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  Young women’s household bargaining power in marriage and parenthood in Ethiopia

  Young Lives, 2017

  In Ethiopian government policy, marriage under the age of 18 is considered ‘early marriage’ or ‘child marriage’ and is categorised as a harmful traditional practice. Efforts to tackle harmful traditional practices in the country have been made in the name of gender equality.
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  CLTS engagement, outcomes and empowerment in Malagasy communities

  Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, 2016

  Gender equality, serving the most vulnerable, and addressing the particular needs of women and girls are among the core principles of the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF). In order to better understand the link between gender dynamics and the impact of its Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) interventions, the GSF supported a study in a small number of communities in Madagascar in 2015.
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  A gender approach to understanding the differentiated impact of barriers to adaptation: responses to climate change in rural Ethiopia

  Springerlink, 2016

  While adaptation has received a fair amount of attention in the climate change debate, barriers to adaptation are the focus of a more specific, recent discussion. In this discussion, such barriers are generally treated as having a uniform, negative impact on all actors.
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  Hope dries up? Women and girls coping with drought and climate change

  CARE International, 2016

  The current drought in Mozambique has a disproportionate impact on women and girls. Unequal power relations, gender inequalities and discrimination mean that women and girls are often hardest hit during a crisis and will take longer to recover. Women and girls experience vulnerability different to men.
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  For richer, for poorer: marriage and casualized sex in East African artisanal mining settlements

  Glasgow University, 2014

  Migrants to Tanzania’s artisanal gold mining sites seek mineral wealth, which is accompanied by high risks of occupational hazards, economic failure, AIDS and social censure from their home communities. Male miners in these settlements compete to attract newly arrived young women who are perceived to be diverting male material support from older women and children’s economic survival.
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  The women’s rights champion. Tunisia’s potential for furthering women’s rights.

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2016

  Tunisia is a country in the midst of its post-revolutionary transition, and the status and legal position of women since the 2011 “Jasmine Revolution” is central to this transition. This report addresses the prospects for women-friendly family law reform in Tunisia in the aftermath of the 2011 evolution, with a particular focus on the potential impact of the 2014 Tunisian constitution.
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  Every last girl: free to live, free to learn, free from harm

  Save the Children Fund, 2016

  More than 700 million women in the world today were married before their 18th birthday and one in three of those women was married before age 15. Child marriage can trigger a cycle of disadvantage across every part of a girl’s life.
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  Empowering women for sustainable energy solutions to address climate change: experiences from UN Women and UNDP-UNEP PEI Africa

  UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative, 2015

  Renewable, clean energy and gender equality are preconditions for sustainable development and for tackling climate change, as envisioned by the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030.
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  Supporting women farmers in a changing climate: five policy lessons

  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2015

  Recent research presented at a seminar in Paris co-organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and Future Earth produced five key policy recommendations for supporting women farmers in a changing climate.Key recommendations:
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  Voices from the field: using Photovoice to explore impacts of climate change on mental health in Nepal

  Global Environmental Health, 2016

  Photovoice is a participatory research method that uses photos as a tool for deconstructing problems and questions raised by community members, with the goal of generating actionable solutions. The method enhances and builds community by allowing members to identify, reflect on, and address their own needs.

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