Resource library: Advancing equalities
Welcome to our comprehensive resource collection dedicated to advancing equalities.
Here, you'll find a range of different resources tailor-made for individuals, organisations or collectives striving to promote gender equality and social inclusion. Whether you’re exploring policy, gaining information on programming, or simply building your own knowledge, we’ve got you covered with fact sheets, policy papers, guidance notes, evidence reviews, and practical tips and tools.
But first, let’s talk about what equality really means. It’s about fairness for all, ensuring that every person, regardless of background, enjoys equal social, economic, political, and legal rights, resources, and opportunities. Everyone deserves a life free from discrimination based on factors like sex, race, disability, age, class, caste, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics.
Sadly, not everyone experiences the same level of equality. Many people experience greater inequality than others due to various factors, requiring extra support to level the playing field. This includes women and girls, people with disabilities, LGBT+ people, refugees, and internally displaced people, and the poorest and most marginalised within society. Women and girls, for instance, often experience multiple forms for inequality tied to their gender and other, intersecting, areas of identity.
Achieving equality isn’t easy, due to numerous barriers entrenched across society. These stem from individual and collective beliefs and manifest through individual behaviours across the family, institutions and are reinforced within national and international systems and structures that normalise and perpetuate inequality. Social justice movements play a critical role in addressing inequality, mobilising people, and resources, and supporting collective action against discrimination. Examples include women’s rights organisations, organisations of people with disabilities, racial justice movements, organisations representing LGBT+ people, and youth groups.
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This policy brief looks at extensive evidence around the direct and indirect impacts of violence in and around schools and the significant impacts on educational outcomes. It highlights that gender inequality is a root cause of violence in schools…
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This report from the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk (DI HD) highlights the benefits of prioritising gender equality, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI) while working in the area of poverty reduction, trade and economic development, peace and…
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- Fact sheet , Policy paper
In many lower-income countries, women lag men in phone ownership and usage for a variety of economic and normative reasons. This resource investigates two approaches that close the digital gender gaps. The first approach is a statewide programme…
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- Policy paper
This policy brief explores how addressing gender-based violence (GBV) can enhance the effectiveness of climate change programmes and policies. It presents emerging good practices and recommendations for policymakers and practitioners to more…
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- Evidence digest, Policy paper
This policy brief looks at the different drivers of digitalisation from the perspective of aid recipients, humanitarian and government in North East Nigeria. It explores obstacles these actors face in delivering programmes in an inclusive and…
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- Policy paper
This resource sets out how a lack of digital skills increases the challenges already faced by women. It provides recommendations on how to overcome barriers to women participating in businesses relying on digital activities. It uses examples from…
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This Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD) rapid evidence review explores the drivers of gender-based violence (GBV) in migration across Latin America. It provides an overview of the factors influencing migration-related decisions,…
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- Guidance document
This resource from the Work and Opportunities for Women helpdesk (WOW helpdesk) is written for multinational businesses operating in low and middle-income countries that are working to decarbonise. It is designed for businesses that rely on…
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- Guidance document
This resource is a guidance note which provides design and implementation considerations for gender-responsive and transformative social protection in crisis contexts. It consolidates existing evidence and short case studies into actionable guidance…
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- Report
This report from the Work and Opportunities for Women helpdesk (WOW helpdesk) examines the intersections between gender equality, women’s economic empowerment and food security. It explores the following areas:links between gender equality, women’s…
Foundational learning for all: including the most marginalised is possible, pragmatic and a priority
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This resource is a think piece from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Girls’ Education Challenge. It looks at why the most marginalised must be prioritised in global efforts to ensure foundational learning for all…
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- Guidance document
This is a set of three resources from the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk (DI HD) on how to make social protection programmes accessible and effective for people with disabilities. These resources explain why it is important that people with…
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- Guidance document
This guide focuses on disability-inclusive safeguarding in the workplace. It was developed for organisations working in the humanitarian and development sectors. This guide has three sections:definitions of different disabilitiesrisks people…
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- Guidance document
This guidance document highlights practical examples of ensuring that women and girls with disabilities participate and benefit from programming, drawing from a content analysis of projects from across the work of Inclusive Futures between the…
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- Policy paper
This policy paper presents key lessons on closing the gender productivity gaps in agriculture, drawn from impact evaluations. The research shows that when women manage cash crop plots and have equal access to agricultural inputs and resources, they…
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- Report
This resource explains how feminist foreign policies (FFP), feminist development policies (FDP) and international gender strategies impact incidents of violence against women and girls (VAWG). It summarises the commitments on VAWG from a selection…
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- Guidance document
This resource looks at existing solutions aiming to advance gender equality in Nigeria and provides examples of policy options which can ease the constraints facing Nigerian women and girls.It focuses on the following areas:economic inclusionaccess…
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- Policy paper
This policy paper presents findings from Young Lives research on skills development and the gender employment gap across four study countries. It highlights key barriers to women’s participation in the workforce and provides policy recommendations…
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- Fact sheet
This short resource from the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk (DI HD) sets out evidence to show that infrastructure is vital for societal development and economic progress, however the benefits are often not distributed equally. It provides…
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- Guidance document
This resource provides guidance on how companies can consider gender equality and social inclusion in the clean energy business. This guide is aimed at the companies who want to make sure their operations are inclusive. It provides step-by-step…
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- Policy paper
This policy brief provides an evidence review of literature focusing on the intersectional risks facing adolescents in the low- and middle-income countries due to climate change. The resource sets out practice in meaningfully including young people…