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    Connecting the global to the local: reflections on CSW 59 and the work of collective actors to address structural violence in South Africa

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    This report from Thea Shahrokh and Elizabeth Mills of the Institute for Development Studies reflects on the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59), and ties it to the work of collective actors addressing structural violence in South Africa.
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    CSW59 – Beijing Betrayed

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2015
    At a time of celebrating the achievements seen in Beijing twenty years ago, and of commitment to the accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, what women don’t need is an outcome to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) weakened by its lack of engagement with women on the ground, and lacking in vision and commitment.
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    High-Level dialogue towards a continental results framework on women, peace and security in Africa

    United Nations, 2015
    Hosted on the United Nations WebTV service and organised by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA), this 90 minute recording documents the high-level dialogue towards a continental framework on women, peace and security in Africa.
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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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    Pathways of women's empowerment: building constituencies

    Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC, 2015
    This thematic portal examines how women engage with policy change, and the building of alliances and coalitions, to bring about accountability. It also contains information on how to create demand for, and dismantle obstacles to, women’s empowerment; and how to institutionalise and legitimise women’s empowerment in the policies, actions and populations of these institutions.
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    Violence Against Women Human Rights Defenders in Mesoamerica: Summary Findings

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2012
    Frontline women activists in Mexico and Central America face threats, intimidation, and attacks for defending justice and human rights. This 2012 Assessment Report makes use of the data from the Mesoamerican Registry of Attacks against Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs), which was compiled from January to December 2012 in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
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    Women and peace and security: report of the Secretary-General

    United Nations Security Council, 2010
    This report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Security Council (UNSRC) concerns women, peace and security, and the difficulty of highlighting significant achievements ten years after the adoption of Resolution 1325 (October 2000), which sought to draw attention to the disproportionate suffering of women in areas of armed conflict, and promote women's participation in peace negotiation
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    Oxfam minimum standards for gender in emergencies

    Oxfam, 2014
    These minimum standards were originally developed for Oxfam staff to ensure a consistent approach to promoting gender equality in humanitarian preparedness and response programming. They are provided here as a tool for humanitarian programme practitioners, and as part of Oxfam’s commitment to transparency, sharing good practice and improving quality across the sector.
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    MASVAW Movement Mapping Report: Movement Mapping and Critical Reflection with Activists of the Men’s Action to Stop Violence Against Women (MASVAW) Campaign, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, August 2014

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    This movement mapping report thus introduces a collaborative research project between the Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ), India, their local activist partners in the Men’s Action to Stop Violence Against Women (MASVAW) campaign and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) to explore the effectiveness of men’s collective action in addressing GBV.
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    A transformative stand-alone goal on achieving gender equality, women's rights and women's empowerment: imperatives and key components

    UN Women, 2013
    The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have played a critical role in mobilising integrated international action on global poverty issues, including recognition in the Millennium Declaration that inequality and discrimination based on gender plays a significant factor undermining progress in many contexts.

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