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  Hitting the Target: Men and Guns

  Revcon Policy Brief, 2006

  Across cultures, most acts of violence are committed by men. Men and boys also account for the overwhelming majority of firearm-related injuries and deaths. Men often feel the need to publicly demonstrate that they are 'real men', and a gun is helpful in making this point. Recognising the link between masculinities, youth, and gun violence is not about demonising men, however.
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  The Domestic Relations Bill in Uganda: Addressing Polygamy, Bride Price, Cohabitation, Marital Rape, and Female Genital Mutilation

  Prevent Gender Based Violence, Africa, 2005

  The Domestic Relations Bill is a crucial piece of legislation for Ugandan women. It addresses women's property rights in marriage and women's right to negotiate sex, it sets the minimum age of marriage at eighteen, prohibits female genital mutilation (FGM) and criminalises widow inheritance.
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  Sharia Implementation in Nigeria: The Journey so far

  2003

  Generally Sharia refers to principles which are accepted by Muslims to be Allah's will for human societies. The principles may be generally agreed, but there are also variations in how they are interpreted. Sharia provides for codes of ethics, social interactions, and legal systems.
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  The girls' stipend program in Bangladesh

  Journal of Education for International Development, 2006

  The Female Stipend Programme (FSP) created in 1982 in Bangladesh has dramatically raised the enrolment and retention of girls in secondary schools to parity with boys (at 47%). However, it has achieved less success in its other objectives: of delaying marriage, increasing contraceptive use and in reducing fertility rates.
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  Food Security in Practice: Using Gender Research in Development

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006

  The aim of this practitioners' guide from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is to provide up-to-date, relevant information on why it is important to use gender and intrahousehold research to inform projects and policies. It also shows practitioners how to integrate a gender perspective into development projects, project design and public policy.
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  The Hidden Costs of Home-care: a Research Methodology for Case Studies

  2003

  There is an increased tendency in Chile to delegate care for ill and dependent individuals to families. Women, perceived as 'naturally' suited to providing care to their family group or communities, often take on this task. This study was undertaken by researchers, in Santiago, with a sample of 21 care-giving cases, in 18 of which the caregiver was female.
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  Chilean Women. Trends in the Last Decade (1992-2002 Census)

  Servicio Nacional de la Mujer, 2004

  This study uses the information and data from the 2002 National Census to analyse how women and men interact in Chile in different domains. The aim is to unpack some aspects of social reality to identify the structural gender inequalities that affect all people, but especially women, and to use the findings to inform public policy in order to enable real change in gender relations.
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  Pregnancy-related school dropout and prior school performance in South Africa

  Population Council, USA, 2006

  Using data collected in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in 2001, this paper examines the factors associated with schoolgirl pregnancy, as well as the likelihood of school dropout and subsequent re-enrolment among pregnant schoolgirls.
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  Little Equals

  Espace Femmes, 2005

  Les p'tits egaux' is a tool book for the promotion of equality between girls and boys aged between 5 and 9. It is an adaptation from a training programme developed by the Canadian Directorate of Public Health Montreal-Centre in 1997. Its activities show that women, just as men, can play a great role in the society.
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  Marriage Laws and Violence against the Spouse

  Population Environment Research Network, IUSSP-IHDP, 2005

  Marriage laws are ignored by demographers, who prefer to use socio-economic data. However, marriage laws have considerable influence over family relationships, for example by stipulating whether equality must be respected in marital relations.

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