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  Monitoring & Evaluation Programme of the African Plan of Action to Accelerate the Implementation of the Dakar & Beijing Platforms for Action Part I: A Guide to Data Collection for Impact Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming on the Status of African Women

  2004

  How can we measure the impact on the status of women of the Beijing and Dakar Platforms for Action in African countries ten years after the Platforms were established? This manual aims to give clear guidance to gender impact assessment evaluators on how to carry out such monitoring.
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  Women with Disabilities: Accessing Trade

  Status of Women Canada, 2004

  How do trade policies in Canada affect women with disabilities? Disabled women already have a greater propensity to be on low incomes. Gender and disability combine to deepen inequalities in access to jobs and remuneration. This leaves many women with disabilities more reliant on public funded support.
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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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  2007 Federal Budget Overview: Not a Budget for Women

  2007

  Who benefits most from Canada's 2007 Federal Budget? According to this report, it is high earning men with a stay-at-home partner or wife. The report shows how women in Canada are affected differently than men by tax and spending policies of governments as a result of their varying labour market opportunities, family and community responsibilities, and levels of economic security.
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  Recommendations Contained in the Report of the High-level Panel on United Nations System-Wide Coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Environment

  United Nations, 2007

  In November 2006, the United Nations (UN) published 'Delivering As One', a report examining how the UN can achieve greater coherence through changes in the its structures and systems. In this six-page document, the new UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, responds to the report's suggestions. He states his full agreement with the need for a stronger and more dynamic gender architecture.
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  Domestic Violence in a Rapidly Growing Border Settlement: A Study of Two Villages in Poipet Commune, Banteay Meanchey Province

  Cooperation Committee of Cambodia, 2005

  Poipet commune in Banteay Meanchey Province is a rapidly growing settlement on the Thai border. As an economic and casino zone it provides many opportunities for development and prosperity. However increased market activity has been accompanied by a rise in social problems including a high incidence of domestic violence.
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  Combined Initial, Second and Third CEDAW Periodic Reports: Cambodia

  2004

  What steps has Cambodia's government taken to achieve gender equality since ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in October 2002? In this first report to the CEDAW Committee, the government outlines progress in a range of areas.
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  Impact of the Garment Industry on Rural Livelihoods. Lessons from Prey Veng Garment Workers and Rural Households

  Cooperation Committee of Cambodia, 2005

  After Prey Veng province suffered from a series of floods and natural disasters which destroyed much of its' rice production in 2001 and the years after, women travelled from Prey Veng to Phnom Penh to work in the garment industry. This report looks at the experience of the workers, and tracks the impact of the new income on rural households in terms of its finances and gender relations.
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  Gender Analysis and Assessment: Volume 1 Gender Analysis

  2006

  Cambodia is slowly recovering from decades of violence and unrest. One positive outcome of this social upheaval is that oppressive gender roles and responsibilities are being challenged. Alongside this process are efforts to improve the status of women and promote their human rights.
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  The United Nations: A Framework for Support of Gender in Cambodia

  2006

  The United Nations (UN) is committed to addressing gender concerns in Cambodia as a priority in its implementation of the UN Development Assistance Framework 2006-2010. The UN recognises that women are underrepresented politically in Cambodia and have a lower economic, social and cultural status to men.

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