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  Female Suicide Bombers

  McFarland Publishers, 2006

  Celebrated as liberators and martyrs by those who support their cause and denounced as terrorists by their opponents, suicide bombers have become all too common in violent conflicts worldwide. The female suicide bomber is a relative newcomer to the landscapes of war, but more and more women are being recruited for self-sacrifice.
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  Concluding comments of the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); Venezuela

  United Nations, 2006

  Recognising and commending the Venezuelan Constitution, 1999, which establishes the equality of rights between women and men, this document makes recommendations to the State regarding implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Optional Protocol to CEDAW, which was ratified by Venezuela in 2002.
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  Women in Bolivarian Venezuela Part 1: Women and the Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution

  Venezuela Analysis, 2005

  What contribution has the Bolivarian Revolution (socialist manifestation of the ideals of Simon Bolivar), combined with women's civil society activism, made to the status of women in Venezuela? Tracing the women's movement from 1958, with the fall of Perez Jimenez's dictatorship, this document sketches activities, triumphs and challenges of achieving gender equality in Venezuela.
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  Unfinished Transitions: Women and the Gendered Development of Democracy in Venezuela, 1936-1996

  Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000

  This analysis of Venezuelan women's organising traces a sixty year struggle to democratise political practice and represent women's interests. It addresses some of the prevailing issues of Latin American democratisation: why did women have difficulty participating in regimes they fought to install, and how did they seek inclusion?
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  Empowering Women through the Policy Process: The Making of Health Policy in South Africa

  Oxford University Press, New York, 2000

  An important though poorly recognised way by which women can become empowered is by playing a role in the policy-making process itself.
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  Discussing Women's Empowerment: Theory and Practice

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2001

  In October 2000, a conference was held in Sweden to create a forum for development practitioners and researchers to discuss the latest debates on gender and power.
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  Rethinking Empowerment: Gender and Development in a Global/Local World

  Routledge, 2002

  It is often assumed that women's empowerment is best pursued at a local level, through grassroots participatory methods. While a welcome antidote to the development community's long-standing preference for state-led, top-down development, this focus on the local tends to underplay the impact of global and national forces on prospects for poor people's - especially women's - empowerment.
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  Policy Arena. Assessing Women's Empowerment: Towards a Conceptual Framework

  Routledge, 2005

  When policymakers and practitioners decide that 'empowerment'? usually of women or the poor - is a development goal, what do they mean? And how do they determine the extent to which it has been achieved? Despite empowerment having become a widely used term, there is no universally accepted method for measuring and tracking changes.
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  The Meaning of Women's Empowerment: New Concepts from Action

  Harvard University Press, 1994

  Since the mid-1980s, the term empowerment has become popular in the development field, especially with reference to women. However, there is confusion as to what the term means among development actors. This paper analyses the concept of women's empowerment and outlines empowerment strategies based on insights gained through a study of grassroots programmes in South Asia.
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  Women in Leadership in Panchayati Raj Institutions: An Analysis of Six States

  1999

  In 1993, India passed the 73rd Constitutional Amendment which reserved 33% of panchayati raj (village councils) seats for women. The Amendment enabled thousands of women to enter the political arena. While some have created political space to voice their needs, concerns and priorities, others are still trying to grapple with the power and authority thrust upon them.

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