Active Citizenship And Gendered Social Entitlements (Acgen)

Active Citizenship and Gendered Social Entitlements (ACGEN) is a regional action-research project of CRTD.
A implemented in partnership with IDRC.

Using Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine as case studies, the research explores the relationship between the state, NGOs and active citizens in bridging the gender gap in key social entitlements namely health, education and social services.
(www.crtd.org/acgen)

Some of the key questions raised by the research include:

Who provides services and how What is the nature of the gender gap
What is the relationship of communities to state & NGO service
providers: Clients or active citizens

Are NGO services weakening the concept of public goods
How are experiences of