Resource library: Inclusive politics, governance, and accountability
Welcome to our comprehensive resource collection dedicated to inclusive politics, governance, and accountability.
Here, you'll discover a diverse range of resources aimed at helping organisations play a meaningful role in fostering inclusivity within both formal and informal political and governance systems. Political and governance systems are the laws, policies, institutions, and structures that set the rules by which people are expected to live in each country or context. Systems of inclusive politics and governance are important frameworks for promoting equality and inclusion. Where these systems are not transparent or equitable, or where decision-makers are not held accountable, they can drive exclusion based on people’s sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics, or other (often intersecting) characteristics. In contrast, inclusive political and governance systems should enable and empower all individuals to voice their opinions and exercise their rights, regardless of their background or identity.
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- Guidance document, Tools and templates
The Global Innovation Fund uses gender analysis tools to consider each of their investments through a 'gender lens'. This resource is a toolkit that supports the analysis of gender issues for innovations focused specifically on gender impact,…
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- Guidance document
This resource 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 significant numbers of female employees within their supply chains – for…
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- Guidance document
This programme operating framework explains how to overcome key barriers experienced by organisations of people with disabilities. It was developed to help the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office staff working on programme delivery,…
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- Policy paper
This resource sets out the concept of social protection as a ‘solar’ system – a simple, cohesive, visually clear system. The system is made up of different ‘building blocks’, relating to policy, programme design, implementation and delivery. The…
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- Fact sheet
This cheat sheet provides information for policy makers and programme staff on how to mainstream gender equality, disability and social inclusion into infrastructure initiatives to effectively drive economic growth, enhance accessibility, and foster…
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- Evidence digest
This resource outlines the barriers to political participation and leadership experienced by people with disabilities. It presents the latest evidence and guidance on the right to vote, inclusive elections, engagement in decision-making processes…
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- Fact sheet
This short resource 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 information for policy makers and programme staff on…
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- Policy paper , Report
This resource summarises the pivotal role played by refugee women-led organisations (WLOs) in preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV). It also examines the systemic barriers WLOs face, in relation to registration, legal recognition…
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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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- Evidence/literature review
This resource discusses the global shift towards digitalisation, and how this is driving technical, social and organisational changes. Having the capacity to leverage digital technology has been identified as essential to ensuring individual…
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- Tools and templates
This resource pack from the Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) programme explains how tax policy, administration and research can promote women’s equality and empowerment through being ‘gender aware’. The resource…
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- Evidence digest
This resource outlines the evidence on the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer (LGBTIQ+) people with disabilities. It highlights a shortage of evidence and guidance available on the experiences and needs of LGBTIQ…
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- Evidence/literature review
This resource from the Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) Helpdesk, looks at the opportunities for political empowerment created during and after conflict for women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) people.…
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- Report
Ethnic minorities in the Eastern Neighbourhood – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine – experience significant challenges related to the quality of political inclusion. This resource from the Knowledge, Evidence and Learning…
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- Report
This resource examines the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex (LGBTQI+) people as important but underrepresented within atrocities research and atrocity prevention policy and practice. The resource…
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- Fact sheet
This guide helps tax professionals consider key questions on gender while designing tax programmes. The purpose of this guide is to share learnings with donors. It refers to two categories of support that development actors may provide to…
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- Policy paper
This policy brief presents findings from a World Bank’s research programme focused on gendered dimensions of forced displacement and poverty. It looks at how poverty intersects with gender and forced displacement and outlines implications for policy…
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- Report
This resource is a rapid review summarising relevant analytical frameworks and good practice for analysing intersecting social inequalities in crisis settings. The focus is on how to undertake contextual analysis of the vulnerabilities and needs of…
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- Evidence/literature review
This resource explains how gender inequality affects the extent and patterns of different dimensions of poverty in forcibly displaced populations. It also explores how conflict and displacement affect gender norms and the prevalence of intimate…
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- Evidence/literature review
This evidence review aims to provide an overview of the key international legal frameworks, challenges, and legal, policy, and program responses around refugees from a gender perspective. The focus is on women and girls. It highlights major gaps and…