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    Citizenship: towards a feminist synthesis

    Feminist Review, 1997
    This article outlines how citizenship can be used as a political and theoretical tool by combining 'rights' and 'participation'. Participation in social, economic, cultural and political decision-making provides a more dynamic and active form of rights in which people work together to improve their quality of life.
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    Women, citizenship and difference

    Feminist Review, 1997
    In a globalising world where the role of the local, the national and the global is shifting, the meanings of citizenship are also changing. This article presents some new theoretical discussions on gender and citizenship.
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    New forms of citizenship: democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Oxfam, 2003
    In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, many families live in illegal land occupations (favelas), housing projects and working-class suburbs. In the daily lives of most of these families, little change has been experienced under democracy as opposed to dictatorship. For some, life is more defined by violence related to drug-trafficking.
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    Citizenship degraded: Indian women in a modern state and a pre-modern society

    Oxfam, 2003
    One of the greatest barriers to achieving full citizenship rights for women is culture. If development organisations are to help advance women's rights and full citizenship then they must abandon explanations on the basis of ?culture? that ignore gender-based discrimination, and overcome their anxieties about appearing neo-colonial.
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    Women, nationality and citizenship

    United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2003
    In the majority of cases, nationality is crucial to the enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. This has significant implications for those who do not have nationality such as stateless persons and refugees. However, looking at nationality also reveals numerous gender discriminations.
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    Fuel provision and gender-based violence: fuel-efficiency as a prevention strategy

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2005
    This document provides a summary of literature which explores links between women's roles in the provision of fuel for the household, and their vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV) in displaced settings. It surveys and summarises international guidelines and principles on fuel provision and GBV.
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    Gender Analysis Based on a Theoretical Hypothesis on Methods for Mainstreaming Urban Poverty Measurements

    2004
    Mainstream urban poverty measurements make a basic theoretical assumption: 'equal distribution of poverty in the family', or 'equal grading of the consumption of basic living resources in the family'.
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    Developing the Practice of Working with Men in Family Relationships: Future Directions for Practice

    Mens Health Information and Resource Centre, 2005
    The first National Men And Family Relationships conference was held in Australia in 1998. Since then the range and diversity of services supporting men in their family relationships have increased significantly. This paper discusses this progress and identifies eight principles for successful practice in working with men.
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    The ABC of Gender Responsive Education Policies - Guidelines for Developing Education for All Action Plans

    2003
    How can gender-sensitive education policies be assessed, designed, implemented and monitored? These guidelines designed to support the FAWE's national representatives, address a perceived gap in the technical tools needed in order to carry out gender mainstreaming in national education policies.
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    Gender Equality in Basic Education

    2002
    This document provides policy-makers in UNESCO and its member states with guidelines for the development and reinforcement of their national plans and programs designed to achieve the objectives of the Dakar Framework for Action.

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