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  Young specialists in state and municipal service

  Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation, 2003

  [The full text of this paper is in Russian language only.]Based on official statistics and detailed surveys, the study looks at gender distribution, the recruitment process, job-finding strategies, job motivation and career paths of young specialists (up to 35 years) employed by state and municipal organs.
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  Intersections of human rights and customs: a livelihood perspective on water laws

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2005

  Does a human rights approach to water actually support to the multiple ways in which men and women actually share and manage water in rural contexts?
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  Nepali women trafficked for sex work in India

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  It is estimated that up to 7,000 Nepali women and girls are trafficked – transported through deception, exploitation or abduction – for sex work in India each year, and that 200,000 Nepalis are working in the sex industry in India.
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  Conversations with women on leadership and social transformation

  2004

  This paper compiles interviews with 18 women community leaders, clarifying thier visions, perspectives on coalition building and leadership, and their fundamental questions on how to challenge power and accountability. In their own words, these women talk about leadership and particularly women’s practice of that leadership for social change.
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  The struggle of Queen Mothers for equality in Ghana

  Social Science Research Network, 2004

  This paper focuses on the importance of according traditional women leaders throughout Africa the same recognition as male chiefs who have been co-opted into new positions of power in their societies.The author explores how, in spite of Ghana’s professed commitment to gender equality, pronounced in its domestic law and its international legal obligations, women in Ghana continue to suffer the burd
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  Widows, AIDS, health and human rights in Africa: case study from Tanzania

  Social Science Research Network, 2004

  Widows, in Tanzania and many other parts of the world, face discrimination on a regular basis, which often condemns women to a life of poverty.
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  "So does it mean that we have the rights?": protecting the human rights of women and girls trafficked for forced prostitution in Kosovo

  Amnesty International, 2004

  Since the deployment in July 1999 of an international peacekeeping force (KFOR) and the establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) civilian administration, Amnesty International argues that Kosovo has become a major destination country for women and girls trafficked into forced prostitution.This report examines the human rights abuses to which trafficke
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  International and local interventions to reduce gender-based violence against women in post-conflict situations

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This paper reflects on the international gendered frames of analysis concerning women's experiences of violence during war. The author examines case studies of trafficking in women for prostitution, and explores women's experiences in resisting violence as well.
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  Increasing women’s representation in Iraq: what strategies would work best?

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2004

  This briefing document summarises some of the main policy options used for securing women’s inclusion in all Iraqi governing bodies. These strategies can be adopted for election or appointment to the Governorate Election Caucus, the Transitional National Authority, the national legislature, any regional or local bodies, and other public offices, such as commissions.
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  Gender and labour market liberalisation in Africa

  African Labour Research Network, 2004

  This report examines the liberalisation of the labour market in Africa from a gender perspective. It analyses current economic and labour policies of seven African countries to see their impact on the labour force and the organised labour movement in general, and women in particular.

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