This annual report of the Women's Legal Rights Initiative (WLR) discusses best practices and reviews lessons learned, approaches, and activities that offer ideas about what works best in a given situation -- or how not to do something. This third annual report takes a broader perspective on best practices and lessons learned than previous reports did. It still focuses on WLR country program activities but considers the process used for developing the activity within each of the project's intermediate results, the need for and benefit of sound monitoring and evaluation plans, including indicators and data collection, and strategies for project management.

This research brief summarizes the findings of a larger report, "Gender Impacts of Trade in South Africa Post-1994: An Exploration Based on Female Employment and Firm Ownership," which was commissioned by the GATE Project and based on research by Myriam Velia and Imraan Valodia, School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. The objective of the study was to fill a gap in South African literature on the impact of trade liberalization on women and to contribute to the growing international debate on gender, trade liberalization, and poverty.

This report presents the findings, conclusions, and recommendations that emerged from a gender assessment carried out for USAID/South Africa from August 4-24, 2004. The assessment is based on a review of background documentation as well as meetings with Mission staff members, interviews with USAID implementing partners, NGOs, and Government of South Africa officials, and visits to selected field sites. The goal of the report is to show that gender analysis can, in some cases, be easily used to make small changes in activities so that they acknowledge gender issues.

This paper evaluates how tariff liberalization impacted male- and female-headed households in South Africa during 1995, 2000, and 2004. An analysis of consumption trends by sex of household head show statistically significant differences, and these are transmitted through the impact in the tariff incidence. The research findings suggests that the sex of the household head matters and must be considered in addition to other household-identifying factors (e.g., socio-economic status) when evaluating the impacts of tariff liberalization.

This report was produced for USAID/South Africa by the GATE Project, Development & Training Services, Inc. (dTS), based on research by Myriam Velia and Imraan Valodia, School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. The objective of the study was to fill a gap in South African literature on the impact of trade liberalization on women and to contribute to the growing international debate on gender, trade liberalization, and poverty. The report explores in detail two aspects of the gender impact of trade liberalization in South Africa:

1. the relationship between trade liberalization and women's employment, and
2. the relationship between trade liberalization and women's ownership of enterprises in the informal sector.

This document reports on gender training and technical assistance given to the South Africa Mission in October 2005. A four-person team of gender trainers worked with Mission staff from Strategic Objective teams, regional teams, and support offices. The team conducted training sessions on gender awareness and gender sector skills and facilitated working sessions leading to sector-specific Action Plans. Appendices: PD-ACG-390

These are appendices to the report on gender training and technical assistance given to the South Africa Mission in October 2005. The appendices contain an overview of the training and technical assistance, reports and actions plans, and training materials and tools. Main report: PD-ACG-389

This study uses a dynamic general equilibrium and microsimulation model to assess the effects of trade liberalization on growth, employment, and poverty in South Africa. It examines how men and women have been affected and whether or not trade liberalization has contributed to the faster rise in female unemployment and poverty. A Research Brief of the same name (PN-ADJ-407) summarizes the findings of this report. 

This Research Brief summarizes the findings of a larger report, Has Trade Liberalization in South Africa Affected Men and Women Differently? (PN-ADH-667), which was prepared for the Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project. The report examines how trade liberalization has affected men and women since 1994 using an applied general equilibrium and microsimulation model. This Research Brief presents the key implications and recommendations of the report.

This research brief summarizes the findings of a larger report, Gender Dimensions of the Incidence of Tariff Liberalization, prepared for the Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project. The report evaluates how changes in South Africa's import tariffs affected male- and female-headed households during 1995, 2000, and 2004.

This fact sheet provides a snapshot of South Africa's economy, covering key economic indicators, trade, poverty, and the labor market. In addition, it presents a development diamond that maps poverty, labor market segmentation, trade, and wage rate trends over a 10-year period.

Produced by the Equity in the Classroom (EIC) project, this toolkit is a compilation of instruments that permit active research in the classroom and the school to promote increased participation and improved learning by girls and other marginalized students in primary education. The toolkit is designed to orient educators to issues of equity and to help them begin a process of research and inquiry to identify factors in schools and classrooms that limit equitable participation and achievement of girls and other disadvantaged learners.

This is the final report of the Women's Legal Rights Initiative (WLR). The WLR worked to advance the legal, civil, property, and human rights of women in 10 developing countries:  Albania, Benin, Guatemala, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, and Swaziland.  It was implemented from 2002 to 2007 by Chemonics International in partnership with the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), MetaMetrics, Inc., and Partners of the Americas.