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  The Toronto Declaration on the global prevention of elder abuse

  Ageing and Life Course (WHO), 2002

  Declaration aiming to to raise awareness of the abuse of human rights of older people and points to be considered for improvement.
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  Gendering prevention practices: a practical guide to working with gender in sexual safety and HIV/AIDS awareness education

  Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research, 2003

  This manual is based on an action research project that explored gender relations in HIV education in Estonia.
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  Gender, HIV/AIDS and rights: a training manual for the media

  Inter Press Service, 2003

  This manual provides training for members of the media reporting on HIV/AIDS. Its introduction argues the importance of gender training for the media because research shows that news is told largely through the eyes, voices and perspectives of men. The media often makes the mistake that gender equals women.
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  Mobilising gender issues: report from the Living for Tomorrow project on youth, gender and HIV/AIDS prevention

  Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research, 2002

  This is an overview report of a three year project that took place in Estonia that aimed to combine gender theory and research with action implementation to approach youth, sexual safety and HIV prevention with a challenging focus on gender. The report describes the process of the project as well as its outcomes and the results of research undertaken to explore young people's attitudes.
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  Challenging gender issues: report on findings from the Living for Tomorrow project about young people´s attitudes to men, women and sex

  Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research, 2001

  This document reports on a three-year project that worked in Estonia from 1998 to 2000. It explored ways that developing a more critical focus on gender could actively mobilise the interest and involvement of young people in sexual safety concerns and HIV prevention awareness.
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  Mainstreaming gender in the response to AIDS in South Africa

  South African AIDS Training Programme, 2001

  This manual is intended to help AIDS service organisations in the mainstreaming of gender into their activities. It is divided into five sections:a brief overview of the gender dimension of the HIV and AIDS situation in Southern Africa.
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  Gender analysis and interpretation of barriers to women's participation in Ghana's decentralised local government system

  African Gender Institute, South Africa, 2001

  To what extent does decentralisation to local government provide the opportunity for women to participate in local Political Decision-Making Positions (PDMP)?
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  A socioeconomic analysis of fertility determinants with a count data models: the case of Tunisia

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2002

  This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the determinants of individual fertility in Tunisia, and examines the main socio-economic determinants of the household fertility decision. The study provides an overview of the demographic situation in Tunisia since independence in 1956.
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  War related sexual violence in Sierra Leone: a population based assessment

  Physicians for Human Rights, 2002

  Reports that internally displaced women and girls in Sierra Leone have suffered an extraordinary level of rape, sexual violence and other gross human rights violations during their country's civil war, with half of those who said they came into contact with RUF (Revolutionary United Front) forces reporting sexual violence. The study, which reports findings from a survey of 991 households, is th
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  IT’s hot for Girls!: ICTs as an instrument in advancing girls’ and women’s capabilities in school education in Africa

  WomenWatch, UN, 2002

  The application of ICTs as a tool for effective enhancement of learning, teaching and education management covers the entire spectrum of education from early childhood development, primary, secondary, tertiary, basic education and further education and training.

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