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  Essays on Gender and Governance

  Human Development Resource Centre, India, 2003

  The relationship between gender and governance is often neglected in both conceptual and empirical work. Much influential political thought is still based on perceptions of the separation between the 'public' realms of politics, military affairs and administration and the 'private' realm of domestic and family life.
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  Human Development Report 1995, Chapter 4: ?Valuing Women's Work?

  United Nations Development Programme, 1995

  Much of the work that women do remains unrecognised and unvalued, particularly in economic terms. This has an impact on the status of women in society, their opportunities in public life and the failure of development policy to address gender inequalities. This chapter of the Human Development Report reflects on the scale and nature of women's economic contributions globally.
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  Stepping Stones: A Training Manual for Sexual and Reproductive Health Communication and Relationship Skills

  Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa, 1998

  Stepping Stones is a workshop series designed to provide opportunities for participants to examine their values and attitudes towards gender and relationships, to build on their knowledge of sexual health, and to develop skills to help communicate with others. The Stepping Stones training package consists of a manual which is intended to be used in its entirety with peer group participants.
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  Building Feminist Movements and Organizations

  Zed Books Limited, 2007

  The feminist movement is facing serious challenges such as armed conflicts, the advance of HIV/AIDS, the rise of fundamentalisms, and the increasing scarcity of resources for work on gender equality. This book argues that a revision of the internal dynamics and work of feminist organisations is necessary in order to face these challenges effectively.
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  The Future of Women's Rights: Global Visions and Strategies

  Mama Cash, 2004

  How can the women's movement change strategies to respond to new challenges in the contemporary world? This book is a collection of diverse perspectives and proposals from women of different generations and different locations, and with different experiences.
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  Empty Promises - Gender Scorecard of World Bank-Managed Post-Tsunami Reconstruction in Indonesia

  Gender Action, 2008

  Using documents made available on the World Bank-administered Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDF) website this report reviews how well MDF projects set up in the wake of the 2004 tsunami integrated gender issues in the following essential areas: objectives; components; analysis; participation; and monitoring and evaluation.
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  The Women's Movement in Africa: Creative Initiatives and Lessons Learnt

  African Journals Online - AJOL, 2005

  Throughout history African women have employed great creativity in addressing the often adverse conditions in which they have found themselves. Post-independence, it has been African women, not their governments, who first proposed the establishment of National Women's Machineries.
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  An Advocacy Guide for Feminists

  2003

  Is there a feminist way to do advocacy? Feminist advocacy encompasses different strategies, like campaigning, lobbying, research, communication and alliance-building, which seek to advance women's rights and gender equality.
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  What's the Point of Revolution if We Can't Dance?

  Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, 2007

  This book is a compilation of many different activist voices and provides a powerful and personal account of the women's movement. Women activists' lives show common patterns. They work very long hours, never take breaks, travel a lot, and feel guilty for not spending enough time with their families.
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  Gender, Development and Advocacy

  Oxfam, 2005

  How should feminist advocates go about persuading key decision-makers and colleagues within their own institutions and organisations that women's rights and gender equality should underpin all development work? How can they find points of solidarity when they are marginalised in diverse ways, including through disability, HIV/AIDS and ethnicity?

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