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    Psychosocial challenges and interventions for women affected by conflict

    Women for Women International, 2006
    This issue of Critical Half focuses on psycho-social support for women in conflict and post-conflict societies.
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    Teacher identities and empowerment of girls against sexual violence

    United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2006
    To understand how teachers can contribute to empowering students – especially girls – to build positive gender identities and violence-free relationships, it is important to understand the way that teachers’ own gender identities are created and acted out in both their personal lives and at work.
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    The impact of harmful traditional practices on the girl child

    United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2006
    Harmful traditional values and practices are a root causes for discrimination and violence against girls. This paper explores initiatives taken by the Inter-African Committee (IAC) to eradicate long accepted forms of violence, including early and forced marriage, male-child preference and female genital mutilation (FGM).
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    A question of security: violence against Palestinian women and girls

    Human Rights Watch, 2006
    Why have female victims of violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) persistently been denied safety and justice?
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    Abuse without end: Burmese refugee women and children at risk of trafficking

    Women's Refugee Commission, 2006
    Forced into an underground existence by their illegal status and precarious living conditions, Burmese in Thailand are at strong risk of being trafficked. This report focuses on the link between refugee protection and trafficking. It identifies several aspects particular Thailand that render Burmese refugees especially vulnerable to trafficking.
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    What happened to the women? Gender and reparations for human rights violations

    Social Science Research Council, USA, 2006
    This online book chronicles human rights violations against women in the context of violent conflict, with a focus on what these crimes mean to the women themselves and what happens in their aftermath.
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    MONUC: DDRRR, DDR, military and rule of law reform - reducing violence against women (Recommendations for change)

    ActionAid International, 2006
    This Action Aid paper makes five key recommendations for changes to the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). In addition it sets out further recommendations under each area of Disarmament, Demobilisation, Repatriation, Reinsertion, and Reintegration (DDRRR), Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR), and military, police and judicial reform.
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    Migration, human smuggling and trafficking from Nigeria to Europe

    International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2006
    This report contextualises the problems of migration, human smuggling and trafficking from Nigeria to Europe, focusing on cultural and social implications both within Europe and Nigeria.
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    Fighting violence against women: what works

    United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2006
    The most effective means to combat violence against women is a clear demonstration of political commitment that is backed by legislation and action.
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    Violence against women: unmet needs, broken promises

    United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2006
    States that fail to hold the perpetrators of violence against women accountable, not only encourage further abuses, but also implicitly accept these crimes.

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