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    Investing in people: national progress in implementing the ICPD programme of action 1994-2004

    United Nations Population Fund, 2004
    Almost all countries report having taken at least one policy, legislative or administrative action to protect the rights of girls and women and promote women's empowerment since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994.
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    Women's Human Rights Situation in Indonesia

    Online Women in Politics, 2002
    Under the Indonesian Constitution women have the same rights as men. What happens in practice?
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    Shadow Report, Ethiopia 2003 (Executive Summary)

    Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association, 2003
    This shadow report, produced by NEWA and EWLA, offers a critique of the Ethiopian government's CEDAW report by looking at three broad areas: economic and socio-cultural status of women, equality in marriage and family relations and violence against women.
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    CEDAW Combined Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports of States Parties: Ethiopia

    United Nations, 2002
    Ethiopia has combined its fourth and fifth reports to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). This report outlines the status of women in Ethiopia and initiatives on the part of all government and non-governmental actors to address the goals set out by CEDAW.
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    How to Make the Law Work? Budgetary Implications of Domestic Violence Policies in Latin America

    2003
    How can domestic violence be reduced in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? This synthesis research paper demonstrates that to make domestic violence policy work there needs to be sufficient budgetary allocations to enable the laws enacted in these countries to translate into action.
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    BRIDGE Report 56: Gender and Development: Facts and Figures

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000
    What evidence is there of gender inequalities in life outcomes between women and men? This report provides facts and figures that expose gender inequalities, providing evidence of the need to engender development.
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    BRIDGE Report 57: Gender and Development: Frequently Asked Questions

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000
    What right do we have to interfere in other people's cultures? This is one question frequently asked of gender advocates. This collection draws together a range of popular questions and proposes possible answers. It is divided into three main sections. The first poses questions relating to gender in development more broadly that might be asked by those not familiar with the issues.
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    Experts Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in Selected African Countries: Proceedings

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2003
    Through presentations and working groups, participants from governments, civil society and donor agencies explored conceptual issues around gender and poverty, how to engender Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the extent to which gender-sensitive budget initiatives are integrated into these.
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    Building civil societies: a guide for social and political activism

    Women Living Under Muslim Law, 2000
    This is a guide for groups, individuals, activists and researchers that supports political lobbying, the organisation of protest campaigns and other mobilisation around domestic violence, legal reforms or peace activism. Strategies include work at local, national and international levels.
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    Women Hold Up Half the Sky

    2003
    This series of eight training videos which accompanies the above workbook is for learning about the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its relevance to women's daily lives. These short narrative dramas showing the effects of patriarchy on women and girls are based on real life stories.

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