Gender equality and women’s empowerment strategy
Publisher: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian Government, 2016
Status – CURRENT
This strategy applies to the work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and other Australian government agencies delivering Official Development Assistance (ODA). This document outlines why and how we work on gender equality and women’s empowerment in foreign policy, in economic diplomacy and aid for trade, in the aid program, and in our corporate and human resource policies.
Responding to Child to Parent Violence
Publisher: Responding to Child to Parent Violence 2015
Status – CURRENT
Child to Parent Violence (CPV) is the most hidden, misunderstood and stigmatised form of family violence. It involves teenage and younger girls and boys who use physical, psychological, emotional and financial abuse over time to the extent that parents/carers live in fear of their child. The project adopted an action research methodology motivated to understand practice and policy in relation to CPV in each partner country (Spain, Bulgaria, England and Sweden) and to learn how to improve both by reflecting on the changes made through project actions. The project aimed to raise awareness of child to parent violence, find out how countries across Europe deal with it and provide resources including films and toolkits for practitioners who work with young people and parents experiencing this problem. The project has raised awareness of two CPV intervention models currently in use – in particular Break4Change (Brighton & Hove City Council) and Non Violent Resistance (National University of Ireland, Galway) – and investigated how these models could be used effectively in other countries.
Mifepristone With Buccal Misoprostol for Medical Abortion: A Systematic Review
Publisher: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2015
Status – CURRENT
This journal article by Chen and Creinin provides a systematic review of the safety and efficacy of mifepristone followed by buccal misoprostol in pregnancies for early medical abortion. Early medical abortion, medical termination of pregnancy, medical abortion, MTOP, systematic review.
Abortion Policies and Reproductive Health around the World
Publisher: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, 2014
Status – CURRENT
This report presents information on changes in legal grounds for abortion and related reproductive health policies since around the time of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, for 197 countries in the world, including all 193 Member States of the United Nations, 2 Observer States (the Holy See and the State of Palestine) and 2 non-member States (Cook Islands and Niue) of the United Nations. The report is based primarily on information available from the World Population Policies Database. The report also draws information from the World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision of the United Nations Population Division and the ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Survey conducted by the United Nations Population Fund in 2012, as well as selected data from other sources.
Millenium development goals [Australia’s progress]
Publisher: Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, November 2013
Status – CURRENT
Outlines Australia’s contribution to global progress towards the MDGs, mainly through foreign aid.
OECD/INFE Policy Guidance on Addressing Women’s and Girls’ Needs for Financial Awareness and Education
Publisher: OECD, 2013
Status – CURRENT
In October 2010, the OECD International Network on Financial Education1 (INFE) established an expert subgroup on “Empowering Women through Financial Education and Awareness”, recognising that women have specific financial literacy needs and are often over-represented in disadvantaged segments in developed and developing countries. The INFE and this dedicated subgroup aim at developing research and evidence-based policy analysis to better understand women’s specificities vis-à-vis financial literacy in various national contexts and elaborate guidance to help policy makers and interested stakeholders strengthening women’s competencies in this area.