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    Why Women? Effective engagement for small arms control - Briefing papers

    International Action Network on Small Arms Women’s Network, 2011
    These briefs summarise the main findings and recommendations of the report ‘Why Women? Effective engagement for small arms control’. They outline some of the reasons why women should participate in small arms control and disarmament, which include:
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    Women at work: preventing gun violence

    International Action Network on Small Arms Women’s Network, 2012
    This issue of the IANSA Women's Network (IANSA WN) bulletin begins with a piece by Suzanne Jimbul, describing a demonstration that took place on 12 April 2012 in Papua New Guinea (PNG); over 1,000 women and girls from various churches and community-­based organisations in North Bougainville marched to Bel Isi Park with placards and banners demanding the total disposal of arms, and calling o
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    Recommendations to the Presidency, the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation concerning the integration of gender issues and perspective within transitional justice mechanisms.

    Nazra for Feminist Studies, 2013
    In June of 2013, masses of Egyptian people once again took to the streets to demand the ouster of the President, this time the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammed Morsi. Having taken control of the presidency, the armed forces appointed Judge Muhammad Amin al-Mahdi as Minister of Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation as part of a ten-step reconciliation roadmap.
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    The big deal about the network age: political economy conversations from the CITIGEN project

    IT for Change, 2013
    Profound and rapid changes, ushered in by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), pose new challenges, as well as opportunities, for the feminist project. Understanding the processes that create and reinforce structural exclusions in and through digital space, and framing an appropriate politics of resistance, is both a theoretical and practical imperative at this juncture.
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    Gender in Nigeria Report 2012: Improving the lives of girls and women in Nigeria

    British Council, 2012
    This report provides a comprehensive view of gender in Nigeria. It assesses progress in key areas, including: employment and livelihoods, education and health, political representation, and violence. It finds that women and girls suffer systematic disadvantage and discrimination that is magnified for those in the poorest States and sectors of society.
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    No revolutions without equality and justice: the struggle for women’s rights in rethinking development in the Arab region

    The World We Want, 2012
    This article considers policy practice in the Arab region, highlighting some key areas for consideration in future policy making in the region.
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    Philippine Commission for Women

    The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) is the primary policy making, coordinating and advocacy body on women and gender equality concerns in the country.
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    Factsheet: The Philippines

    United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2011
    This fact sheet by UN Women presents an overview of the situation women currently face in the Philippines, as well as the various ways in which UN Women has been supporting governments and civil society.
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    Speaking out: Case studies on how poor people influence decision-making

    Oxfam, 2009
    ‘Speaking Out’ is a collection of case studies showing various ways in which the poor have influenced decision-making around the world.
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    Gabriela Women's Party

    Gabriela Women's Party, 2012
    Named after Gabriela Silang, who led a regional revolt against Spanish colonisers almost 400 years ago, Gabriela is a national women’s coalition formed by diverse groups in response to the Marcos dictatorship. This website is the home of the Gabriela Women’s Party, an off-shoot established in 2000 and now the fourth largest political party in the Philippines.

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