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  Decision of the Prime Minister of the Government on the Approval of the National Strategy for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam by 2010

  Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 2002

  This is the official approval by the Prime Minister of the National Strategy for the Advancement of Women. This document reiterates the overall and specific objectives of the strategy and lays out the main measure for implementation.
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  Plan of Action for the Advancement of Vietnamese Women by 2005

  National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Viet Nam, 2002

  The National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Viet Nam (NCFAW) developed this Plan of Action to guide implementation of the first five years of the ?National Strategy for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam by 2010?. It follows the format of the strategy - with coverage of the overall objective and its five specific objectives, including implementation arrangements.
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  NGOs? Report on the Implementation of the CEDAW Convention: A Parallel Report to the Periodic Report

  2003

  This report parallels the government's second periodic report of 1999. It finds that women's struggle to reform their status has not yet yielded results. The mobilisation to reform the Code for Personal Status and to establish a code for the family which is based on more egalitarian conjugal and family relations, has been slow and faced much resistance.
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  Second Periodic Report to CEDAW Committee- Morocco

  United Nations, 2002

  Many rights are already guaranteed by law, and government ministries and NGOs are taking initiatives to implement these. The Secretariat of State in charge of Social Protection, Family and Children, working with the World Bank, has prepared a national strategy for integrating women into development, as part of the follow up to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
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  Why Might Women support Religious ?Fundamentalism??

  Women for Women International, 2004

  Religious fundamentalism is often associated with men, so much so that instances of women's support for religious fundamentalism are perceived as the exception. The tendency to assume that all women stand against fundamentalism unwittingly works hand in hand with the notion of women as 'natural' universal peace-seekers, nurturers and carers.
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  Arab Regional Report on the Ten-year Review and Appraisal of the Beijing Platform for Action

  United Nations, 2004

  This report reviews Arab States' efforts to implement the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) and the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly. Based on 18 out of 22 country responses to a questionnaire, it reveals strong commitment on the part of most Arab countries to advancing gender equality and empowering women.
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  Gender equality: striving for justice in an unequal world

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  Based on the findings of UNRISD's ongoing gender research and over 60 specially commissioned studies, this report analyses the economic and political reforms of the 1990s. Whatever their intentions, these reforms had significant and mixed implications for gender relations and women's well-being. The report is divided into four key sections.
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  Increasing women’s representation in Iraq: what strategies would work best?

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2004

  If women are not represented in leadership roles in the new Iraq the consequences for the public policy agenda, for the articulation of women's interests, for good governance, as well as for the democratic legitimacy of legislative bodies and executive agencies will be critical.
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  Local to Local Dialogue: A Grassroots Women's Perspective on Good Governance

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2004

  Despite their contributions to the survival of their households and the well-being of their communities, low-income women are often excluded from planning and decision-making processes. These women are instead perceived as either 'beneficiaries' or 'clients'. In either case, poor women are not seen as citizens who can play an important role in transforming governance.
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  Women's political participation and good governance: 21st century challenges

  United Nations Development Programme, 2000

  Women's entry into the realms of governance and their presence and voices in political structures are central to the exercise of citizenship. Influence over policies which affect their lives is hindered by women's primary location in the private and non-political areas of family and community.

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