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  The Provision of Childcare Services in the Czech Republic

  2008

  This paper draws attention to the problems faced by parents in the Czech Republic in finding a place for their child in pre-school facilities. This is due both to the decline of childcare services since 1989, coupled with the slightly increasing trend in the fertility rates in recent years.
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  Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (1995) and the Outcome of Twenty-Third Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (2000) Questionnaire for the Czech Republic

  2004

  Following the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, the government of the Czech Republic adopted an action plan to support the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Mechanisms were also put in place to monitor progress towards the goals set out in the action plan.
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  Overview of Gender Equality Issues in the Czech Republic

  Association for Education and Development of Women, 2006

  This overview identifies key issues relating to equal opportunities for women and men in the Czech Republic.
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  Social Services and Women's Access to Labour Market in Czech Republic

  Karat Coalition, 2003

  This webpage provides data on women's participation in the Czech labour market, the rights they are entitled to, and the social services available to them. It states that in the Czech Republic, two-income families are prevalent.
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  Gender Equality and EU Accession: The Situation in the Czech Republic

  Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, 2008

  This report notes that, even though changes to the national labour legislation under EU law reinforced existing gender equality legislation, serious violations of women's rights persist.
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  Gender Assessment of the Impact of EU Accession on the Status of Women and the Labour Market in CEE (National Study, Czech Republic)

  BRIDGE, 2003

  All Central and Eastern European CEE countries have ratified major treaties on gender equality, including The Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Yet in spite of such measures, women's human rights are far from being fully realised in the region.
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  Child Prostitution: the Commercial Exploitation of Children

  2008

  It is clear that child prostitution is a problem in the Czech Republic, with reports of internal trafficking of Czech children from areas of low employment near border regions with Germany and Austria, and of girls from the former Soviet Union, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East being trafficked to the Czech Republic for sexual purposes.
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  Gender Mainstreaming in Surveys: Czech Republic

  European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2006

  To what extent has gender been mainstreamed into government-led social surveys in the Czech Republic? And how has the resulting data contributed to improved working and living conditions for women and men?
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  Are Men Interested in Engaging in the Struggle for Gender Justice and Broader Social Change - or What Would Make Them Interested?

  BRIDGE, 2007

  Poverty is prevalent in most rural and urban contexts in East Africa causing economic hardship for both men and women - and having a profound impact on masculine identities, self-esteem and behaviour. Men and women have often responded differently to the economic crisis.
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  So Amul Boko (If You Haven't Got Money, You're Nobody)

  Genre en Action, 2005

  To what extent is the Senegalese women's entry into the waged labour market enabling them to consider roles for themselves beyond those of wives and mothers - Financial independence is a major condition for women's personal autonomy. However, are these social shifts enough for challenging the fundamentally patriarchal Senegalese culture, which is rooted in traditional roles and expectations.

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