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    The impact of the global systemic crisis on women in Eastern and Southern Africa

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2010
    The global economic recession that followed the global financial crisis has left its mark on the economies of Eastern and Southern African countries, although they are considered to be more resilient than other sub-regions in Africa –except for the middle- income economies (such as South Africa) with greater openness to trade, which have been more affected by the collapse in export and commodity m
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    Brief 11 - Women’s economic empowerment in the Arab region: how chronic development challenges and the global crises triggered people’s revolutions

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2011
    Brief 11: Women’s economic empowerment in the Arab region provides an analysis on how the global crises has contributed to exacerbating an already deteriorated context in the Arab region which is marked by political repression, lack of democracy, economic and social marginalization, and human rights violations.
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    Supporting civic activism among chronically poor women

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011
    To what extent are multidimensional women’s microfinance groups in Bolivia and Bangladesh capable of supporting civic activism among chronically poor women? Multidimensional microfinance programmes are those that offer more than finance services; they also offer social services, often through a group-lending model.
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    Impacts of the global economic and financial crisis on women in Central Asia

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2010
    Unemployment is one of the consequences of the global crisis. In 30 percent of households in Tajikistan, only half of the household members, who are able to work, have jobs. In Kazakhstan, in the second quarter of 2009 compared to the previous year, the number of unemployed women increased by 31.4 percent more than the number of unemployed men.
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    Women's empowerment in India: an analytical overview

    Asia Foundation, 2010
    Women’s empowerment in India is heavily dependent on many different variables that include geographical location (urban/rural), educational status, social status (caste and class), and age.
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    The global gender gap report 2010

    World Economic Forum, 2010
    Through the Global Gender Gap Reports, for the past five years, the World Economic Forum has been quantifying the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress over time.
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    The global gender gap report 2011

    World Economic Forum, 2011
    The Global Gender Gap Index,1 introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress.
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    Women's rights, women's resistance: lessons from the Honduran women's collective

    War on Want, 2011
    Over the past 30 years, hundreds of thousands of young women have spent their lives working day and night in the garment factories of Honduras. While jobs in the production plants of export processing zones, or maquila, have offered women the opportunity of work and economic independence, this has often come at a terrible cost.
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    Up front: women at work

    War on Want, 2010
    Women make up roughly three quarters of the world’s poor. Despite often having to perform the duties of both a breadwinner and head of household, women earn a mere tenth of global income. Subjected to the most precarious jobs in cities and rural areas, women are also far more likely than men to be unemployed.
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    Bridging the gender divide: how technology can advance women economically

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2010
    Intention and innovation can generate real economic benefits to women in the developing world. In a groundbreaking study, ICRW examines technology initiatives that have enabled women to develop their economic potential, become stronger leaders and more effective contributors to their families, communities and domestic economies.

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