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    “Vrai Djo” project: a campaign to promote positive male role models in the fight against sexual and gender based violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Search for Common Ground, 2011
    This report presents progress of a Search for Common Ground (SFCG) project aimed at sensitising the population of western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the need to change behaviour towards women, and to shape male attitudes so that they are more respectful and positive towards women. Key results of the project include:
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    Changing their world 2nd edition

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2011
    This selection of four new case studies are an addition to the well received ‘Changing Their World’, publication from 2008, which contained ten case studies and considered what we mean by women’s movements, what makes a movement feminist, and the key issues facing women’s and feminist movements today. These further four case studies focus on:
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    Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice

    UN Women, 2011
    What are the legal frameworks in place to ensure women’s rights and access to justice? How do these laws translate into equality in practice? What interventions are needed to make justice a reality rather than an aspiration for women? These are some of the questions considered in this first major UN Women report.
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    Armed conflict and education: the UNESCO 2011 report

    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2011
    Violent conflict is one of the greatest development challenges facing the international community. Beyond the immediate human suffering it causes, it is a source of poverty, inequality and economic stagnation. Children and education systems are often on the front line of violent conflict.
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    2010 DRC report: Amplifying the voices of women in Eastern Congo

    Women for Women International, 2011
    As part of its survey series ‘Stronger Women, Stronger Nations’, Women for Women International (WfWI) conducted an extensive study in 2009 on the needs of women in the Kivus region of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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    Women count for peace: the 2010 open days on women, peace and security

    United Nations [UN] Peacekeeping Operations, 2010
    In the summer of 2010, female peace activists and senior United Nations (UN) leaders in conflict affected countries met for 25 special meetings: the ‘Open Days on Women, Peace and Security’. These aimed to ensure that women’s voices and leadership guide the work of the UN, improving its efforts to promote peace and protect women.
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    State of the world’s indigenous peoples

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2010
    The situation of indigenous peoples in many parts of the world is critical and indigenous peoples face systemic discrimination and exclusion from political and economic power.  The report states that indigenous peoples continue to suffer marginalisation, extreme poverty and conflict.
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    10th Anniversary of UN SC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security

    Inter Press Service, 2010
    The 10th anniversary of United Nations (U.N.) Security Council Resolution 1325 calls for equal representation and special protection of women in the resolution of armed conflict. However, it is not a secret that implementation of the important United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 has been disappointing.
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    Climate change and conflict: moving beyond the impasse

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2010
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    Tolerance in South Africa: exploring popular attitudes toward foreigners

    Afrobarometer, 2010
    This report suggests that the racist attacks that occurred in South Africa in 2008 were rooted in the micro-politics of townships and informal settlements. The author argues that violence was used as a means to drive foreigners out of South Africa and thereby decrease competition for jobs and other scarce resources. The paper’s findings include:

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