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    Taking gender equality seriously: making progress, meeting new challenges

    United Nations Development Programme, 2006
    UNDP and its partners have had mixed success with gender mainstreaming. For UNDP, as for others, mainstreaming has too often meant that everyone - and thus no one in particular - has responsibility for promoting women's empowerment. Nonetheless, there are many success stories throughout the organisation where mainstreaming has yielded positive results.
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    Fuel provision and gender-based violence: fuel-efficiency as a prevention strategy

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2005
    This document provides a summary of literature which explores links between women's roles in the provision of fuel for the household, and their vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV) in displaced settings. It surveys and summarises international guidelines and principles on fuel provision and GBV.
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    Gender and Energy for Sustainable Development - A Toolkit and Resource Guide

    ENERGIA: International Network on Gender & Sustainable Energy, 2004
    About 2 billion people throughout the world rely on traditional fuels (e.g. wood, charcoal, dung, and agricultural residues) for cooking, lighting and heating. Women and girls are responsible for collecting these fuels in many developing countries. They spend considerable time and effort doing this which greatly limits their ability to engage in educational and income-generating activities.
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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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    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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    Diversity makes the difference!: Gender considerations for promoting an equitable access to and fair sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of biodiversity

    World Conservation Union, 2004
    Gender equity is a fundamental issue in the conservation of biological diversity. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) recognises the specific role that women play in the sustainable use of biodiversity resources and affirms the need to guarantee their full participation at all levels of policy making and execution.
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    Women and the environment

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2004
    Women play decisive roles in managing and preserving biodiversity, water, land and other natural resources, yet their centrality is often ignored or exploited. This publication aims to make the links between women and the environment more visible, with an explicit focus on the gender-related aspects of dryland systems, water resources and biodiversity conservation and management.
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    BRIDGE Report 52: Environmentally Sustainable Development and Poverty: A Gender Analysis

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 1997
    How would environmentally sustainable development look if it was gender-sensitive? This report argues that much mainstream literature on environmentally sustainable development has ignored the gender dimensions. Where women have been the target of programmes, they have been seen as natural managers of environmental resources.
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    The Gender and Water Development Report 2003: Gender Perspectives on Policies in the Water Sector

    2003
    What progress is being made in integrating a gender perspective into water policy? Gender advocates have argued that a) involving both men and women in roles of influence at all levels can support sustainability and b) conversely, sustainability in water management can contribute to gender equity through meeting the essential needs of both women and men.
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    Common Ground, Women's Access to Natural Resources and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals

    2003
    Due to traditional gender roles, many women and girls are denied access to and control over water, energy, land and biodiversity, despite their critical role in sustaining these natural resources. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can potentially address this concern.

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