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    Statistics for Women in Turkey 2004

    Turkish Republic Prime Ministry Directorate General On The Status And The Problems Of Women, 2004
    This official report on women in Turkey draws on data ranging from 1935 to 2002 and focuses on population, education and labour force participation statistics. Section one looks at population by gender, fertility rates, illiteracy, and levels of education. Section two is devoted to women's status in the work place.
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    Gender and Trade Cutting Edge Pack

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Trade and trade liberalisation have very different impacts on women and men - which can result in fundamental shifts in gender roles, relationships and inequalities. Moreover increasing claims that countries should be enabled to 'trade their way out of poverty' means that there is an urgent need to address how trade can promote gender equality and development.
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    The ??Natasha?? Experience: Migrant Sex Workers from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in Turkey

    Pergamon, 2002
    Women have been migrating across the world in increasing numbers and the sex industry remains one option for work in host countries. This paper looks at the case of migrant sex workers from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in Turkey, documenting sex workers' experiences in Istanbul.
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    Sex Workers Struggles in Bangladesh: Learnings for the Women's Movement

    BRIDGE, 2005
    This paper describes the involvement of Naripokkho, a Bangladesh non-governmental organisation (NGO), in a national campaign to support the rights of sex workers. Naripokkho supported sex workers' efforts to defend themselves against illegal government eviction orders from brothels in Bangladesh.
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    Not So Strange Bedfellows: Sexual Rights and International Development

    Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
    Is sexuality less important than poverty? This article, based on a session facilitated by BRIDGE at the 2005 Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID) conference, explores the connections between development and sexuality. The speakers argue that sexuality is itself a survival issue.
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    The pleasure project: global mapping of pleasure

    The Pleasure Project, 2004
    How can a focus on pleasure help promote safer sex? The Pleasure Project mapped initiatives taken around the world which use pleasure as a primary motivation for promoting sexual health.
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    Employment Policies to Overcome Poverty: Paraguay

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    How can employment policies reduce poverty and promote gender equality? What is the situation in Paraguay? Poverty impacts women and men differently, and is directly related to levels and patterns of employment.
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    Employment Policies to Overcome Poverty: Argentina

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    How can employment policies reduce poverty and promote gender equality? What is the situation in Argentina? Poverty impacts women and men differently, and is directly related to levels and patterns of employment.
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    Key Gender Resources

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    What are the key recent writings on gender in Chinese? This paper provides an initial selection of twenty one pieces, made by Beijing gender activist and journalist Feng Yuan. These include official, academic and activist resources from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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    Promoting Gender Equality. A Resource Kit for Trade Unions

    International Labour Organization, 2002
    This toolkit has been designed to address the challenges faced by trade unions in recruiting and retaining female members and ensuring that trade union policies reflect gender equality goals . Trade unions have a role in protecting workers from all types of discrimination, including that based on gender.

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