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  Engendering Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies

  Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998

  Until recently, macro-economic policies have largely been seen as gender-neutral. This paper argues, by contrast, that macroeconomic policies are gender-biased in their effects.
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  Toolkit on Gender in Water and Sanitation

  Gendernet, World Bank, 1998

  Thanks to efforts ranging from the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (1981-90) to the Fourth World Conference for Women at Beijing in September 1995, women are now recognised as playing a central part in the water and sanitation sector.
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  The intimate enemy: Gender Violence and Reproductive Health

  Panos Institute, London, 1998

  The negative impact of gender violence on women's reproductive health is just beginning to be recognised. Research suggests that physical and sexual abuse are linked to reproductive health issues.
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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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  Educating girls: transforming the future

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2000

  Education is fundamental for individual lifelong development and brings multiple social and economic benefits. Yet over 130 million children - mostly girls - are denied this right.
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  The impact of armed conflict on women

  International Committee of the Red Cross, 2001

  Internal armed conflicts have devastating effects on the civilian population, in particular on women. This paper is a study conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the needs of women in war, the protection given to women by international humanitarian law and the activities of the ICRC on behalf of women.
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  Women mobilizing for peace and disarmament: a long history

  United Nations [UN] Department for Disarmament Affairs, 2001

  For more than a century, women and women's organisations have lobbied in support of peace and disarmament. Many organisations have built on women's roles as mothers and have advocated to protect their children, like the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina who protested against the 'disappearance' of their children. Others were motivated by the link made between gender equality and peace.
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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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  Gender and globalization: female labor and women ’s mobilization

  Journal of World System Research, 2001

  The political and cultural dimensions of globalisation have had contradictory social effects on women workers and women's activism.
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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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