Advocacy Resources

Advocacy Resources

Civil society participation is beginning to decline

Publication date26 Mar 2019
PublisherAsia-Pacific SDG Partnership

Civil Society Participation Index for Asia and the Pacific

Access to mass media can facilitate social change, yet many women do not have access

Publication date26 Mar 2019
PublisherAsia-Pacific SDG Partnership

Proportion of women who report having no access to television. Empirical analyses for this report using household survey data revealed that...

Elements of an empowerment-and-inclusion framework

Publication date26 Mar 2019
PublisherAsia-Pacific SDG Partnership
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While both norms and institutions are important in advancing development, adverse norms and discriminatory institutions can lead to the...

Ensuring rights and justice can strengthen environmental outcomes

Publication date26 Mar 2019
PublisherAsia-Pacific SDG Partnership

Analyses for this report explored the relationship between environmental performance and environmental rights. Environmental rights include...

Young men and women have different levels of access to employment, education and training

Publication date26 Mar 2019
PublisherAsia-Pacific SDG Partnership

Percentage of youth not in employment, education or training by gender. The youth within the region continue to be deprived of employment...

Education can shift social norms

Publication date26 Mar 2019
PublisherAsia-Pacific SDG Partnership

Evidence points to education and access to media as effective entry points for shifting societal norms around domestic violence. In India,...

Assessment of civic space in Asia and the Pacific

Publication date26 Mar 2019
PublisherAsia-Pacific SDG Partnership

An assessment of 22 countries in Asia on a spectrum of civic space shows that 94 per cent of people live in countries with closed,...

Percentage of women (aged 15–49) not involved in major household purchasing decisions

Publication date26 Mar 2019
PublisherAsia-Pacific SDG Partnership

Despite efforts that include affirmative actions and quotas, the gender imbalance in political participation persists in the region, with...

Registered civil society organizations and philanthropic associations

Publication date26 Mar 2019
PublisherAsia-Pacific SDG Partnership

Among the seven countries analysed – notwithstanding that the number of registrations does not equate to the number of active...

Tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product

Publication date26 Mar 2019
PublisherAsia-Pacific SDG Partnership

Absolute tax revenues in Asia and the Pacific have been rising over time, although trends vary substantially across countries and...