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  Social protection in the informal economy: home-based women workers and outsourced manufacturing in Asia

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2002

  This paper draws on surveys carried out in five Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, and Philippines) where home-based work (HBW) is widespread. It examines characteristics of home workers and, in particular, conditions of women as home workers.
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  Combating violence against refugee women is a top priority, announces UN High Commissioner for Refugees

  Eldis News Weblog, 2005

  This commentary from an Eldis Editor looks at the emerging incidences of domestic violence in relief camps in Pakistan. Gender based violence is an on-going concern in Pakistan - what should be done to address the concerns of vulnerability to violence which women face in extreme situations, such as in refugee or relief camps?
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  Gender and household education expenditure in Pakistan

  ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2005

  This paper investigates whether the intra-household allocation of educational expenditure in Pakistan favours males over females.
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  Women, political parties and social movements in South Asia

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  This UNRISD occasional paper - addressing issues regarding women, parties and movements in South Asia - was written for the preparation of the report, ‘Gender equality: striving for justice in an unequal world’.
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  Human rights for women and children in Pakistan

  Centre of Strategic Planning for Development, 2005

  This first international publication of the "NGO Net for women and children rights" in Pakistan highlights the human rights situation of women and children in Pakistan. The report examines women's subjection to domestic and communal violence, low literacy and education rates for women, abuse and oversight of women in the workforce, and women's political participation.
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  Strategic gender interventions and poverty reduction: principles and practice

  Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia, 2004

  This manual has been developed to support the formulation and implementation of poverty reduction projects in Asia. It focuses on identifying strategic gender initiatives to help enhance women’s agency in the household and community.
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  Creating voice and carving space

  Royal Tropical Institute, 2004

  This book is based upon the premise that while politics and power play a central role in decisions governing the lives of many women in developing countries, international development agencies supporting the good governance agenda in the 1990s largely failed to acknowledge this in their approaches.
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  Is child work necessary?

  Economics department, University of Bristol, 2003

  This paper investigates the hypothesis that child labour is compelled by poverty or that the child’s income contribution is needed by the household in order to meet subsistence expenditures.
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  Bridging the digital gender divide: issues and insights on ICT for Women’s Economic Empowerment

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2003

  This report looks at ICT initiatives that focus on disadvantaged women in South Asia. It reviews current policy and programmes and makes recommendations for future actionThe report includes a list of indicators for measuring gender awareness in project design and implementation
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  Enhancing gender and development in member countries: a review

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2003

  This paper presents the review of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) project to enhance the gender and development (GAD) capacity of agencies responsible for executing Bank activities.

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