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    Building policy support for early childhood care and education

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Early childhood care and education (ECCE) programmes remain under-funded and available only to a lucky few. However, a holistic view of child development is slowly growing as innovative policymakers in some developing countries come to recognise links between educational achievement and health and nutrition.
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    Men's Violence against Women in Intimate Relationships. An Account of the Situation in Sweden

    Amnesty International, 2004
    Violence against women (VAW) represents a serious violation of women's fundamental rights. Although Swedish legislation on VAW and on the protection of women's integrity is very progressive, men's violence against women in intimate relationships is widespread and on the increase.
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    Hearing their voices: the women and children in the earthquake affected areas of Pakistan

    Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2006
    This report provides an insight, through interviews and observations, into the issues faced by women and children affected by the earthquake in Pakistan.
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    Information Leaflets for People with Sexual Problems

    Outsiders, 2006
    This series of 15 short leaflets provides clear information and practical advice for people with disabilities in the UK.
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    Where Women Have No Doctor: A Health Guide for Women

    Macmillan Education Ltd, London and Oxford, 1997
    This book was developed with the help of community-based health workers in more than 30 countries to help women care for their own health needs and to help community health workers to meet women's health needs.
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    Gender and Sexuality: Overview Report

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Why are gender and sexuality important for policymakers, practitioners and activists? Sexuality and gender can combine to make a huge difference in people's lives - between well-being and ill-being, and sometimes between life and death.
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    A handbook on mainstreaming disability

    Voluntary Service Overseas, 2006
    Drawing on VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) experience in Indonesia and Thailand, this toolkit provides practical guidance to support organisations to mainstream disability into their work.Each chapter of the handbook addresses a key topic in mainstreaming disability:Chapter 1: overview of the topic and outlines preparation processesChapter 2: how discrimination works
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    Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death

    The Lancet, 2006
    This article is the first in a series of papers on Sexual and Reproductive Health published by the Lancet. The article notes that worldwide, the burden of sexual and reproductive ill-health remains enormous: unsafe sex is the second most important risk factor for disease, disability and death in the poorest communities. The authors identify core components of sexual and reproductive health care.
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    Improving health systems: TB control in the Russian Federation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    The Russian Federation has an extensive tuberculosis (TB) control system which focuses on inpatient treatment and often allows long hospital stays. A large network of facilities exists to detect and treat cases, with 80,000 hospital beds reserved for TB treatment. How can the TB control system become more efficient?
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    Examples of companies’ impacts on a range of human rights issues

    Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2005
    The table lists a range of human rights issues for business. For each issue, it provides an example of a positive company initiative and an example of an alleged abuse. he examples come from several sources, including the media, NGOs, and companies.

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