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  Arab spring protests and women’s labor market outcomes: evidence from the Egyptian revolution

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015

  In many countries in the world, women lag behind men in several education and labour market outcomes; this is particularly true in the Arab World. This paper focuses on Egypt, where former presidents Hosni Mubarak and Mohamed Morsi were removed from power respectively, while Egypt is, at the same time, a country with large gender segregation.
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  Empowerment is a community affair: community level determinants of married women’s empowerment in Egypt

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015

  The concern with women’s empowerment has been rising in Egypt, especially after the revolution of the 25th of January and its second wave in the 30th of June 2013. The current paper indicates that these events have heightened societal concerns about women’s role in the public sphere as well as her critical role inside her own household.
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  Being a man in Nigeria: perceptions and realities

  2015
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  MenCare in the public health sector in Central America: engaging health providers to reach men for gender equality in maternal, sexual, and reproductive health

  Promundo, 2015

  Of all the topics discussed in engaging men in gender equality, the issue of men and caregiving, including men’s involvement in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), remains absent and underexplored.
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  Journeys to activism: video testimonies from survivors

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015

  Five activists, all refugees, all men, all survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in their country of origin, share their personal perspectives on collective action and their individual decisions to speak out in Uganda where they are now living. They talk about how speaking out has changed their lives and helped them to recover from devastating attacks.
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  ‘I can do women's work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women's economic empowerment in Rwanda

  Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2013

  The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature.
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  Men, masculinities and changing power: a discussion paper on engaging men in gender equality from Beijing 1995 to 2015

  Men Engage Alliance, 2014

  Since the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, there have been tremendous advances in the rights and well-being of women and girls. Progress has been made in the areas of health, education, political participation and income, yet, much remains to be done to achieve equality between women and men.
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  Voices 4 Change (V4C)
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  Case studies: men, boys and gender equality

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015

  Produced as part of the second phase of the Engendering Men: Evidence on Routes to Gender Equality (EMERGE) project, these case studies illustrate key evidence based approaches and highlight evidence gaps in engaging men and boys in efforts to promote gender equality. 
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  India's gender digital divide: women and politics on Twitter

  Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015

  The report highlights how women who take up space online, particularly when it involves politically charged issues, are often treated as trespassers in a male space. In response to gender-based abuse and harassment, some prominent female bloggers and activists have chosen to delete their accounts.

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