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    The quality of death: ranking end-of-life care across the world

    The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2015
    In many parts of the world, hospice and palliative care is either non-existent or in its infancy, with about 5bn people living in countries with insufficient or no access to medications to control severe or moderate pain, according to the WHO.
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    Promoting successful transitions to employment for Egyptian youth

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This Policy Perspective argues that active labor market policies, such as public employment schemes, wage subsidies, job search assistance, and skills training have not been effective in improving the quantity or quality of employment for youth in the Middle East and North Africa region and will likely not be very effective in the future.
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    Women entrepreneurs – key players in ACP agribusiness development

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2015
    Research has found strong reasons to emphasise women’s economic empowerment in developing programs: firstly, economic empowerment is one of the most powerful routes for women to achieve their potential and advance their rights; secondly, since women make up the majority of the world’s poor, meeting poverty-reduction goals requires addressing women and their economic empowerment; thirdly, discri
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    Gender, enterprise ownership, and labor allocation in MENA: the roles of Islam, oil, and government policies

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper documents a relatively low share of women among small and medium enterprise (SME) owners in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This phenomenon appears to be related to the low female labour force participation (LFP) rates commonly observed in the region.
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    India exclusion report 2013-14

    Centre for Equity Studies, 2014
    By consolidating and generating knowledge around exclusion, the India Exclusion Report seeks to inform public opinion and debate on these issues, and to influence the political class and policy makers towards more inclusive, just and equitable governance.It is hoped that the report will serve as a tool to support public action for the greater inclusion of disadvantaged and marginalised communit
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    Cyber violence against women and girls: a world-wide wake-up call

    The Broadband Commission, 2015
    Millions of women and girls around the world are subjected to deliberate violence because of their gender. Violence against women and girls (VAWG) knows no boundaries, cutting across borders, race, culture and income groups, profoundly harming victims, people around them, and society as a whole.
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    Community-based rehabilitation for people with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

    The Campbell Collaboration, 2015
    There are estimated to be over one billion people with disabilities globally and 80% of them live in low- and middle-income countries. They are often excluded from education, health, and employment and other aspects of society leading to an increased risk of poverty.
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    Women Deliver

    Global advocate for girls’ and women’s health, rights, and wellbeing. work includes: Convening global and regional conferences
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    Lessons learnt of Thai women environmental leaders

    Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on the Environment, 2015
    This research explores why Thai women have become environmental leaders, how they work so successfully as an environmental guardian, and what their next steps could be.
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    Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA : Land Tenure And Gender: Approaches And Challenges For Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights | capacity4dev

    World Bank, 2015
    Land tenure security is crucial for women's empowerment and a prerequisite for building secure and resilient communities. Tenure is affected by many and often contradictory sets of rules, laws, customs, traditions, and perceptions.

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