1. Acronyms
2. Executive Summary
3. Introduction
4. Why Focus on Gender and its Governance?
5. Governance - Its Levels and Institutions
6. What Questions does this report answer?
7. What does this report contribute to debates?
8. Who is this report for?
9. Scope and Structure of the report
10. Governance: Concepts, Goals, and Principles
11. What is Governance?
12. Definitions of Governance
13. Levels of Governance
14. What is effective or "good" governance?
15. Donor policy on gender and good governance: Strengths, gaps, and ways forward
16. Principles of Effective governance
17. Accountability
18. Transparency
19. Inclusiveness
20. Equity
21. Responsiveness
22.Upholding Rights
23. Following the Rule of law
24. Democracy
25. Citizenship
26. A brief history of governance
27. Economic growth, development and governance
28. Democratising governance
29. Rights and governance
30. Decentralization and governance
31. Socials justice and citizen lead governance processes
32. Governance - Through a Gender Lens
33. How gender sensitive are current goverances in their proccesses and instituions?
34. What are the roots of gender imbalance in governance?
35. What are the social roots of gender inequality in governance?
36. Why does the governance need to be gender sensitive?
37. Governance cannot be effective unless it had gender sensitivity at its core
38. Women have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives
39. It will result in policies that promote gender equality and womens rights
40. It is a means to shifting gender norms
41. It is a means to more effective, equitable, resource allocation
42. What is gender Sensitive Governance?
43. Developing a gender sensitive definition of governance
44. Looking at the mechanisms of governance through a gender lens
45. Reframing citizenship through a gender lens
46. Reframing the goals of governance through a gender lens
47. Reframing the principles of governance through a gender lens
48. Practical Approaches to gender sensitive governance
49. Government and Gender
50. What is "the state"?
51. What are some of the gender inequalities in goverment?
52. Goverment Institutions themselves reinforce an unequal gender power balance
53. Women have to struggle against the system once in goverment
54. Gender equality and womens rights are not often seen as a priority
55. Gender sensitive reforms in government: opportunities and barriers
56. Women as voters
57. Quota systems: A critical assesment
58. Womens parties: An effective means to an end
59. National womens machineries: opportunities and barriers
60. Alternative state models and gender senstive governance
61. Gender Sensitive governances in their fragile states
62. Decentralised models of governance: spaces for gender equality
63. Gender Sensitive models of local governments
64. Service delivery reforms
65. Towards greater gender sensitivity in national and decentralised governments
66. A positive social and cultural environment is needed for gender sensitive governance
67. Gender sensitive asessments of government institutions are needed
68. For long term change, men within and outside governance must be on board
69. Gender Sensitive budgets are needed to ensure greater responsivness
70. Gender sensitive laws and gender equality goals must be translated into practice
71. A strong womens movement is vital for establishing a gender sensitive governance
72. CSOs must examine their own levels of gender senstivity
73. Citizen focused processes need to be inclusive
74. Global Governance and Gender
75. What is global governance?
76. How gender sensitive is global governance?
77. Gender and global governance; the role of the UN
78. The significance of human rights frameworks for global governance
79. UN reform and gender sensitive governance
80. Towards more gender sensitive governance in the UN
81. Trade global governance and gender
82. The role of the WTO in governance of trade and labor
83. Gendered perspectives on governance of global manufacturing processes
84. Towards more gender sensitive governance of global trade and labor
85. Gender sensitive governance: vision and practical approaches
86. A vision for gender sensitive governance
87. Reframing the goals and principles of governance
88. Identifying problems on a social level using research and audits
89. Identifying problems at an institutional level
90. Identifying solutions
91. Enabling greater inclusiveness in governance institutions and processes
92. Increasing gendered responsiveness of governance
93. Improving accountability and transparency of governance institutions
94. Improving processes for those holding governance institutions to account
95. Ensuring institutional standards for equity and adherence to the rule of law
96. Improving citizens rights particularly those of women
97. Cross cutting strategies
98. Gender mainstreaming
99. Developing effective gender and governance indicators
100. Using a rights based approach to governance
101. Creating new institutions and mechanisms
102. Shifting mindsets
103. Conclusion
104. Bibliography

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