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  Gender focused responses to HIV/AIDS

  United Nations Development Programme, 2003

  This report looks at the gendered impact of HIV/AIDS in Swaziland, and advocates the promotion of shared responsibilities for the prevention and care and to address the power relations and inequalities between men and women.It argues that that women’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS infection is increased because:women are economically dependent on men, their high poverty levels and lack of a
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  Does subsidized childcare help poor working women in urban areas?: evaluation of a government-sponsored program in Guatemala City

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost, quality childcare within their community.
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  Gender equality in sector wide approaches: a reference guide

  OECD Development Centre, 2002

  This guide presents a series of case studies examining the experience of sector wide programs in education, health and agriculture.It offers advice on how to ensure that a sector wide approach:contributes to overall sustainability and effectivenessis fully responsive to the needs and interests of both women and men and helps to promote gender equalityThe case studies identif
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  Tackling gender issues in sustainable land management

  Centre for Development and Environment, Berne, 2002

  This toolkit provides a framework for main-streaming gender in rural development activities.It addresses the lack of conceptual and practical tools in the area of sustainable land management.
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  The informal sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This report attempts to provide an analysis of available secondary data on the informal sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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  Supporting workers in the informal economy: a policy framework

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This paper argues that the informal economy is here to stay and requires appropriate regulations, laws and policies to correct biases in the existing regulatory, legal, and policy environment that favour formal enterprises and workers to the disadvantage of informal workers and enterprises.
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  Gender management system handbook

  Gender and Development [Commonwealth Secretariat], 1999

  This handbook is a guide to the establishment of a Gender Management System.It is primarily intended for use by governments at the national level, but may also be used by inter- governmental agencies, provincial and local governments, NGOs, academic institutions, professional associations and the private sector.
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  Backward and forward linkages that strengthen primary education

  Indiasocial.org, 2003

  This is an overview of a collection of 10 case studies on backward and forward linkages that strengthen primary education.The case studies describe efforts, both voluntary and governmental, to address the reasons that specific groups and communities stay away from education.
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  Health and human rights

  The Lancet, 2003

  This feature consists of three seperate articles that address issues around the rights of sex workers The first piece, 'Public health and the human rights of sex workers ' argues that sex workers are often seen as immoral people or as victims of unscrupulous traffickers who exploit the lack of opportunities of deprivileged inhabitants of mostly poor countries and that public he
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  Monitoring and evaluation of the 100% condom use programme in entertainment establishments

  World Health Organization, 2002

  The 100% condom use programme for sex workers is advocated by the WHO as important in STI (including HIV) prevention. This document provides details of how to asses outcomes and progress of these programmes.The publication emphasizes the four main indicators to monitor and evaluate the 100% condom use programme in entertainment establishments.

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