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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Special issue: Gender Myths

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  Much development work has been based on gender stereotypes - for example the idea that farmers are men. In reaction, feminism has sometimes created counter stereotypes - such as that of the African woman farmer and her lazy husband. Such images have been hugely important in changing ideas about gender and channelling more resources to women.
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  CEDAW Fifth Periodic Reports of States Parties: Nicaragua

  Government of Nicaragua, 1999

  This report is Nicaragua's fifth and most recent report to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It outlines the status of women in Nicaragua and initiatives to address the goals set out by CEDAW, particularly with respect to women's equality within the family.
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  New contributions to the analysis of poverty: methodological and conceptual challenges to understanding poverty from a gender perspective

  United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003

  Three decades of feminist research have had an impact on poverty analysis. However, the impact on poverty itself has been weaker. Women still make up an estimated two thirds of the poor and this proportion appears to be rising. This trend is exacerbated by the gender blindness which persists in parts of mainstream poverty analysis in spite of the feminist insights.
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  Why eat green cucumbers at the time of dying?: women’s literacy and development in Nepal

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2000

  Why should people take on new literacy practices when they feel they are able to communicate adequately? Is 'traditional' literacy the key to women's empowerment? In Nepal, as elsewhere, there has been an explosion of literacy programmes due to the popular perception that this is the case. This report questions whether such programmes meet women's needs from the point of view of participants.
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  Female-Headed Households in Selected Conflict-Striken ESCWA Areas

  BRIDGE, 2001

  Are female heads of households 'different'? This study explores the complex links between poverty, conflict and female household headship in Lebanon, Palestine and Yemen, where female headship has become more visible and vulnerable.
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  CEDAW Combined Second and Third Periodic Reports of States Parties: Indonesia

  United Nations, 1997

  This report outlines the status of women in Indonesia as of 1997, the last time Indonesia made a submission to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of CEDAW. Indonesia has had a Minister of State for the Role of Women since 1978. In the years leading up to 1997, the country experienced rapid economic growth that substantially changed the status of women.
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  Women's Human Rights Situation in Indonesia

  Online Women in Politics, 2002

  Under the Indonesian Constitution women have the same rights as men. What happens in practice?
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  Trafficking of Women and Children in Indonesia

  International Catholic Migration Commission, 2003

  In Indonesia, counter-trafficking measures have been inhibited by the fact that in many cases 'trafficking' is not considered exploitative. This comprehensive report argues that broadening the definition of trafficking from prostitution to include migrant work, domestic work, sex work and mail order brides can ensure that these forms of exploitation are also addressed.
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  A Longitudinal Study of the Effect of Integrated Literacy and Basic Education Programs on Women's Participation in Social and Economic Development in Nepal

  2002

  Do women's literacy programmes have a significant impact on women's social and economic development? This study looks at two literacy programmes in Nepal: the Basic Primary Education Program (BPEP) and the Health Education and Adult Literacy Program (HEAL). It is aimed at policy-makers (national and donor) and practitioners to enable better programme planning.
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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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