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  United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Centre in Colombo

  The UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo mainly focuses on Poverty Reduction with an overarching effort on achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
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  Off the map: how HIV/AIDS programming is failing same-sex practising people in Africa

  International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, 2007

  This report from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) explores the ways in which governments, international donors and NGOs (non-governmental organisations) are denying basic human rights protection to same-sex practicing Africans.
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  Boosting women’s rights through constitutional design

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Along with the increased importance of constitutional design in democratic transitions there is a realisation that this process can be used to improve women’s rights. Activists could use constitutions to create a broad framework within which all women’s rights can be enhanced, rather than focusing only on what can be achieved through women’s institutions and quotas.
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  Child abuse in cyberspace: a growing problem

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Children around the globe are using new information and communications technologies - from the Internet to mobile phones, webcams, instant messaging, chat rooms and so on. Although these technologies are entertaining and educational, they can also widen opportunities for child abuse. A framework to protect children in ‘cyberspace’ is needed.
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  Designing for equality: best-fit, medium-fit and non-favourable combinations of electoral systems and gender quotas

  International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2007

  This report provides an overview of how electoral systems function with different kinds of quotas for women. It assesses how women’s representation can be increased under different combinations of electoral systems and quotas.
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  Building women into peace

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Peace-building has become a major industry since the 1990s. The international community has shifted its focus from ceasefires to the active creation of democratic societies. But international peace-building efforts regularly ignore the needs of women, despite the use of ‘women’s rights’ as justification for intervention.
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  Human rights and dignity of Dalit women: report of the conference in the Hague, 20-25 November 2006

  India Committee of the Netherlands, 2006

  This report summarises the proceedings and the outcomes the 1st Conference on the Rights of Dalit Women held in The Hague, Netherlands.
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  Mobilising citizens: social movements and the politics of knowledge

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007

  Comparatively reflecting upon a series of case studies of citizen mobilisation in both north and south, this Institute for Development Studies working paper argues that the politics of knowledge are now central.
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  Women in decision-making

  United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2006

  This briefing paper presents the latest figures on women's involvement in decision-making at various levels on a global scale, including parliamentary representation, local government and managerial posts.
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  Called to speak: six strategies that encourage women’s political activism

  Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 2006

  This research brief gives an overview of a study on women’s involvement in social activism within non-profit religious groups. The report is based on interviews with women’s activist in religious community groups, including an analysis of the strengths of strategies that have been successful in increasing women’s leadership and involvement.

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