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    Conservatism, civil society and governability: new civic associations in Guadalajara

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    The relationships between society and government are studied here within the political context of the Mexican democratic transition as experienced in the nineties in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco.
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    Policy advocacy: the case of Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA)

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) has been singled out in this case study because it has demonstrated an impressive capacity in policy advocacy in Tanzania. Its policy advocacy strategy focuses on women and children rights in social, economic, political and cultural aspects of Tanzania's societal public.
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    Civil society - state relations: ACFODE's claims for gender equality

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    Action for Development (ACFODE) was created as an indigenous action-oriented NGO, to stimulate, energise and catalyse action on women's issues and improve their status in Uganda. The role of ACFODE in claiming gender equality and women's inclusiveness in democratic governance in Uganda is examined here.
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    Women and political participation in Jordan: the development of attitudes towards allocating a quota of parliamentary seats for women

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    A 1994 study about the political participation of Jordanian women conducted by the University of Jordan Strategic Studies Center revealed that men and women in Jordan still look at the woman's role through the expectations of traditional gender roles. A considerable number of the researched population were not against women's participation in political life.
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    The state and independent civil organisations: the case of Tanzania Women's Council, (BAWATA)

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    Notwithstanding their numerical strength, women in Tanzania have always failed to organise themselves in an effective manner. This case study attempts to trace the struggle of the Women's Council of Tanzania (BAWATA) to establish itself as an independent organisation for women in the country.
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    The persistence of memory: feminism and the state in Peru in the 1990s

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    Peruvian feminism, along with the Brazilian and Mexican feminist movements, was one of the most visible women's movements in the region over the past decades.
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    The women food organisation and their relationship with government

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    The emergence of the women food organizations (WFO) at the beginning of the 1980s has increased the density of the social web of Peruvian society. The participation of the WFO in the national economy is significant, since it contributes 0.81% of the DGP, allows participation of 10% of the population, and moves more than 400 million dollars.
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    Civil society and the invention of social policy: state, society and citizenship in the fight against AIDS

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    HIV/AIDS is an analytically useful policy domain because of the uncertain, complex and highly contested nature of the public health interventions that were needed. This article examines the role of New York City's AIDS community in the development of local and national HIV/AIDS policies.
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    Preventing HIV/AIDS in schools

    International Bureau of Education, UNESCO, 2002
    This document consists of ten chapters looking at the necessary components of effective education to help prevent HIV/AIDS.
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    Gender and transport for older people

    HelpAge International, 2002
    Paper highlighting findings of consultations held by HelpAge International with older women and men in over 30 countries in the run up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (Madrid, April 2002.

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