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    Gender Equality as Smart Economics: A World Bank Group Action Plan (Fiscal Years 2007-10)

    World Bank, 2006
    To promote economic development and attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) the global community must renew its attention to women's economic empowerment and increase investments in women.
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    Women's Contribution to Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2007
    Women's Contribution to Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean brings to the fore two key drivers in the structural pattern of inequality between women and men: first, political participation and gender parity in decision-making processes at all levels, and, second, women's contribution to the economy and social protection, especially in relation to unpaid work.
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    Decent Work? The Cambodian Garment Industry

    One World Action, 2007
    Has the garment industry in Cambodia led to the creation of decent work for women?
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    UNIFEM Afganistan Fact Sheet 2007

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2007
    What is women's situation in Afghanistan in 2007? This factsheet presents key statistics in a number of key areas, including political participation, labour force participation, health, education, marriage and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Afghanistan has the second highest maternal mortality rate in the world, and a low female life expectancy of just 44 years.
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    The Gender Implications of Pension Reforms. General Remarks and Evidence from Selected Countries

    2006
    Globally, women make up the majority of older people, as well as the majority of the elderly living in poverty. Despite these facts, and despite international and national commitments to gender mainstreaming in all policy fields, concerns about gender equality have been largely absent from mainstream pension policy debates, and from mainstream academic research on pension reforms.
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    The Political and Social Economy of Care in a Development Context: Conceptual Issues, Research Questions and Policy Options

    2007
    The dynamics of care are receiving more attention from activists, researchers and policy makers than they did 20, even 10, years ago. In part, this is because women's massive entry into the paid work force has squeezed the time previously allocated to the unpaid care of family and friends.
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    Good Practices Guidebook on Gender Equality in the Workplace

    Gender Index Project, 2007
    Using research conducted in 34 businesses and organisations, the 'Gender Index' project in Poland has created the first Good Practices Guidebook on Gender Equality in the Workplace. It consists of 58 examples of innovative solutions for ensuring equal chances for women and men within the workplace, selected from 27 organisations.
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    International Labour Organisation Subregional Office for Central America, Haiti, Panama and Dominican Republic

    International Labour Organization, 2007
    The website of the subregional office of the International Labour Office (ILO) for Central America, Haiti, Panama and Domenican Republic has a special section on gender issues. It covers recent news and articles from the region, gender specific publications on labour rights, employment, statistics, training tools, migration and labour norms and rights.
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    Labour Policies with a Gender Perspective

    2007
    This is the official website of a programme jointly run by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) and the German international development agency GTZ.
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    Women Today Website

    Mujeres Hoy, 2007
    Mujeres Hoy is a website which provides gender related information and links to initiatives in Spain and Latin America. A section of their portal is dedicated to labour rights and offers abstracts on a wide range of articles, case studies and papers with links to the original documents.

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