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  Progress of the world's women 2002: gender equality and the Millennium Development Goals

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2002

  This report presents data, statistics and analysis to give a picture of women's empowerment in the new century, and illuminate what remains to be done to achieve true gender equality.Findings include:Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest levels of achievement, primarily because of a devastating combination of national poverty, conflict and the effects of HIV/AIDSThe level of women's rep
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  Restoring peace and democracy in Sudan: limited choices for African leadership

  Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2002

  Are there any lessons to be learnt regarding the role of "brotherhoods of men" in conflict-ridden African states? The Broederbond (Association of Brothers) in South Africa played a crucial role in not only providing guidance to the apartheid Nationalist Party government, but also dominating it through the infiltration of its membership.
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  Diamonds, forever or for good?: the economic impact of diamonds in South Africa

  Partnership Africa Canada, 2002

  This document considers the economic impact of diamonds in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. It states that the many global campaigns to stop trade in conflict diamonds has tended to ignore the benefits of the legitimate industry for these countries. The author describes a study that attempts to verify the claims regarding the positive aspects of the industry.
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  Women in war and peace: grassroots peacebuilding

  United States Institute of Peace, 2000

  Many of the efforts under way to sustain peace in countries and regions beset by or emerging from violent conflict are undertaken by grassoots organisations formed by those whose lives are most directly and significantly affected by the conflict .
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  Immigration, xenophobia and human rights in South Africa

  Southern African Migration Project, 2001

  This paper first examines various reports and studies which made the claims about growing xenophobia in the mid-1990s, presents an overview of the findings of public opinion surveys conducted from1997-2000 and draws some policy implications from the findings.
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  A question of principle: arms trade and human rights

  Human Rights Watch, 2000

  Paper asserts that the South African government must urgently address the inconsistencies that have emerged between its arms export policies and practices, and deny all human rights abusers its weapons, the tools with which such abuses have been committed. In particular, Human Rights Watch believes four areas need attention.
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  Cross-border raiding and community conflict in the Lesotho-South Africa border zone

  Southern African Migration Project, 2001

  This paper seeks to understand the social and economic roots and impacts of cross-border stock theft Such an analysis is a vital first-step towards the resolution of the conflict since it shows not only why the violence occurs but who stands to benefit from its perpetuation.
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  Botswana: migration perspectives and prospects

  Southern African Migration Project, 2000

  First publication from a research program that aims to provide basic, up-to-date information on migration trends, volumes, impacts, and attitudes in Botswana. It brings together the research findings from three national surveys of migration attitudes and behaviours undertaken in Botswana in 1997 and 1998.
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  Rural Africa at the crossroads: livelihood practices and policies

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2000

  This paper synthesises the findings and main policy implications of new empirical studies on changing rural livelihoods from the De-Agrarianisation and Rural Employment (DARE) research programme at the African Studies Centre, University of Leiden.Conclusions include the following: Largely as a result of structural adjustment performances, diversification out of agriculture has become th

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