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  Towards a comprehensive approach of sexual and reproductive rights and needs of women displaced by war and armed conflict: a practical guide for programme officers

  Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium, 2003

  For some years, awareness about the need for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services for women in situations of war and armed conflict has been growing. As a result, humanitarian aid programmes are paying more and more attention to the provision of SRH services in the field, but a more holistic and integrated approach to SRH is often still lacking.
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  Where Are The Girls? Girls in fighting forces in Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone and Mozambique: Their lives during and after war

  2004

  This study contributes to what is currently known about the experiences of girls in fighting forces as distinct from those of boys. It is meant to assist policymakers in developing policies and programs to help protect and empower girls in situations of armed conflict and postwar reconstruction.
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  BRIDGE Report 56: Gender and Development: Facts and Figures

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000

  What evidence is there of gender inequalities in life outcomes between women and men? This report provides facts and figures that expose gender inequalities, providing evidence of the need to engender development.
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  Gender and the Peacekeeping Military: A View from Bosnian Women's Organisations

  Lawrence and Wishart, 2002

  What are the consequences for the work of women's NGOs in regions that host armed international peacekeepers? This chapter draws out observations and potential policy lessons from a study conducted with eight women's organisations located in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Republic of Sprska.
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  Gender and Armed Conflict: Supporting Resources Collection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This collection of resources on gender and armed conflict sheds light on how gender inequality intersects with armed conflict and its aftermath, resulting in gender-specific disadvantage that is often overlooked.
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  Gender and Armed Conflict: Overview Report

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  In this report, which forms part of the Cutting Edge Pack on gender and armed conflict, the impact of armed conflict on gender relations, and the distinct ways that both women and men are affected, is explored. It highlights the gender-specific disadvantages experienced by women and men that are denied by conventional interpretations of armed conflict and post-conflict reconstruction processes.
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  Conflict, Post-conflict, and HIV/AIDS - the Gender Connections: Women, War and HIV/AIDS: West Africa and the Great Lakes

  World Bank, 2001

  What are the connections between conflict, HIV/AIDS and gender? This project conducted in Rwanda and Sierra Leone shows how gender inequalities among refugees and internally displaced populations significantly increase vulnerability to HIV infection. The project used a community-based approach which incorportate an outreach programme by AIDS educators taken from the refugee population.

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