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    Gender Mainstreaming In Practice: A Toolkit, 3rd Edition 2007

    United Nations Development Programme, 2007
    How is gender mainstreaming relevant to the work that I am doing? And, even if I understand its relevance, how am I supposed to implement it? This toolkit addresses these and other questions that are commonly raised by practitioners engaged in public policy and development.
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    Gender, Health and Ageing

    World Health Organization, 2003
    The diseases which afflict older men and women are the same - but rates, trends, and types of these differ between women and men. Conditions that account for the majority of mortality and morbidity among older people stem from experiences and behaviours at younger ages, such as smoking, alcohol abuse, infectious disease, dangerous work conditions, violence and poor health care.
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    Grandmothers Promote Maternal and Child Health: the Role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems' Managers

    Knowledge and Learning Centre, Africa Region, WB, 2006
    In most known societies senior women or grandmothers are the managers of indigenous knowledge (IK) systems that deal with the development, care and well-being of women and children. Grandmothers are expected to advise and supervise the younger generations.
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    Gender, Poverty, and Intergenerational Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

    Oxfam, 2002
    Older women and young girls in developing countries are likely to be affected by HIV/AIDS, but tend to fall outside the boundaries of mainstream development research and practice on HIV/AIDS. This article explores the reasons for the lack of attention given to these groups and identifies what steps are needed to ensure their needs are also met.
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    Gender and Ageing Briefs

    HelpAge International, 2002
    Aimed at practitioners and policy makers, these briefs cover six key issues in ageing, gender and development:?gender in an ageing world;?age, gender and HIV/AIDS;?participation for older men and women;?humanitarian crises: hearing and understanding older people's gender needs;?violence and older people: the gendered dimension; and
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    Grandmothers: a Learning Institution

    2005
    To what extent are development programmes overlooking the potential role of older women, or 'grandmothers', as valuable resources in children's education? This paper examines evidence regarding the role of grandmothers in children's development, particularly in terms of education, in Africa, Asia, Latin America,the Pacific, Aboriginal Australia, and Native North America.
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    The Second Fundher Report: Financial Sustainability for Women's Movements Worldwide

    2007
    Where is the money for women's rights and how can we tap it? How could new resources be mobilised to build stronger feminist movements in order to advance women's rights worldwide? This report analyses the funding landscape for women's rights work, building on an earlier report published by the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) in 2006.
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    Men, Ageing and Health: Achieving Health Across the Life Span

    2000
    Gender norms and expectations affect men's health throughout their life course, including in old age. For example, men often avoid seeking care due to the belief in many cultures that health-seeking behaviour is a sign of weakness. Older men may be particularly vulnerable since they may be less tied into social networks than women.
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    Women2000: Gender Dimensions of Ageing

    2002
    The impact of gender inequalities in education and employment opportunities increases through every stage of the lifecycle, hitting hardest in old age. As a result, older women are more likely than older men to be poor. Men and women also suffer different health problems as they age, and women's lack of access to adequate care is sharpened by their higher levels of poverty.
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    A few considerations to be made when developing gender sensitive indicators on ageing

    Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2002
    What issues need to be taken into account when developing gender sensitive indicators on ageing? Men and women experience ageing in different ways. In order to design policies that promote equality and justice in old age, it is necessary to analyse ageing and its impacts on populations from a gender perspective.

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