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    Participatory Social Auditing: a Practical Guide to Developing a Gender-Sensitive Approach

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    Female workers are more likely to be in insecure, non-permanent employment, with increased vulnerability to gender discrimination and sexual harassment. Participatory approaches to social auditing of compliance to labour codes can help us uncover such complex issues.
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    Women lead in the fight against AIDS

    Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2006
    Research tells us that women and girls are becoming increasingly infected by HIV/AIDS in countries around the world. But facts and figures don't tell the whole story. This addition of WomenLead presents the personal testimonies of 12 women who are on the frontlines in the fight against AIDS.
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    Security and Gender-Based Violence - What is the Significance for Development Interventions?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    What is the relationship between gender and security? Security means more than 'national security' and can include personal safety and freedom from violence at any time or in any context.
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    Enjeux et expériences par thème: violence

    Genre en Action, 2006
    The Genre en action website hosts a section called Issues and Experiences by Theme (Enjeux et expériences par thème). One of the themes is violence against women and gender based violence. A series of articles from various countries and regions of the world are featured. Some articles approach the subject from a global angle.
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    Marriage Laws and Violence against the Spouse

    Population Environment Research Network, IUSSP-IHDP, 2005
    Marriage laws are ignored by demographers, who prefer to use socio-economic data. However, marriage laws have considerable influence over family relationships, for example by stipulating whether equality must be respected in marital relations.
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    Strength In Action: An Educators' Guide To Preventing Domestic Violence

    Breakthrough Institute, 2006
    Strength in Action: an Educators' Guide to Promoting Domestic Violence provides essential resources to teachers, facilitators and leaders to conduct a systematic, ongoing education process designed to prevent domestic violence. It was developed by Breakthrough, a non-profit human rights organisation that uses media, education and pop culture to promote values of dignity, equality and justice.
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    Building Solidarity against Patriarchy

    2004
    Challenging patriarchal beliefs and practices in Bangladesh is a difficult task. There are many cultural values which support patriarchy in Bangladesh, centring on ideas of honour (focusing in particular on the control of women's sexuality), purdah (restrictions on women's mobility), and shame.
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    Constructions of Masculinities and Violence against Women

    2001
    In Bangladesh sexual violence within marriage is often seen as a shameful but tolerated ill. Although anger about violence against women (VAW) is profound among many Bangladeshi women, numerous barriers prevent them from speaking out against gender-based violence.
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    Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Thirty-first session: Consideration of Fifth Periodic Report of Bangladesh. Summary records of the 653rd and 654th meetings

    2004
    Resources allocated to the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs in Bangladesh have increased fivefold in the last three years. This was one of the achievements flagged up by the delegation from Bangladesh as they presented their Fifth Periodic Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
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    Shadow Report to the Fifth Periodic Report of the Government of Bangladesh

    Steps Towards Development, 2004
    Has the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh delivered on their promises as a signatory of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)?

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