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  Women's Informal Employment in Transition Economies

  Institute of Public Finance, Croatia, 2002

  Women's employment in transition countries, notably Central and Eastern Europe has become increasingly informal and flexible. The first growing trend is that women are more involved in cross-border trade, known as 'suitcase' trade, often keeping women away from home for days or months.
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  Women's Informal Employment in Palestine: Securing a Livelihood Against All Odds

  2002

  The growth of informal employment opportunities, particularly for women, has not been much studied. The authors argue, however, that informal employment is an essential part of survival strategies for Palestinian households and represents a significant component of economic activity. The occupation of the area has limited the opportunities to build long-term economic infrastructure.
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  Gender and Ethical Trade: a Mapping of the Issues in African Horticulture

  Natural Resource and Ethical Trade, 2001

  Codes of conduct covering employment conditions of Southern producers exporting to European markets increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. As a result producers of horticulture products are faced with a considerable variety of codes, particularly in terms of what gender issues should be addressed.
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  Transcending boundaries to improve the food security of AIDS affected households in rural Uganda

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2003

  In most of sub-Saharan Africa, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is crippling the livelihood systems of households, jeopardizing income flow, and threatening food security.
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  Common Ground, Women's Access to Natural Resources and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals

  2003

  Due to traditional gender roles, many women and girls are denied access to and control over water, energy, land and biodiversity, despite their critical role in sustaining these natural resources. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can potentially address this concern.
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  Experts Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in Selected African Countries: Proceedings

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2003

  Through presentations and working groups, participants from governments, civil society and donor agencies explored conceptual issues around gender and poverty, how to engender Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the extent to which gender-sensitive budget initiatives are integrated into these.
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  Leading to Choices: A Multimedia Curriculum for Leadership Learning

  2003

  This is a multimedia training package designed to empower women to participate as leaders in the decision-making processes that impact on their lives. The curriculum is based on a concept of participatory leadership that enables women and men to develop skills to prevent conflict, share power, and build coalitions to promote human rights, social justice, and peace.
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  Shifting Spaces: Women, Citizenship and Migration within the European Union

  Polity Press, 1998

  This book is based on a research project examining the gender dimensions of internal migration in the European Union (EU). The impact of EU membership on the citizenship experience of female EU nationals as they migrate from one member country to another is explored.
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  Does subsidized childcare help poor working women in urban areas?: evaluation of a government sponsored programme in Guatemala City

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  Reliable and affordable childcare is becoming increasingly critical in Latin America in a context of rising female labour force participation and growing numbers of female-headed households. The Hogares Comunitarios Programme (HCP), a government-sponsored programme established in Guatemala City in 1991, was a direct response to the escalating need of poor urban women for childcare.
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  Acces Equitable a l'information (Equitable Access to Information)

  IGED Madagascar Gender Network, 2003

  This is one of two booklets produced to assist with gender mainstreaming in development cooperation in Madagascar. This is the second entitled 'Fair access to Information'. The participation of the whole population in development activities, including of course women, is vital if development is to be just and sustainable. So how does this come about?

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