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    Women and HIV/AIDS: Select Facts

    2004
    Women are increasingly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Nearly 50 percent of the 38 million people living with HIV/AIDS are female, up from 41 percent in 1997. Young women are disproportionately at risk. In the United States girls account for 57 percent of new HIV infections among teenagers.
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    What Men and Women Want: A Practical Guide to Gender and Participation

    2004
    How can things be improved for women and men in different communities? What is a participatory appraisal of an area's needs and requirements? How is it conducted? Looking at gender is more than just taking account of men and women's views. It is about questioning assumptions and looking beyond stereotypes about what is appropriate for men and women.
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    Joint parenting - Lobbying in Senegal

    Famafrique, 1990
    The family code in Senegal, put in place in 1972, contains several items which discriminate against women in relation to family, health, work, the tax system, nationality and other areas. These violate the principles of equality in the national constitution and the international treaties Senegal has signed.
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    The Solidarity Economy: A Way to Reduce Inequalities between Men and Women?

    Genre en Action, 2005
    The market economy is not easy on women trying to reconcile family and work life without access to the same rights as men. A possible alternative is the 'solidarity economy' - economic enterprises undertaken not for profit but for benefit of a collective. These include crafts, small enterprises such as shops, cafes, entertainments or finance services.
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    Africa: Land for the Women who Farm it

    Syfia International, 2003
    Women do 70 per cent of the agricultural work in Senegal, but according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), own only two percent of the land that may be cultivated.
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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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    Hunting for Women: Bride-kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

    Taylor and Francis Group, 2004
    The possibility of being kidnapped is a daily reality for many young Kyrgyz women. Kidnapping by a group of drunk, male strangers, and forced marriage to one, is a constant and serious threat.
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    Violence Against Women in Sri Lanka: Report prepared for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

    World Organisation Against Torture, 2002
    The OMCT shadow report shows Sri Lanka is far ahead of other countries in the region. Women are well educated and may be found in greater numbers in professional or managerial positions.
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    Gender Profile of the Conflict in Sri Lanka

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2004
    Since 1983, Sri Lanka has experienced a civil ethnic conflict in the Northern and Eastern provinces that has resulted in life-threatening and traumatic experiences for women; loss of life, rape and being searched by armed groups are daily occurrences. Many civilian women are now household heads due to the estimated 60,000 people killed and the 800,000 families displaced.
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    Agreed Conclusions on Environmental Management and the Mitigation of Natural Disasters

    United Nations [UN] Commission on the Status of Women ., 2002
    The 46th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) concluded that a gender perspective must be incorporated into the development and implementation of disaster prevention, mitigation and recovery strategies. This report briefly outlines why.

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