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  Beyond the mainstream: education for nomadic and pastoralist girls and boys

  Oxfam, 2005

  This paper illustrates the challenges involved in providing good-quality gender-equitable education for children of nomadic and pastoralist households who are beyond the reach of mainstream, formal education.Some of the key issues highlighted in the paper include the limited, and failed, provision of static schooling, or projects which have focused on getting nomadic boys and girls to adapt to
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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 explores the link between women’s roles in the provision of fuel for the household and their vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV) in displaced settings.
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  Water for Production: an Overview of the Main Issues and Collection of Supporting Resources

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001

  Water is fundamental to the well being of women and men both in the household and productive activities and is key to poverty reduction and development. Water is also a strategic resource in that its control is a source of power. Interventions that change the control, use of and access to water resources inevitably raise gender issues and opportunities.
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  An uncertain return: report on the current and potential impact of displaced people returning to southern Sudan

  Ockenden International, 2006

  This paper explores the impact of return and reintegration of displaced people to southern Sudan. It analyses the effects that these returnees have on the host community, which is important when considering the increased movement of displaced people and refugees across Sudan.Key research findings include:many regions still lack basic facilities and resources.
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  Sustainable drylands management: a strategy for securing water resources and adapting to climate change

  Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2003

  This information paper illustrates sustainable dryland management practises in communities vulnerable to climate change with case studies in India and the Sudan.In both cases the adaptation programme is presented, including infrastructural strategy and social involvement, followed by results of the programme, subsequent impact on the community and examples of further achievements and successes
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  Breaking the silence and saving lives: young people’s sexual and reproductive health in the Arab States and Iran

  Harvard School of Public Health, 2005

  This research reviews young people’s sexual and reproductive health (YPSRH) and gender issues affecting young people ages 10–24 in 19 Arab States and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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  Food security information systems supported by Save the Children UK

  Save the Children Fund, 2005

  This document discusses a strengthening of livelihoods-based Food Security Information Systems (FSIS) within governments, UN agencies and other institutions.
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  Entrenching impunity: government responsibility for international crimes in Darfur

  Human Rights Watch, 2005

  This report documents the role of more than a dozen named civilian and military officials in the use and coordination of "Janjaweed" militias and the Sudanese armed forces to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur since mid-2003.
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  Using local seed systems for agricultural disaster recovery

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  In areas affected by disasters such as drought and war, recovering agricultural activity quickly is vital to household food security. Relief seed aid, which replaces seeds lost during disasters, is important to ensure that farmers have adequate quantities of quality seeds of the right variety for the planting season following a disaster.
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  Bringing together humanitarian and human rights agencies to protect IDPs

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  According to the United Nations (UN) there are close to 25 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in around fifty countries. When national governments fail to protect IDPs who should step in? In the absence of a single UN agency with a mandate to assist these people, can humanitarian and human rights agencies work together?

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