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    Addressing Violence Against Women in HIV Testing and Counselling: A Meeting Report

    World Health Organization, 2006
    This meeting report is an outcome of a consultation held in 2006 of practitioners, researchers and policy makers on how HIV testing and counselling programmes can take into account and address intimate partner violence and other concerns related to women.
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    Iraq: The Status of Women in Iraq: An Assessment of Iraq's De Jure and De Facto Compliance with International Legal Standards

    Iraq Legal Development Project, 2005
    Although women in Iraq have a 25 percent quota in political representation, they still face considerable obstacles in their quest to secure their human rights. This paper assesses the degree to which Iraqi women in law (de jure) and in practice (de facto) enjoy the protection of their rights as guaranteed under international agreements.
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    Cambodia: Women and Work in the Garment Industry

    2006
    Women make up over 90 percent of approximately 290,000 garment workers in Cambodia. Based on a survey of 981 female garment workers and 80 human resource and administrative personnel, this study explores attitudes and practices around health and nutrition, breast feeding and childcare, personal security, harassment, workplace relations, and conflict resolution.
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    Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007

    2007
    Girls are getting a raw deal. They face double discrimination on account of their gender and their age, and in many societies they remain at the bottom of the social and economic ladder. 'Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007' is the first in a series of annual reports published by Plan examining the rights of girls throughout their childhood, adolescence and as young women.
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    Violence and Abuse against Women with Disabilities in Malawi

    Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research, 2006
    Through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, this study examines the experiences of abuse, violence and neglect of 23 women with disabilities in the urban Blantyre district of Malawi. The disabilities of the interviewees include visual, mental, hearing and physical impairments.
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    New insights on preventing child marriage: a global analysis of factors and programs

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2007
    One in every seven girls in developing countries marries before the age of 15 and nearly half are expected to marry by their 20th birthday, according to this report.
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    Gendering the Draft Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

    2006
    There are an estimated 300 million women with disabilities world-wide. These women face discrimination based both on their disability and their gender. Three quarters of women with disabilities are excluded from the workforce and women and girls with disabilities are at high risk from physical and sexual violence. Meanwhile only one percent of disabled women and girls are literate.
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    Confronting the Sexual Abuse of Women with Disabilities

    National Electronic Network on Violence Against Women, 2005
    The false assumption that women with disabilities are not sexual beings has not freed them from sexual abuse. Yet the important research on the sexual abuse of women often ignores disability while disability research rarely considers the sexual abuse of women with disabilities. This paper examines the shortcomings of research methods in the United States.
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    Burma: The Current State of Women in Conflict Areas. A Shadow Report To The 22nd Session of CEDAW

    Women of Burma, 2000
    Produced by indigenous women's organisations from Burma, this report highlights issues in education, health, violence and poverty as they affect women in Burma, particularly in rural conflict areas. The ruling military regime - the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) - has used force to maintain its control.
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    Strengthening Women's Rights Organisations through Inclusion: Lessons Learned from the Gender, Disability and Development Institute

    2006
    How can women's organisations include women with disabilities in all areas of their work? According to this article, inclusion is easy. Based on information gathered at Mobility International (MI) USA's Gender, Disability and Development Institute (GDDI), this paper recommends that organisations start with MIUSA's 'Checklist for Inclusion' which provides a simple self-assessment guide.

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