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    Focus. Empowering Women

    United Nations Development Programme, 2005
    The United Nations Development Programme/ Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (UNDP/PAPP) supports Palestinian women through a wide range of initiatives - reviewed in this magazine. Training on gender and women's rights and assistance in gender mainstreaming is provided by UNDP to the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Women's Affairs.
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    Palestinian Women in Israel

    Coalition of Women for Peace, 2004
    Palestinian women living in Israel experience overlapping spheres of discrimination - politically, economically, and socially. Politically, Israel is dominated by men particularly those from the military. Although many women are dissatisfied with how political parties address women's concerns, fewer and fewer women are entering politics.
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    UN CEDAW Issues Concluding Observations on Israel, Emphasising 14 Areas of Concern Regarding Israeli Violations of Rights of Palestinian Women

    Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, 2005
    In July 2005, members of the Working Group on the Status of Palestinian Citizens of Israel and delegates of Non-Governmental Organisations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), submitted data and reports on the situation of Palestinian women living in Israel to the United Nations Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
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    New Federal Policies Affecting Women's Equality: Reality Check

    Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2006
    In 2006, the new Conservative federal government of Canada made policy changes which dramatically affected women's equality provisions. The justification for the measures was that women were already treated equally to men and did not need policy support.
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    A Place at the Table: Afghan Women, Men and Decision Decision-making Authority

    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2005
    What constitutes gender issues in the Afghan context? What opportunities exist for improving gender-sensitive programming, policy formulation and indicators of success? This briefing paper acknowledges that Afghan women have made certain gains in the post-Taleban era, particularly in national-level legal and political arenas but also at the local level of development interventions.
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    Gender Equality Results in ADB Projects: Cambodia Country Report

    Asian Development Bank, 2006
    In 2001/2, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) gave loans to Cambodia for projects in rural development, health and Commune Council development. The first two programmes had forms of Gender Action Plans (GAPs), and the third did not. This report assesses how the incorporation or non-inclusion of GAPs in programmes affected outcomes for women.
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    A guide to civil society organisations working on democratic governance

    UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2005
    The Guide is provided primarily as a resource for UNDP offices working on democratic governance and seeking to strengthen engagement and further collaboration with civil society. The Guide is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of civil society organisations (CSOs) working on democratic governance. It is meant to indicate the growing breadth and complexity of CSO activity in this area.
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    Towards Political Empowerment for Jordanian Women

    2006
    What are the obstacles to women's political empowerment in Jordan and how should a strategy to address these obstacles be developed? In Jordan women are severely marginalised in terms of political participation.
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    Women and Political Participation in Jordan: The Development of Attitudes Towards Allocating a Quota of Parliamentary Seats for Women

    BRIDGE, 2000
    This paper analyses the rise and role of women in politics in Jordan, concentrating specifically on affirmative action and debates concerning quotas for women in parliament. It draws on a study by the University of Jordan's Strategic Studies Center on attitudes towards the political participation of women in Jordan.
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    Status report 2006: progress towards the goals for growth, social well-being and governance in Tanzania

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2006
    This report is a key output of Tanzania's National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) for the period 2005-2010. It provides a consolidated national view of the strategy's progress based on MKUKUTA's three major clusters of desired outcomes for poverty reduction: growth, social well-being, and governance.

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