This practical manual addresses the problems inherent in current strategies, especially lack of collaboration between different agencies and individuals working in the area of gender-based violence. "Promoting an Integrated Approach to Combat Gender-Based Violence" encourages development and implementation of comprehensive and coherent policies, programs and plans of action at both local and national levels. It provides easy-to-read instructional material and case studies for training managers, middle-level professionals, development workers and extension agents, drawing on the strengths of...

This book explores the issue of gender inequality through the lens of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the first one of halving world poverty by 2015. The book aims to bring together arguments, findings and lessons from the development literature which are relevant to the achievement of these goals from the standpoint of gender equality. It draws out the inter-connections between production and gender (and women's critical role in straddling both) and their implications for poverty eradication strategies and the achievement of human-centred economic growth.