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  Women and the environment

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2004

  This report outlines some of the major issues related to women and the environment.
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  Creating livelihoods under stress: some examples from India

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002

  This report details the process of creating and managing livelihoods under stress in India, through three case studies.
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  Trapped by inequality: Bhutanese refugee women in Nepal

  Human Rights Watch, 2003

  This report examines the uneven response of UNHCR and the government of Nepal to gender-based violence against Bhutanese girls and women in refugee camps in Nepal.
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  Corporate responsibility and women’s employment: the cashew nut case

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  In response to the usual emphasis on 'win-win' situations in the CSR agenda, this paper examines the case of cashew production in Mozambique and India. It illustrates the danger of a 'race to the bottom' when companies operating in liberalising sectors face few, if any, incentives for good social and environmental practice.
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  Winning the Peace conference report: women’s role in post-conflict Iraq

  Women Waging Peace, Cambridge and Washington, 2003

  This is a report from a forum on the crucial role women can – and should – play in Iraqi reconstruction held in April 2003 in Washington D.C.
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  Seeking accountability on women’s human rights: women debate the Millennium Development Goals

  Women's International Coalition for Economic Justice, 2004

  This publication brings together a wide range of issues and debates in relation to gender and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  Burundi: Rape - the hidden human rights abuse

  Amnesty International, 2004

  This report examines rape in the context of armed conflict in Burundi. It looks at how the legal framework fails to provide justice for victims of rape and sexual violence, and argues that urgent action is required to address the situation.
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  Trading away our rights: women working in global supply chains

  Oxfam, 2004

  While much research has focused on the content of labour codes of conduct and how suppliers meet them, this paper argues that in practice it is the supply-chain purchasing practices of the large companies themselves that undermine the labour standards the codes claim to support.The paper argues that a new model of business practice that requires increasing flexibility through "just-in-time" del
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  A guide to indigenous women’s rights under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

  Forest Peoples Programme, 2004

  This guide aims to provide practical information for indigenous peoples and organizations to support their use of rights-based arugments under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).The guide covers:general information on the CEDAW and its monitoring body, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Agains
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  Women's political presence and empowerment: women in the institutions of local government in Orissa after the 73rd amendment to the Indian Constitution

  World Movement for Democracy, 2002

  This article asks whether the 33% reservation for women in the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) introduced through the 73rd Amendment to Indian Constitution in 1992 lead to women's empowerment.

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