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    Ending violence against women: programming for prevention, protection and care

    United Nations Population Fund, 2006
    Violence against women manifests itself in different ways in different societies - from psychological abuse and physical harm to early marriage and ritual slavery - and the pathways to success vary.
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    Ending violence against women: programming for prevention, protection and care

    United Nations Population Fund, 2006
    Violence against women manifests itself in different ways in different societies - from psychological abuse and physical harm to early marriage and ritual slavery - and the pathways to success vary.
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    How deadly is breastfeeding?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    New evidence suggests that partial breastfeeding is hazardous for infant health. It could increase the potential for HIV transmission from mother to child and may also increase child health risks from other causes, such as diarrhoea and acute lower respiratory tract infections. Predominant breastfeeding, ignored by previous studies, may be as effective as exclusive breastfeeding.
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    Research ICT Africa Network

    The Research ICT Africa Network conducts research on ICT policy and regulation that facilitates evidence-based and informed policy making for improved access, use and application of ICT for social dev
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    Hope for the girl child: a briefing paper to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women at its 51st session

    World Vision, 2007
    This briefing paper was prepared as a contribution to the meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on “The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child”, conducted from 26 February to 9 March 2007.
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    Programming to address violence against women: 10 case studies

    United Nations Population Fund, 2006
    Violence against women is slowly becoming more and more an issue for public debate and action. This report documents 10 case studies from dirferent developing countries that provide examples and lessons informing best practice that can be used to confront the problem on an international scale.
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    Political parties in Africa: challenges for sustained multiparty democracy

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2007
    This paper analyses the status of multiparty democracy in Africa, looking particularly at the role of political parties.
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    Ghana’s National Reconciliation Commission: a comparative assessment

    The International Center for Transitional Justice, 2006
    This paper assesses Ghana’s National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) in relation to some of the more crucial debates around truth commissions within the field of transitional justice.
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    From surveillance to ‘sousveillance’ in elections

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    New technologies are often associated with state surveillance of citizens. Mobile phones are no exception. Examples of surveillance and censorship include tapping phones and tracking journalists in China, and suspending all SMS services during elections in Cambodia.
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    Encouraging small-scale water providers: lessons from West Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Access to water in urban Africa is made difficult by high connection charges and tariffs, high technology standards, and uncoordinated and exclusive decision-making. Multi-sector partnerships between public, private, civil society and donor organisations could lead to greater access, efficiency and accountability. Independent operators (IOs) need more encouragement.

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