for Women Empowerment in Africa Initiative, Nigeria This edited volume assesses the progress that sub-Saharan African … Tutelage for Women Empowerment in Africa Initiative. … Development Goals in Africa…. A must-read for all those working in the field of sustainable development.” Michael Ngoasong, Gender …

Forty-five years ago, the first Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social … Conference of the International Women’s Year (Mexico City, 1975). This meeting culminated in the adoption by the governments of … the region of the Regional Plan of Action for the Integration of Women into Latin American Economic and Social Development …

Do global norms change? This paper argues that the global norms on the elimination of violence against women first … agreed upon in connection with the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women in 1993 have … violence against women. In relation to three of these normative elements, significant change has taken place since 1993. This …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …

highlighted the connections between what is often described as “gender violence” or “violence against women” — interpersonal … speakers expanded the traditional interpersonal violence frame to encompass state violence directed at women — violence that is …, undocumented women survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and domestic workers …