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    Mind the Gap: Mainstreaming Gender and Participation in Development

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
    Lessons can be drawn from experiences of gender mainstreaming for those wishing to institutionalise participatory approaches in their work, according to this paper. It argues that the shift in focus from Women in Development (WID) to Gender and Development (GAD) is mirrored by changes in the participation debate which now puts more stress on issues of governance.
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    Effect of a Participatory Intervention with Women's Groups on Birth Outcomes in Nepal: Cluster-Randomised Trial

    The Lancet, 2004
    How can high rates of infant mortality in developing countries be more effectively tackled? In Kathmandu, Nepal, a team from Mother and Infant Research Activities (MIRA) undertook a low-cost, community-based participatory intervention with women's groups to test the impact of peer education on birth outcomes in an economically poor rural population.
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    Gender, Participation, Health and Positive Thinking: A Personal Perspective

    2004
    As an HIV positive activist herself, and from personal experience of donors and development organisations, Welbourn highlights the importance of understanding the widespread impact of HIV/AIDS on positive people, women in particular, and of involving them, in finding solutions to HIV-related problems.
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    Gender Analysis and Assessment: Volume 1 Gender Analysis

    2006
    Cambodia is slowly recovering from decades of violence and unrest. One positive outcome of this social upheaval is that oppressive gender roles and responsibilities are being challenged. Alongside this process are efforts to improve the status of women and promote their human rights.
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    The United Nations: A Framework for Support of Gender in Cambodia

    2006
    The United Nations (UN) is committed to addressing gender concerns in Cambodia as a priority in its implementation of the UN Development Assistance Framework 2006-2010. The UN recognises that women are underrepresented politically in Cambodia and have a lower economic, social and cultural status to men.
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    The Progress Report on Implementation of Beijing Platform for Action on Women's Issues 1995-2005

    Royal Government of Cambodia, 2004
    Since 1995, when it signed up to the Beijing Platform for Action, the Royal Government of Cambodia has incorporated gender strategies into national plans and policies.
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    A guide to civil society organisations working on democratic governance

    UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2005
    The Guide is provided primarily as a resource for UNDP offices working on democratic governance and seeking to strengthen engagement and further collaboration with civil society. The Guide is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of civil society organisations (CSOs) working on democratic governance. It is meant to indicate the growing breadth and complexity of CSO activity in this area.
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    Microfinance and gender equality: are we getting there?

    Microcredit Summit Campaign, 2006
    Why isn't the microfinance industry doing better at contributing towards gender equality? Some MFIs have not fully integrated gender issues in their practical operations. This tends to be due to pressures to survive as an organisation, the responsibility of women to support their families, their business skills and training, and existing market conditions.
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    The Vanishing Victim: Criminal Law and Gender in Jordan

    Blackwell Synergy, 2007
    Criminal codes in Jordan are markedly gendered. This article analyses how the penalties for rape, domestic violence and honour killings reflect local norms of appropriate gender roles and society's desire to rectify the social standing and ?honour? of a raped woman and her family, rather than to punish the crime.
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    Towards Political Empowerment for Jordanian Women

    2006
    What are the obstacles to women's political empowerment in Jordan and how should a strategy to address these obstacles be developed? In Jordan women are severely marginalised in terms of political participation.

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