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  In search of an alternative development paradigm: feminist proposals from Latin America

  Gender and Development: Women Reinventing Globalisation, 2003

  This article is taken from five presentations given by members of the Feminist Initiative of Cartagena.
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  EFA global monitoring report 2003/4: gender and education for all: the leap to equality

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2003

  This annual report reviews the progress toward the Education for All (EFA) goals to which the international community committed itself in the Dakar Framework for Action.
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  Policy paralysis: a call for action on HIV/AIDS related human rights abuses against women and girls in Africa

  Human Rights Watch, 2003

  This report details cases of abuse of women and girls that increase susceptibility to HIV/AIDS.
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  African women challenging neo liberal economic orthodoxy: the conception and mission of the GERA programme

  Gender and Development: Women Reinventing Globalisation, 2003

  This article looks at the activities of the GERA (Gender and Economic Reforms in Africa) programme. GERA, a pan-African research and advocacy programme, aims to increase the participation of African women in the formulation of economic policy. The article highlights three critical strategic issues which need response from the national level to the global level:
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  The culture of power in contemporary Ethiopian political life

  SIDA Studies, 2003

  This paper looks at the culture of power and politics in Ethiopia, focusing on the nature and potential of political opposition to the ruling party, EPRDF. It argues that, for at least the next 10 years, there seem to be few viable national alternative political forces to the parties of the EPRDF.
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  Managing reproductive health with a gender perspective

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This report explores the impact of gender on reproductive health and reproductive health care. It identifies existing gender inequalities in reproductive health care, particularly focusing on Afghanistan, and proposes a methodology to be used by Marie Stopes International in its projects.
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  Is over population still the problem?: global discourse and reproductive health challenges in the time of HIV/AIDS

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2002

  This paper looks at population and women’s reproductive health policies in Africa, specifically Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Conference news: ageing, development and social protection

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2002

  The UNRISD conference examined the opportunities, problems and challenges of effective social protection for older people, including formal public policies and more informal strategies, such as household support systems.In Session One, participants considered the dynamics and challenges of population ageing in countries experiencing different development trajectories.
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  Infant and child mortality in Andhra Pradesh: analysing changes over time and between States

  Young Lives, 2003

  This paper examines the determinants of infant and child mortality in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala and the factors explaining their differential performance.It concludes that raising service levels across India toward the levels found in Kerala is a necessary step toward meeting the MDGs, and that the success of these efforts is reinforced by female empowerment.
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  The economic and social processes influencing the level and nature of chronic poverty in urban areas

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2003

  This paper reviews the economic, political and social processes influencing the nature, extent and depth of poverty in urban areas of the South.

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