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  BRIDGE Occasional paper: UNDP/BRIDGE panel discussion on gender sensitive indicators and measurements of change, 51st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

  BRIDGE, 2007

  Why is there a need for gender-sensitive measurements? How can we measure improvements in hard-to-measure areas such as empowerment or gender based violence? What are the uses and limits of international measurements?
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  Out of sight, out of mind? Child domestic workers and patterns of trafficking in Cambodia

  International Organization for Migration, 2007

  What are the processes and mechanisms of trafficking within Cambodia for the two target groups, Commercially Sexually Exploited Women and Girls (CSEWGs) and child domestic workers (CDWs)? This study looks at how the ‘pull’ factors in different provinces lead to migration and trafficking and seeks to understand how process of migration could constitute trafficking.
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  Legal aspects of trafficking for forced labour purposes in Europe

  International Labour Organization, 2007

  What are the present gaps in identification and prosecution of trafficking for forced labour cases? Are there deficiencies in approaches to prevention and to compensation for the abuses suffered by the victims of trafficking?
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  From the front line: the impact of social, legal and judicial impediments to sexual health promotion, and HIV and AIDS related care and support for males who have sex with males in Bangladesh and India

  Naz Foundation International, 2005

  This study from the Naz Foundation International (NFI) reports on the high levels of sexual violence, marginalisation and stigma experienced by males who have sex with males (MSM) in India and Bangladesh. The report finds that the primary cause of this violence is cultural gender norms rather than sexual identity, since those MSM who identify as Kothi (feminine men) are most at risk.
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  ASEAN and trafficking in persons: using data as a tool to combat trafficking in persons

  International Organization for Migration, 2007

  Recognising the lack of adequate data on trafficking, IOM launched a pilot research project to identify “best practice” in data collection on trafficking, and to prepare a situation report by government agencies in four ASEAN member countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand). This extensive report presents the findings of that research.
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  The U.S. response to human trafficking: an unbalanced approach

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2007

  What are the efforts of the United States’ to protect trafficked persons found in the
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  Women, mobility and reproductive health

  Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, 2007

  How do occupational demands impact on the general and reproductive health of migrant women? This paper is based on research focusing on domestic, factory and sex work - all of which are typically underpaid, characterised by poor working conditions with little or no protection from the state.
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  A girl's right to live: female foeticide and girl infanticide

  Child Rights Information Network, 2007

  The issue of girl infanticide, or the murder of children because they are female, is of growing concern globally. This report focuses on two main areas: female foeticide, violating the right to be born and girl infanticide, violating the right to live. 
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  Young children, HIV/AIDS and gender: a summary review

  Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2006

  Gender discrimination and inequality is a key factor in the transmission of HIV and AIDS.
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  Targeting women: the forgotten victims of the conflict

  Amnesty International, 2007

  This Amnesty International (AI) report reveals the horrifying extent of sexual violence against women and girls taking place in the context of the current conflict in Cote d'Ivoire and points out that the scale and brutal nature of the attacks are vastly underestimated.The report points out that many women and girls are the victims of gang rape or are abducted and forced into sexual slavery by

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