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    "Man Hunt Intimacy: Man Clean Bathroom": Women, Sexual Pleasure, Gender Violence and HIV

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Men's contribution - or lack of it - to household tasks and expenditure and the daily burden of running a home is closely linked to sexual dissatisfaction, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. Men seek comfort by having sex with other women, and their wives also turn to other men for sex in order to buy school clothes for their children or food for the daily meal.
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    Fact Sheet - Violence Against HIV Positive Women

    2006
    How do HIV/AIDS and other public services, policies and programmes address issues of violence against women (VAW)? How do services that deal with violence address the issues of women who are HIV positive? This fact sheet considers the connections between violence and gender inequalities for women living with HIV and AIDS.
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    Positive Speaking: Voices of Women Living with HIV/AIDS

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2003
    In 2002, Positive Women's Network (PWN+) Chennai, in collaboration with UNAIDS and UNIFEM, organised a national consultation on women living with HIV/AIDS. The consultation identified the need to document human rights violations against HIV positive women as an important tool for policy advocacy.
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    Promoting Gender Equality? Some Development-related Uses of ICTs by Women

    BRIDGE, 2006
    Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have created new economic and social opportunities all over the world. Their use, however, continues to be governed by existing power relations whereby women frequently experience relative disadvantage. The first section of this article consists of extracts from the Overview Report of BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and ICTs*.
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    Sexual Harassment and Gender-related Harassment in Working Life. Review of Current Knowledge

    2006
    Sexual harassment and gender-related harassment are difficult to quantify. The terms are interpreted in different ways, and assessments of offensive behaviour involve subjective experience.
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    Men's Violence against Women in Intimate Relationships. An Account of the Situation in Sweden

    Amnesty International, 2004
    Violence against women (VAW) represents a serious violation of women's fundamental rights. Although Swedish legislation on VAW and on the protection of women's integrity is very progressive, men's violence against women in intimate relationships is widespread and on the increase.
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    Where Women Have No Doctor: A Health Guide for Women

    Macmillan Education Ltd, London and Oxford, 1997
    This book was developed with the help of community-based health workers in more than 30 countries to help women care for their own health needs and to help community health workers to meet women's health needs.
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    Reproductive Health for All: Taking Account of Power Dynamics Between Men and Women - Training Manual

    Italian Association for Women in Development, 2001
    Sexuality is a central part of human experience and should contribute to our sense of wellbeing and towards strengthening our intimate relationships. Yet a lack of information about sexuality can undermine people's ability to understand their bodies and sexuality and hence to enjoy their sexual experiences.
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    Teaching Resources: Bibliography on Sexuality

    Gender and Women's Studies Africa, 2003
    This bibliography seeks to encourage greater awareness of the links between thought and activism in African teaching and research on sexuality. It begins with a section on heterosexuality - focusing particularly on themes such as virginity, marriage, reproduction, and the relations between sexuality and gender.
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    SysteMALEtizing: Resources for Engaging Men in Sexual and Reproductive Health

    2006
    This brochure highlights key resources for working with men and provides a framework for distinguishing among the varied programmes, research and tools that are available. The framework reflects different approaches to such work: men are viewed as ?clients? (focusing on men's own reproductive health needs), as ?partners?

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