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    Comparative Perspective of Work Life Balance in France, Spain, UK and Belgium

    Co-responsibility, 2009
    This inventory provides an overview of local and regional policies relating to fatherhood and work-life balance in Europe, including initiatives to educate fathers about their parental responsibilities, private-sector initiatives, provision of childcare facilities in the workplace, and flexible working hours policies.
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    Gender and Care: Overview Report

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    Providing care can be both a source of fulfilment and a terrible burden. For women and girls in particular, their socially prescribed role as carers can undermine their rights and limit their opportunities, capabilities and choices - posing a fundamental obstacle to gender equality and well-being.
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    Changing Household Structures and Gender Relations in Lesotho

    2005
    Since the 1980s Lesotho has been undergoing a period of rapid economic and demographic change. This Brief analyses how changing livelihood options for women and men are impacting on household structures, gender relations, and the gender division of labour.
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    Gender, Remmitances and Development: Preliminary Findings From Selected SADC Countries

    2007
    This report, from a UN-INSTRAW research programme on remittances and migration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, analyses migration strategies, motivations, patterns and flows for different groups of women and men, including asylum seekers and refugees, as well as economic migrants.
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    Integrating Gender into World Bank Financed Transport Programs: Case Study - Lesotho

    World Bank, 2003
    Supported by Ireland Aid the Department of Rural Roads (DRR) of Lesotho strives to prioritise gender in implementing their rural access program. This report analyses how international and regional human rights instruments, as well as donor requirements emphasising the inclusion of women in development projects, have raised institutional awareness of gender and forced commitment from government.
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    Change and Continuity in Social Protection in Latin America: Mothers at the Service of the State?

    2007
    Far from 'empowering' women, social protection programmes in Latin America often increase women's unpaid responsibilities and reinforce the gender division of labour. This is the central argument put forward in this paper, which critically analyses two social protection programmes in Latin America. The first is the well-known Mexican-based Oportunidades programme (formerly Progresa).
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    Gender Equality and the Extension of Social Protection

    International Labour Organization, 2003
    There is overwhelming evidence that women occupy a disadvantaged status in relation to work opportunities when compared to men from equivalent social groups. Underpinning this is the unequal division of domestic and care work between men and women, which constrains women from taking up or remaining in full-time employment.
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    Women Organizing for Social Protection: The Self Employed Women's Association's Integrated Insurance Scheme, India

    International Labour Organization, 2001
    Several international declarations and conventions establish social protection as a universal human right. Most countries in the world also recognise the individual's right to social protection in their national constitution or legislation. Nevertheless, today, the majority of the world's population still has no access to this kind of protection.
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    Manual for Gender Mainstreaming: Social Inclusion and Social Protection Policies

    European Commission, 2007
    What do EU policy makers need to do to mainstream gender into social inclusion and social protection policies? This manual provides policy makers with a hands-on tool to aid this process. It suggests several factors to consider when designing social protection policies.
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    Women in Enterprise - A Report on Women in Small and Medium Enterprises in New Zealand

    2008
    The Women in Enterprise (WIE) project in New Zealand aims to: document the characteristics of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) owned by women; identify positive and negative factors that influence the success of SMEs owned by women; and examine some of the common and unique features of women's businesses.

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