From 1989 to 2009 and beyond - Newsletter 2009
With your help, we've done some amazing things in the last 20 years, supporting our partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America to overcome injustice and inequality and advocate for their rights. We celebrate some of these achievements in this newsletter while recognising there's still much work to be done - like combating the growing epidemic of violence against women in Bolivia and Honduras which is featured on page 4. We at One World Action increasingly feel we need to be active citizens in our own communities if we are to really support our overseas partners so we offer some ideas for you to do the same - because participating here really does have a direct impact.
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‘Women’s Political Participation in the Philippines – Conversations, reflections and recommendations’
One World Action is delighted to introduce ‘Women’s Political Participation in the Philippines – Conversations, reflections and recommendations.’
This comprehensive and inspiring report provides a history of the successes and challenges the women’s movements have faced in the Philippines. From the struggle to obtain the right to vote, to the resistance during the Marcos years, this report documents the rise of feminist movements through to the current debates around quotas and gender budgets.
One World Action has been working in the Philippines since 1989, and is currently working with the Institute for Popular Democracy and the Institute of Politics and Governance to promote participatory democracy and gender equality.
This report is a powerful contribution to One World Action’s groundbreaking campaign “More Women More Power”, which is calling for women to be equally represented in all parliaments and elected bodies. More Women More Power is also calling for more political will and action to tackle the barriers that women face in politics – violence, discrimination and a lack of resources.
Read the full report here.
To read only the case studies click here.
In 2007, One World Action initiated research on how to track national and donor government commitments to gender equality within the new aid architecture defined by the Paris Declaration. Focusing on South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda, Just Budgets aims to provide practical guidance to donors, governments and civil society on increasing accountability and aid effectiveness through GRB.
To read the Just Budgets Synthesis Report and country reports please click here.
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The Voices Influence Access Project (VIA) has four new case studies on civil society influence on trade and economic negotiations in southern African countries.
The case study on Forum Mulher in Mozambique discusses how this women's network got involved in trade and economic issues. The Magoye case study (Zambia) illustrates how a small farmers' dairy cooperative engaged national talks on trade and Economic Protection Agreements (EPA). The Malawi Economic Justice Network tracks the successes of this civil society group in influencing government economic policy. The Ramatex case study (Namibia) discusses how a civil society think-tank can becoming a leading player in economic advocacy.
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Just Budgets
Just Budgets is a unique initiative to analyse the allocation and spending of aid in three countries in Africa (Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa).
Just Budgets is the first study of its kind to apply gender responsive budgeting to track how aid is allocated and spent to meet the specific needs of women in recipient countries.
The Just Budgets Guidance Notes is a new tool that summarises the stages of national budgeting processes and the interventions civil society groups can make at each stage. A handy and concise guide for organisations working to influence budgeting processes.
Read the Just Budgets studies here.
For more information on Just Budgets, please contact Zohra Khan at
Read about One World Action's achievements and challenges of the last year, in our Annual Report for 2007-2008.
The Citizens' Participation for Local Governance (CPLG) is a unique initiative in people-centered local politics supported by One World Action in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. As the project ends, One World Action releases this summary report on the key achievements, lessons and challenges of CPLG.
To learn more about CPLG and to read the report, please click here.
Please note that this document is 787 KB. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this document. You can download the latest version from the Adobe website.
Just Politics: Women Transforming Political Spaces
In November 2007, One World Action brought together 40 women and men for a unique dialogue on women's political participation. The participants drew from their experiences as women politicians, grassroots leaders, NGO and policy staff, and explored what difference women in power can make, and how women's involvement in various aspects of politics can be supported.
As part of our contribution to global celebrations of International Women's Day, One World Action has published the report on the dialogue. The report focuses on two main themes: One, ways to increase women's political participation and two, strategies for transforming political spaces. Please click on the report title to download Just Politics: Women transforming political spaces.
Please note that this is a PDF version of the 51-page printed report and is 1.8 MB in size. You will need Adobe Reader to open the file. You can download it for free from the Adobe website.
To view the accessible version of this report, please click here. This is a stripped down layout with large text for the visually impaired.
To view the Spanish version of this report, please click here.
