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  Gender is not a Sensitive Issue: Institutionalising a gender-oriented participatory approach in Siavonga, Zambia

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 1997

  Many development workers are hesitant to address gender issues in their programmes, because they fear receiving a hostile reaction in the communities where they work. Christiane Frischmuth's case study of an extension project in Siavonga, Zambia demonstrates that gender need not be an intractable 'hot' topic.
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  Women in Sri Lanka: Country Briefing Paper

  1999

  In 1998 the Asian Development Bank revised and reformulated their women in development (WID) policy into a gender and development (GAD) policy which recognises the evolution of the analysis of gender issues into one where they are addressed at both the micro and macro levels.
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  Gender, Conservation, and Community Participation: the Case of the Ja£ National Park, Brazil

  Managing Ecosystems and Resources with Gender Emphasis, 1999

  How do gender relations affect people's knowledge, use and control of and impact on natural resources? The Funda?Æo Vit¢ria Amaz?nica (FVA) is a local NGO which has carried out pioneer work on gender, community participation and partnership building in their conservation activities in the Ja£ National Park (PNJ).
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  The Challenge of Working with Gender: Experiences from Danish-Ugandan development cooperation

  BRIDGE, 2000

  This study on Danish-Ugandan development co-operation was commissioned by Danida as a contribution to the five-year follow-up of the Fourth Global Conference on Women held in Beijing, 1995.
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  Gender Inequality and Poverty: Trends, Linkage, Analysis and Policy Implications. Part II

  BRIDGE, 1998

  What is the relationship between poverty and gender? In the 1990s, Sida developed a strategy aimed at reducing poverty and promoting sustainable livelihoods. This document gathers all the material that was commissioned by Sida to Bridge (Briefings in development and gender) to support such Sida's strategy over the period 1994-1997.
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  Rural Livelihoods

  BRIDGE, 1999

  This overview text emphasises the importance of considering gender in livelihood systems analysis since women and men: interact in different ways with the natural resource base through their varied roles, work, responsibilities and relationships; have different rights of access, control and ownership of natural resources; are the source of different knowledge and skills; and experience the outcome
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  Toolkit on gender in agriculture

  Gendernet, World Bank, 1999

  Why is it important to incorporate gender into the agriculture-related work of the World Bank and borrower countries, and how can this be achieved' Women are integral to farming systems, yet their productivity remains low compared to their potential.
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  Realizing decent work for older women workers

  Older Workers, 2000

  Over the course of the next 50 years, older age groups will make up an increasingly larger share of the total global population. Policy-makers have primarily responded to the challenges posed by ageing populations by focusing on reforming social security and health care systems to minimise projected public expenditure.
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  The effect of early childhood development programs on women's labor force participation and older children's schooling in Kenya

  Gendernet, World Bank, 2000

  Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres have grown rapidly in number since Kenya's independence in 1963. The effectiveness of ECD investment is usually based on the school achievement and cognitive ability of ECD graduates. Little is known about the indirect benefits of ECD on the welfare of households.
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  Integrating Gender, Poverty Reduction, and Energy

  BRIDGE, 2001

  The links between energy, gender and poverty have not been high on the international development agenda. There is a small but growing literature on energy and gender in development, and links are now beginning to be made between the gender, energy and poverty (GEP) nexus.

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