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    The role of women’s empowerment and domestic violence in child growth and undernutrition in a tribal and rural community in South India

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2008
    Moderate under nutrition continues to affect 46 per cent of children under 5 years of age and 47 per cent of rural women in India. Women’s lack of empowerment is believed to be an important factor in the persistent prevalence of undernutrition. In India, women’s empowerment often varies by community, with tribes sometimes being the most progressive.
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    Elder abuse and neglect - exploration of risk and protective factors

    Families Commission, New Zealand, 2008
    This report from New Zealand gathers the views of a wide range of different organisations, individuals and experts on how and why elder abuse and neglect occurs and what can be done to prevent it.The results are based on the perspectives of the informants in the study and highlight issues as seen from local and wider community levels:
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    A qualitative study to examine school-related gender-based violence in Malawi

    Eldis Document Store, 2008
    The Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) is a five-year project under the U.S. Agency for International Development, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, Office of Women in Development. The objective of Safe Schools is to create safe environments for both girls and boys that promote gender-equitable relationships and reduce school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV).
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    Sierra Leone: getting reparations right for survivors of sexual violence

    Amnesty International, 2007
    In this paper, Amnesty International raises its concern over the lacking commitment of the government in Sierra Leone to provide meaningful reparations to the victims of sexual violence, six years after the end of the conflict.
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    'If only I get enough money for a bicycle!' a study of childhoods, migration and adolescent aspirations against a backdrop of exploitation and trafficking in Burkina Faso.

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2007
    Focusing on adolescent’s independent migration to rural towns and urban areas, this paper explores how international and national agencies’ perceptions correspond with the common perceptions of childhood in rural area. It also investigates how rural adolescents describe their mobility.
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    Ending sexual violence in Darfur: an advocacy agenda

    Refugees International, 2007
    Sexual violence defines the conflict in Darfur. This report argues that whilst the primary obstacles to preventing rape and assisting survivors are the perpetrators and the Sudanese government officials, international response has been insufficient.
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    Yaari Dosti: young men redefine masculinity, a training manual

    Population Council, 2006
    Increasing recognition of the influence of norms supporting inequitable gender relations on HIV/STI risk and partner violence has led to the development of innovative programmes aimed at reducing this. This manual is adapted from once such programme, “Program H: Working with Young Men Series”, developed in Brazil by Instituto PROMUNDO.
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    Stateless and vulnerable to human trafficking in Thailand

    Vital Voices Global Partnership, 2007
    While Thailand has committed itself to eliminating human trafficking, it remains an origin, source and transit state for human trafficking. One contributing factor, identified here, is the lack of citizenship for hundreds of thousands of hill tribe villagers. This prevents them from accessing state benefits like healthcare, education or travel permits to freely travel around Thailand.
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    Stolen smiles: the physical and psychological health consequences of women and adolescents trafficked in Europe.

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2007
    Trafficking is a severe form of violence against women and a serious violation of human rights. Women and adolescents who are trafficked often suffer serious abuse, exploitation and degradation. The damage to their health and well-being is often profound and enduring.
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    Globalization and the illicit market for human trafficking: an empirical analysis of supply and demand

    International Labour Organization, 2006
    Human trafficking has been identified as a form of modern slavery, as a threat to human security, and as one of the greatest human rights challenges of our time. But while there is an increasing body of literature on different aspects of human trafficking, so far there has not been any more rigorous empirical work on the forces affecting the market for trafficked victims (TV).

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