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  Gendered school experiences: the impact on retention and achievement in Botswana and Ghana

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  What is the impact of the environment on gendered patterns of school retention and achievement? This study explores how the school environment in junior secondary schools in Botswana and Ghana perpetuates gender differentiation in students' educational retention and levels of achievement.
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  Partnerships for girls’ education

  Oxfam, 2005

  The idea of partnerships - involving multinational donors, governments, international non-government organisations, the private sector, civil society, and local communities - is increasingly current in debates about development. They are widely seen as the most effective way to achieve sustainable economic and social benefits for the poorest people.
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  A Russian Perspective

  Canadian International Development Agency, 2001

  Gender equality is an important element in the successful transition to a market economy and democratic development. Unfortunately, in the economic and political transition in Russia women have paid a higher price than men.
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  Fifth Periodic CEDAW Report of States Parties - Russian Federation

  1999

  This is Russia's fifth periodic report to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It outlines the measures taken by the Russian Federation to combat discrimination against women between 1994 and 1998.
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  Investing in people: national progress in implementing the ICPD programme of action 1994-2004

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  Almost all countries report having taken at least one policy, legislative or administrative action to protect the rights of girls and women and promote women's empowerment since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994.
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  Interculturality and Community Mobilisation to Eliminate Gender Violence. A developing experience in the municipality of El Alto

  2000

  This report deals with gender-based violence in El Alto, a predominantly urban city in the District of La Paz in Bolivia, with high levels of poverty, infant and maternal mortality and low levels of education and literacy. Gender violence happens disproportionately in the home and despite the existence of a law against domestic violence.
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  ICTs for the Empowerment of Indigenous Women in Bolivia: An Experience in OMAK

  2001

  Concerns persist around the threats to the culture, identity, language and territory of indigenous peoples, and women in this group fare the worst with reduced access to education and services. This report outlines the case of OMAK, an organisation made up of indigenous Aymara women in the District of La Paz and Oruro in Bolivia.
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  Gender, education and child labour in Lebanon

  International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004

  Studies in Lebanon indicate gender inequalities in schooling and the child labour systems. Among the poor, boys are more likely to have access to quality education, such as private schooling. However, boys are also more likely to leave school earlier than girls to assume the role of family breadwinner.
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  GENIA Toolkit For Promoting Gender Equality in Education

  2004

  How can education in Asia become more gender sensitive? The GENIA toolkit provides a collection of practical resources for gender focal points in Asian Ministries of Education (MoE). It aims to build the technical capacity of gender focal points to mainstream gender at national and regional levels.
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  Gender and ICTs: Overview Report

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  New technologies in the information and communications arena, especially the Internet, have been seen as ushering in a new age. And yet, access to new ICTs is still a faraway reality for the vast majority of people.

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