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    Election coverage from a gender perspective: a media monitoring manual

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2011
    This manual presents a methodological tool for monitoring media coverage during election campaigns. It focuses on a gender perspective using objective and verifiable information, and is based on experiences of six Latin American institutions.
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    The Millennium Development Goals: A Latin American and Caribbean Perspective

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2005
    This paper looks at the differences across countries in Latin American and Caribbean region in terms of their chances of attaining the Goals and, wherever possible, the differences between trends in various segments of the population (classified by gender, ethnic group, age group, place of residence and income stratum) as a means of helping to pinpoint the areas in which efforts must be redoubled
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    Evaluation of Norwegian Development Cooperation to Promote Human Rights: evaluation

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011
    Is there a clear policy behind the Norwegian support to human rights? Is there a specific Norwegian profile in the support to human rights and what results have been achieved?
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    Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice

    UN Women, 2011
    What are the legal frameworks in place to ensure women’s rights and access to justice? How do these laws translate into equality in practice? What interventions are needed to make justice a reality rather than an aspiration for women? These are some of the questions considered in this first major UN Women report.
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    Policy and Institutional Framework Review of the fisheries sector in Malawi

    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2008
    This paper presents issues for consideration in the development of a proposal for possible funding to address the policy and institutional framework for the fisheries sector in Malawi. It is based on consultations with officials from the Department of Fisheries (DoF), donor agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), district level officials and fishing communities in Mangochi district.
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    From words to action: best practices for women's participation in Latin American political parties

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2008
    Even though women represent more than a half of the voting population in many countries and have been widely incorporated into the economic sphere, there is still an important gap between these advances and women’s access to elected or political party positions.
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    Variation in corruption between Mexican states: elaborating the gender perspective

    Quality of Government Institute, 2010
    Cross-country comparative studies show that a high number of women in elected office is related to a low level of corruption. Whether there is a causal relationship is, however, disputed. However, sub-national analyses confirm that states with a high number of women elected tend to display lower levels of corruption than states with a low number of women elected.
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    Arab Parliamentary Bulletin (issue 5): considering gender quotas in parliament

    United Nations Development Programme, 2010
    Arab women have achieved significant progress over the past decades. Once marginal in some parts of the Arab world, female education has reached unprecedented levels. Important progress can also be noted at other social levels. The proportion of women in the workforce has risen considerably across the region and women now enjoy better access to health and other social services.
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    Women’s engagement with political parties in contemporary Africa: reflections on Uganda’s experience

    Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2010
    This paper reviews and reflects on the experience of women’s political engagement in contemporary Uganda after the introduction of multiparty competitive elections in 2006.
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    Power, voice and rights: a turning point for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific

    United Nations Development Programme, 2010
    In every country across Asia and the Pacific, pervasive gender inequality remains a barrier to progress, justice and social stability, and deprives the region of a significant source of human potential. Inequality persists despite robust growth and progress, and cuts even deeper for poorer or otherwise excluded groups.

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