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  A Report on Gender at the Heart of Economic Policy Process: A Focus on the Budget (Workshop 25 ?27 March, 2004)

  British Council, 2004

  Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Although general poverty indicators are available, there is a severe shortage of gender-desegregated economic data and indicators. It is therefore very difficult to understand how poverty affects women differentially from men.
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  Negotiating the Economics of the PRSs: A Reference Guide for the Non-economist. DAC Network on Gender Equality

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003

  The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process has opened up new opportunities for the wider participation of civil society in economic planning. Yet macroeconomic and structural policies continue to be negotiated predominantly between national governments and the World Bank and/or the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with little participation by civil society, especially gender specialists.
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  Summary Report of the Joint Meeting of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) and the OECD-DAC Network on Gender Equality: Aid Modalities and the Promotion of Gender Equality

  DAC Network on Gender Equality, 2006

  What are the implications of the new aid modalities for gender equality and the empowerment of women? What needs to be done to keep commitments to gender equality on track?
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  Budgeting for women’s rights: monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2006

  This report adds a landmark to the discourse on the link between human rights standards and government budgets. It elaborates on how budgets and budget policy making processes can be monitored for compliance with human rights standards, in particular with the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
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  The Hidden Assembly Line: Gender Dynamics of Subcontracted Work in a Global Economy

  Kumarian Press, 2002

  There has been growing interest among nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Asia to better contextualise their labour organising work within a global economic framework. Activists were finding that solely localised organising strategies could not keep up with the effects of the constantly changing structures of global markets.
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  STITCH (website)

  STITCH, 1990

  STITCH is a network of women unionists, organisers, and activists who are working to build connections between Central American and US women organising for economic justice. In Central America, STITCH provides support to women workers before, during, and after union organising campaigns by carrying out training exchanges and leadership development workshops.
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  Women's Access to Markets: Vulnerabilities and Constraints

  2003

  Traditionally markets have been off-limits to women in Bengali society. In present day Bangladesh, culture-based gender bias compounded by poverty continues to hinder women's access to markets. In rural areas in particular, women who go to the market are viewed as ?bad? women.
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  Girls and science: a training module on motivating girls to embark on science and technology careers

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2006

  What practical guidance and training is available for educators to help redress the under-representation and under-achievement of girls in science and technology subjects in African countries?
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  Gender, Business and Poverty

  Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice, UK, 2002

  There is increasing recognition that business has a key role to play in the reduction of poverty, and that poverty reduction is in the interest of business. But what role should gender play in this? Is business more likely to gain if gender issues are addressed?
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  Strategies and approaches for gender mainstreaming in international trade

  International Trade Centre, 2001

  As women must still negotiate family and work responsibilities, they tend to engage in more informal sector or home-based work. Women's equal participation in trading activities is further hampered by concerns such as difficulty accessing capital, lack of relevant training and skills or limited contacts with national and international trade networks.

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