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  Breaking the cycle: stigma, discrimination, internal stigma and HIV

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2006

  This paper from the POLICY Project examines the relationship between discrimination, stigma and internalised stigma which is experienced by people living with HIV. The paper draws on research from projects in South Africa and Mexico.
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  Fake medicines kill hundreds of thousands of people every year

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Counterfeit medicines are a serious problem in developing countries. The World Health Organization states that 25 percent of all drugs used in developing countries are illegal imitations. Hundreds of thousands die each year as a result of using these drugs.
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  Unnatural, "Unsuitable", Unemployed! Lesbians and Workplace Discrimination in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras and Mexico,

  BRIDGE, 2006

  This report analyses discrimination against lesbians in the job market, based on statistics, law and testimonials from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Honduras. It seeks to make explicit the links between discrimination in the workplace and the ability of lesbian women to secure the basic elements of survival - food, housing, education and medical care - for themselves and their families.
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  A closer look: the internalization of stigma related to HIV

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2006

  This report from the USAID-funded POLICY project examines the internalised stigma experienced by people living with HIV (PLHA). It presents findings from the Siyam’kela project in South Africa and the Mo Kexteya project in Mexico.
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  Budget analysis and policy advocacy: the role of non-governmental public action

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007

  Civil society initiatives to improve budget transparency and influence government spending priorities are being introduced in developing countries. This IDS working paper reports on research carried out on six civil society budget groups around the world. The case studies are on a social movement in India, a research institution in Croatia and NGOs in Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Uganda.
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  Educational equity and public policy: comparing results from 16 countries

  UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2007

  The right to education has been recognised by the international community for the last half century and has led to increasing interest in the equity of countries’ education systems.
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  Meeting the challenges of secondary education in Latin America and East Asia: improving efficiency and resource mobilization

  World Bank, 2006

  While policy makers in many countries have shown an increasing interest in expanding and strengthening their secondary education systems, many challenges remain.
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  Children's letters to ministers

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2006

  There has been growing concern over the lack of information that society as a whole has with respect to our water resources. But this report shows that children and young people intuitively know the importance of water in all its complexity.
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  Women’s general and reproductive health in global supply chains

  Business for Social Responsibility, 2006

  In developing economies, women account for a disproportionately large percentage of the workforce engaged in manufacturing for export markets.
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  The double burden of malnutrition: case studies from six developing countries

  Food and Nutrition Division, FAO, 2006

  This Food and Agriculture Organization publication assesses the extent of the "double burden" of malnutrition in six developing countries – China, Egypt, India, Mexico, the Philippines and South Africa. The "double burden" of malnutrition refers to under- and over- nutrition occurring simultaneously within a population.

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