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    Recognising diversity: disability and rural livelihoods approaches in India

    Overseas Development Institute, 2001
    How can livelihoods approaches better accommodate diversity in general, and in particular people with disabilities? What specific policy measures would support the livelihoods of people with disabilities? This paper explores how livelihoods-based approaches can improve access by the disabled to resources and entitlements.
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    Are childhood hearing impairment and healthcare priorities being overlooked?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The number of children with hearing difficulties is increasing throughout the world. Children who are born deaf can suffer permanent disadvantage in speech, language and educational development. What are the opportunities for promoting early detection and management of deafness in babies born in developing countries?
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    New approaches to cutaneous leishmaniasis

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Cutaneous leishmaniasis is one of the so-called neglected diseases, and is found in many of the world’s poorest people in Asia, Africa and Latin America. It affects the skin, and in its severe forms can lead to chronic disability and disfigurement. However, because it is rarely fatal, it attracts little interest from financial donors, public health authorities or health professionals.
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    Managing teachers: the centrality of teacher management to quality education: lessons from developing countries

    CfBT Education Trust, 2008
    This report, published jointly by VSO and CfBT, gathers together learning from primary research undertaken in thirteen developing countries and from other available national level research and international synthesis reports concerning the human resource aspects of quality education and in particular the role of teachers.
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    Manual for Gender Mainstreaming: Social Inclusion and Social Protection Policies

    European Commission, 2007
    What do EU policy makers need to do to mainstream gender into social inclusion and social protection policies? This manual provides policy makers with a hands-on tool to aid this process. It suggests several factors to consider when designing social protection policies.
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    Learning from sanitation and hygiene progress in South Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Almost a billion South Asians lack access to safe sanitary facilities. Despite new policies and funding mechanisms, sanitation is difficult to get right. Increased efforts could result in more unused or unsafe latrines. Sanitation is not just about building facilities; it is also about working with communities to ensure sustainable and hygienic use.
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    Training manual on the human rights of persons with disabilities

    Association Amici di Raoul Follereau, 2007
    The adoption by the United Nations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 13 December 2006 is the result of years of struggles by members of the global community of persons with disabilities for the recognition and respect of their rights. [adapted from author]
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    Association Amici di Raoul Follereau (AIFO)

    AIFO is an Italian grassroots organisation focussed on related to leprosy, community and primary health care, disability and rehabilitation, vulnerable children, and development education working in d
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    Action Plan for New Zealand Women

    New Zealand Ministry for Women's Affairs, 2008
    The Action Plan for New Zealand Women is an integrated government approach to improving the circumstances of New Zealand women. At its core is the vision of an equitable, inclusive and sustainable society where all women can achieve their aspirations, and where M?ori women in particular are both integrated and enabled in the protection of their own traditions and culture.
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    Situation analysis of population ageing in the Arab countries: the way forward towards implementation of MIPAA

    Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2008
    With a focus on the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), this paper analyses the ageing challenge with particular reference to Arab societies. It reviews government actions towards the action plan’s implementation and presents priority directions based on achievements and challenges so far.

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