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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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    Women, Peace and Security: The Canadian NGO Experience

    Gender and Peacebuilding Working Group, 2007
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security calls for the participation of women in peace processes, gender training in peace operations, and the overall protection of women and girls and respect of their rights, particularly in conflict situations.
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    Gendering Canada's Refugee Process

    Status of Women Canada, 2006
    What is the impact of the Canadian 2002 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRFP) on women? This study documents women's experiences in all stages of the refugee process and makes recommendations to government agencies.
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    In-depth Study on All Forms of Violence Against Women: Report of the Secretary General

    United Nations, 2006
    In 2003, the General Assembly mandated - for the first time - the preparation of an in-depth study on all forms of violence against women (VAW).
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    Violence Against Women: A Baseline Survey (Final Report - Cambodia 2005 )

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2005
    Domestic violence in Cambodia takes place within a complex web of attitudes and values around gender roles, social relations and violence in general. Even though a wide range of donors, government agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have worked intensely to reduce domestic violence the situation has not improved significantly.
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    Gender-based Violence and HIV/AIDS in Cambodia: Links, Opportunities and Potential Responses

    2005
    Gender based violence (GBV) and HIV/AIDS are rampant in Cambodia. GBV ranges from sexual harassment to rape, from domestic violence or intimate partner violence to trafficking. Evidence points to the growing levels of sexual violence and the increasing transmission from husband to wife as trends which indicate the importance of exploring the link between HIV/AIDS and GBV.
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    Show us the money: is violence againts women on the HIV&AIDS donor agenda?

    Women Won't Wait, 2007
    Two pandemics threaten the health, lives and rights of women throughout the world: one is HIV and AIDS and the other is gender-based violence. Research confirms that intimate partner violence is a leading factor in the increasing ?feminization? of the global AIDS pandemic, resulting in disproportionately higher rates of HIV infection among women and girls.
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    The Vanishing Victim: Criminal Law and Gender in Jordan

    Blackwell Synergy, 2007
    Criminal codes in Jordan are markedly gendered. This article analyses how the penalties for rape, domestic violence and honour killings reflect local norms of appropriate gender roles and society's desire to rectify the social standing and ?honour? of a raped woman and her family, rather than to punish the crime.
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    Honoring the Killers: Justice Denied For ?Honor? Crimes In Jordan

    2007
    In Jordan, a woman's life is at risk if she engages in ?immoral or shameful? acts, such as talking with a man not her husband, even in public, or marrying someone her family does not approve of. ?Honour? killings in Jordan rarely carry a sentence of more than one year of imprisonment.
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    Strengthening Resistance: Confronting Violence against Women and HIV/AIDS

    2006
    Around the world, women are facing a catastrophic assault on their bodies, their rights and their health as a result of the prevalence of HIV and the unrelenting levels of violence against women on a global level. Each constitutes a crisis on its own. Yet in the lives of millions of women these crises are not separable; they are fundamentally linked.

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