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    Survey on Women Livelihoods in the Niger-Delta: an overview of women's economic activities in oil producing communities in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers states

    2010
    The economic crisis in the Niger Delta has been exacerbated by increased exploitation of oil and gas resources. In addition to suffering the effects of the economic crisis, women in the Niger Delta are victims of gender-based discrimination. They are underrepresented in politics, education and economics, including employed labour in the oil industry.
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    Organising women workers in the informal economy

    Gender and Development, 2013
    There are numerous challenges facing organisation amongst the hardest-to-reach women in the informal economy. This paper, published in Gender and Development, examines the various factors determining the success and failure of attempts to organise, and seek economic justice and recognition.
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    Men and masculinities: promoting gender equality in the world of work

    International Labour Organization, 2013
    Why do workplace gender inequalities persist after decades of interventions with substantial intellectual reflection, policy and programming attention? Could part of the answer be that, faced with the urgency of empowering women socially and economically at work, we have missed the opportunity to engage men?
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    A feminist political economy analysis of public policies related to care: a thematic review.

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    Produced as part of the IDS Evidence Report series, this thematic review summarises the literature on feminist political economy analysis of public policies related to care, specifically unpaid care work. The review frames unpaid care work as both essential for society, and neglected by public policy.
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    Getting unpaid care onto development agendas.

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    This IDS Policy Brief from January 2013 focuses on getting unpaid care onto the development agenda.
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    Sexuality and Empowerment: An Intimate Connection

    Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC, 2011
    What does sexuality have to do with women’s empowerment? Research from Pathways of Women’s Empowerment shows that sexuality affects women’s political and economic empowerment in a number of important ways.
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    Gender-based violence in the workplace: an overview from the occupied Palestinian territory

    International Labour Organization, 2012
    This ILO policy brief presents the findings of a study by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics into gender-based violence in workplaces in the occupied Palestinian territory. 981 women working in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip were involved in the study, and 22.8 per cent said that they had experienced some sort of violence at work during the last twelve months.
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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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    Changing their world: concepts and practices of women’s movements, 2nd edition

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2011
    This collection of four case studies of marginalised women's attempts to organise and empower themselves and others is the 2011 update to AWID's Changing their World: Concepts and Practices of Women's Movements. Covering sexuality, conflict, disability and sex workers, the case studies highlight the origins, structures and strategies adopted by feminist movements in challenging contexts.
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    Men Who Care: A multi country qualitative study of men in non traditional care giving roles

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2012
    What hinders men's involvement in care work? What encourages it? Who are the men who are doing more than the average and are taking on care work as a key part of their lives? How do men understand and describe their participation in activities that traditionally seen as female roles, both in the home and in the work setting?

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