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    Sexuality - a Super Force: Young People, Sexuality and Rights in the era of HIV/AIDS

    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2002
    "Sex is Good - Sex is Joy - Sex is Fun - Sex is Love - Sex is Power - Protected Sex is Life!" This is the message of this booklet, which argues that sexuality is natural and needed for procreation, and sexual drive is important for intimacy and pleasure. Many young people have sex during their teens, whether their parents know this or not.
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    Victims, Perpetrators or Actors? Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence

    Zed Books Limited, 2001
    Armed conflict and political violence are generally viewed as "male domains" in which acts are perpetrated by men as part of armed forces, guerrilla groups, paramilitary organisations or peacekeeping operations. The involvement of women, either willingly or inadvertently, has received far less attention.
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    Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives

    University of California Press, 2003
    Images and themes of conflict are not hard to find in modern society. Signs of the times include films that equate action with war; condoms designed with a camouflage pattern; fashions that celebrate brass buttons and epaulettes; and tomato soup that contains pasta in the shape of Star Wars weapons. These images contribute to militaristic values that shape our culture in times of war and peace.
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    What Women Do in War Time: Gender and Conflict in Africa

    Zed Books Limited, 1998
    What is the legacy of armed conflict on the roles and experiences of women in Africa? This collection of reports, testimonies and analyses portrays the diverse experiences of women all over Africa who have lived through civil wars, apartheid, genocide and gendered political violence such as rape.
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    Luchando por la Justicia: las Mujeres Peruanas en la B£squeda de Los desaparecidos [Fighting forJustice: Peruvian Women in the Search for the Disappeared]

    BRIDGE, 2003
    How has a gender analysis been used in areas of post-conflict? In Peru, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) was set up following two decades of political violence spanning the period from 1980 to 2000.
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    Arms to Fight, Arms to Protect: Women Speak out about Conflict

    Panos Institute, London, 1995
    The survival struggles of ordinary women - whether as fighters, rape survivors, camp inhabitants, mothers or peacemakers - are highlighted in the accounts of conflict situations covered in this report. As part of the process of compiling testimonies, the authors set up partnerships with interested women's groups in different countries.
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    Combatientes y Genero: Implicaciones para la Reintegracion [Combatants and Gender: Implications for Reintegration]

    World Bank, 1999
    Statistics suggest that at the very least, 30 per cent of the combatants in El Salvador's internal armed conflict were women. This paper looks at the situation of female combatants in post-conflict situations, using real-life case studies. The transition from home to combat life represents a massive shift in roles for women.
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    The Postwar Moment: Militaries, Masculinities and International Peacekeeping

    Lawrence and Wishart, 2002
    How do social relations change as a result of peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction? This collection of essays links the experiences of post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina (B-H), with that of the Netherlands, a country that deployed a large peacekeeping force in the war-stricken area.
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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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    Gender and HIV/AIDS Cutting Edge Pack (CEP)

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002
    Why, after 20 years of international responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic are infection rates still on the increase? Why are the numbers of women living with HIV increasing faster than the number of men? HIV/AIDS is not only driven by gender inequality - it makes gender inequality worse, putting women, men and children further at risk.

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