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    CEDAW and Muslim Family Laws: In Search of Common Ground

    Sisters in Islam, 2011
    Many State parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) assert that they cannot fully implement the Convention because it is in conflict with Shari‘ah, or family laws and practices based on the Qur’an.
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    The European Feminist Forum: A Herstory, 2004-2008

    Aletta - Institute for Women's History, 2009
    Is there a European feminist identity? If so, what does it look like? Lin McDevitt-Pugh introduces this body of literature as a multi-faceted, multicultural and multi-political dialogue covering regional economic and social transformation.
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    Women’s Political Participation in the Philippines – Conversations, reflections and recommendations

    One World Action, 2009
    This is a comprehensive report on feminist movement history in the Philippines – from voting rights to current issues, such as gender quotas – drawing on the insights and reflections of key female leaders.
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    2010 DRC report: Amplifying the voices of women in Eastern Congo

    Women for Women International, 2011
    As part of its survey series ‘Stronger Women, Stronger Nations’, Women for Women International (WfWI) conducted an extensive study in 2009 on the needs of women in the Kivus region of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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    Women in Action: Multiple intolerance, mounting resistance

    Isis International, Phillipines, 2009
    Women In Action (WIA) is a triannual magazine published by Isis International in Manila. While covering a wide range of issues affecting women globally, it pays particularly close attention to the needs and concerns of women in the Global South. This issue addresses topics ranging from women and Muslim fundamentalism in MENA to reproductive rights and the Catholic Church.
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    Capturing change in women’s realities: A critical overview of current monitoring and evaluation frameworks and approaches

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2010
    Are all instruments for measuring social change adequate, effective, and sensitive? This document questions these and other assumptions in the context of women’s rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment work. It is divided into two parts. Part one critiques monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks and approaches applied to women’s organisations and movements.
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    Bridging the gap: Improving capabilities and expanding opportunities for women in the Middle East and North Africa region

    World Bank Publications, 2010
    What challenges to economic gender parity do women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) face? This World Bank brief discusses constraints to women’s opportunities, including limited labour market mobility, mismatched skill acquisition in schools with labour market demands, as well as legal or institutional factors influenced by discriminatory cultural norms.
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    Because I am a Girl: Digital and Urban Frontiers 2010

    Plan, 2010
    What was the state of the world’s adolescent girls and young women in 2010? This report seeks to answer this question, looking especially at urban environments and the digital world. This phase of female development constitutes a particularly high risk time, as well as one that requires special support to counter prejudice and seize new opportunities.
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    Gender Assessment of ICT Access and Usage in Africa

    Research ICT Africa Network, 2010
    What does gender have to do with the development of a sustainable information society in Africa? This policy paper represents a continual exploration and analysis of ICT access and usage inequities, which is furthered here by viewing them through a gender lens.
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    Developing Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Papua Highlands

    International Labour Organization, 2010
    This briefing documents the progress of ILO’s Entrepreneurship Skills Development project, which ran in 2009 and 2010 in the Papua Highlands, Indonesia, as part of the UN joint programme for the area.

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