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    Gender & Diversity Program - CGIAR - Resource Center - Cybrary of Best Links

    Consultative Gr. on International Agricultural Research, 2011
    The Gender and Diversity (G&D) Program began in July 1999 to help the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Centres strengthen and leverage their staff diversity.
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    Escaping poverty Can policy reach the chronically poor?: id21 insights, issue 46

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    The past few years have seen remarkable consensus on and commitment to poverty reduction from governments around the world. This has resulted in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which seek to reduce global absolute poverty by 50 per cent by 2015 and to reduce other forms of human deprivation. Articles included:
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    Breaking barriers; id21 insights, issue 55

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    According to the United Nations Development Programme four to six percent of the world’s population is disabled. The prevalence of disability in many developing countries is worsened by poor nutrition, disease, conflict and accidents due to poor regulation. Many disabled people also face numerous physical
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    “As if we weren’t human”: discrimination and violence against women with disabilities in Northern Uganda

    Human Rights Watch, 2010
    This report describes abuse and discrimination against women and girls with disabilities in the post-conflict northern region of Uganda. Human Rights Watch conducted the research, interviewing people about issues such as access to basic provisions like shelter in camps for displaced persons or in their own communities.
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    “As if we weren’t human”: discrimination and violence against women with disabilities in Northern Uganda

    Human Rights Watch, 2010
    This report describes abuse and discrimination against women and girls with disabilities in the post-conflict northern region of Uganda. Human Rights Watch conducted the research, interviewing people about issues such as access to basic provisions like shelter in camps for displaced persons or in their own communities.
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    DAWN at the CBD-COP 10 People’s Forum

    2010
    This report captures what four women from the Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) said in two plenary sessions of the Global People’s Forum, which took place alongside the 10th Convention on Biological Diversity-Conference of Parties (CBD-COP) in Nagoya, Japan in October 2010.
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    The prevalence of disability in Europe and Eurasia

    Social Transitions, USAID, 2009
    People with disabilities face restriction of movement, have fewer opportunities to participate in civic life or lead full, productive, independent lives. The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness of the situation of people with disabilities in the transitional countries of Europe and Eurasia, and present information on the prevalence of disability there.
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    Transitions towards an inclusive future: vocational skills development and employment options for persons with disabilities in Europe & Eurasia

    Social Transitions, USAID, 2009
    In Europe and Eurasia, (excluding Russia) the estimated number of persons with disabilities is 16.5 million. Governments spend up to 1% of GDP in service and care provision by means of a centralised, segregated, institution-based service delivery system.
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    Best practices in inclusive education for children with disabilities: applications for program design in the Europe & Eurasia region

    Social Transitions, USAID, 2010
    Regular schools with an inclusive orientation are the most effective means of combating discriminatory attitudes and achieving education for all. The purpose of this report is to promote programming efforts in inclusive education in the Europe and Eurasia (E&E) region.
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    Social transition issues in Europe and Eurasia, USAID publications

    Social Transitions, USAID, 2011
    This document is one of a series of publications sponsored by the Social Transition Team in the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia on social transition issues in the Region.You may download the documents in this series from the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse website (http://dec.usaid.gov), using the Doc IDs for reference.If you would like more information about these and upcoming products,

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