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    Handbook for cultural and religious leaders to end FGM

    African Women's Development & Communication Network, 2014
    What action can you take to address FGM? This handbook, produced by the African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET) is a behaviour change communication tool intended to expand the engagement of men in religious and cultural institutions to reach out to their communities to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in Meru and Tharaka, Kenya.
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    Female genital cutting

    Tostan, 2014
    Female genital cutting (FGC) is a deeply-rooted social norm enforced by community expectations around marriageability. Girls who are not cut are often ostracised by their communities. Tostan is an African-based organisation empowering rural communities to achieve sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights.
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    Factsheet: The Philippines

    United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2011
    This fact sheet by UN Women presents an overview of the situation women currently face in the Philippines, as well as the various ways in which UN Women has been supporting governments and civil society.
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    Beyond gender parity in education: acheiving gender equality in and through education in the Philippines

    2007
    With a greater percentage of girls receiving primary education than boys, gender parity in the Philippines seems to have been reached; yet what about the quality of the education that they receive? This report by E-Net Philippines, a civil society network of approximately 150 member organisations based in the Philippines, seeks to answer that question.
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    Taller de Estereotipos en Genero

    Education Development Directorate, 2007
    This resource is only available in Spanish.English title: 'Let’s identify what Gender is', Short workshop for teachers No.1, Education Development Directorate, Mexico
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    Report on Equality between Women and Men

    European Commission, 2008
    This fifth annual report by the European Commission on gender equality in the European Union (EU) highlights the latest developments with regards to gender equality in the EU. It argues that significant progress has been made in relation to female participation in employment, female education levels, and challenging gender stereotypes.
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    Engendering Local Democracy: The Impact of Quotas for Women in India's Panchayats

    Routledge, 2006
    Has women's increased participation in local governance institutions resulted in outcomes that contribute towards gender equality in India?
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    Guidelines for a Gender Analysis: Human Rights with a Gender Perspective, Implementing the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women

    United Nations [UN] Commission on the Status of Women ., 2000
    Despite the failure of the Unite States (US) to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the City and County of San Francisco introduced a regulation to implement CEDAW at the local level. As part of the implementation, the City department must undertake a gender analysis of its budget allocations, service delivery, and employment practices.
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    Troublesome Masculinities: Masculinities in Trouble

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    This article explores the notion of 'troublesome' masculinities that characterise much of the policy thinking on problems of young men and gender. It notes that the socialisation of young men and the relationship between gender norms and young men's gender identity have become the focus of policy development in an increasing number of countries.
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    Boys Lower Schooling in Lesotho

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Why is it that in Lesotho, girls are more likely to enrol at school, particularly at secondary level, and have higher literacy rates than boys? Traditionally, boys in Lesotho are involved in herding livestock from a young age, particularly among poor communities and those living in the highlands. In addition, as villages in the highlands tend to be isolated, pupils find schools harder to get to.

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