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  Gender, rights and participation in the Kenya cut flower industry

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2002

  Cut flower production is now a major part of the Kenyan economy, but the country's success in supplying European markets has brought with it increased attention to the industry's social and environmental impacts. Driven by the various concerns of consumers, retailers, European regulators and civil society organisations, flower growers have to comply with a number of codes of conduct.
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  Perfect Crimes: Sexual Harassment at the Workplace in Zimbabwe

  Weaver Press, 2005

  For almost a decade, women in Zimbabwe have worked to gain rights in the workplace and to tackle, in particular, the issue of sexual harassment. This report charts the processes involved and the methodologies used in this struggle.
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  Labour markets as gendered institutions: equality, efficiency and empowerment issues

  World Development, 1999

  Economists have tended to approach labour markets as neutral arenas in which buyers and sellers interact. This paper argues, by contrast, that markets are gendered institutions which operate at the intersection of the productive and reproductive economies - that is, as markets structured by gendered practices, perceptions, norms and networks.
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  Fifth Periodic Report on Implementation of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Japan)

  Government of Japan, 2002

  Japan's 5th periodic report on the implementation of the ?Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women? (CEDAW) covers the period May 1998 to April 2002. It was put together in consultation with a wide range of civil society groups.
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  Citizenship: towards a feminist synthesis

  Feminist Review, 1997

  This article outlines how citizenship can be used as a political and theoretical tool by combining 'rights' and 'participation'. Participation in social, economic, cultural and political decision-making provides a more dynamic and active form of rights in which people work together to improve their quality of life.
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  Still Waiting After 60 years: Justice for Survivors of Japan's Military Sexual Slavery System

  Amnesty International, 2005

  In war zones all over the world crimes of sexual violence, including rape, are used as a weapon of war. However, despite such human rights violations, these crimes generally go unpunished and survivors are left with no redress.
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  Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in Japan

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  Every year thousands of women are trafficked into Japan from countries in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Lured by the promise of better jobs and salaries, women arrive in Japan to find themselves in debt to organised crime groups and forced to work in Japan's sex industry.
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  New forms of citizenship: democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Oxfam, 2003

  In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, many families live in illegal land occupations (favelas), housing projects and working-class suburbs. In the daily lives of most of these families, little change has been experienced under democracy as opposed to dictatorship. For some, life is more defined by violence related to drug-trafficking.
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  Gender and Trade: Overview Report

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  The general assumption is that trade liberalisation (the removal of barriers to cross-border trade) has equal impacts on men and women. However women and men are affected differently by trade due to their different roles in production and reproduction and to imbalances over control of land, power and resources.
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  Gender and Trade: Supporting Resources Collection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  Over the past few years, greater understanding of the links between gender and trade has led to increased research and advocacy around the impact of trade policies on gender relations. Development policies and interventions at the macro, meso and micro levels are beginning to address the gendered inequalities that affect access to the potential benefits of international trade.

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