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Searching with a thematic focus on Gender in Mozambique

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  Bringing gender to bureaucracies: experiences from African ministries of health

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  The integration of a gender focus into sector- wide approaches for development (SWAps) presents a number of challenges and opportunities. Case studies of health SWAps in four sub-Saharan African countries suggest that the approach has raised the profile of gender in ministries, but has not yet received the support or capacity to fully integrate gender equity into policy.
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  A leadership strategy for reducing hunger and malnutrition in Africa: the agriculture-nutrition advantage

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2005

  This paper reviews the aspects and outcomes of the Agriculture- Nutrition Advantage project implemented in Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, and the United States.
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  Human rights, formalisation and women’s land rights in southern and eastern Africa

  Institute of Women's Law, University of Oslo, 2005

  Land is a vital resource for rural livelihoods. Establishing and clarifying land rights through formalisation has become a key issue in development policies that aim to promote more productive uses of land. This report sets out a human rights-based approach (HRBA) for gender-equal and non-discriminatory land reform.
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  Mozambique’s cashew industry: a better deal needed for women

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Cashew nuts are one of the world’s most valuable processed nuts. Mozambique, once the world’s largest producer, works with communities and the private sector to raise output. However, trade liberalisation, falling prices, new quality requirements and the buyer-driven nature of the cashew-nut supply chain are worsening working conditions.
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  Gender and Poverty in the context of human development, health, education and the MDG’s

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004

  This background paper summarises the main issues around gender and poverty in southern Africa in the context of human development, health, education, and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  Promoting basic education for women and girls: four African studies

  UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2004

  This paper is a review of girls’ basic education initiatives in four countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Swaziland. The case studies evaluate the country’s education policy and its real impact on promoting girls’ basic education.
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  Corporate responsibility and women’s employment: the cashew nut case

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  In response to the usual emphasis on 'win-win' situations in the CSR agenda, this paper examines the case of cashew production in Mozambique and India. It illustrates the danger of a 'race to the bottom' when companies operating in liberalising sectors face few, if any, incentives for good social and environmental practice.
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  Report of the FAO/OXFAM GB workshop on women's land rights in Southern and Eastern Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This document reports on a workshop held in South Africa in June 2003 to address continuing insecurity of women's land rights. It brought together a broad group of participants covering NGO, grassroots, government, UN agency staff, researchers, activists, lawyers, and women living with HIV/AIDS.
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  Gender and PRSPs: with experiences from Tanzania, Bolivia, Viet Nam and Mozambique

  BRIDGE, 2003

  This report assesses how gender has been incorporated into the PRSP processes, particularly, in Tanzania, Bolivia, Viet Nam and Mozambique.
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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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