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    Global Policy on Women, Peace and Security in Practice: National and Regional Consultations on Resolution 1325

    International Alert, 2002
    The Women Building Peace Campaign (WBP) within International Alert has conducted consultations in Uganda, Nepal and the Southern Caucasus to identify the potential for implementing the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security at a national and regional level.
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    Reclaiming Women's Space at the Peace Table: the Peacebuilding Cyberdialogue as a Model of Using ICTs for Peacebuilding

    GenderIT, 2006
    In 2005 the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) and Isis Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange (WICCE) collaborated to bring together women peacebuilders from 40 women's organizations in Nepal, the Philippines, Timor Leste, Uganda and Zimbabwe to participate in the 'Peacebuilding Cyberdialogue' - a 'real time global town hall meeting' using Internet chat with voice and video / visu
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    Surviving in a changing world: environment, security and microfinance

    The Green Cross Optimist, 2006
    This article summarises some of the ways in which environmental change is linked to insecurity.
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    Making sense of food security measurements

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Reducing hunger and food insecurity is central to the Millennium Development Goals. Monitoring progress towards targets requires simple, quick and reliable methods. However, this has proved difficult for both researchers and practitioners.
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    Cutting household smoke to improve quality of life

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    More than two billion people cook using solid fuels: twigs, agricultural residue, dung, coal and so on. Over 1.6 million people die as a direct result of indoor air pollution every year. Raising awareness about the dangers of indoor smoke and encouraging people to take action to alleviate it could save many lives.
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    Fighting corruption in forest product verification in Nepal

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Commercial forestry in Nepal is poorly managed. This is largely because the system to verify the legality of forest products is corrupt. The experiences of the Commission to Investigate the Abuse of Authority, Nepal’s main anti-corruption agency, provides valuable lessons on combating corruption.
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    Water planners ignore gender issues in Nepal

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Women play a central role in the management, storage and use of water. Water sector agencies need to move beyond rhetorical commitments to positive action and address gender issues in everything they do. Water projects without strategic plans to overcome gender inequalities can reinforce existing power relations.
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    Combined strategies needed for tackling armed violence and poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Loss of lives, unemployment and large-scale displacement as a result of armed violence are increasing. The link between armed violence and poverty is clear.  But, how can poverty reduction and armed conflict reduction programmes be integrated?
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    Making childbirth safer for mothers in Nepal

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    More than 90 percent of women in rural Nepal deliver at home alone or with relatives. Illiteracy, preference for the home environment, geography, poor quality services and ongoing conflict all limit their access to skilled obstetric care. What impact does affordability have on care seeking?
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    Financing mental health services in low- and middle-income countries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Mental illness accounts for at least 12 percent of the global burden of disease. It impacts on social services, housing, education and criminal justice systems. Providing access to effective mental health services may be highly cost-effective. But what is the best way to finance them?

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