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  WTO TRIPS Agreement

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  The TRIPS agreement is an overarching framework for a multilateral approach to intellectual property rights (IPR), in force since 1996. TRIPS means that use of plants, micro-organisms, biotechnological techniques, food and essential drugs can be restricted under patent protection.
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  Great Ancestors: Women Asserting Rights in Muslim Contexts - A Training and Information Kit

  Shirkat Gah, 2005

  There is a myth that women's rights struggles are alien to Islamic societies. When taken as fact, these myths can lead to disengagement with contemporary women's rights discourse and deter women from standing up for their rights.
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  Best practice guidelines for creating a culture of gender equality in the private sector

  Commission on Gender Equality, South Africa, 1998

  This guide is designed to highlight and promote the involvement of private business in achieving gender equality, including business leaders, policymakers, human resource managers and other business specialists.
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  Identification of economic opportunities for women's groups and communities

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This guide is designed to support strategies for improved employment opportunities, particularly amongst women. It is aimed at development and community organisations, including women's groups, small business associations, workers' and employers' organisations, as well as in-country staff charged with assisting these groups.
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  Sexuality and Development

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  Development has generally treated sexuality as a problem - considering it only in relation to population control, family planning, disease and violence. However, sexuality has far broader impacts on people's well-being and ill-being.
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  Gender, rights and participation in the Kenya cut flower industry

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2002

  Cut flower production is now a major part of the Kenyan economy, but the country's success in supplying European markets has brought with it increased attention to the industry's social and environmental impacts. Driven by the various concerns of consumers, retailers, European regulators and civil society organisations, flower growers have to comply with a number of codes of conduct.
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  Patriarchal Violence - an Attack on Human Security: a Broad Survey of Measures to Combat Patriarchal Violence and Oppression, Particularly Acts Committed in the Name of Honour Directed at Women, Homosexuals, Bisexuals and Transgender Persons.

  Government Offices of Sweden, 2006

  Understandings of patriarchal violence usually focus on male violence against women. However, this paper links patriarchy and the violence and oppression directed towards lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) persons. Patriarchy is based on perceptions of male supremacy and within this power structure the norm of the heterosexual male is dominant.
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  Lobola. Its Implications for Women's Reproductive Rights in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe

  Weaver Press, 2003

  Lobola, an amount paid by a prospective husband to the bride's family, is a tradition that is widely practiced across southern Africa. This study examines the impact of this social institution in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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  Critical issues pertaining to the gender dimensions of biotechnology policy

  Gender Advisory Board, UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, 2003

  How can gender considerations be taken into account in the development of biotechnology policy in the global South? Many claim that biotechnology (e.g. genetically modified crops) has great potential for improving the health and food security of the world's poor, of which women account for 70 per cent.
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  Land Reform and Human Rights in Contemporary Zimbabwe: Balancing Individual and Social Justice through an Integrated Human Rights Framework

  Elsevier, 2004

  Land distribution and access to land are key issues in Zimbabwe. In recent years, nearly all of the country's commercial farm land has been re-designated, leaving most farm workers dislocated from their farm villages. The government of Zimbabwe argues that the land reform programme is needed to achieve historical and social justice.

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