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  Bring me my machine gun: Contesting patriarchy and rape culture in the wake of the Jacob Zuma rape trial

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007

  Opening with a harrowing account of the trauma inflicted by rape on a gender activist in South Africa, and of the barriers she faced in bringing her case to trial, this paper draws out key lessons about rape in South Africa. The paper firstly points to the endemic nature of violence in South Africa and to the impunity with which it is committed.
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  Reducing Poverty and Social Exclusion: Czech Republic

  United Nations Development Programme, 2004

  To what extent has the Czech Republic achieved the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) particularly those that relate to gender issues? At first glance, the Czech Republic appears to have fulfilled the majority of the goals.
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  Gender, Myth and Fable: The Perils of Mainstreaming in Sector Bureaucracies

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  How can advocacy for gender equity goals be strengthened in national and local sector bureaucracies and sustained through their policy processes? While in many countries there is advocacy for gender issues from civil society and grassroots organisations, this is rarely the case in national and local bureaucracies.
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  Frozen in Success - Gay Activists Fear Czechs are Becoming Too Content with Past Achievements

  Transitions Online, 2008

  The 1st July 2008 marked the Czech Republic's two year anniversary of the passing of the same-sex partnerships law, a landmark achievement arising after years of political struggle and one that set the country apart from its Central European neighbours. By the end of 2007, 487 same-sex couples had entered a legal union.
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  Gender Differences in Health: Evidence from the Czech Republic

  Elsevier, 1996

  How does a model of gender differences in health found in the United States (US) compare to post-communist Europe?
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  Biopolitics, climate change and water security: impact, vulnerability and adaptation issues for women

  2007

  This article examines how climate change will impact on water security, from both the supply and the demand side, and considers how the African continent is especially vulnerable to adverse impacts.In particular it explores:?What needs to be done at community levels to enable women to articulate their needs and priorities with regards to water management
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  Assessment of equity in the uptake of anti-retrovirals in Malawi

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2008

  Malawi, like the rest of southern Africa, has a high adult HIV prevalence. In 2004, the government of Malawi committed itself to providing free HIV treatment - or antiretroviral therapy (ART) - to all patients. The study presented in this paper was carried out to assess equity in the uptake of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi in 2005 according to age, gender and income levels.
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  BRIDGE Occasional paper: Gender and Climate Change: Mapping the Linkages - A Scoping Study on Knowledge and Gaps

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008

  The issue of climate change is not new, but its take-up as a key development concern is a fairly recent departure. Even more recent is the integration of a gender-sensitive perspective in climate change research and responses.
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  Vulnerability in Masculinities: Straightening Out a Queer Concept in HIV, Gender and Development?

  2007

  Vulnerability' has become a key concept in drawing linkages between HIV, gender and development. This paper argues, however, that misunderstandings of the term vulnerability have tended to reinforce unhelpful gender stereotypes and have alienated men from engaging in HIV prevention efforts.
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  Are Men Interested in Engaging in the Struggle for Gender Justice and Broader Social Change - or What Would Make Them Interested?

  BRIDGE, 2007

  Poverty is prevalent in most rural and urban contexts in East Africa causing economic hardship for both men and women - and having a profound impact on masculine identities, self-esteem and behaviour. Men and women have often responded differently to the economic crisis.

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