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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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  Progress of the World's Women 2002: Volume 2: Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2003

  At the Millenium Summit in September 2000, the largest ever gathering of world leaders agreed to the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of time-bound and measurable goals and targets for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and gender inequality.
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  Peasant Mobility and Gender

  2000

  An analysis of the 1990 population survey shows of those who moved for marriage, 91.4% were women, and 8.6% were men. Of those who had moved for work, 70% were men and 30% women, but recent data shows the proportion of women is rising. Men are slightly more likely to migrate further to another province. Men tend to migrate to big cities and the richer coastal areas.
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  Marriage and Migration in Transitional China: a Field Study of Gaozhou, Western Guangdong

  Pion Ltd, 2002

  Marriage and marriage migration are often downplayed in the migration literature. The role of location in decision making underlying marriage migration, and the relations between marriage and labour migration, are little understood.
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  Gender and transport for older people

  HelpAge International, 2002

  Consultations with poor older people in developing countries, have shown that transport is a major concern for older people. Problems with transport create a real barrier to older women and men accessing basic social services and participating in local activities.
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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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  Sexual Pleasure as a Women's Human Right: Experiences from a Grassroots Training Program in Turkey

  Women for Women's Rights - New Ways, Turkey, 2000

  Women's sexuality remains a strong taboo in Turkey. Most women have little or no access to information on sexuality as the issue is not addressed in either the formal education system or in informal systems such as the family or community. This silence around women's sexuality can leave women ill equipped to deal with sexual relations and develop happy sex lives.
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  Socialization to gender roles and marriage among Egyptian adolescents

  World Conservation Union, 2000

  How does Egyptian society influence the development of set gender roles amongst adolescents in preparation for marriage' Using national survey data, this paper explores gender socialisation and attitudes towards marriage among unmarried Egyptian adolescents aged 16-19 years. Great gender differences were found.
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  CEDAW Country Reports

  United Nations, 1998

  This section of the Divison for the Advancement of Women (DAW) website contains the CEDAW country reports submitted by states that have ratified or acceded to the Convention from 1995 onwards. Countries are legally bound to put the CEDAW provisions into practices and are also committed to submitting national reports on actions they have taken to comply with their treaty obligations.

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