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  Gender in Practice: Drawing Lessons from the Experiences in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific

  2001

  This bulletin shows women's rights campaigners some of the ways in which they can effectively influence policy arenas. This is a collection of tools, guidelines and lessons emerging from a two-year WIDE project on implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.
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  Human Rights, Advocacy, and the Empowerment of Women: An Education and Action Project in the Yugoslav Successor States?

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 1999

  In Croatia widespread ethnic conflict has led to the large scale erosion of human rights, including women's rights. In this context, Be Active, Be Emancipated - Budi aktivna, Budi emancipirana, or B.a.B.e. - was set up to foster structural change towards ensuring women's full participation in society. B.a.B.e.
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  Gendering Ethnicity: Implications for Democracy Assistance in Kyrgyzstan

  Routledge, 2002

  Since 1991, Western governments have been providing large amounts of democratic assistance to the Former Soviet Union yet few, if any, of the recipient countries have developed into genuine democracies. American and other Western powers expected democracy to prevent economic chaos and political conflict within and among states.
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  Special Issue on Gender and Citizenship

  Taylor and Francis Group, 1997

  This special issue brings together some current theoretical debates on gender and citizenship in the climate of globalisation, including debates concerning the changing nature of people's individual and group identities and belonging.
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  Shifting Spaces: Women, Citizenship and Migration within the European Union

  Polity Press, 1998

  This book is based on a research project examining the gender dimensions of internal migration in the European Union (EU). The impact of EU membership on the citizenship experience of female EU nationals as they migrate from one member country to another is explored.
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  Gender and Citizenship: Learning from South Africa?

  Agenda Feminist Publishing, 2001

  In what ways does political transformation mean a change in meanings and practice of citizenship - in the relationships between individuals and the state? This paper discusses the experiences of women, particularly black women, of citizenship in South Africa, where the new administration promised a new politics based on civil society and universal citizenship.
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  Governing for Equity, Gender, Citizenship and Governance

  Royal Tropical Institute, 2003

  This publication comes out of the Gender, Citizenship and Governance programme of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Netherlands. The project aimed to develop good practice in changing governance institutions to promote gender equality, enhance citizen participation and build accountability of public administration systems.
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  Promoting Gender Equity in the Democratic Process: women's Paths to Political Participation and Decisionmaking

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2000

  How can women be integrated in processes of democratisation? The participation of women in political and economic processes is essential for democratic governance. The PROWID grants system supported activities such as lobbying and advocacy, skills development and developing institutions to further women's social and economic rights.
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  Sexual Rights: Much has been said, much remains to be resolved

  2002

  In the ongoing United Nations (UN) debate on human rights and sexuality, sexual rights have been conceptualised in largely negative ways - in relation to issues of protection against pregnancy, rape, disease and violence. This paper calls for an inclusion of more positive aspects of sexual rights.
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  Gender Budgets and Beyond: Feminist Fiscal Policy in the Context of Globalisation

  BRIDGE, 2003

  This article is part of a special issue of Oxfam's Gender and Development journal entitled Women Reinventing Globalisation, bringing together insights drawn from the Ninth International Forum of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). It focuses on the gender-blindness of macro-economic and fiscal policies.

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