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  Son Preference in Anhui Province, China

  1998

  In China, sons are viewed as necessary to carry out farm work, support elderly parents, continue the family name, inherit and worship ancestors. Less educated parents in rural areas particularly hold such beliefs. Drawing from a survey in Anhui Province, this study explores son preference, finding that couples attempt to control the sex composition of their children.
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  Children

  BRIDGE, 1999

  Advice on policy and programming with respect to children is rarely found in guidelines to address gender in development. The needs of girls and boys, and the underlying socio-economic and political factors that affect large numbers of children in developing countries, tend to be overlooked.
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  Mother-Father Resource Control, Marriage Payments, and Girl-Boy Health in Rural Bangladesh

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000

  Patterns of household decision-making and gender bias within rural Bangladeshi households are investigated in this study.
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  Better Rich or Better There? Grandparent Wealth, Coresidence, and Intrahousehold Allocation

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 1997

  In much of the developing world, extended family household structures are more common than nuclear families. This paper examines the effect of family background over two generations on investments in children (education and land) in the rural Philippines.
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  Educating Indigenous Girls in Latin America: Closing the Gap

  1997

  Despite the fact that gender parity in education has been achieved for children in most Latin American countries, the education of indigenous girls lags behind the rate for indigenous boys, and further behind the rate for non-indigenous children. As a group, indigenous females have the lowest literacy rate.
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  The Girls Report: What We Know and Need to Know About Growing Up Female

  National Council for Research on Women, 1998

  How do girls in the United States (U.S.) meet adolescent challenges' Large- scale national studies suggest that they are as likely as boys to smoke, have inadequate access to sports, are twice as likely as boys to suffer depression and are often subjected to violence.
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  Gender Equality and Investments in Adolescents in the Rural Philippines

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 1998

  Adolescents will constitute one fifth of the total population of the Philippines by 2010. Despite the fact that they receive a large share of household resources, adolescents have been relatively neglected in intra- household allocation research.
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  Out of the Silence: Fighting Violence Against Women in Thailand

  Cabinet Office, 2000

  The criminal justice system in Thailand has so far failed to provide appropriate protection and redress for survivors of violence. However with few counselling and shelter services available, there are not many alternatives outside the criminal justice system.
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  The Girl Child Inititative

  2000

  Despite the strong commitment of the Chinese government towards children and improving conditions for families, deep-rooted cultural traditions and attitudes continue to discriminate against girls.
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  Trafficking in Women and Children: Mekong Sub-Region

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1998

  Trafficking in women and children is a form of gender-based violence and breaches their human rights. It is a dramatically increasing phenomenon in the Mekong region yet has not been given due attention, nor is it well understood. Initial debates on definitions of trafficking, its social and legal aspects are just beginning.

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