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    Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007

    2007
    Girls are getting a raw deal. They face double discrimination on account of their gender and their age, and in many societies they remain at the bottom of the social and economic ladder. 'Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007' is the first in a series of annual reports published by Plan examining the rights of girls throughout their childhood, adolescence and as young women.
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    Proposed Indicators to measure the targets set by the international Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2002
    This document is part of a proposal being developed to generate a system of indicators to measure progress towards meeting the objectives of the Action Plan of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Latin America and the Caribbean. A regional system of indicators is proposed to measure progress and identify inequalities among the various population groups.
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    Focus. Empowering Women

    United Nations Development Programme, 2005
    The United Nations Development Programme/ Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (UNDP/PAPP) supports Palestinian women through a wide range of initiatives - reviewed in this magazine. Training on gender and women's rights and assistance in gender mainstreaming is provided by UNDP to the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Women's Affairs.
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    My Unconventional Wedding

    BRIDGE, 2006
    In China marriage is the norm. Many people get married, including gay men marrying women (straight or not), for reasons of convenience and under social pressure, but also for reasons of pleasure and through choice. However, gay men who marry women are often blamed by the gay community for not being gay enough, or by health authorities for transmitting HIV and endangering society.
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    Change, choice and power: young women, livelihoods and HIV prevention

    United Nations Population Fund, 2007
    If poor young women and adolescent girls have access to their own incomes, will this empower them to refuse unwanted sex, negotiate condom use and walk away from violent relationships? This paper explores this question.
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    Evaluation of Stepping Stones: a gender transformative HIV prevention intervention

    Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2007
    Stepping Stones is an HIV prevention programme that aims to improve sexual health through building stronger, more gender-equitable relationships with better communication between partners.
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    BRIDGE Bibliography 18: Women and girls living with HIV/AIDS: overview and annotated bibliography

    BRIDGE, 2007
    HIV/AIDS is both driven by and entrenches gender inequality, leaving women more vulnerable than men to its impact. This report - consisting of an overview, annotated bibliography, and contacts section - considers the specific challenges faced by women and girls who are living with HIV and AIDS.
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    Reducing the Burden of HIV and AIDS Care on Women and Girls

    Voluntary Services Overseas, 2006
    Community and home-based care, delivered with little support from the public health system, is currently the key response to the HIV and AIDS pandemic globally. Due to traditional gender norms and unequal gender relations, it is women and girls who generally assume primary responsibility for providing this care, whilst possibly being HIV-positive, and often needing care themselves.
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    Beyond Gender Mainstreaming: Experiences from South Africa

    Gender AIDS Forum, 2004
    There are growing expressions of commitment to addressing the gender dimensions of HIV/AIDS. However, concerted action at policy and practice levels is still needed. The effectiveness of the response to HIV and AIDS depends on our ability to deal with the many inequalities that drive the epidemics.
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    "Man Hunt Intimacy: Man Clean Bathroom": Women, Sexual Pleasure, Gender Violence and HIV

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Men's contribution - or lack of it - to household tasks and expenditure and the daily burden of running a home is closely linked to sexual dissatisfaction, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. Men seek comfort by having sex with other women, and their wives also turn to other men for sex in order to buy school clothes for their children or food for the daily meal.

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