Amougou
IED, UCL, Belgique

Pourquoi les ONG devraient-elles donner une place plus importante aux femmes dans leurs projets de développement agricole ? (Poster Presentation)
Marie Ange Baudoin
ULB université libre de Bruxelles, Belgique


WG 06.2: WG Gender and Development - Session II

Time: Wednesday, 25/Jun/2008: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Session Chair: Joy S. Clancy
Session Title: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Global Governance and Sustainable Development

Presentations

Young African Women Engaging the Public Sphere: Further Notes on Transformative Capacities
Roseline M. Achieng'
CODESRIA, Senegal

Seeing Like Women in the Context of North-South Local Government Cooperation. Between Municipalities of Hauho and Hartola with the Iramba District in Tanzania
Marja-Liisa Swantz
Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki, Emerita, Finland

The Associational Patterns of Farming Women and Men in Western Shewa in Ethiopia
Åsa Torkelsson
Stockholm University, Sweden

Right to Be Born: a Study on Femicide
Hilaria Soundari
Gandhigram Rural University, India


WG 06.3: WG Gender and Development - Session III

Time: Thursday, 26/Jun/2008: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Session Chair: Dr. Christine Müller
Session Title: Economic Dimensions of Global Governance and Sustainable Development

Presentations

Implications of Household Gender Budgeting for Sustainable Development? A Case Study in India
Nirmala Velan
Pondicherry University, India

The Need for Effective Institutional Mechanisms for Gender Mainstreaming in the National Governance Structure: The Case of Gender Responsive Budgeting in Bangladesh
Priyanka Debnath
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland

How Micro-Credit Could Be More Useful Mechanism for Poverty Reduction among the Extreme Poor Women? An Explorative Scenario Analysis from South-Western Bangladesh
Saleh Ahmed
International Labour Organisation, Switzerland

Pathways out of Poverty: Micro-Entrepreneurship Among Low-Income Women in Israel
Amalia Sa'ar
University of Haifa, Israel

Why Is It so Difficult To Tackle Gender in Water User Associations? - A Case Study from Gansu, China
Caizhen Lu
Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Women’s Access to Land and Water in Chókwè Irrigation Scheme
Roberta Pellizzoli
Department of Politics, Institutions, History, University of Bologna, Italy