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    Gender and Ethical Trade: a Mapping of the Issues in African Horticulture

    Natural Resource and Ethical Trade, 2001
    Codes of conduct covering employment conditions of Southern producers exporting to European markets increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. As a result producers of horticulture products are faced with a considerable variety of codes, particularly in terms of what gender issues should be addressed.
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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
    In most of sub-Saharan Africa, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is crippling the livelihood systems of households, jeopardizing income flow, and threatening food security.
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    Common Ground, Women's Access to Natural Resources and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals

    2003
    Due to traditional gender roles, many women and girls are denied access to and control over water, energy, land and biodiversity, despite their critical role in sustaining these natural resources. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can potentially address this concern.
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    Individual versus Community

    Publishers WWW sites, 1998
    Citizenship theory is based largely on the rights and responsibilities of the individual. Where does the community fit in to such theories, and how does the emphasis on the individual limit the application of citizenship theories to a western perspective? In this chapter Chilla Bulbeck challenges three key areas of citizenship theory and practice.
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    How Women Are Using the United Nations World Conference Against Racism: Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (WCAR) to Advance Women's Human Rights, Tools for Women's Advocacy #2

    2003
    The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) was held in Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 8 September 2001. Government representatives, NGOs and activists who had themselves been direct victims of racism took part.
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    Decentralisation: Toward Gender Orientation

    2001
    How can a gender perspective and women's interests be included in decentralisation processes through technical advisory services? This publication from GTZ outlines the various entry points through which donors can assist in ensuring that women and men participate equally in the process and its outcomes. The publication is divided into national and local level actions.
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    Local Action/Global Change: Learning about the Human Rights of Women and Girls

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1999
    This book aims to develop human rights awareness and provide information on issue-oriented actions. It includes substantive information about the human rights of women in such areas as violence, health, reproduction and sexuality, education, the global economy, the workplace, and family life.
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    Does Sex Make a Difference: An Equalities Pack for Young People on International Women's Day

    2003
    ?Get a Life!? is one message of this pack which looks at why women are underrepresented in politics in the UK. Young people, particularly girls, are encouraged to get involved in politics and representative bodies in school, community and government. Positive stories are presented of women's and young people's participation in politics.
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    Women Hold Up Half the Sky

    2003
    This series of eight training videos which accompanies the above workbook is for learning about the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its relevance to women's daily lives. These short narrative dramas showing the effects of patriarchy on women and girls are based on real life stories.
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    Passport to Dignity

    2003
    To address women's disadvantage and devise solutions, there is a need to develop a comprehensive systemic analysis of the situation of women which looks at the causes and structures of disadvantage. The human rights framework can provide the tools to do this. It can identify how and where oppressive systems work and help to dismantle them.

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