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  Gender Mainstreaming in Government Offices in Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos: Perspectives from Below

  Routledge, 2005

  Gender mainstreaming processes at the department and provincial/commune level have attracted relatively little attention in the gender mainstreaming debate. This article traces what has happened at this level, by examining the ways in which gender concerns have been mainstreamed into government activities in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
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  Gender Mainstreaming or just More Male-Streaming? Experiences of Popular Participation in Bolivia.

  Routledge, 2005

  The Law of Popular Participation (LPP) in Bolivia can be seen as the first significant attempt by policy makers in the region to mainstream gender into a national development initiative. It aims to increase the prominence of women in local political and development spheres and is the first Bolivian law to be explicitly couched in gendered terms.
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  NGOs, Gender Mainstreaming and Urban Poor Communities in Mumbai

  Routledge, 2005

  How can non-governmental organisations (NGOs) support women during rapid economic, social and political change? This article argues that NGOs working at the community level can play an important role in supporting women to challenge customs and beliefs which perpetuate unequal gender relations. However, this becomes particularly challenging in a context of rapid change, such as in Mumbai.
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  A Curriculum for the Trainers of Trainers in Gender Mainstreaming

  2000

  This curriculum is designed to provide gender trainers with the information and skills needed to plan and develop gender responsive programmes.
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  Establishing a Feminist Culture: the Experience of the Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network (ZWRCN)

  Routledge, 1997

  How easy is it to run an organisation using feminist values? The Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network (ZWRCN), established in Harare in 1990, began on the principle that the organisation would be built on a shared vision of sisterhood, openness, and democracy.
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  Patriarchal Violence - an Attack on Human Security: a Broad Survey of Measures to Combat Patriarchal Violence and Oppression, Particularly Acts Committed in the Name of Honour Directed at Women, Homosexuals, Bisexuals and Transgender Persons.

  Government Offices of Sweden, 2006

  Understandings of patriarchal violence usually focus on male violence against women. However, this paper links patriarchy and the violence and oppression directed towards lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) persons. Patriarchy is based on perceptions of male supremacy and within this power structure the norm of the heterosexual male is dominant.
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  Lobola. Its Implications for Women's Reproductive Rights in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe

  Weaver Press, 2003

  Lobola, an amount paid by a prospective husband to the bride's family, is a tradition that is widely practiced across southern Africa. This study examines the impact of this social institution in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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  Perfect Crimes: Sexual Harassment at the Workplace in Zimbabwe

  Weaver Press, 2005

  For almost a decade, women in Zimbabwe have worked to gain rights in the workplace and to tackle, in particular, the issue of sexual harassment. This report charts the processes involved and the methodologies used in this struggle.
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  The National Gender Policy - Republic of Zimbabwe

  BRIDGE, 2004

  In Zimbabwe, women continue to experience inequality with men across the whole of society. The 2004 National Gender Policy thus lays out the Zimbabwe government's guidelines and institutional framework for combating gender inequalities in the country. In general, the government's vision is to reach economic, political, religious and social equality among women and men in all spheres of life.
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  When Sharing Female Identity is not Enough: Coalition Building in the Midst of Political Polarisation in Zimbabwe

  Routledge, 2004

  Since independence in 1980, the women's movement in Zimbabwe has grown in quantity and quality. This article examines the diversity in the women's movement, focusing on the Women's Coalition which was set up in 1999.

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