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    BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 16: Gender and Migration

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    Over the past four decades total numbers of international migrants have more than doubled but the percentage of the world population migrating has remained fairly constant. There are now 175 million international migrants worldwide or approximately 3.5 per cent of the global population -about half of whom are women.
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    Gender and Migration: Supporting Resources Collection

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    This collection is made up of summaries of overviews, case studies, tools and guidelines and other materials relating to gender and migration. Details of how to obtain copies or download the full texts are provided with each summary.
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    From Anti-Natalist to Ultra-Conservative: Restricting Reproductive Choice in Peru

    2004
    This article examines Peru's population policy since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and assesses to what extent its policies and programmes have affected reproductive health and rights.
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    Migration, Sexuality, and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Rural South Africa

    Southern African Migration Project, 2004
    South Africa is experiencing one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world. Migration is one of the many social factors contributing to the epidemic. The role of migration has conventionally been understood as men migrating, becoming infected through sexual relations while away from home, and infecting their wives or regular partners when they return.
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    Women, violence and health

    Amnesty International, 2005
    Globally women and girls are regularly beaten and sexually abused by intimate partners, family members, neighbours, and by strangers. Women also suffer gender-based violence during and after conflicts and wars. This paper examines how gender based violence is perpetrated, in physical and social forms, in families, in communities, and during and after conflict.
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    Expanding the Care Continuum for HIV/AIDS: Bringing Carers into Focus

    Population Council, 2004
    Who cares for the carers? This question is at the heart of this paper, which sets out to provide a review of existing literature on unpaid care work in the context of HIV and AIDS. What it found was a resounding silence; that the role of women in HIV care outside the health sector is largely taken for granted by policymakers and programme planners.
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    Abortion and Human Rights in Peru

    BRIDGE, 2004
    What is the approach of the Peruvian government towards abortion? How does it affect women? The penal code in Peru recognises 7 types of abortion, the only legal one is the one carried out when the life or good health of the woman is in danger. Gender inequality, cultural patterns and scarce information on family planning prevent women from claiming their reproductive rights in Peru.
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    Who's got the Power? Transforming Health Systems for Women and Children

    Millennium Project, 2005
    The Millennium Project Task Force on Child Health and Maternal Health is assessing progress on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 on child mortality and MDG 5 on maternal health. Their report argues that Goals 4 and 5 are attainable - but not without extraordinary effort. Currently 10.8 million children under age five die each year and 530,000 women die from maternal-related illness each year.
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    Evaluation of DFID Development Assistance: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment. Phase II Thematic Evaluation: Maternal Mortality

    Department for International Development, UK, 2005
    Every year over half a million women die as a result of complications in pregnancy and childbirth, and unsafe abortions. This evaluation report reviews the extent to which key objectives of DFID's gender policy commitments are incorporated in the design, implementation and monitoring of DFID's maternal health investments.
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    Debunking the myths in the U.S. global AIDS strategy: an evidence-based analysis

    Center for Health and Gender Equity, 2004
    What are the implications of the latest U.S. polices on HIV/AIDS for women and girls in the face of rising rates of infection among women? Debates on HIV/IDS treatment and prevention have long been driven by powerful political and religious fundamentalist ideologies. This report outlines and evaluates the five-year U.S. Global HIV/AIDS strategy launched in February 2004.

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