Advancing gender equality: promising practices. Experiences from the MDG Fund

Summary

This document is a collection of 20 case studies which analyze different gender equity and women’s empowerment programmes. The tool is aimed at expanding evidence-based knowledge for policies and programming that promote women’s rights and gender equity. The issues addressed by the case studies include ending violence against women, lack of access to sexual and reproductive health services, restrictions faced by women to access assets and resources and unequal participation in public and private decision-making. The document presents main conclusions in terms of progress and outcomes, lessons learned and sustainability, scaling-up and replication potential