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Expected in November 2002: New Book on "Gender Justice, Development, and Rights"
Edited by Maxine Molyneux, Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, and Shahra Razavi, Research Co-ordinator at UNRISD.This important new 400-p. study engages with some of the most pressing and contested of contemporary issues - neoliberal policies, democracy and multiculturalism - analyzing them from a gender perspective.... (more)


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New Book Explores Global Media Governance... (more)
UNRISD and UNAIDS Launch Survey of World's Largest TNCs... (more)

Our Events
The Political Economy of Sustainable Development: Environmental Conflict, Participation and Movements
30 Aug 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa


Regulating Global Institutions: Financial, Corporate and Non-Governmental Organizations
3 - 4 Feb 2002, Porto Alegre, Brazil


Ageing, Development and Social Protection
8 - 9 Apr 2002, Room N107-N108, North Buidling, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain


Latest Publications
From WID to GAD: Conceptual Shifts in the Women and Development Discourse
UNRISD's Contribution to the Fourth World Conference on Women
Voluntary Approaches to Corporate Responsibility: Readings and a Resource Guide
Business Responsibility for Sustainable Development
Ethnic Conflict and Development: The Case of Guyana
Ethnic Conflict and Development
Global Media Governance: A Beginner's Guide
Information Technologies and Social Development
Multiculturalism, Universalism and the Claims of Democracy
Democracy, Governance and Human Rights
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