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  The politics of gender and reconstruction in Afghanistan

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  The central objective of this paper is to put the discussion of women’s rights in Afghanistan in the context of the multiple transitions entailed by the process of post-conflict reconstruction: a security transition (from war to peace), a political transition (to the formation of a legitimate and effective state) and a socioeconomic transition (from a "conflict" economy to sustainable growth).T
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  Helping women help themselves: lessons from the Kosovo Women’s Initiative

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The Kosovo Women’s Initiative (KWI) was launched following the NATO campaign that ended Serbian control over Kosovo. KWI aimed to promote the recovery of traumatised women and help them find sustainable ways to support themselves, but had limited success.
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  Gender equality in disasters: six principles for engendered relief and reconstruction

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005

  This paper offers six recommendations for engendering relief and reconstruction programmes. These strategies include:think big: gender equality and risk reduction principles must guide all aspects of disaster mitigation, response and reconstruction.
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  Toward a conflict sensitive poverty reduction strategy: lessons from a retrospective analysis

  World Bank, 2005

  This report aims to determine how causes and consequences of violent conflict can best be addressed within a country’s poverty reduction program. It is based on a a retrospective analysis of the poverty reduction strategy (PRS) experience in nine conflict affected countries namely, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH), Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Georgia, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka.
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  Aid instruments in fragile states

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This paper by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) describes the limitations of current approaches to aid instruments and discusses the emerging understanding of their use within fragile states.
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  Occupation is not (women's) liberation: part I

  ZNet, 2005

  This essay examines the US government's intervention in Iraq, looking particularly at the rhetoric and action surrounding the US's involvement and the status of women in Iraq. The author frames this essay as a plea for greater feminist intervention in the U.S. anti-imperialist, anti-war movement.
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  Evaluation of ECHO’s 1999 to 2002 funded actions in Sudan

  European Commission Humanitarian Office, 2003

  This report, published by the European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO), evaluates the expected results, relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of ECHO-financed projects in Sudan. The programmes included health and nutrition, water and sanitation, food security, and emergency preparedness and response.
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  Peacebuilding in post-war situations: lessons for Sudan

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This report examines lessons from peacebuilding efforts during the last decade that are relevant to the current challenges in the Sudan.It broadly discusses themes such as economic recovery and reconstruction; post-war government interventions including criminal justice procedures, security sector reform and the prospects for democracy in the Sudan; and cross-cutting issues and challenges such
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  Service delivery in a difficult environment: the child-friendly community initiative in Sudan

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report, published by the Department for International Development (DFID), sets out the main findings and conclusions of a study of the UNICEF-sponsored Child-Friendly Community Initiative (CFCI) in Sudan. It examines the effectiveness of an integrated, multi-sectoral and community-driven approach for the delivery of basic services to poor and vulnerable people in a conflict-affected country.
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  How important are difficult environments to achieving the MDGs

  Department for International Development, UK, 2004

  This working paper, published by the Department for International Development, argues that countries defined as "difficult environments” are the single biggest challenge to the MDGs and to the elimination of poverty.

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