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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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  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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  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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  Gender in Practice: Drawing Lessons from the Experiences in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific

  2001

  This bulletin shows women's rights campaigners some of the ways in which they can effectively influence policy arenas. This is a collection of tools, guidelines and lessons emerging from a two-year WIDE project on implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.
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  Expandir el Concepto de la Ciudadania de las Mujeres: la Vision de Pueblo y la Representaci¢n de las Mujeres Mapuche en Sernam? (?Expanding the Concept of Women's Citizenship: the People's Vision and the Representation of Mapuche Women)

  2000

  What difficulties do indigenous women's groups face in lobbying for gender equality?
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  Human Rights, Advocacy, and the Empowerment of Women: An Education and Action Project in the Yugoslav Successor States?

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 1999

  In Croatia widespread ethnic conflict has led to the large scale erosion of human rights, including women's rights. In this context, Be Active, Be Emancipated - Budi aktivna, Budi emancipirana, or B.a.B.e. - was set up to foster structural change towards ensuring women's full participation in society. B.a.B.e.

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