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    Rewriting Divorce in Egypt: Reclaiming Islam, Legal Activism, and Coalition Politics

    2003
    Egypt's Personal Status Law (PSL) coalition, made up of activists, lawyers, government officials, NGO leaders, legislators, and scholars, has been lobbying for 15 years for changes to the personal status laws that govern marriage, divorce, child custody, and inheritance.
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    Guidelines for Integrating Gender Analysis into Biodiversity Research

    1998
    How can gender be mainstreamed into programmes concerned with the sustainable use and management of biodiversity? The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has produced guidelines on how to integrate gender analysis into biodiversity research.
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    Steps for Effective Advocacy

    2003
    How can NGOs work to ensure that governments are implementing international law to protect women's rights? International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW) Asia Pacific have released this practical guide for NGOs who wish to use the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to hold their governments accountable for upholding and enforcing women's rights.
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    Sexual Orientation and Zimbabwe's New Constitution: A Case for Inclusion

    Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, 1999
    Why is there a need for development to talk about sexual orientation? All over the world lesbians and gay men suffer sexual identity-based discrimination in legal, social and cultural arenas. The role of law in upholding 'morality' has significant consequences in the case of sexuality when legislation can impinge on the right to be free from discrimination.
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    Gender and Development: An Information Kit

    2000
    This information kit is a tool for gender and development specialists/ consultants working in Egypt. It was produced by the Gender and Development (GAD) Sub-Group, the body responsible for coordinating and sharing information between the UN, bilateral donor and Egyptian NGOs on gender initiatives in Egypt. The kit is broken down into five booklets.
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    The Integration of Women's Rights in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership/L'integration des Droits des Femmes dans le Partenariat Euro-Mediterraneen

    Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, 2003
    The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, launched in 1995, provides a framework for political, economic and social relations between the 12 partners of the southern Mediterranean and 15 European Union member states. This report explores the dynamics that hinder and promote women's rights within this partnership and in the Middle East and North Africa.
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    Mainstreaming gender?

    Oxfam, 2003
    This issue of Links summarises experiences shared and lessons learned at "Gender Mainstreaming Leadership Workshop" held in Scotland for Oxfam staff. The workshop concluded that mainstreaming gender is particularly tough because it requires not just skills and experience, but also great commitment to change attitudes and beliefs, and to overcome prejudices. The workshop had two main outcomes.
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    Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives

    University of California Press, 2003
    Images and themes of conflict are not hard to find in modern society. Signs of the times include films that equate action with war; condoms designed with a camouflage pattern; fashions that celebrate brass buttons and epaulettes; and tomato soup that contains pasta in the shape of Star Wars weapons. These images contribute to militaristic values that shape our culture in times of war and peace.
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    Demanding our Rights: A Guide to Lobbying in Palestine

    Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling, 1999
    The manual is one of very few resources in Palestinian society to address the issue of lobbying, campaigning and advocacy work. It provides directions and advice on how to plan, organise and carry out lobbying and advocacy efforts. These tools are instrumental in influencing legislators and decision-makers.
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    The Postwar Moment: Militaries, Masculinities and International Peacekeeping

    Lawrence and Wishart, 2002
    How do social relations change as a result of peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction? This collection of essays links the experiences of post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina (B-H), with that of the Netherlands, a country that deployed a large peacekeeping force in the war-stricken area.

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