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    Policy brief on gender equity and empowerment towards achieving the MDGs

    2012
    In reaction to various international conventions and covenants on women’s equality, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Nigerian governments have undertaken legislative and administrative reforms to address multiple aspects of gender inequality.
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    Economic governance: African Women's Engagement in Trade Agreements

    2012
    How are trade agreements formulated, and who exactly is involved in the negotiation processes? These are the questions addressed in this short documentary, produced by FEMNET with support from Trust Africa.
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    Unpaid care: a priority for the post-2015 development goals and beyond

    United Kingdom Gender and Development Network, 2014
    Having been consistently ignored and taken for granted in public policy and development efforts, it appears that discussion of the crucial issue of unpaid care work is finally gaining traction.
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    Gender & Land – Implications for Sustainable Development A working paper for development practitioners

    Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies, 2014
    Less than 2% of the land available worldwide is owned by women. Why is the issue of land so gendered? What approaches and lessons learned can development professionals utilise to address the issue of gender and land? Data demonstrates a glaring gender gap in land holdings in all regions of the world. This is regardless of the fact that women produce 60% to 80% of food in developing countries.
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    United Nations global gender statistics programme: minimum set of gender indicators

    United Nations, 2014
    Following the recommendations by the United Nations Statistical Commission, the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics identified a minimum set of gender indicators composed of 52 quantitative indicators, and 11 qualitative indicators covering national norms and laws on gender equality.
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    Open Working Group proposal for Sustainable Development Goals

    2014
    The outcome document of the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20) set out a mandate to establish an open working group to develop a set of sustainable development goals that should be coherent with, and integrated into, the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015.
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    MDGs progress and post-MDGs priorities in the Commonwealth

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 2013
    The Commonwealth Secretariat commissioned a review of the status of MDGs achievement in Commonwealth member countries. The objectives of this review were to assess existing evidence on achievements in social progress and to identify key issues and linkages on the three critical social development sectors - health, education, and gender.
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    Youth, Waithood, and Protest Movements in Africa

    International African Institute, 2013
    Africa is the world’s youngest continent, with the majority of its population under the age of 24. Although during the past decade the continent has experienced considerable economic growth, it has not translated into job creation and greater equity.
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    Girl Safety Toolkit: A Resource for Practitioners

    2014
    The Girl Safety Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to designing safe programmes specifically for adolescent girls. Designing safe opportunities for girls relies on understanding the experience of different groups in the context in which they are working.
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    African Women and Girls – Their say on their world post-2015

    Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development, 2014
    The Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD), has released a landmark publication that details the voices of African women and girls in the post Millennium Development Goals discussion. African women and girls at the Grassroots – their say on their world post 2015 is a representation of African women’s voices from the grassroots.

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