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  A Russian Perspective

  Canadian International Development Agency, 2001

  Gender equality is an important element in the successful transition to a market economy and democratic development. Unfortunately, in the economic and political transition in Russia women have paid a higher price than men.
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  DAC Source Book on Concepts and Approaches Linked to Gender Equality

  DAC Network on Gender Equality, 1998

  This background document is divided into two sections. The first defines key concepts and approaches and the second provides a selected list of materials on various themes within gender and development. The key concepts cover a wide range of development issues and are not only gender-specific.
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  Investing in people: national progress in implementing the ICPD programme of action 1994-2004

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  Almost all countries report having taken at least one policy, legislative or administrative action to protect the rights of girls and women and promote women's empowerment since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994.
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  Fifth Periodic CEDAW Report - Bangladesh

  2003

  Despite numerous positive advancements, patriarchal values and practices still limit Bangladeshi women's opportunities for education and employment. They also place them at a greater risk of violence in the form of rape, acid attacks and trafficking. Bangladesh is one of seven countries in the world where the number of women is less than that of men.
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  GENIA Toolkit For Promoting Gender Equality in Education

  2004

  How can education in Asia become more gender sensitive? The GENIA toolkit provides a collection of practical resources for gender focal points in Asian Ministries of Education (MoE). It aims to build the technical capacity of gender focal points to mainstream gender at national and regional levels.
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  Gender, Citizenship and Nationality Training Pack

  2003

  This training pack is based on learning from various field training initiatives as well as case studies drawn from CRTD's empirical research. The objectives of the pack are to develop a greater understanding of the concepts and applications of gender, citizenship and nationality; and to generate discussion about how individuals, particularly women, are excluded from citizen rights.
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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 15: Gender and ICTs

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  Dramatic changes brought about by information and communication technologies (ICTs) have created new economic and social opportunities the world over. Their use, however, continues to be governed by existing power relations. This issue of In Brief looks at the relationship between ICTs and gender equality.
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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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  Why eat green cucumbers at the time of dying?: women’s literacy and development in Nepal

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2000

  Why should people take on new literacy practices when they feel they are able to communicate adequately? Is 'traditional' literacy the key to women's empowerment? In Nepal, as elsewhere, there has been an explosion of literacy programmes due to the popular perception that this is the case. This report questions whether such programmes meet women's needs from the point of view of participants.
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  Literacy and Social Change: From a Woman's Perspective

  Proceedings of the 1996 World Conference on Literacy, 1996

  How can literacy programmes be implemented which address the real, wider needs of marginalised groups? This paper describes self-generated literacy programmes in two communities in Mumbai, India. The programmes were planned by women in the communities around their actual needs rather than following traditional schooling methods.

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