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    Fiscal Policy, Accountability and Voice: the Example of Gender Responsive Budget Initiatives, background paper for the Human Development Report (HDR) 2002

    United Nations Development Programme, 2002
    Processes to bring broader public accountability for fiscal policy in ways that are sensitive to the needs of poor women and men are still in their infancy. Gender responsive budget initiatives (GRBIs) seek to widen governance and accountability structures by bringing women's voices to discussions on public spending, revenue-raising and debt.
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    Gender Budgets: What's in it for NGOs?

    BRIDGE, 2002
    Over the last seven years, there has been increasing interest in gender budget work worldwide. There are, however, big differences between the initiatives in different countries. In particular, in some cases the initiatives have been located inside government; in other cases in Parliament; and in yet others within civil society.
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    How to Make the Law Work? Budgetary Implications of Domestic Violence Policies in Latin America

    2003
    How can domestic violence be reduced in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? This synthesis research paper demonstrates that to make domestic violence policy work there needs to be sufficient budgetary allocations to enable the laws enacted in these countries to translate into action.
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    Gender Impacts of Government Revenue Collection: The Case of Taxation

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 2004
    Are tax systems gender neutral? Assessing taxation and revenue from a gender perspective is no easy task. Political and technical constraints help to explain why most work to date has focused on expenditure. This paper provides information to assist in the analysis of potential gender bias in tax systems and help the design of gender-sensitive revenue measures.
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    International Gender and Trade Network: WTO Fifth Ministerial Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, September 10-14th, 2003 (Position Papers on Four WTO Issues)

    2003
    The IGTN Advocacy Document for the 5th WTO Ministerial Meeting that was held in Cancun, Mexico in September 2003 focuses on these four issues and identifies critical advocacy positions for each of them.
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    Individual versus Community

    Publishers WWW sites, 1998
    Citizenship theory is based largely on the rights and responsibilities of the individual. Where does the community fit in to such theories, and how does the emphasis on the individual limit the application of citizenship theories to a western perspective? In this chapter Chilla Bulbeck challenges three key areas of citizenship theory and practice.
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    Decentralisation: Toward Gender Orientation

    2001
    How can a gender perspective and women's interests be included in decentralisation processes through technical advisory services? This publication from GTZ outlines the various entry points through which donors can assist in ensuring that women and men participate equally in the process and its outcomes. The publication is divided into national and local level actions.
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    Local Action/Global Change: Learning about the Human Rights of Women and Girls

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1999
    This book aims to develop human rights awareness and provide information on issue-oriented actions. It includes substantive information about the human rights of women in such areas as violence, health, reproduction and sexuality, education, the global economy, the workplace, and family life.
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    Does Sex Make a Difference: An Equalities Pack for Young People on International Women's Day

    2003
    ?Get a Life!? is one message of this pack which looks at why women are underrepresented in politics in the UK. Young people, particularly girls, are encouraged to get involved in politics and representative bodies in school, community and government. Positive stories are presented of women's and young people's participation in politics.
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    Women Hold Up Half the Sky

    2003
    This series of eight training videos which accompanies the above workbook is for learning about the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its relevance to women's daily lives. These short narrative dramas showing the effects of patriarchy on women and girls are based on real life stories.

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