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    We can also make change: piloting participatory research with persons with disabilities and older people in Bangladesh

    HelpAge International, 2015
    The aim of the research presented in this report was to understand better the experiences of social, political and economic exclusion of persons with disabilities and older people in Bangladesh from their own perspectives. Although the facts of exclusion are widely documented, the reality of it is less well understood.
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    Is there feminization of poverty in Egypt?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    Poverty in Egypt has been rising steadily over the last 15 years, from 16.7% in 1999/2000 to 26.2%in 2012/2013. An important question is how female headed households have fared over this period of deteriorating social welfare.
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    Wages and inequality in the Egyptian labor market in an era of financial crisis and revolution

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper investigates the pattern of wages and wage inequality in Egypt over the period 1988-2012, a time of substantial economic and political changes, including the recent global financial crises and the January 25th 2011 revolution.
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    "Lived poverty" can inform Swazi anti-poverty efforts

    Afrobarometer, 2015
    Poverty continues to be a major challenge in Swaziland, exacerbated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Almost two-thirds (63%) of the Swazi population were living in severe poverty in 2012. The Afrobarometer survey, which was conducted for the first time in Swaziland in 2013, provides insights into ordinary Swazis’ experience of poverty.
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    Children in Barbados and the eastern Caribbean: child rights - the unfinished agenda

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2009
    This report provides profile overviews of the socio-economic situation and main issues situation of children in ten Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean.
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    Choice, not control: Why limiting the fertility of poor populations will not solve the climate crisis

    CARE International, 2014
    CARE paper outlining the need for a human rights based approach to family planning when discussed in climate mitigation and adaption contexts.
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    Building resilience to environmental change by transforming gender relations

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014
    This briefing is based on a workshop which brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss why gender relations are still largely absent from debates on climate change and disasters, what misconceptions may exist, and to define the broad lines of a forward-looking action research agenda.
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    Gender discrimination among older women in India: main report

    Agewell Foundation, 2015
    Older women have more critical problems than older men. Due to social and traditional family structure they are forced to live with many limitations. Hence they find themselves marginalized and isolated all the time. As women live longer than men, a larger number of older women have to live a life of a widow in their silver years.
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    Spotlight on publications: gender-responsive budgeting

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    In recent years, governments worldwide have been implementing gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) to contribute to the advancement of gender equality and the fulfillment of women’s rights. GRB involves taking measures to address gender gaps in government plans and budgets, as well as analysing the gender impacts of policy and budget allocations.
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    Spotlight on gender equality publications

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Gender equality is a cross-cutting issue in Latin American where it is fundamental to ensuring the effective realisation of rights and to empowering women’s development in the public and private spheres.

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