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  Main reasons for school-age disabled children not having access to education in the central region of Azerbaijan

  AzerWeb, Azerbaijan, 2004

  The goal of this study is to analyse the problem of unequal access of disabled children to education. The study is based on a survey of residents of the 27 localities in the central area of the republic.Results show that out of the total number of school age disabled children surveyed, 73% did not receive any education, even though many of them are registered as students at local schools.
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  Dreams & desires: sexual and reproductive health experiences of HIV positive women

  International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2004

  This publication from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) explores the specific sexual and reproductive health issues facing HIV positive women.
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  More than neighbours: the enlarged European Union and Ukraine – new relations

  Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw, 2003

  What are the new challenges and opportunities created for the EU and Ukraine after becoming direct neighbors?The authors of this paper argue that the EU’s current position vis-a-vis Ukraine is unsustainable and it limits the EU’s influence on developments in Ukraine.
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  Credits accessible to the population in the central region and their comparative analysis

  AzerWeb, Azerbaijan, 2004

  The purpose of this study is to analyse and compare the various ways through which the population of Azerbaijan can access small development credit, and to develop recommendations to increase the accessibility of such credit.
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  Moldova: assessment of civil society and democratic institutions

  Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland, 2003

  What may reverse the undesirable patterns in democratisation and development of civil society in Moldova?
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  The curse of cotton: Central Asia's destructive monoculture

  International Crisis Group, 2005

  The study demonstrates how the cotton industry in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan contributes to political repression, economic stagnation, widespread poverty and environmental degradation.
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  Achievements, gaps and challenges in linking the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals: report of the expert group meeting

  United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2005

  This paper reports on a meeting of experts held in Baku, Azerbaijan 7 - 10 February 2005, to discuss the the implementation of both the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Development Goals. The paper's main focus is on how to link the two development documents, ensuring that progress on the objectives of each documents bears in mind the responsibilities incurred by the other.
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  Fact sheet: a global overview of HIV/AIDS and IDUs

  Centre for Harm Reduction, Melbourne, 2003

  This fact sheet, from the Centre for Harm Reduction, outlines the connections between the growing global epidemic of HIV and injecting drug users (IDUs). Globally, 5-10 per cent of all HIV infections result from injecting drug use. Some countries have managed to slow or prevent the spread of HIV among IDUs by adopting wide ranging harm reduction programmes.
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  Towards a gender-sensitive approach to drug demand reduction: a process within the United Nations system

  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 1995

  This Narcotics Bulletin article outlines how a coordinated analysis of gender resulted in international recognition of a need to address women in drug research and programmes.
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  Youth speak out: new voices on the protection and participation of young people affected by armed conflict

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of the problems and challenges young people face during and after armed conflict and also offers youth-driven solutions for addressing these problems. The report draws on participatory research conducted by more than 150 adolescents in Kosovo, northern Uganda and Sierra Leone.

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