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    A Quick Guide to Gender Mainstreaming in Education: A Reference Manual for Governments and Other Stakeholders

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 1999
    Guidelines for the mainstreaming of gender in education are provided in this manual, intended primarily for use by governments in policy formulation, planning and implementation. It defines the role of gender mainstreaming as the 'consistent use of a gender perspective at all stages of the development and implementation of policy, plans, programmes and projects'.
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    Is the United Nations a Women’s Ally?

    Karthala, 2003
    "Do gender policies, widely promoted by United Nations (UN) agencies, truly respond to women's needs and interests? This is what one wonders when observing the growing interpenetration of policies and practices of international institutions on the one hand, and of the civil society on the other.
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    The Gender Perspective

    Revista de Educación y Cultura del Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Educación, 1996
    "It is fundamental to have a gender perspective when designing policies and programmes so that real social and economic democracy and development can be achieved. This paper outlines the basic foundations of gender analysis and conceptualises the particular difficulties that the word 'gender' presents in the Spanish language.
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    Femmes et économie : quels enjeux ? Pratiques économiques solidaires : entre résistance et justice sociale

    Workgroup on a Solidarity Socio-Economy, 2005
    "There is often a tension between the need for international solidarity to tackle inequalities, and the tendency of some Western actors to view developing countries as exotic or different. This tension exists in many different countries and sectors.
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    Rethinking Development in Africa: Imagine if Women Counted!

    BRIDGE, 2003
    "The process of globalisation requires that we no longer confine ourselves to just demanding poverty reduction, but that we recognise the proactive role that women play, particularly in African society.
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    Fracture numérique de genre en Afrique francophone: une inquiétante réalité

    Environmental Development Action in the Third World, 2005
    "In Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal, women are one third less likely than men to benefit from the advantages of the information society. This is according to a study undertaken in 2004-2005 by the Gender and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Network.
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    Women's Perspectives on Globalisation: Critical Approaches

    2006
    "This collection of articles aims to provide the francophone public with a critical feminist perspective on the policies and practices of development cooperation among international institutions such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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    Global 15-year Review Process in the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women - Outcomes

    2010
    On 2 March 2010, the Commission on the Status of Women adopted a Declaration on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. This Declaration was brought to the attention of the Economic and Social Council for transmission to the General Assembly for its endorsement.
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    Climate Change and Gender Justice

    Oxfam, 2009
    Awareness of the complex and dynamic links between gender relations and climate change is growing fast in gender and development (GAD) circles and among women’s rights activists, but in mainstream policies they still tend to be overlooked. This book offers information and evidence towards a more informed, nuanced gender perspective in the context of climate change.
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    Gender and Budgets: Overview Report

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2010
    This Overview Report questions why government budgets often allocate resources in ways that perpetuate gender biases and looks at how budgets offer the potential to transform gender inequalities by attaching money to policy commitments. In recent years gender budget initiatives (GBI), both inside and outside government, have risen to this challenge.

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