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  Sexual Citizenship in Latin America: Opening up the Debate

  Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, 2004

  In Latin America the issue of diversity has taken on increasing importance in the struggle for human rights. The idea of sexual citizenship is a vital theoretical and practical tool for developing strategies for action to challenge social exclusion.
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  The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children: A Critical Review of Progress Made and Obstacles Encountered in Increasing Protection for War-affected Children

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2000

  August 1996 marked the release of the expert report ' The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children' prepared by Graca Machel, expert of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. This report broke new ground by using the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to provide the first ever comprehensive human rights assessment of war-affected children.
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  Deliver the dream: time to close the gap between continental promises and the reality of African people

  Affiliated Network for Social Accountability, 2010

  This 2010 State of the Union Africa report assesses the continental performance of Member States against key governance, economic, social, civil and political policy standards and rights instruments over the period 2004-2009. It reviews ten country reports, utilising ten African Union (AU) legal instruments and four policy frameworks.
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  The Key(board) To Equality: Communication Technology Can Change The Lives Of Women Around The World

  The Guardian, UK, 2008

  What is the potential and impact of emerging technologies on the rights and lives of women and girls? This engaging article makes a case for a more democratic use of new technologies, such as film, mobile phones and the Internet.
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  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Thirtieth Session: Consideration of the Combined Second and Third Periodic Report of Nepal. Summary Records of the 630th and 631st Meetings

  2004

  In 1991, Nepal ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women with no reservations. But what has been done since then to translate these commitments into action? These two summary records provide detail of the discussions between government delegates and the CEDAW committee in relation to the combined Second and Third CEDAW Country Report for Nepal.
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  Combined Second and Third Periodic CEDAW Report - Nepal

  2003

  What progress has been made towards eliminating discrimination against women in Nepal since the first CEDAW Country Report was produced in 1997? This 2003 combined second and third CEDAW Country Report for Nepal outlines improvements made since the first Report, as well as continuing obstacles.
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  Harmful Traditional Practices in Three Countries of South Asia: Culture, Human Rights and Violence against Women

  2009

  This study documents and analyses the manner in which harmful traditional and cultural practices contribute to violence against women in the three South Asian countries of Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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  Sri Lanka National Paper on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

  Commonwealth Foundation, 2005

  What perceptions do Sri Lankan civil society organisations have of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? This paper explores this question, drawing on reports, interviews and focus group discussions with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and academics in Sri Lanka.
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  Genre, feminismes et mouvements sociaux en Afrique: Differences et synergies entre les approaches Francophone, Anglophoner et Lusophone

  Genre en Action, 2008

  Do women’s and social movements in the three linguistic regions of Africa (Francophone, Anglophone, Lusophone) perceive feminism differently? Are their approaches and resources different? How do women’s movements in the different regions interrelate with other social movements?
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  The Treaty of Lisbon from a Gender Perspective: Changes and Challenges

  2008

  The Treaty of Lisbon is an agreement signed in 2007 that aims to reform and modify European Union institutions and their ways of working so that they are better equipped to face today's challenges. This briefing paper was written to guide the Women in Development Europe (WIDE) in shaping their gender advocacy strategy around the Treaty.

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