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  More than money: strategies to build women’s economic power

  Global Fund for Women, 2003

  This report details the impacts on poverty reduction and advancing women’s rights as a result of programmes promoting women’s economic independence funded by the Global Fund for Women.
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  Integrating HIV prevention and care into maternal and child health care settings: lesson learned from horizons studies

  Population Council, USA, 2002

  This report details outcomes from a workshop which discussed the integration of HIV related care in the maternal and child health setting.Participants discussed the experience to date and formulated practical strategies for improving this integration.
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  Transcending boundaries to improve the food security of AIDS affected households in rural Uganda

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2003

  This paper from the International Center for Research on Women provides information on the implementation of a collaborative project to improve household food security in rural Ugandan communities affected by HIV and AIDS. The aim of the project is increased collaboration between communities and specialists to improve the ability of households to meet their food security needs.
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  Women's lack of control over STI risks drives microbicide search

  Population Reference Bureau, 2003

  This paper analyses the current search within the health community for a vaginal microbicide - a cream, gel, suppository, or other product that can protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) - which is female-controlled, does not rely on the cooperation of a male partner and is non-contraceptive.Findings include:2.5 million HIV infections could be averted in 73
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  Trading away our rights: women working in global supply chains

  Oxfam, 2004

  While much research has focused on the content of labour codes of conduct and how suppliers meet them, this paper argues that in practice it is the supply-chain purchasing practices of the large companies themselves that undermine the labour standards the codes claim to support.The paper argues that a new model of business practice that requires increasing flexibility through "just-in-time" del
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  Act now! A resource guide for young women on HIV/AIDS

  Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2002

  This guide focuses on the topic of young women and HIV/AIDS: the intersections between youth, gender and HIV/AIDS emerging challenges and successes in HIV/AIDS for young people (particularly young women) ways in which youth can participate in addressing gender and youth issues in HIV/AIDS programs Targeted at young women leaders, the guide provides an overview of the on-lin
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  Common ground: women's access to natural resources and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals

  Women's Environment and Development Organization, 2003

  This brief report links poverty eradication, gender equality and environmental sustainability. It argues that linking the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on these issues can expand women's access to natural resources.
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  Literacy, gender and social agency: adventures in empowerment

  Department for International Development, UK, 2003

  This paper is a study of participatory development in practice.
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  Mainstreaming gender in water management: a practical journey to sustainability: a resource guide

  United Nations Development Programme, 2003

  This resource guide has been developed to assist practitioners in mainstreaming gender within the context of integrated water resources management (IWRM).
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  Gender wage differentials in Brazil: trends over a turbulent era

  World Bank, 2003

  This study examines the gender wage gap in Brazil from the late 80s to 90s, and finds that economic reform and stabilization helped women to improve their relative position in the Brazilian labour market, and made a positive contribution to the reduction of inequality.The paper presents an overview of literature on gender discrimination in Brazil and presents an analysis of how the gender wage

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