Human rights
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- Gender Equality and Social Dialogue in South Africa
- D Budlender 2011
- Despite the impressive legislative basis, gender-based inequalities still exist in the society and at the workplace. Most women, making up nearly half the labour force, remain in poorly paid jobs, particularly domestic workers. While ...
- A guide to using the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa for legal action
- Equality Now, 2011
- Equality Now, on behalf of Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR), has published this guide to using the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa for legal action. The protocol is a supplementary protocol to th...
- A View Over Discrimination And Harassment Situation of Daily Unskilled Female Workers in Work Place in Bangladesh
- T. Haque 2003
- From the study it was found that most of the female unskilled laborers moved from village to town and had come from distressed family often discriminated /harassed by their employers and co-workers.
- Recommendations for action to advance the rights of women and girls with disabilities in the United Nations system
- S. Ortoleva 2011
- The recent statement of Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the new United Nations entity, UN Women, noted that women and girls with disabilities must be included in the UN Women action plan. Women and...
- D/deaf and disabled LBT women
- Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network, 2010
- This briefing looks at research which highlights the experiences of D/deaf and disabled LBT women and gives information on organisations which provide support and why this is important. D/deaf and disabled people are often actively di...
- Disabled women: international resource kit
- Disability Awareness in Action - The international disability and human rights network, 2012
- There is much talk of the death of feminism - that the war has been won and that there are few, if any, battles left to fight. Yet the media continue to stir up conflict between men and women, rather than focusing on the negative impa...
- Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA): conference papers, other articles and reports 2006 - 2010
- Women With Disabilities Australia, 2012
- Response from Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) to the Study: 'Project WORLD: Women's Roles in the Landscape of Disabilities' (October 2010) This Paper is a component of WWDA's contribution to the international study 'Project W...
- Guide on how to integrate disability into gender assessments and analyses
- USA Agency for International Development, 2010
- Conducting a gender analysis is a requirement for all USAID Operating Units prior to developing projects and activities, and a gender assessment is required for Mission-wide strategies. Both these analyses and assessments should look ...
- Case studies: Bangladesh women's groups
- Action on Disability and Development, 2012
- In Bangladesh women do not have the same level of protection from human rights violations as men, for disabled women the situation is even worse and they continue to experience severe deprivation and sexual abuse. Although women are b...
- Sterilisation of women and girls with disabilities
- Women With Disabilities Australia, 2012
- Women With Disabilities Australia: Policy Paper: 'Assessing the situation of women with disabilities in Australia: A human rights approach' (July 2011) - This Paper uses a human rights framework to document the range of data, research...
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