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Disability Rights, Gender, and Development A Resource Tool for Action
Topic: Disability, Women & Gender Region: Global Tool: Budgeting Human Rights Resource Type: Case Study Author: Rangita de Silva de Alwis, UN DESA, UNFPA, Wellesley Centers for Women Year: 2008 Language: English Sources: UN -
Being LGBT in Asia: Viet Nam Country Report: A Participatory Review and Analysis of the Legal and Social Environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Persons and Civil Society
Topic: Decent Work, Health, HIV/AIDS, Women & Gender Region: Asia and Pacific Resource Type: Case Study, Guidance note Author: UNDP, USAID Country: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam Year: 2014 Language: English Sources: UN -
Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women: A call to action based on an overview of existing evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America
Topic: Children, Indigenous Peoples, Minorities, Women & Gender Region: Africa, Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean Resource Type: Case Study, Publications Author: ILO, The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, UNFPA, UNICEF Year: 2013 Language: English Sources: UN -
Integrating Human Rights into Development, Second Edition
Topic: Governance Tool: Budgeting Human Rights, HRBA in Programming Cycle, Information and Promotion Resource Type: Case Study, Guidance note, Publications Author: OECD, World Bank Year: 2013 Language: English Sources: Intergovernmental, Internatinal Organization -
A Human Rights-Based Approach Toolkit
Region: Asia and Pacific Tool: HRBA in Programming Cycle, implementation Resource Type: Case Study, HRBA Checklist, Learning / Training Materials Author: UNDP Country: Vietnam Year: 2009 Language: English Sources: UN
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Case Studies
The portal aims to foster the sharing of information, experience and lessons learned in applying a human rights-based approach in practice. This section of the portal provides access to case studies from across the UN system, as well as examples of experiences shared through the UN’s human rights policy network.
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Featured Case Studies
AREVA in Niger: A multi-stakeholder partnership to tackle HIV/AIDS
This case study explores the establishment of a multi-stakeholder partnership to tackle HIV/AIDS in a remote region with a high prevalence rate in which AREVA is a major economic actor. It describes and assesses the process that brought the partners together to design a joint action plan. Access case study |
Applying a HRBA in Empowering Herder Communities, Mongolia
The main objective of this pilot is to reinforce the HRBA concepts while targeting extractive mining practices in rural areas of Mongolia. The pilot aims to achieve a demonstrated level of empowerment of herder communities that are affected by environmentally destructive mining practices. Access case study |
Developing Womens' Capacities to Access Adequate Housing & Land, Fiji
One of the most significant forms of systemic human rights and gender discrimination in the Pacific is that of women’s right to adequate housing and land. This pilot project seeks to address both gender discrimination as well as access to livelihoods for Pacific Island women. Access case study |
