Select Publications of the Commonwealth Secretariat available at Commonwealth Secretariat Publications Website.
Gender Mainstreaming in the Multilateral Trading System: A Handbook for policy makers and other stakeholders
Gender issues in multilateral trade is an expanding area internationally and to date there has been no comprehensive resource in this area. This manual provides a comprehensive resource on the topical issue of multilateral trade. Each section includes case studies from Commonwealth countries.
Author : Mariama Williams
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Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets Engendering Budgets: An Integrated Resource for Implementing the Gender Management System Series
Globalisation opens up new economic opportunities if poor women producers and workers are enabled to take advantage of them. This edited volume brings together six case studies across the Commonwealth; three studies (a cocoa cooperative in Ghana,an organic coconut oil producer in Samoa and small enterprises in Mozambique) link local producers with global markets. Three focus on improving the working conditions of wage workers in global value chains ( the fruit-exporting industry in South Africa, the garment export industry in Bangladesh, and the newly created call centres in India).
Edited by : Dr. Marilyn Carr
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Gender Budgets Make Cents: Understanding Gender Responsive Budget
A gender responsive budget (GRB) is one which takes into consideration the effect of government revenue and expenditure policies on both women and men. This publication provides a comprehensive understanding of GRB initiatives and will be invaluable to governments, NGOs, donors and other agencies working to integrate a gender analysis into public expenditure policies and budgets.
By : Tanni Mukhopadhyay, Ms. Diane Elston, Mr. Guy Hewitt, Ms. Debbie Budlender
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Gender Budget Make More Cents (Country Studies and Good Practice)
This book documents ‘good practice’ in gender budget work from across the globe. Practitioners share their first-hand experiences and in-depth knowledge of the why, where and how of gender responsive budget (GRB) initiatives. They reflect on both the challenges and successes of initiatives in the Andean region, Australia, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Rwanda, Scotland, South Africa and the United Kingdom. A chapter on the Commonwealth Secretariat’s involvement in developing and implementing GRB initiatives is also included to suggest the role that can be played by external agencies at the national, regional and international level. This book builds on a previous publication, Gender Budgets Make Cents, (see below) which was designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of GRB initiatives.
By : Mr. Guy Hewitt, Ms. Debbie Budlender
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Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for policy makers and other stakeholders
In this book, the authors highlight the lack of attention to employment, especially informal employment in poverty reductionstrategeis and point to the links between being informally employed, being a woman or a man and being poor. This is done within the context of major changes in the nature of work related to economic restructuring and liberalisation and the book maps out the impacts on different categories of informal producers and workers, both men and women.
By : Mr. Guy Hewitt, Ms. Debbie Budlender
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Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals- A Handbook for Policy Makers and other Stakeholders
Neglect of gender inequalities in the distribution of resources, responsibilities and power in the processes of economic accumulation and social reproduction has a high cost for women, children and other dependents and for the development of society as a whole.
This book highlights the inter-connections between production and reproduction within different societies; women's critical role in straddling both and points to various synergies, trade-offs and externalities which these generate.
Naila Kabeer's book will be of significant use to policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and other stakeholders committed to the pursuit of pro-poor and human-centred development.
By : Dr. Naila Kabeer
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