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    How donors fail at educating children in conflict-torn states

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Even in times of conflict, education is a basic human right. Yet out of the world’s 77 million children out of school, half live in conflict-affected fragile states – a disproportionate number. Why are these children losing out on attending school and what is needed to rectify this situation?
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    Women, water policy, and reform: global discourses and local realities in Zimbabwe

    Michigan State University, Anthropology Department, 2007
    How may global water reforms impact women?
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    Citizens and science - whose knowledge counts?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Science and technology development have major implications for tackling poverty and promoting well-being in developing countries. Recent controversies, such as genetically modified food crops and AIDS drugs, have created new dimensions and needs for public involvement in decision-making.Some questions that the Citizenship DRC sought to answer include:
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    The destination of exports determines wages in sub-Saharan Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    International trade is believed to stimulate growth and raise wages in developing countries. But there is little evidence on the impact of trade on individual workers’ incomes. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) does exporting tend to raise or lower wages for manufacturing workers?
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    Acceptability of routine HIV testing ("Opt-Out") in antenatal services in two rural districts of Zimbabwe

    Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006
    This article from the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) argues that routine HIV testing on an opt-out basis would be widely acceptable among pregnant women. Introducing this approach to testing could contribute significantly to improving uptake of services for the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) in developing countries.
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    Electoral systems and the protection and participation of minorities

    Minority Rights Group International, 2006
    This document examines and evaluates the level of minority inclusion in electoral systems in different conflict situations worldwide. It specifically focuses on how the participation of minorities in the legislative process at the stage of electoral reform is a key tool, both in peace building and in future conflict prevention.
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    Trends in poverty and inequality in seven African countries

    Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2007
    Conventional approaches to measuring poverty and inequality that use money-metric data overlook social aspects of poverty. This paper uses the multidimensional, asset index, approach to analyse trends in poverty and inequality in seven African countries including Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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    Education under attack: A global study on targeted political and military violence against education staff, students, teachers, union and government officials, and institutions

    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2007
    The deliberate use of force on educational institutions, students, teachers, academics, education trade unionists, education officials are on the rise globally. The worst-affected are countries that are witnessing ongoing conflict.
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    ILO Participatory Gender Audit

    International Labour Organization, 2007
    A Participatory Gender Audit is a tool and a process, based on participatory approaches, which assesses whether internal practices and systems for gender mainstreaming are effective and whether they are being followed. Participatory gender audits are used at an individual, team and organisational level to promote learning on how to integrate gender concerns throughout an institution.
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    A community health approach to palliative care for HIV/AIDS and cancer patients in sub-Saharan Africa

    World Health Organization, 2004
    This report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies community health programmes as the key element in responding to the palliative care needs of those affected by cancer, HIV and AIDS in Africa. It outlines a project conducted in Botswana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe to strengthen the delivery of palliative care programmes in those countries.

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