Search

Reset

Searching in Peru

Showing 351-360 of 491 results

Pages

  • Document

    Beyond access: transforming policy and practice for gender equality in education

    Oxfam, 2005
    This book focuses on transforming policy and practice to promote equitable processes in education, in response to the need for equality, quality, and justice for all.
  • Document

    From Anti-Natalist to Ultra-Conservative: Restricting Reproductive Choice in Peru

    2004
    This article examines Peru's population policy since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and assesses to what extent its policies and programmes have affected reproductive health and rights.
  • Document

    Transmigration of Transexual Peruvians to Italy and Changing Perceptions in Peru about Transgender

    Institute for Peruvian Studies / Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2005
    Migration has empowered transgendered Peruvians. This article is based on interviews with Peruvian "travestis" migrating between Peru and Italy. Before international migration possibilities opened up in the 1990s they were marginalised and excluded in their homeland. Now, after a long period of work in prostitution in Milan, attitudes back home have changed.
  • Document

    Abortion and Human Rights in Peru

    BRIDGE, 2004
    What is the approach of the Peruvian government towards abortion? How does it affect women? The penal code in Peru recognises 7 types of abortion, the only legal one is the one carried out when the life or good health of the woman is in danger. Gender inequality, cultural patterns and scarce information on family planning prevent women from claiming their reproductive rights in Peru.
  • Document

    Communities can create their own water supply and sanitation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    Urban communities in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Angola are creating – and funding – their own water supply and sanitation services. Partnered with local governments they are covering large areas at much lower costs than conventional projects. To meet the Millennium target of sustainable access to safe drinking water, international agencies need to learn how to support such innovations.
  • Document

    Business development support to small service providers

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    A significant proportion of small to medium enterprises in developing countries are engaged in providing services, rather than in manufacturing or processing. While the latter receive the bulk of donor and state support, little is known about small scale infrastructure providers and the constraints they face.
  • Document

    Governance hybrids: pro-poor, rights-based approaches in rural Peru

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    In 2002 the Department for International Development (DFID) provided electoral assistance for local and regional elections in Peru, South America. Partners included 23 NGOs and local and national government actors.
  • Document

    Supporting indigenous land rights in Latin America

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    As political systems in Latin America become more democratic, traditional land rights systems are returning to the forefront of political agendas. By comparing experiences across the region, it may be possible to form coherent policies to assist the returning of land to indigenous populations.
  • Document

    Globalisation and monetary policy in emerging markets

    Bank for International Settlements, 2005
    This document is a compilation of papers dealing with the effects of financial integration on emerging markets. The compilation holds a number of background papers which explore general issues of globalisation and monetary policy in emerging markets.
  • Document

    Balancing indigenous crops and market demands in the Andes

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    Severe weather conditions, such as droughts and floods, regularly damage crops in the highlands of the Andes. To reduce their vulnerability to risks, indigenous farmers plant many varieties of staple crops, such as potatoes and quinoa. However, new market pressures and preferences threaten this diversity and, by consequence, food security and incomes.

Pages