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Women’s empowerment through effective participation
and equal opportunity . .............................................................67
Helen Potiki, Principal Policy Analyst and Hannah Gray, Senior Policy
Analyst, Ministry for Women, New Zealand
Women’s economic empowerment: sharing women’s
experiences in artisanal and small-scale mining..........................70
Thokozile Ruzvidzo and Maharouf Oyolola, African Centre for Gender,
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Gender balance and empowerment of women in Azerbaijan ...... 73
Professor Hijran Huseynova, Chairperson of the State Committee for
Family, Women and Children Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Promoting gender equality and women’s participation
through community-driven development...................................76
Joel Mangahas, Human and Social Development Division, South-East
Asia Department; Yukiko Ito and Rosemary Victoria Atabug, Thematic
Advisory Service Cluster, Sustainable Development and Climate
Change Department, Asian Development Bank
Empowering women through Islamic finance.............................80
Kristonia Lockhart, Senior Gender Specialist, Social Capacity
Development Division, Islamic Development Bank
An African Development Bank lens on financial
empowerment of women in Africa – aiming higher. ................... 83
Bernadette Dia Kamgnia and Jacqueline Odula Lyakurwa,
African Development Bank
Empowerment of women and girls in Muslim
South-East Asia...................................................................... 86
Osman Bakar, Distinguished Professor and Director and Norhazlin
Pg Muhammad, Deputy Director, Sultan Omar ’Ali Saifuddien
Centre for Islamic Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam; and Ariffin
Abu Bakar, Head of Public Relations, Ministry of Religious Affairs,
Brunei Darussalam
Implementing the Gender Responsive and Participatory
Budgeting project in Penang local government...........................90
Shariza Kamarudin, Manager, Gender Responsive and Participatory
Budgeting Programme, Penang Women’s Development Corporation
Championing women: All India Women’s Conference............... 94
Mythily Jagannathan, author, presenter and All India Women’s
Conference Member; and Chandraprabha Pandey, writer, translator
and All India Women’s Conference Member for Art and Culture
The Mongolian experience on actions to
ensure gender equality ..............................................................97
Bolormaa Mashlai, former Head of Secretariat and Secretary of the
National Committee on Gender Equality, Government of Mongolia;
and Munkhsaruul Mijiddorj, Human Rights Activist, Gender Expert
and former Programme Manager, National Center Against Violence
Enabling women to realize their due status,
rights and opportunities in all aspects of life............................100
Women’s Commission of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Omani women’s empowerment...............................................103
Department of Women’s Affairs, Ministry of Social Development,
Sultanate of Oman
Gender equality and women’s empowerment
in Sikhism – the epitome of womanhood.................................106
Prabhjot Kaur, Member, and Birendra Kaur, Vice-President,
Institute of Sikh Studies
Notes and References...............................................................109
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