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  Women's Federation's Unempowered Participation in International Development Projects

  2004

  Women's participation is a requirement, in name, for the acquisition and implementation of large-scale international development projects. These projects, generally in practice, are implemented by the relevant departments of specific sectors of government.
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  How Can Women Village Officials Deal with Crises in Village Management?

  Rural Women Knowing All, 2004

  How to deal with crises' was the theme of a field workshop held in 2004 by the Support Network for Women Village Heads. Issues discussed included - ?After the village head was assaulted,?? ?When many villagers appealed to the higher authorities for help,? ?When pollution compensation fees cause trouble,? and ?Facing problems of collecting taxes?.
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  A Practical Manual on Rural Women's Participation in the Elections for Village Committees

  2004

  This is the first systematic teaching material on rural women's participation in village autonomy. Written by women experts, this book focuses on rural women's participation in elections. The book is based on the perspectives of law, policy, theory, and practice.
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  Labour and Social Issues Relating to Export Processing Zones, Report for discussion in the Tripartite Meeting of Export-Processing Zone-Operating Countries

  International Labour Organization, 1998

  It is now widely understood that women make up the majority of workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) - areas dedicated to the mass production of export commodities such as garments and electrical goods in large factories. The labour and social concerns of female workers differ from those of men.
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  Barriers to Girls' Education: Strategies and Interventions

  2002

  This resource from the 'Teachers Talking about Learning' initiative of UNICEF provides a comprehensive overview of barriers to girls' education.
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  Gender and Migration: Supporting Resources Collection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  This collection is made up of summaries of overviews, case studies, tools and guidelines and other materials relating to gender and migration. Details of how to obtain copies or download the full texts are provided with each summary.
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  Evaluation of DFID development assistance: gender equality and women's empowerment, Phase II Thematic Evaluation: Migration and Development

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report analyses the United Kingdom Department for International Development's work on migration from the perspective of its commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment. It assesses how far DFID's work to date has adopted its own indicators of effective gender mainstreaming, and suggests areas for strengthening DFID's contribution in this field.
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  Millennium Development Goals: Gender Factsheet

  Department for International Development, UK, 2004

  This factsheet provides an overview of how the Department for International Development, UK (DFID) is working to address Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3, 'Promote gender equality and empower women'.
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  Gender Mainstreaming in UK Development Cooperation

  Network Women in Development Europe, 2004

  This briefing note provides an overview and critique of gender mainstreaming policy and practice within the Department for International Development, UK (DFID), focusing specifically on gender mainstreaming in trade policy.
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  CEDAW Fourth Periodic Report of States Parties: United Kingdom

  1999

  This is the UK's fourth report to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

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