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    Mobilising men to care?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Violence, gender inequality, and high rates of HIV transmission are three major problems at all levels of South African education. Gender inequalities play out in a variety of different types of violence: girls are raped by boys and boys are the main perpetrators of sexual assault but boys can also be the victims of assault by other boys.
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    Story telling for change

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Violence in dating relationships has increasingly become an accepted social norm for men, women, boys and girls in South Africa. How can aspects of popular culture support work in schools and convince adolescent youths that it’s cool not to be cruel?
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    Women in contemporary democratisation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Why are women hugely under-represented in parliaments across the world? What strategies can bring women’s interests into the policy- making process? What are the pros and cons of quotas reserving parliamentary places for women? How can participants in women’s movements avoid being co-opted?
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    Learning the hard way - medical education in Transkei

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Many medical educators face overwhelming workloads with limited resources and basic facilities. How can they teach medical students effectively within these constraints? Researchers from University College, London, examine the evolution of community-based education in Transkei, a remote, rural and deprived part of South Africa. What can we learn from this successful and innovative programme?
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    Democracy rules? Subduing armed forces in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Elected governments, which replaced authoritarian regimes during recent African ‘transitions to democracy’ remain vulnerable to military re-intervention and armed conflict. How have new democracies assured democratic control over their military and security establishments?
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    Pro-poor democracy?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Does representative democracy give poor people a voice? Do municipal decision makers respond to poor people's needs and priorities? Can the poor lodge complaints when services fail to operate adequately? Is a combination of formal structures of representative democracy and mechanisms permitting organised political engagement the answer?
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    Making a difference: what can municipal government do?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Poverty reduction measures usually focus at the national level: primary health care, education, trade and fiscal policy are wholly or partly central government responsibilities. Should this be the whole story? Research by the University of Birmingham shows that there is room for manoeuvre at the local and municipal level to make a difference in reducing poverty.
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    Financing cities

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Probably the greatest constraint facing city governments as they seek to address poverty is the inadequacy of financial resources.
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    What role for civil society?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    There is growing recognition that good local governance is key to poverty reduction and that it requires effective civil society organisations.
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    Beyond confrontation?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How do community resources help promote engaged citizenship? How do Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) help the poor access the resources they need to improve their lives? How, if at all, do CSOs collaborate with local government institutions or other state agencies? When they do collaborate what is achieved and who benefits?

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