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    Gender and Economic Empowerment in Africa, 8th Meeting of the Africa Partnership Forum, Berlin, Germany, 22-23 May 2007

    Africa Partnership Forum, 2007
    There are multiple obstacles to the economic empowerment of women in Africa. For example, limited access to productive resources such as land, seed and fertiliser means that women may be unable to benefit from the expansion of trade in agricultural products.
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    Decent Work? The Cambodian Garment Industry

    One World Action, 2007
    Has the garment industry in Cambodia led to the creation of decent work for women?
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    The Gender Implications of Pension Reforms. General Remarks and Evidence from Selected Countries

    2006
    Globally, women make up the majority of older people, as well as the majority of the elderly living in poverty. Despite these facts, and despite international and national commitments to gender mainstreaming in all policy fields, concerns about gender equality have been largely absent from mainstream pension policy debates, and from mainstream academic research on pension reforms.
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    Good Practices Guidebook on Gender Equality in the Workplace

    Gender Index Project, 2007
    Using research conducted in 34 businesses and organisations, the 'Gender Index' project in Poland has created the first Good Practices Guidebook on Gender Equality in the Workplace. It consists of 58 examples of innovative solutions for ensuring equal chances for women and men within the workplace, selected from 27 organisations.
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    International Labour Organisation Subregional Office for Central America, Haiti, Panama and Dominican Republic

    International Labour Organization, 2007
    The website of the subregional office of the International Labour Office (ILO) for Central America, Haiti, Panama and Domenican Republic has a special section on gender issues. It covers recent news and articles from the region, gender specific publications on labour rights, employment, statistics, training tools, migration and labour norms and rights.
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    Labour Policies with a Gender Perspective

    2007
    This is the official website of a programme jointly run by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) and the German international development agency GTZ.
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    Women Today Website

    Mujeres Hoy, 2007
    Mujeres Hoy is a website which provides gender related information and links to initiatives in Spain and Latin America. A section of their portal is dedicated to labour rights and offers abstracts on a wide range of articles, case studies and papers with links to the original documents.
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    The Working and Unemployed Women's Movement 'Maria Elena Cuadra' (MEC)

    Maria Elena Cuadra, 2007
    This movement supports women to participate fully and equally in Nicaraguan society by offering a space for reflection, capacity building and organisation. They focus on issues related to women's economic empowerment and labour rights but also work on other related issues like gender-based violence, poverty eradication and the environment.
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    Globalisation, Labor Standards and Women's Rights: Dilemmas of Collective (In)action in an Interdependent World

    Taylor and Francis Group, 2004
    In the context of trade liberalisation and the deregulation of the labour market, there has been an emergence of a northern-based alliance demanding that certain minimum labour standards be observed by all multinationals. This paper questions the view that globally enforced labour standards are in the interests of workers everywhere.
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    Women and Paid Sick Days: Crucial for Family Well-being

    2007
    More than 22 million working women in the United States (US) lack basic sick days benefits. Moreover, 75 percent of women living in poverty do not get paid when they miss work to care for a sick child. These are just some of the striking statistics presented in this short fact sheet on women in the US and paid sick days.

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