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    CEDAW Fifth Periodic Reports of State Parties: Peru

    United Nations, 2001
    Peru's fifth submission to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) outlines the status of women in Peru. The government has faced difficulties changing attitudes that discriminate against women.
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    Gender profile: Peru

    Canadian International Development Agency, 2002
    What is the condition of women in Peru? This gender profile by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) offers a statistical overview of the condition of urban and rural women with respect to unemployment, status in the workplace, life expectancy and working and living conditions. Poverty is an ongoing concern and half the population continues to subsist below the poverty line.
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    Millennium Development Goals, National Reports: A Look Through a Gender Lens

    United Nations Development Programme, 2003
    A scan of 13 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) country reports shows that gender equality concerns are inadequately mainstreamed. They are confined to Goal 3 (gender equality), Goal 5 (maternal mortality) and Goal 6 (HIV/AIDS). In turn, the rights-based language often used under Goal 3 is lost under other goals where women feature in their traditional roles as mothers and as victims.
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    Le D?sir Amput?, Sexual Experience of Lebanese Women: 15 Years Later

    2002
    How do women understand their sexuality? This paper is based on a research project on the sexual experience of a group of Christian women in a traditional Lebanese society. The research looked at school (education), family (virginity and autoerotic practice) and marriage - institutions, it argues, which operate to maintain the status quo.
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    Beyond Victims and Villains: Addressing Sexual Violence in the Education Sector

    Panos Institute, London, 2003
    Gender-based violence has physical, sexual, and psychological consequences, and is frequently the cause of ill health and even death among women aged 15 to 44. Younger women appear to be particularly at risk. Gender violence worldwide often remains unaddressed. It is rarely talked about within schools and universities, which are often perceived to be the safest places.
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    The Integration of Women's Rights in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership/L'integration des Droits des Femmes dans le Partenariat Euro-Mediterraneen

    Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, 2003
    The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, launched in 1995, provides a framework for political, economic and social relations between the 12 partners of the southern Mediterranean and 15 European Union member states. This report explores the dynamics that hinder and promote women's rights within this partnership and in the Middle East and North Africa.
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    Adolescent girls literacy initiative for reproductive health (A GIFT for RH)

    Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003
    The goal of this project was to assist illiterate and out-of-school adolescent girls in making informed decisions regarding their reproductive health and rights. The Aamaa Milan Kendra (AMK or Mothers' Club), an NGO set up in 1999 in Nepal, has been supporting activities that help adolescent girls challenge gender inequity and expand their life options.
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    Planning for education in the context of HIV/AIDS

    International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2000
    This booklet is one in a series of educational planning tools published by UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). The series is edited and authored by professionals from regions around the world, and represents a wide range of perspectives. This booklet may be used in formal training programmes or private education.
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    Educating girls: transforming the future

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2000
    Education is fundamental for individual lifelong development and brings multiple social and economic benefits. Yet over 130 million children - mostly girls - are denied this right.
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    The effect of early childhood development programs on women's labor force participation and older children's schooling in Kenya

    Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
    Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres have grown rapidly in number since Kenya's independence in 1963. The effectiveness of ECD investment is usually based on the school achievement and cognitive ability of ECD graduates. Little is known about the indirect benefits of ECD on the welfare of households.

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