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  Regulation of Disabled Women's Sexuality

  2004

  Sexuality is treated as either irrelevant or problematic in relation to disability. Issues such as sexual information, sexual relationships, sexual activity and sexual abuse are often excluded from disability theories, rights movements and development policies. Perhaps as a result, society also tends to expect disabled people, particularly women, to act as asexual beings.
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  Hunting for Women: Bride-kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

  Taylor and Francis Group, 2004

  The possibility of being kidnapped is a daily reality for many young Kyrgyz women. Kidnapping by a group of drunk, male strangers, and forced marriage to one, is a constant and serious threat.
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  Third and Fourth Reports of States Parties: Sri Lanka

  1999

  This Sri Lanka CEDAW report describes significant advances in the status of women in the country despite the existence of strong cultural values and prejudices which continue to impede gender equality measures. There have been major achievements in women's education, an increase in female employment and a reduction in population growth rate in recent years.
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  Social and Cultural Factors which Facilitate the Transmission of HIV in Bolivia

  BRIDGE, 2002

  If we are going to attack the causes and not just the effects of HIV/AIDS we need to look at the cultural and social aspects, as well as the medical. Cultural values and social norms which facilitate transmission in Bolivia include taboos around talking about sexuality, which is reinforced by religious associations of sex with sin and of women as virginal.
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  ICTs for the Empowerment of Indigenous Women in Bolivia: An Experience in OMAK

  2001

  Concerns persist around the threats to the culture, identity, language and territory of indigenous peoples, and women in this group fare the worst with reduced access to education and services. This report outlines the case of OMAK, an organisation made up of indigenous Aymara women in the District of La Paz and Oruro in Bolivia.
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  Women in Agriculture, the Environment and Rural Production: Bolivia

  1990

  In Bolivia, the rate of women's economic participation in rural areas is the highest in the region - a factor that has had a significant positive impact on the country's Gender and Development Index. This fact sheet is one of a series examining rural women in Latin American countries.
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  The war within the war: sexual violence against women and girls in eastern Congo

  Human Rights Watch, 2002

  The war in the war : sexual violence against women and girls in the Eastern Congo
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  A Guide to Indigenous Women's Rights under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

  Forest Peoples Programme, 2004

  Indigenous women are subject to multiple forms of discrimination on the basis of both race/ethnicity and gender. As such, abuse of indigenous women's rights can combine denial of land rights with forced sterilisation, inadequate heath care and violence.
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  Working with men responding to AIDS: gender, sexuality and HIV – a case study collection

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003

  Across the world, people working on HIV/AIDS are recognising the importance of working with men in order to have a real impact on the epidemic. There are many reasons why it is important to work with men. Some of these reasons are to do with the power that men have and some are to do with the problems that they face.
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  Learning from Experience: Strengthening Organisations of Women with Disabilities

  One World Action, 2001

  Whilst all women in Nicaragua are prone to gender-based discrimination and violence, disabled women experience specific problems, such as physical and social isolation, and the paternalistic attitudes of non-disabled people. This case study analyses the experiences and lessons learnt from the Disabled Women's Programme set up by Fundación Solidez in 1991.

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