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    Men Who Have Sex with Men and HIV in Vietnam: A Review

    Guilford Publications, New York, 2004
    Men who have sex with men (MSM) in Vietnam's urban centres are increasing in numbers and visibility. Although limited to a few surveys, the available data on MSM in Vietnam show that they are at increased risk of HIV infection due to high numbers of sexual partners, high rates of unsafe sex, and inconsistent condom use.
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    Analysis of the Commission for Africa Report

    BRIDGE, 2005
    This follow-up to the United Kingdom (UK) Gender and Development Network's (GADN) submission to the Commission for Africa consultation process reviews and critiques the extent to which gender concerns are reflected in the final report of the Commission. Although the Commission's report recognises that women are a key part of the solution to Africa's problems, significant gaps remain.
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    Worldwide Joint Submission to the Commission for Africa

    United Kingdom Gender and Development Network, 2004
    This short report is a submission to the consultation process of the UK's Commission for Africa. In February 2004 British Prime Minister Tony Blair set up the Commission, aimed at providing a new focus and a comprehensive set of policies for a strong and prosperous Africa.
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    Assessing the Gender Impact of the Community based Animal Health Programme in Southern Sudan

    Veterinaires sans Frontieres, Belgium, 2002
    How does the position of women in the Nuer Community affect the division of labour in livestock activities? In southern Sudan many communities are chronically food insecure with little access to livestock and its products (e.g. milk and blood meat).
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    Sudanese women’s priorities and recommendations to the Oslo Donors’ Conference on Sudan

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2005
    This statement was issued at the Oslo Donor's Conference on Sudan in April 2005. Its authors comprise Sudanese women delegates from all regions, including representatives from the Government of Sudan, the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), civil society and academic institutions.
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    Review of the Implementation of the BPfA Outcome Documents of the Special Session of the General Assembly: Report of the SG

    United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2004
    Questionnaire responses from Member States provide the basis for this United Nations ten-year-on review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA).
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    Combined Third and Fourth CEDAW Periodic Reports of State Parties on Viet Nam

    United Nations, 2000
    Since 1998, Viet Nam has been implementing numerous effective measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls. Laws on economic, educational, scientific, political and social issues were revised to ensure their compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
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    Women and HIV/AIDS: Select Facts

    2004
    Women are increasingly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Nearly 50 percent of the 38 million people living with HIV/AIDS are female, up from 41 percent in 1997. Young women are disproportionately at risk. In the United States girls account for 57 percent of new HIV infections among teenagers.
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    Gender and Sustainable Development, USAID/Morocco: Report of Two Gender Training Workshops

    2002
    In 2002 the Women in Development Technical Assistance (WIDTECH) provided a two-step gender training programme to build competence in the USAID/Morocco Mission. The first step was a training of trainers (TOT) workshop on gender analysis and facilitation skills for four USAID/Morocco project officers.
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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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