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  Shadow Report: Implementation by the Russian Federation of UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

  Consortium of Women's Non-governmental Associations, 2001

  This shadow report from the Consortium of Women's Non-governmental Associations based in Moscow is critical of the Russian Federation's implementation of CEDAW in practice. Despite ratifying the CEDAW and having in place constitutional protection for gender equality, and the existence of a National Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women, practice still lags far behind.
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  Initial Reports of State Parties - Bolivia

  1991

  This is the Bolivian government's first and only report to the United Nations (UN) Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It outlines Bolivia's laws which protect women's rights, arranged sequentially in response to each article of the CEDAW.
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  The Principle of Accountability

  Women's Human Right's Net, 2004

  Accountability mechanisms can provide a way of institutionalising responsibility for addressing women's human rights violations, and point to ways forward in terms of process. Accountability has played an important role in the development of human rights law over the past decade.
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  Research Report on Women Street Vendors in Lahore

  Commitee for Asian Women, 2003

  There are two main barriers to improving the conditions of women street vendors - a lack of understanding of their current status and a lack of political commitment to improve conditions.
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  Gender, Citizenship and Governance: A Global Sourcebook

  Oxfam, 2004

  This resource book explores some of the experiences of Southern practitioners and experts working in the field of gender, citizenship and governance which have emerged in the context of KIT's 'Gender, Citizenship and Governance' programme. The book begins by giving an overview of the debates within development on citizenship and governance and how they relate to gender equality.
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  Gender and ICTs: Overview Report

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  New technologies in the information and communications arena, especially the Internet, have been seen as ushering in a new age. And yet, access to new ICTs is still a faraway reality for the vast majority of people.
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  CEDAW Fifth Periodic Reports of States Parties: Nicaragua

  Government of Nicaragua, 1999

  This report is Nicaragua's fifth and most recent report to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It outlines the status of women in Nicaragua and initiatives to address the goals set out by CEDAW, particularly with respect to women's equality within the family.
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  Development of a Rights Based Monitoring Tool for CARE Malawi

  2004

  Understanding discrimination is the key to understanding and combating the barriers faced by the poor and marginalised to realising their rights and achieving sustainable livelihoods. Discrimination is defined as treating someone differently especially because of one's own feelings or prejudices about, for example, a person's sex, race, and religion.
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  Sisterhood? The Casual Link between Gender-Focused NGOs and the Grassroots Women of Uganda

  2002

  Do advocacy efforts on the part of NGOs actually lead to benefits for women? This study in Uganda looked at why there are gaps between advocacy around policies for women's empowerment and the impact of this advocacy on women's lives.
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  CEDAW Combined Second and Third Periodic Reports of States Parties: Indonesia

  United Nations, 1997

  This report outlines the status of women in Indonesia as of 1997, the last time Indonesia made a submission to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of CEDAW. Indonesia has had a Minister of State for the Role of Women since 1978. In the years leading up to 1997, the country experienced rapid economic growth that substantially changed the status of women.

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