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    Statistical Profile of Women Labour 2004

    The Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, 2004
    Waged work in India is sharply differentiated by sex. This document provides gender disaggregated data on many aspects of women's labour both in the organised and unorganised sectors of industries in India.
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    Unnatural, "Unsuitable", Unemployed! Lesbians and Workplace Discrimination in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras and Mexico,

    BRIDGE, 2006
    This report analyses discrimination against lesbians in the job market, based on statistics, law and testimonials from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Honduras. It seeks to make explicit the links between discrimination in the workplace and the ability of lesbian women to secure the basic elements of survival - food, housing, education and medical care - for themselves and their families.
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    Guaranteed Employment and Gender Construction: Women's Mobilizations in Maharashtra

    BRIDGE, 2006
    Gender analyses of Employment Guarantee Schemes (EGS) in the Indian State of Maharashtra are often praised EGS as 'women friendly' because they attract a large number of female workers. This paper describes the experience of the following initiatives: Maharashtra Rajya Shetmajoor Parishad, Shramik Sanghatana, Mukti Sanghrash and Stree Mukti Sangharash.
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    Human Rights Violations Against the Transgender Community: A Study of Kothi and Hijra Sex Workers in Bangalore, India

    Karnataka, 2003
    This report, through a collection of personal narratives, attempts to provide an understanding of the life of the transgender community in Bangalore.
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    Palestinian women: is there a unitary conception of rights?

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2006
    How are women's rights understood by ?ordinary? Palestinian women? This paper, based on fieldwork conducted in two villages in the Ramallah district, reports on ?ordinary? Palestinian women's views on what women's rights are and how they perceive their own rights situation. The term ?ordinary? in this respect refers to rural women outside of political organisations, whether secular or religious.
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    Women in the Information and Communication Technology Sector in South Africa

    Meraka Institute, 2006
    To what extent are women successfully participating in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) sector in South Africa? What support is the government and industry providing them?
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    Women's Experiences of Economic Liberalisation: Confronting Challenges, Developing Opportunities

    International Gender and Trade Network, 2006
    Although agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have often been devastating to women, their families and their communities in the United States, relatively few American women have heard of them or are debating their impact. In 2002, the Center of Concern decided to encourage women in the U.S. to begin this discussion.
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    Women Sex-workers and HIV

    Act-Up Paris, 2005
    Act up-Paris is an activist and a lobby group based in Paris. For them fighting AIDS also means fighting all kinds of discrimination, putting pressure on government and raising public awareness at the same time. This online publication includes an article on access to care and prevention for female HIV-positive sex-workers.
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    Reducing the Burden of HIV and AIDS Care on Women and Girls

    Voluntary Services Overseas, 2006
    Community and home-based care, delivered with little support from the public health system, is currently the key response to the HIV and AIDS pandemic globally. Due to traditional gender norms and unequal gender relations, it is women and girls who generally assume primary responsibility for providing this care, whilst possibly being HIV-positive, and often needing care themselves.
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    Working Positively - A Guide for NGOs Managing HIV/AIDS in the Workplace

    UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development, 2003
    HIV and AIDS are most prevalent in adults in their productive prime. As a result, addressing HIV/AIDS in the workplace is becoming a priority for governments, commercial organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). However, gender differentials need to be taken into account when developing HIV/AIDS workplace strategies.

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