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  Programme impact report: Oxfam GB's work with partners and allies around the world

  Oxfam, 2005

  This report encompass a collection of impact assessments from various Oxfam projects, some of which have been running for a number of years and others (such as the Tsunami response) a much shorter period.
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  Women, politics and democratic prospects in Latin America

  2004

  Over the last decade, Latin America has witnessed unprecedented gains of more than 50 percent in the number of women in power. This paper explains these gains and discusses factors that fuel and help forecast the continuing growth in women’s political participation.
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  Men for war; women for children: popular perceptions on female representation and public policy

  Institute for Public Policy Research, 2003

  Why are women represented more highly in some societies than others?
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  Women, political parties and social movements in South Asia

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  This UNRISD occasional paper - addressing issues regarding women, parties and movements in South Asia - was written for the preparation of the report, ‘Gender equality: striving for justice in an unequal world’.
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  Women in Afghanistan: challenges and opportunities for women’s organizations in Afghan civil society

  ActionAid International, 2005

  This issues report offers a brief overview of some of the key challenges and concerns faced by women’s NGOs within Afghan civil society as women’s rights and opportunities are pursued in the context of national reconstruction and development.
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  Women's rights and the meaning of citizenship in Kuwait

  The Tharwa Project, 2005

  This paper examines the feminist campaign in Kuwait to bring women the right to vote, particularly in the context of the struggle for power between religious and secular political groups.The author traces the history of the feminist movement and the tension between various religious and secular factions in the monarchy and goverment.
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  Afghanistan: women still under attack: a systematic failure to protect

  Amnesty International, 2005

  This report highlights the failure of the Afghan state to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of women and girls. It seeks to provide examples that highlight the inability, and at times the lack of will, of the government and its institutions to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of women.
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  Women’s inheritance rights in rural China: tradition, legislation and reality

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  In rural China, tradition bars women from inheritance. This is being challenged by new laws and women’s increased access to waged employment and education. However, there is still a significant gap between legislation and social reality.
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  Home workers – paying the price of ‘free’ trade

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Trade liberalisation leads to declining working conditions and contributes to the expansion of informal labour with limited stability or regulation. The world’s three hundred million women home workers are the most vulnerable. Can they organise collectively to improve their working lives?
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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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