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    Cause for Great Concern: The Status of Reproductive Health in Peru

    Center for Health and Gender Equity, 2003
    Despite important advances in the last 40 years, are women's sexual and reproductive health rights being threatened? This newsletter, written by the Director of the San Mart¡n de Porres University Medical Clinic in Lima, Peru, highlights the ways women's sexual and reproductive rights are being undermined by the Peruvian government of Alejandro Toledo, who came to power in 2001.
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    Gender profile: Peru

    Canadian International Development Agency, 2002
    What is the condition of women in Peru? This gender profile by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) offers a statistical overview of the condition of urban and rural women with respect to unemployment, status in the workplace, life expectancy and working and living conditions. Poverty is an ongoing concern and half the population continues to subsist below the poverty line.
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    CEDAW Combined Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports of States Parties: Egypt

    United Nations, 2000
    This submission by the government of Egypt to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) combines the fourth and fifth periodic reports, covering the period 1994 to 1998. It highlights the important role women have played in the country's development processes.
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    Rewriting Divorce in Egypt: Reclaiming Islam, Legal Activism, and Coalition Politics

    2003
    Egypt's Personal Status Law (PSL) coalition, made up of activists, lawyers, government officials, NGO leaders, legislators, and scholars, has been lobbying for 15 years for changes to the personal status laws that govern marriage, divorce, child custody, and inheritance.
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    Guidelines for Integrating Gender Analysis into Biodiversity Research

    1998
    How can gender be mainstreamed into programmes concerned with the sustainable use and management of biodiversity? The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has produced guidelines on how to integrate gender analysis into biodiversity research.
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    Contested Terrain: Oxfam, Gender, and the Aftermath of War

    Oxfam, 2001
    The topic of gender relations in the context of conflict covers highly sensitive terrain, not only within the war-torn society, but for intervening institutions. Like other international humanitarian agencies, Oxfam Great Britain (GB) has faced difficult questions about whether its presence has sometimes done more harm than good.
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    Millennium Development Goals, National Reports: A Look Through a Gender Lens

    United Nations Development Programme, 2003
    A scan of 13 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) country reports shows that gender equality concerns are inadequately mainstreamed. They are confined to Goal 3 (gender equality), Goal 5 (maternal mortality) and Goal 6 (HIV/AIDS). In turn, the rights-based language often used under Goal 3 is lost under other goals where women feature in their traditional roles as mothers and as victims.
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    Gender and Development: An Information Kit

    2000
    This information kit is a tool for gender and development specialists/ consultants working in Egypt. It was produced by the Gender and Development (GAD) Sub-Group, the body responsible for coordinating and sharing information between the UN, bilateral donor and Egyptian NGOs on gender initiatives in Egypt. The kit is broken down into five booklets.
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    The Gender Dimensions of Poverty in Egypt

    2001
    Does poverty in Egypt have a woman's face? Is female poverty linked to their conditions in the labour market or levels of education? Are women particularly at risk in poor households? This report addresses the gender dimensions of poverty using the recent Household Expenditure, Income and Consumption Survey of 1999/2000 for Egypt.
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    Sexuality - a Super Force: Young People, Sexuality and Rights in the era of HIV/AIDS

    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2002
    "Sex is Good - Sex is Joy - Sex is Fun - Sex is Love - Sex is Power - Protected Sex is Life!" This is the message of this booklet, which argues that sexuality is natural and needed for procreation, and sexual drive is important for intimacy and pleasure. Many young people have sex during their teens, whether their parents know this or not.

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