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  Gender and Migration in Arab States: The Case of Domestic Workers

  BRIDGE, 2004

  Domestic work is the single most important category of employment among women migrants to the Gulf States, as well as to Lebanon and Jordan. As much as 81 percent of all women migrant workers from Sri Lanka and 39 percent from the Philippines to Arab League countries are being attracted by this large 'domestic work' market.
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  Trafficking of Women and Children in Indonesia

  International Catholic Migration Commission, 2003

  In Indonesia, counter-trafficking measures have been inhibited by the fact that in many cases 'trafficking' is not considered exploitative. This comprehensive report argues that broadening the definition of trafficking from prostitution to include migrant work, domestic work, sex work and mail order brides can ensure that these forms of exploitation are also addressed.
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  Trafficking of Women for Sexual Exploitation: A Gender-Based and Well-Founded Fear?

  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2003

  Trafficked women suffer major human rights abuses. However, European governments are primarily concerned with cutting the number of migrants and refugees to pander to popular racist sentiments. The human rights of those trafficked are not of concern to these governments.
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  An Analysis of the WTO-AOA Review from the Perspective of Rural Women in Asia

  2003

  How does the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) affect the livelihoods of rural women in Asia? This paper, prepared on the occasion of the WTO-AOA review in 2003, analyzes the impact of the new trading rules imposed by the WTO on Asian peasants.
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  Women's Informal Employment in Palestine: Securing a Livelihood Against All Odds

  2002

  The growth of informal employment opportunities, particularly for women, has not been much studied. The authors argue, however, that informal employment is an essential part of survival strategies for Palestinian households and represents a significant component of economic activity. The occupation of the area has limited the opportunities to build long-term economic infrastructure.
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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 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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  Alternative Report of Cladem Peru on the Implementation in Peru of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women

  2002

  This shadow report, led by The Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights -Peru (CLADEM-Peru), contributes to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
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  Guidelines for Integrating Gender Analysis into Biodiversity Research

  1998

  How can gender be mainstreamed into programmes concerned with the sustainable use and management of biodiversity? The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has produced guidelines on how to integrate gender analysis into biodiversity research.

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