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Crisis of impunity: the role of Pakistan, Russia, and Iran in fueling the civil war
Human Rights Watch, 2001This document seeks to show the extent to which the civil war in Afghanistan was being sponsored by Pakistan, Iran, Russia, and other neighboring countries, with the United States and India working in other ways to influence the war's outcomeThe report predicts Afghanistan's role as a theater of geopolitical competition and questions the reasons why the humanitarian toll of war did not figure pDocumentTibetan Women Oppression and Discrimination in occupied Tibet
Office of Tibet, Government of Tibet in Exile, 1999Report highlights the particular concerns of Tibetan women inside Tibet and those living as refugees in exile. This report also ncludes a list of recommendations which, it is hoped, will serve as inputs to thediscussions for the Draft Platform.DocumentThe New 'Knowers' of West Africa. Muslims, Education and Social Change. A commentated bibliography.
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998Bibliography presents summaries of and comments on eight different texts, each providing important contributions to the subject of Muslims, education and social change in West Africa.DocumentEngendering development
Gendernet, World Bank, 2000Draft Policy Research Report examines the conceptual and empirical links between gender, public policy, and development outcomes and demonstrates the value of applying a gender perspective to the design of development policies.The evidence presented shows that societies that discriminate by gender pay a high price in terms of their ability to develop and to reduce poverty.DocumentOlder people in disasters and humanitarian crises: Guidelines for best practice
HelpAge International, 2000Aimed at helping relief agencies meet the special needs of older people in emergencies.Guidelines give examples of key approaches and actions that could help the humanitarian community reduce the vulnerability associated with ageing. They also suggest ways to enhance the capacities and contribution of older people in emergencies [authors]DocumentGlobal poverty report 2000
African Development Bank, 2000This report was prepared for the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting 2000 by a consortium of multilateral finance organizations including African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank.The report focuses on three main topics:global poverty conditions and trendsregional poverty trDocumentAgeing in India
Ageing and Life Course (WHO), 1999With no nation-wide registry of older people and community based data on morbidity not readily available, the absence of reliable and continuous sources of data on India makes the task of researchers difficult.Paper gives overview of issues of ageing population, coveringDemographic transition in IndiaDefining ageing in IndiaCurrent scenario and future projectionsAlsoDocumentThe impact of armed conflict on children
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2000This document reviews the wide-ranging series of actions taken in response to the recommendations of the 1996 Machel Report. Many of the significant achievements are woven into this text, which constitutes an early summary of a book that will be published in early 2001.