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    BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 14: Gender and Citizenship

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    How can working with ideas of citizenship help promote gender equality? Starting from the perspective of people as citizens can enable development actors to support struggles for rights and participation for those marginalised on the basis of gender.
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    Gender and Citizenship: Supporting Resources Collection

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    Citizenship is an abstract concept and therefore great care must be taken in explaining what it means in practice and what can effectively be done in the context of development interventions and policy. Development projects which enhance the ability of marginalised groups to access and influence decision-making bodies are implicitly if not explicitly working with concepts of citizenship.
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    Gender and Citizenship: Overview Report

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    Feminists and women's rights activists have sought to reframe citizenship from a gender perspective and to show how struggles for women's rights must be seen as citizenship struggles that affect everyone in society rather than ?minority interests?. This idea of citizenship has been used to tackle exclusion on the basis of gender, for example with political quotas and affirmative action.
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    Gender and Citizenship Cutting Edge Pack (CEP)

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    There are those for whom citizenship is a site of achievement, of power and validation of their place in the world - a way of achieving positive change and gaining a better standard of living for all groups.
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    Gender Equity and Local Governance: A Study of the San Salvador Municipal Gender Equity Policy

    One World Action, 2003
    In San Salvador the formulation of a Gender Equity Policy has been initiated by the women's movement over several years and has involved the participation of a wide range of community actors. One important element of citizenship is the interaction between individuals and policy arenas.
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    Gender and Citizenship: Learning from South Africa?

    Agenda Feminist Publishing, 2001
    In what ways does political transformation mean a change in meanings and practice of citizenship - in the relationships between individuals and the state? This paper discusses the experiences of women, particularly black women, of citizenship in South Africa, where the new administration promised a new politics based on civil society and universal citizenship.
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    Governing for Equity, Gender, Citizenship and Governance

    Royal Tropical Institute, 2003
    This publication comes out of the Gender, Citizenship and Governance programme of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Netherlands. The project aimed to develop good practice in changing governance institutions to promote gender equality, enhance citizen participation and build accountability of public administration systems.
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    Promoting Gender Equity in the Democratic Process: women's Paths to Political Participation and Decisionmaking

    Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2000
    How can women be integrated in processes of democratisation? The participation of women in political and economic processes is essential for democratic governance. The PROWID grants system supported activities such as lobbying and advocacy, skills development and developing institutions to further women's social and economic rights.
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    CEDAW Fifth Periodic Reports of State Parties: Peru

    United Nations, 2001
    Peru's fifth submission to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) outlines the status of women in Peru. The government has faced difficulties changing attitudes that discriminate against women.
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    Gender profile: Peru

    Canadian International Development Agency, 2002
    What is the condition of women in Peru? This gender profile by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) offers a statistical overview of the condition of urban and rural women with respect to unemployment, status in the workplace, life expectancy and working and living conditions. Poverty is an ongoing concern and half the population continues to subsist below the poverty line.

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