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    Sexual politics and democracy in Nigeria

    Social Science Research Network, 2015
    Years of military dictatorship has left deep scars in Nigeria's political transformation. As is the case the world over, the military in Nigeria was, and remains, dominated by men, with women vastly under-represented.
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    Challenges facing women empowerment in contemporary Nigeria

    Revue Miroirs, 2016
    This article explores the perception that Nigerian women, like many women across Africa, are comparatively deprived socially, economically, and politically in relation to their male counterparts.
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    From global to local: feminism and feminist nudity from visual perceptions and conceptions of artists

    2014
    In artistic training, theory, and practice, the naked human figure has served as a significant subject for artistic production, a constant part of cultural capital since pre-historic times. In contemporary times, the nude has also served as a unique genre and subject of representation in the arts, especially pictorial, plastic and photographic works.
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    Making waves: media’s potential for girls in the Global South

    BBC Media Action, 2014
    Doubly marginalised by both gender and age, there are an estimated 600 million adolescent girls in the world, many of whom live a bleak existence. For these girls, exclusion from basic public services, lack of autonomy, and vulnerability to violence are real and persistent risks.
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    Social Institutions and Gender Index: 2014 synthesis report

    Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2014
    This synthesis report of the third edition of the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) captures and measures gender-based discrimination − social norms, practices and laws − in social institutions across 160 countries.
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    Compendium of gender scales

    Communication for Change, 2014
    The identification of appropriate gender-related measures is important for developing and evaluating interventions that aim to promote positive health outcomes by addressing the gender norms that function as barriers to health.
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    Gender-sensitive indicators for media: framework of indicators to gauge gender sensitivity in media operations and content

    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2012
    Produced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the aim of the Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media (GSIM) is to contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment in and through media of all forms, irrespective of the technology used. The main focus of the publication is on the equality and gender dimensions of social diversity in the media.
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    Tool: indicators for measuring results on gender equality

    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2010
    The purpose of this Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) publication is to provide a selection of potential indicators from which SIDA country teams can choose to help monitor results in gender equality work in different sectors.
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    Quick guide to gender-sensitive indicators

    Oxfam, 2014
    This short, 2-page guide is designed to be an introductory primer on gender-sensitive indicators, concisely covering their definition, role, and necessity, as used in Oxfam's own development and charity work. The guide provides an at-a-glance summary of what constitutes gender-sensitive indicators, highlighting how they: Measure the gaps between men and women;
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    Handbook for cultural and religious leaders to end FGM

    African Women's Development & Communication Network, 2014
    What action can you take to address FGM? This handbook, produced by the African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET) is a behaviour change communication tool intended to expand the engagement of men in religious and cultural institutions to reach out to their communities to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in Meru and Tharaka, Kenya.

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