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  Gender and Climate Change: Giving the ?Latecomer? a Head Start

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  Gender issues have made a slow entry into the climate change debate. This is partly due to the fact that climate change has generally been perceived as a global phenomenon, with little attention being paid to differentiating the potential impacts that women and men might face.
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  Gender, Business and Poverty

  Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice, UK, 2002

  There is increasing recognition that business has a key role to play in the reduction of poverty, and that poverty reduction is in the interest of business. But what role should gender play in this? Is business more likely to gain if gender issues are addressed?
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  Strategies and approaches for gender mainstreaming in international trade

  International Trade Centre, 2001

  As women must still negotiate family and work responsibilities, they tend to engage in more informal sector or home-based work. Women's equal participation in trading activities is further hampered by concerns such as difficulty accessing capital, lack of relevant training and skills or limited contacts with national and international trade networks.
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  Trade liberalisation policy

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  Trade liberalisation (decreasing restrictions on trade) has taken place through several policy frameworks over the past ten years. In addition to the rules of the WTO, trade liberalisation has also been a key factor of World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes. Advocates of such policies argue that trade liberalisation should increase a country's growth and incomes.
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  Trade impact review: Mexico case study: NAFTA and the FTAA: a gender analysis of employment and poverty impacts in agriculture

  Women's Edge Coalition, 2003

  Mexicans working in agriculture were hit hard by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). There is now concern over the potential impact of increased trade liberalisation through the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). This case study seeks to quantify the differential impact on Mexican women and men of trade agreements so that lessons learned can inform new trade agreements.
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  WTO TRIPS Agreement

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  The TRIPS agreement is an overarching framework for a multilateral approach to intellectual property rights (IPR), in force since 1996. TRIPS means that use of plants, micro-organisms, biotechnological techniques, food and essential drugs can be restricted under patent protection.
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  Best practice guidelines for creating a culture of gender equality in the private sector

  Commission on Gender Equality, South Africa, 1998

  This guide is designed to highlight and promote the involvement of private business in achieving gender equality, including business leaders, policymakers, human resource managers and other business specialists.
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  Action research: garment industry supply chains

  Women Working Worldwide, 2003

  This manual, aimed at researchers, gives practical guidance on how to conduct action research that will promote and support workers' rights, focusing on garment industry supply chains.
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  Identification of economic opportunities for women's groups and communities

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This guide is designed to support strategies for improved employment opportunities, particularly amongst women. It is aimed at development and community organisations, including women's groups, small business associations, workers' and employers' organisations, as well as in-country staff charged with assisting these groups.
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  INC - Gender Profile: Venezuela (April 2002)

  Canadian International Development Agency, 2002

  Women still face institutional and societal discrimination in Venezuela. This report offers a statistical and policy overview of gender equality at the national level. Though national policy is largely progressive, implementation lags behind.

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