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  How to Make the Law Work? Budgetary Implications of Domestic Violence Policies in Latin America

  2003

  How can domestic violence be reduced in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? This synthesis research paper demonstrates that to make domestic violence policy work there needs to be sufficient budgetary allocations to enable the laws enacted in these countries to translate into action.
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  Gender Impacts of Government Revenue Collection: The Case of Taxation

  Commonwealth Secretariat, 2004

  Are tax systems gender neutral? Assessing taxation and revenue from a gender perspective is no easy task. Political and technical constraints help to explain why most work to date has focused on expenditure. This paper provides information to assist in the analysis of potential gender bias in tax systems and help the design of gender-sensitive revenue measures.
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  BRIDGE Report 56: Gender and Development: Facts and Figures

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000

  What evidence is there of gender inequalities in life outcomes between women and men? This report provides facts and figures that expose gender inequalities, providing evidence of the need to engender development.
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  BRIDGE Report 57: Gender and Development: Frequently Asked Questions

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000

  What right do we have to interfere in other people's cultures? This is one question frequently asked of gender advocates. This collection draws together a range of popular questions and proposes possible answers. It is divided into three main sections. The first poses questions relating to gender in development more broadly that might be asked by those not familiar with the issues.
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  Rulemaking and Governance for Trade Intensification Asian Women's Views

  2003

  This economic literacy pack, the third in this series, is a tool for educating local women's constituencies on trade rules and negotiations. It explores four main themes, firstly 'How the WTO Treats National Health Emergencies in the Rubric of Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)'.
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  An Analysis of the WTO-AOA Review from the Perspective of Rural Women in Asia

  2003

  How does the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) affect the livelihoods of rural women in Asia? This paper, prepared on the occasion of the WTO-AOA review in 2003, analyzes the impact of the new trading rules imposed by the WTO on Asian peasants.
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  A Strategic Approach to Gender, Trade Agreements and Trade Policy

  2003

  It is often claimed that trade agreements, policies and liberalisation processes are gender and class neutral. However gender biases in the division of labour, in access to economic resources and in socially prescribed roles, usually impact women more negatively than men.
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  International Gender and Trade Network: WTO Fifth Ministerial Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, September 10-14th, 2003 (Position Papers on Four WTO Issues)

  2003

  The IGTN Advocacy Document for the 5th WTO Ministerial Meeting that was held in Cancun, Mexico in September 2003 focuses on these four issues and identifies critical advocacy positions for each of them.
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  BRIDGE Report 61: Gender and Micro Credit - Useful Resources

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001

  International development organisations have for the past decade supported small-scale loans and credit in different forms (solidarity-groups, small enterprises, rotating saving schemes). Much has been written on the positive and negative long-term and short-term impacts of such projects and programmes. Considerable information on such measures to combat gender inequity has been generated.
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  What Does the Collapse of the Cancun Ministerial Mean for Women's Rights in Development? Final Reflections on the World Trade Organization's 5th Ministerial Conference

  2003

  The most significant outcome of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, according to this paper, is a challenge to the supremacy of the 'superpowers' from the strong alliances forged by developing countries. The South found a voice and leadership to advance its own interests, such as to push for the reduction of domestic agricultural subsidies in rich countries.

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