NGO
Another Way (Stichting Bakens Verzet), 1018 AM
01. E-course : Diploma in Integrated
Development (Dip. Int. Dev)
Edition
01: 27 November, 2009
Edition
02 : 14 April, 2011
Study points
: 06 points out of 18.
Minimum study
time : 186 hours out of 504
The points
are awarded only on passing the consolidated exam for Section B :
Solutions to the Problems.
Fifth block : How
the third block structures solve specific problems.
Study points : 02 points out of 18
Minimum study time : 54 hours out of 504
The
points are awarded only on passing the consolidated exam for Section B :
Solutions to the Problems.
Fifth block : How
the third block structures solve specific problems.
Section 1: Gender. [5 hours]
02.00 Hours analysis of Model material.
02.00 Hours in-depth analysis.
01.00 Report.
Fifth block : How the third block structures solve
specific problems.
Section 1: Gender. [5
hours]
02.00 Hours analysis of Model material.
Integrated
development projects do not need to make a lot of noise over the innumerable
benefits they bring to women in project areas. Populist slogans of the day on
the rights of women are not used.
Read how women often function as
“Women often end up being the shock absorbers of household food security”
in Quisumbing A. et al, Helping
Women Respond to the Global Food Price Crisis, International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI), Policy Brief 7, Washington,
October 2008.
For information on the relationship between
women and the Millennium Goals , see
Corner L., Making the MDGs Work for All – Gender
Responsive Rights-Based Approaches to the MDGs, United Nations Development
Fund for Women (UNIFEM),
On page 5
of her report, Mrs Corner cites
the Human Rights Commissioner as follows:
“ Four basic principles must be met in a rights-based
approach. [Source :Draft Guidelines: A Human
Rights Approach to Poverty Reduction Strategies.
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,
Mrs Corner continues
“The four principles are:
participation in the
process of decision-making by all those who are potentially affected,
particularly women and poor people;
accountability that
enables rights-holders—females and males—to claim their rights and ensures that
the State fulfils its obligations as duty bearer;
empowerment that gives women
and men the power, capacities, capabilities and access to resources to enable
them to change their own lives;
non-discrimination and
specific attention to vulnerable groups. Discrimination is defined as ‘any
distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the
effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or
exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality
of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political,
economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field.”
“For the purposes of the present Convention, the term
"discrimination against women" shall mean any distinction, exclusion
or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of
impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women,
irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women,
of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social,
cultural, civil or any other field.” Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (1979), Article 1, United Nations, New York, Department of Public
Information [accessed April 2008]. ”
In her preface to Mrs Corner’s work, Dr Jean
D’Cunha writes (p. vii) “the MDGs appear as stand alone goals,
blurring the multi-sectoral links between all goals, targets and indicators,
including the cross-cutting gender link.”
Integrated development projects provide the
multi-sectoral links referred to.
Participation.
During work on fourth block: the structures to be created ,
and especially in section 2: the social structures,
attention was paid the the (majority) involvement of women in the decision
taking process.
1. Opnion.
Use the
material from your report on section 2 and in two pages prepare an article for the
main newspaper in your area on the
participation of women in integrated development projects. Begin with a short introduction.
Then discuss in turn women’s participation in the health clubs, tanks
commissions, well commissions, and the central committee, and in the social
security structures. Draw your conclusions. Advise of the eventual publication
of the article in your report to this section.
Accountability.
There are some things integrated development projects can do to protect
the rights of individuals (especially those of women) and there are things they
cannot do.
2. Opnion.
On one page make an analysis in two
sections:
a) How human rights can be respected
within the framework of integrated development projects.
b) Make a comparison with the present
situation in your project area.
Empowerment.
In the fourth block: the structures to be created ,
especially in section 3: the financial structures the empowerment offered to women under the local money
systems, the interest-free micro-credit systems and their participation in
cooperative purchasing was stressed.. Numerous service structures help women
to better organise their time and to benefit from education.
3. Opnion.
Using
material from your reprt
on section 2 , write a
two-page article for the leading newspaper in your chosen area on the
empowerment of women through participation in integrated development projects.
Begin with a short introduction, then discuss the possibilities open to women
by the financial, productive, and service structures put at their disposal.
Draw your conclusions. Advise of the eventual publication of the article in
your report to this section.
Non-discrimination.
For an up-to-date analysis of the position of women in Islamic countries
see : Musawah,
ed. Moussa J. et al, CEDAW and Muslim Family Laws :
In Search of Common Ground, Sisters in Islam (SIS Forum
There are some things integrated development projects can do to help
elimination of discrimination against women and there are things they cannot
do.
4. Research.
Make a one-page analysis in two sections on the application
of article 1of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women(1979),
a) Within the framework of integrated
development projects.
b) The general situation in your
country.
◄ Fifth block : Section 1: Gender.
◄ Fifth
block : How fourth block structures solve specific problems.
◄ Main index for the Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip.Int.
"Money is not the key that opens the gates of the
market but the bolt that bars them."
“Poverty is created scarcity”.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-Share Alike
3.0 Licence<