Review Corner
Combating violence Against Women in Politics: Revisiting Policies, Politics and Participation –Proceeding Report
Editor(s):Prakash ShresthaPublished Date:March 2009
Publisher:South Asia Partnership-International
This report is a part of SAP International's project '"Violence Against women In Politics" (VAWIP) implemented since 2006 in collaboration with SAP national and partner organizations with support from Oxfam Novib. This report is the outcome of the regional conference "Combating Violence Against Women in Politics: Revisiting Policies, Politics and Participation".
Women and Leadership
Published Date:February 2001Publisher:Oxfam Publishing
Contributors:Lesley Abdela; Peggy Antrobus; David Kelleher; and Aruna Rao
In no country do women participate in political leadership on a par with men. Lack of a voice at all levels of decision-making in societies worldwide perpetuates women's poverty and marginalization. The contributors to this book discuss women's own strategies for ensuring gender parity in government and NGOs, including leadership training; the need for women's leadership of the institutions which distribute resources for development, so they reflect a commitment to gender equity; women's leadership in resisting exploitation in the workplace; and challenges faced by women heads of households, whose lack of a voice in community-level decision-making deepens their economic poverty.
Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change
Editor:J-B Warren BennisPublisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Published Date:August 2007
Women and Leadership brings together in one comprehensive volume preeminent scholars from a range of disciplines to address the challenges involving women and leadership. These experts explore when and how women exercise power and what stands in their way. This groundbreaking volume offers readers an informed analysis of the state of women and leadership and offers the most informed and current thinking on
- The perils of stereotypes
- The importance of leadership style
- Gender differences in the decision to seek leadership roles
- Lessons from women leaders
- “Opt out” patterns and the need for flexible career paths
- Global inequalities and initiatives
- Strategies that get women to the top
Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World
Published Date:February 2006Publisher:Penguin Group (USA)
Edition Description: ANN Despite the common view that women already permeate every level of leadership in this country, in fact the United States ranks fifty-ninth in the world in terms of female political representation, and women lead only eight Fortune 500 companies. In this inspiring call-toaction, leading women's advocate Marie C. Wilson explains why we need more women leading alongside men now, not just for the sake of fairness but for the larger social good. As Wilson argues, even as our nation sits on a world spinning with crises, we have barely begun to tap our most critical natural resource-women. Written with passion and insight, this handbook shows how we can all make a difference and finally close the leadership gap.
