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  Complying with the Law? How Catholic Hospitals Respond to State Laws Mandating the Provision of Emergency Contraception to Sexual Assaults Victims

  2006

  In the United States five percent of women who have been sexually assaulted become pregnant as a result of the attack, the majority of which undergo elective abortion. This report argues that women who have experienced sexual assault should have easy access to emergency contraception (EC).
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  Public health at risk: a US free trade agreement could threaten access to medicines in Thailand

  Oxfam, 2006

  This briefing paper from Oxfam aims to draw attention to the implications of United States Free Trade Agreements (US FTAs) on IPR regimes in developing countries such as Thailand. It argues that the FTAs change the rules of intellectual property protection in ways that will undermine public health by limiting access to affordable medicines.
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  Handbook for bloggers and cyber dissidents

  Reporters Without Borders [Reporters Sans Frontières], 2005

  This handbook on blogging aims at giving interested individuals a tool for producing good quality blogs.
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  Live longer, work longer

  Ageing Society, 2006

  This report makes the case for a new agenda of reform which it claims would not only help offset the negative potential effects of population ageing on public budgets and economic growth, but would also promote choice for older workers.
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  International nurse mobility: trends and policy implications

  World Health Organization, 2003

  This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) examines the trends and policy implications of nurses moving from the developing world to work in wealthier countries.
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  Skills-mix and policy change in the health workforce: nurses in advanced roles

  OECD Development Centre, 2005

  This working paper from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) examines "skills-mix" between nurses and physicians in hospital and primary-care settings. The research was particularly focused on the use of advanced practice nurses (APN) or specialist nurses in terms of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
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  U.S. and EU farm policy—how similar?

  Economic Research Service, USDA, 2004

  This document examines and compares U.S. and E.U. commodity policies. It provides a description of the basic mechanisms of U.S.
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  Options for media development in Iraq

  Index on Censorship, 2004

  This report summarises the conclusions of 12 months’ research work in Iraq conducted as part of Index on Censorship’s monitoring, training and publication programmes in Baghdad between May 2003 and June 2004. The paper’s conclusions were augmented and updated during a follow-up three month study of Iraqi media development issues in late 2004.
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  Corporate contributions in three recent natural disasters: a comparative analysis of the tsunami, Katrina and the earthquake in Pakistan

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This report looks at the corporate response in three natural disasters: the Indian Ocean Tsunami, hurricane Katrina, and the 8/10 Earthquake in Pakistan. 23 transnational companies (TNCs) were selected for analysis. About seventy percent of these companies are American, while the rest are European.
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  Beijing plus ten meets WTO plus ten: assessing the impact of trade liberalization on women’s human rights

  International Gender and Trade Network, 2005

  This document focuses on the impact of trade liberalisation on women’s economic security and its contribution to the Beijing +10 review.The report argues that since 1995, there is evidence that economic and political forces have been responsible for measures and policies which run counter to the commitments made by governments for implementing the Beijing Platform for Action.

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