Social movements
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- Funding for women's organisations
- ( Development Assistance Committee, OECD , 2008)
- Funding support for women’s organisations and for non-governmental organisations working to achieve gender equality is an important element in many donors strategies. These organisations often h...
- Papers series examining women's political participation
- ( F. Gell;J. Hoare / Oxfam , 2008)
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Women are often denied a voice within the states, markets, communities, and households in which they live, dominated as they are by men and male interests. This lack of voice functions as a critica...
Women and the future of climate change and water security
- ( N. Tandon / , 2007)
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The world over, the increased degradation of ecosystems, excessive consumption of water,
contamination and salinisation of water-bearings, aquifers and dams, along with the impact... - How can gender perspectives save the planet?
- ( G, Johnsson-Latham / Gender and Environment /Genero y ambiente , 2007)
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To what extent do women live more sustainably than men, leave a smaller ecological footprint and cause less climate change? This ideas paper studies what we know about gender equality as a prerequi...
- Supporting women in business in UAE
- ( International Finance Corporation , 2007)
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This report on women business owners in the United Arab Emirates helps to recognise the increasingly important role that business women play in the country’s dynamic economy. The project outl...
Self organising for empowerment and social change
- ( J Ham / Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women , 2007)
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Self-organising can potentially be a very powerful tool for empowerment and social change but it can also be very challenging and complex. Self organised groups may face unique challenges and conce...
Is heterosexuality fuelling the HIV pandemic?
- ( P Jaffray / Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center , 2008)
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This paper examines the issues relating to heterosexist notions of masculinity, femininity and sexuality within the context of the HIV and AIDS pandemic currently being experienced in South Africa....
How has Bangladesh achieved gender and social transformation?
- ( M. B. Das / World Bank Publications , 2008)
- This paper analyses the recent gender and social transformation in Bangladesh. Primarily aimed at the Bangladesh government and civil society, the report presents a narrative of social transformation ...
For worse or for better - tabloid expansion and gender in Africa
- ( C, Lowe Morna;S, Ndlovu / Gender Links, Johannesburg , 2008)
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Part of Mirror on the Media series of monitoring reports, this paper reviews gender and peoples perceptions in the tabloid media across Mauritius, South Africa and Tanzania. It monitors three newsp...
- Are Chinese women migrant workers fighting back against social discrimination?
- ( A. Loong-yu;N. Shan;Z. Ping / Committee for Asian Women , 2008)
- This report assesses the impact of the capitalist reforms since the 1990’s in China’s one-party system. It particularly focuses on the experiences of women rural migrant workers and looks ...
