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  Gender Assessment Sudan ISP: 2003-2005

  2003

  As Sudan emerges from decades of internal conflict, this report outlines the status of women in Sudan, with a particular emphasis on the differing challenges faced by women in Northern and Southern Sudan. Gender relations in Sudan must be examined through the lens of a range of ecological, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic differences.
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  State of the world's mothers 2005: the power and promise of girls’ education

  Save the Children Fund, 2005

  Although total primary school enrolment rates have recently risen in every region of the developing world, there is still a significant gender education gap. Of 650 million children of primary school age in the world, 103 million do not attend school, and the majority of them are girls. This progress report focuses on girls' education.
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  Decision of the Prime Minister of the Government on the Approval of the National Strategy for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam by 2010

  Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 2002

  This is the official approval by the Prime Minister of the National Strategy for the Advancement of Women. This document reiterates the overall and specific objectives of the strategy and lays out the main measure for implementation.
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  Plan of Action for the Advancement of Vietnamese Women by 2005

  National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Viet Nam, 2002

  The National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Viet Nam (NCFAW) developed this Plan of Action to guide implementation of the first five years of the ?National Strategy for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam by 2010?. It follows the format of the strategy - with coverage of the overall objective and its five specific objectives, including implementation arrangements.
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  Partnerships for girls’ education

  Oxfam, 2005

  The idea of partnerships - involving multinational donors, governments, international non-government organisations, the private sector, civil society, and local communities - is increasingly current in debates about development. They are widely seen as the most effective way to achieve sustainable economic and social benefits for the poorest people.
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  A Russian Perspective

  Canadian International Development Agency, 2001

  Gender equality is an important element in the successful transition to a market economy and democratic development. Unfortunately, in the economic and political transition in Russia women have paid a higher price than men.
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  Interculturality and Community Mobilisation to Eliminate Gender Violence. A developing experience in the municipality of El Alto

  2000

  This report deals with gender-based violence in El Alto, a predominantly urban city in the District of La Paz in Bolivia, with high levels of poverty, infant and maternal mortality and low levels of education and literacy. Gender violence happens disproportionately in the home and despite the existence of a law against domestic violence.
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  ICTs for the Empowerment of Indigenous Women in Bolivia: An Experience in OMAK

  2001

  Concerns persist around the threats to the culture, identity, language and territory of indigenous peoples, and women in this group fare the worst with reduced access to education and services. This report outlines the case of OMAK, an organisation made up of indigenous Aymara women in the District of La Paz and Oruro in Bolivia.
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  Gender, education and child labour in Lebanon

  International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004

  Studies in Lebanon indicate gender inequalities in schooling and the child labour systems. Among the poor, boys are more likely to have access to quality education, such as private schooling. However, boys are also more likely to leave school earlier than girls to assume the role of family breadwinner.
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  Gender and ICTs: Overview Report

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  New technologies in the information and communications arena, especially the Internet, have been seen as ushering in a new age. And yet, access to new ICTs is still a faraway reality for the vast majority of people.

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