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    In Search of Economic Alternatives for Gender and Social Justice: Voices from India

    Women in Development Europe, 2010
    How can we shape an alternative economic and gender just development process?
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    The Global Gender Gap Report 2010

    World Economic Forum, 2010
    The Global Gender Gap Index was introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, as a framework for capturing and measuring gender based disparities and tracking their progress. It seeks to highlight those countries that are role models in dividing resources equitably between women and men, regardless of their level of resources. In 2010, 134 countries were included in the index.
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    The impact of microfinance programmes on women's lives: a case study in Parwan

    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2010
    This case study is a part of a larger study that explores women’s participation in different development programmes and projects in Afghanistan. The current paper looks at women’s participation in a microfinance (MF) programme in a north eastern Afghan village and explores its impact on the gender relations both within the family and the community.
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    Women’s Leadership and Participation: Case Studies on Learning for Action

    Oxfam, 2009
    What are the barriers to women’s leadership and participation and how could they be encouraged to take up leadership positions? Once they are leading, what support do women need to carry out their roles effectively and for progressive purposes?
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    Women’s engagement with political parties in contemporary Africa: reflections on Uganda’s experience

    Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2010
    This paper reviews and reflects on the experience of women’s political engagement in contemporary Uganda after the introduction of multiparty competitive elections in 2006.
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    Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC

    Pathways of Women’s Empowerment is an international research and communications programme established in 2006 which links academics with activists and practitioners to find out what works to enhance
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    Digital Bangladesh and gender equality

    Development Research Network, 2009
    ‘Digital Bangladesh’ became a key issue in the last election as the benefits of ICT became more well known. At the same time as this growing interest, Bangladesh was and still is in a time of flux with gender assumptions changing as part of a broader process of economic and social transition.
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    Micro-credit: an alternative for women’s empowerment?

    Women in Development Europe, 2009
    What are the positive and negative impacts of microcredit on women and what role they can play in tackling poverty in the European Union? This report from a one day workshop considers whether microcredit can really lead to women’s empowerment in the South and what are the improvements to make and the lessons learnt from this?
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    Information and communication technologies for women’s socio-economic empowerment

    World Bank, 2009
    The advancement of ICTs has brought new opportunities for both knowledge sharing and knowledge gathering for both women and men. This report provides an overview of some of the issues relating to women and Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) in the developing world in contrast to the developed world.
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    2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development Women’s Control Over Economic Resources and Access to Financial Resources, Including Microfinance

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2009
    Long-standing inequalities in the gender distribution of economic and financial resources have placed women at a disadvantage relative to men in their capability to participate in, contribute to and benefit from broader processes of development. This survey provides an overview of the gender equality implications of economic growth, monetary, fiscal and trade policies and capital flows.

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