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  Women and Land Rights in Ethiopia: A Comparative Study of Two Communities in Tigray and Oromiya Regional States

  Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women, 2002

  While the majority of women in Sub-Saharan Africa and particularly Eastern Africa provide a living for their families on land, they largely do not own it. This comprises one part of a study on women and land in five countries in Eastern Africa - and was commissioned by the Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI).
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  Capacity Building for Gender-Sensitive Agricultural Extension Planning in Ethiopia

  Taylor and Francis Group, 2000

  Ethiopia is working to increase its agricultural productivity. One way to achieve this is to ensure that women and men involved in agriculture have access to farming advice and support.
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  Doing Business in Addis Ababa: Case Studies of Women Entrepreneurs with Disabilities in Ethiopia

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This paper is a collection of case studies of disabled women who are engaged in small enterprise in Addis Ababa and the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
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  Power in Global Value Chains: Implications for Employment and Livelihoods in the Cashew Nut Industry in India, Summary Report

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  Employers take advantage of women's cheaper labour to lower their costs, and while employment in particular for women workers is essential for survival, it still does not pay enough to raise households out of poverty. This report explores the impacts of an expanding cashew nut market on the livelihoods of women workers in India.
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  Women in Agriculture, Environment and Rural Production in Selected Latin American Countries - Chile

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2004

  How do rural women contribute to agricultural production in Chile? This fact sheet gives a snapshot of the situation of rural women in Chile and of their involvement in agriculture, fisheries, forestry, livestock management, food security and environment protection.
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  Working Relations of a New Kind, a Gender Approach

  Servicio Nacional de la Mujer, 2004

  Economic liberalisation has led to many different forms of employment, such as part-time work, flexible working days, telework, and home-based work. Employment has also become less stable and often brings with it low and variable income and a lack of social protection. All of this affects women and men differently.
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  A Gendered Value Chain Approach To Codes of Conduct in African Horticulture

  2003

  Codes of conduct designed to regulate the employment conditions of Southern producers exporting to European markets were rapidly adopted throughout the 1990s - especially in the horticulture sector linking European supermarkets with export firms in Africa.
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  Gender and Climate Hazards in Bangladesh

  Routledge, 2002

  Bangladesh has experienced a number of high-profile disasters, including cyclones and annual floods. Vulnerability to disasters in Bangladesh correlates strongly with poverty, and it is widely accepted that women make up a disproportionate share of poor people.
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  Women's Access to Markets: Vulnerabilities and Constraints

  2003

  Traditionally markets have been off-limits to women in Bengali society. In present day Bangladesh, culture-based gender bias compounded by poverty continues to hinder women's access to markets. In rural areas in particular, women who go to the market are viewed as ?bad? women.
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  We Were In Fire, Now We Are In Water: Micro-credit and Gender Relations in Rural Bangladesh

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2004

  What is the impact of micro-credit institutions on gender relations in Bangladesh? What effect do micro-credit groups have on women's say in household decision making, and on women's labour and leisure time?

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