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  Children

  BRIDGE, 1999

  Advice on policy and programming with respect to children is rarely found in guidelines to address gender in development. The needs of girls and boys, and the underlying socio-economic and political factors that affect large numbers of children in developing countries, tend to be overlooked.
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  Education

  BRIDGE, 1999

  Of the 130 million out-of-school children globally, two thirds are girls. This urgent need to improve girls' access to education and promote education generally is tackled in DFID's Education Department's (ED) International Development Goals (IDGs). They aim to achieve Universal Primary Education in all countries by 2015, and eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary school by 2005.
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  Economics:Small Enterprises

  BRIDGE, 1999

  The development of women's micro and small enterprises is receiving increased attention from government donor agencies and international NGOs. Poor men and women often face many of the same barriers to starting a small business: non- ownership of land, lack of transport to reach markets, inability to access credit. The constraints on women, however, go beyond poverty.
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  Training

  BRIDGE, 1999

  In accordance with the Beijing Platform for Action commitments, gender mainstreaming has received increasing attention in recent years. Correspondingly, there has been a steep rise in demand for gender trainers to develop gender awareness and related skills amongst development personnel, and in many countries there has been a proliferation of 'gender trainers' and 'gender training institutes'.
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  Mainstreaming: Gender Manual: a Practical Guide for Development Policymakers and Practitioners

  BRIDGE, 2002

  Upon signing up to the Beijing Platform for Action (PfA) in 1995, governments committed themselves to mainstreaming gender perspectives throughout their policy and planning processes as a means to achieving gender equality in interventions.
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  Men and Masculinities

  BRIDGE, 1999

  The change in terminology from Women in Development (WID) to Gender and Development (GAD) signified a shift towards recognising the need to analyse social relationships between men and women, and to be more aware of factors such as class, age and personal agency in these.
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  Health Sector Reform

  BRIDGE, 1999

  Governments worldwide are currently involved in restructuring health systems to meet different kinds of challenges. Health sector reform (HSR) is taking place in many countries. However, HSR does not necessarily mean the same thing everywhere, and covers a wide range of structural and institutional changes.
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  Gender and Health

  BRIDGE, 1999

  Why is it necessary to consider gender in the context of health? Gender is, in fact, a key variable in influencing health status. There is considerable evidence that women and girls suffer disadvantage in getting their health needs met because of unequal access to health resources. This is due to economic, social and cultural factors.
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  Communications

  BRIDGE, 1999

  Communication systems affect almost all aspects of development in one way or another. Development communications can be understood as exchanges of information between all stakeholders. Within this process it is important to ensure that the poor, and in particular women, are given a voice.
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  Indigenous People

  BRIDGE, 1999

  In the DFID White Paper, the government's commitment to addressing gender inequality highlights the frequent 'double disadvantage' of poor women. Poor women from minority groups, however, may experience additional discrimination. There is abundant evidence to show that many ethnic minorities and indigenous people are subject to economic, social and political disadvantage.

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