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  Shadow Report to CEDAW

  2001

  Sri Lanka ratified CEDAW in 1981 without any reservations. In 2001, NGOs participated in producing this shadow report. Traditionally Sri Lanka has fared well in terms of basic social indicators like life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment, infant mortality, child mortality, maternal mortality and composite qualitative indices such as Human Development Index and Gender Development Index.
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  Women of CEE/CIS Region in the Context of Sustainable Development: Road from Johannesburg-2002 towards Kiev-2003

  International Renaissance Foundation and the Liberal Society Institute, 2003

  The role of women in environmental decision-making has yet to be properly evaluated. This publication reports on the regional seminar and project ?Gender Mainstreaming Policy into the Framework of 'Environment for Europe' Process".
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  Initial Reports of State Parties - Bolivia

  1991

  This is the Bolivian government's first and only report to the United Nations (UN) Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It outlines Bolivia's laws which protect women's rights, arranged sequentially in response to each article of the CEDAW.
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  Early marriage: child spouses

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2001

  Early marriage is a violation of children's rights as it has profound psychological, physical, intellectual and emotional impacts, cutting off their chances of personal growth. This Digest looks at reasons for the perpetuation of early marriage, and its possible increase in populations under stress, highlighting poverty as a key factor.
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  Implementing adolescent reproductive rights through the Convention on the Rights of the Child

  Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 1999

  One in five people in the world is an adolescent. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) encompasses the human rights of people aged 0-18, hence by definition includes adolescents. Yet there remains a significant gap between provisions prescribed in the CRC and the reality of adolescents' reproductive health and lives.
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  Gender, education and child labour in Lebanon

  International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004

  Studies in Lebanon indicate gender inequalities in schooling and the child labour systems. Among the poor, boys are more likely to have access to quality education, such as private schooling. However, boys are also more likely to leave school earlier than girls to assume the role of family breadwinner.
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  Fifth Periodic CEDAW Report - Bangladesh

  2003

  Despite numerous positive advancements, patriarchal values and practices still limit Bangladeshi women's opportunities for education and employment. They also place them at a greater risk of violence in the form of rape, acid attacks and trafficking. Bangladesh is one of seven countries in the world where the number of women is less than that of men.
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  Rethinking Domestic Violence: A Training Process for Community Activists

  Raising Voices, 2012

  The Training Process is a programme tool for strengthening the capacity of a wide range of community actors such as trainers and activists to prevent domestic violence. It is a series of training sessions that will help participants think about, discuss and take action to prevent domestic violence.
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  Research Report on Women Street Vendors in Lahore

  Commitee for Asian Women, 2003

  There are two main barriers to improving the conditions of women street vendors - a lack of understanding of their current status and a lack of political commitment to improve conditions.
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  Pakistan Enhanced HIV/AIDS Program: Social assessment and mapping of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Lahore, Pakistan

  Naz Foundation International, 2002

  Expressions of affection between people of the same sex are easily accepted in Pakistan but in contrast, women's contact with men is controlled and socially policed. Many men have sexual relations with each other, and finding male sexual partners is easy.

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