International
A Course on Women Shaping Society
Designing a New Gender Studies Course
Accessing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Empower Women ...
Uniting Women's Rights and Disability Rights
The overarching goal of this project is to
facilitate full citizenship rights for women and children with disabilities in Bangladesh and Nepal.
Adv the Intersections of Women’s, Children’s, and Disability Rights VII - Adv Local to Global
Advancing the Intersections of Women’s, Children’s, and Disability Rights
In Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, and India
This project is based on the model of past work dealing with the intersections of women's, and children's, and disability rights in Bangladesh and Nepal. It is a multiphased project to be actualized in Bangladesh (January 2009), Nepal (January 2009), Cambodia (May 2009), and India (May 2009).
Advancing the Intersections of Women’s, Children’s, and Disability Rights III - Jan 2009: Nepal
Advancing the Intersections of Women’s, Children’s, and Disability Rights IV - May 2009: Cambodia
Advancing the Intersections of Women’s, Children’s, and Disability Rights V - May 2009: India
Advancing the Intersections of Women’s, Children’s, and Disability Rights VI - Feb 2010 Final Report
Convene Asia Regional Law Reform Working Group and Train the Trainer Seminar
Asia Lawyers without Borders
This program brings together a working group of lawyers and jurists from Asia to focus on law reform in the region. The working group will examine the role that gender-based strategic litigation can play in advancing equality, non-discrimination, and human rights.
Experiencing Globalization: The Construction of Gender and Ethnicity in the TNC Workplace
Gender and Ethnicity in the Transnational Corporate Workplace
This project examined the gendered nature of Korean transnational corporations, highlighting the ways in which features of the workplace shape individual and communal identity.
Gender & the Law in China Expert Group Consultation
Chinese Expert Group on Gender & Law
The project brings together China’s leading scholars on gender and the law to build common cause on women’s rights in China.
Gender and Transnational Corporations (TNCs)
Gender Roles and Risks in Global Corporations
Firms across the globe that engage in international production and manufacturing employ many women. This research outlined various risks and perceived benefits associated for female employees.
Promotion of Convention of the Rights of the Child/CEDAW as Complementary Frameworks
Women and Children: The Human Rights Relationship
This project in collaboration with UNICEF addresses, through research and analysis, the way in which women's and children's rights intersect with legislative reform.
Strengthening Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination in China
Providing Support to Ford Foundation's Grantees Working on Women's Rights and Anti-Discrimination
Technical Support to Ford Foundation Grantees Working on Women's Rights Issues in China
Women's Rights in Asia
This grant allows for ongoing technical assistance to Ford Foundation grantees working on the advancement of a women’s rights agenda in China.
U.S.-Saudi Women’s Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
Promoting Social Entrepreneurship for Saudi Women
This collaborative project involves sharing best practices and training to promote social entrepreurship by women in Saudi Arabia.
Women in Development IQC: Gender Matters
School-related Gender Violence in Developing Countries
Through this project, a review was developed to identify, annotate, and synthesize research studies and projects/interventions addressing primary and secondary school-related gender-based violence in developing countries. The review was conducted in 2003 and again in 2005/2006.
Women’s Leadership Network: Women’s Political, Public, & Economic Participation in the Muslim World
Muslim Women Leaders Network
Through this project, a network of women leaders in countries where either Islam is a state religion, or has a large community that is governed by religious laws including Islamic laws, has been convened to build a body of scholarship that can be a platform for advocacy and sharing of strategies on emerging issues that bolster women's political, public and business participation.