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  Gender and Climate Hazards in Bangladesh

  Routledge, 2002

  Bangladesh has experienced a number of high-profile disasters, including cyclones and annual floods. Vulnerability to disasters in Bangladesh correlates strongly with poverty, and it is widely accepted that women make up a disproportionate share of poor people.
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  The Noel Kempff Project in Bolivia: Gender, Power and Decision-making in Climate Mitigation

  Routledge, 2002

  Since the United Nations Kyoto Protocol was agreed in 1997 and set legally-binding targets for signatories to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions; forest cultivation has been promoted as an important means to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. There has, however, been limited success.
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  Bangladesh: Gender Mainstreaming Processes in Community-based Flood Risk Management, a Case Study from the Gender and IWRM Resource Guide

  Gender and Water Alliance, 2005

  In 2004 the Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) in Bangladesh designed and implemented a project on flood vulnerability, risk reduction and improved preparedness through community-based information. Household and community responses to events such as floods are an indicator of vulnerability and of people's ability to cope with hazards.
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  Gender Briefing Kit UN System in Timor-Leste

  BRIDGE, 2005

  This booklet is a 'who's who' user guide providing baseline information on how gender issues are addressed within the work of the United Nations (UN) Country Team in Timor-Leste (East Timor). It is a publication of the UN Mission for East-Timor, whose mandate ended in May 2005.
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  A Culture of Peace: Women, Faith and Reconciliation

  2005

  Building a culture of peace is one of the most important - and most complicated - challenges facing the world today. Drawing on examples from Rwanda, Afghanistan, El Salvador, and East Timor, among others, this paper argues that equality between men and women is a prerequisite to achieving real peace, reconciliation and development.
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  Allies for Social Change: An International Buddhism and Peacebuilding Course for Women

  2006

  International Women's Partnership for Peace and Justice (IWP) is a spiritual feminist organization which supports grassroots activists and organizations in South and Southeast Asia in their work for peace and justice.
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  Female Suicide Bombers

  McFarland Publishers, 2006

  Celebrated as liberators and martyrs by those who support their cause and denounced as terrorists by their opponents, suicide bombers have become all too common in violent conflicts worldwide. The female suicide bomber is a relative newcomer to the landscapes of war, but more and more women are being recruited for self-sacrifice.
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  Institutional Responses to Gender Based Violence and Women in Armed Conflict and Post-conflict Situations. The Venezuela Case

  2002

  What institutions deal with domestic violence in Venezuela and how effective are they? A 2002 study on domestic violence in Venezuela published by the Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defence of Women's Rights (CLADEM) gives background information, discusses existing legislation, and provides detailed information on the protection of the rights of victims in practice.
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  Displaced women and girls at risk: risk factors, protection solutions and resource tools

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2006

  Displaced girls are at increased risk of abuse, exploitation, coercion and manipulation. Displaced women and girls with physical and mental disabilities are particularly vulnerable, with elderly women also at increased risk of violence and exploitation, especially if they are physically fragile, suffering from chronic illness or abandoned.
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  Guidelines for Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings: Focusing on Prevention of and Responses to Sexual Violence in Emergencies

  International Agency Standing Committee Taskforce on Gender in Humanitarian Assistance, 2005

  In complex emergencies and natural disasters civilian women and children are often targeted for abuse. However, during a crisis, institutions and systems for physical and social protection may be weakened or destroyed. To save lives and maximize protection, a minimum set of coordinated activities must be rapidly undertaken.

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