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  First Looks: Conference on Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication

  Drury College, 1998

  The First International Conference on Cultural Attitudes Toward Technology and Communication (CATaC) aimed to bring together insights from philosophy, communication theory and cultural sciences to learn more about how culture impacts on the use of new communications technologies. This paper analyses the diverse nature of the Internet in comparison to diverse cultures and languages.
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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 8: Trade Policy

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  What are the links between gender equity and trade? Research reveals that trade liberalisation has different impacts on women's and men's employment and conditions of work, and also has consequences for women's unpaid labour. How the gains or losses from tariff revenues, are distributed also raises gender questions.
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  Digital Sexualities: a Guide to Internet Resources

  SAGE Publications, 1999

  The world wide web has become an information resource, but also a maze to wade through. This article is the first in a series that covers a selection of sites and useful resources within the broad category of ?sexuality?. It provides examples with short outlines of each site. Most sites covered, fall into the broad categories of sexuality - including transgender resources available online.
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  Gender Equity, Telecommunication Development and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

  Canadian International Development Agency, 1998

  Telecommunications are transforming life in all spheres, although the social transformations do not affect men and women in the same way. Recognising the needs and perspectives of women as well as men in planning telecommunications systems, will ensure active participation of women and lead to the overall improvement of the sector.
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  Prostitution in Five Countries: Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

  Feminism & Psychology, 1998

  Is prostitution just a job or is it a violation of human rights' From the authors' perspective, prostitution is an act of violence against women. They interviewed four hundred and seventy five people (including women, men and the transgendered) currently and recently prostituted in five countries (South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, USA, and Zambia) and found that violence was a common experience.
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  Gender and Telecommunications: an Agenda for Policy

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1998

  Women's roles are different from those of men, and as such it is important to take into account the specific needs of women to ensure that they have equitable access to services and facilities. This paper highlights the fact that women and men have different needs in every sphere of life, as well as in relation to telecommunications technologies.
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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 7: Health and Well-Being

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998

  This issue of 'Development and Gender in Brief' tracks the shift of health policy debates from a focus on 'women's health' to a broader vision of gender and health. This reaches beyond reproductive rights to include the health needs of both men and women over their life-course.
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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 6: Reforming Economic Policy

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998

  This issue of 'Development and Gender in Brief' traces connections between research, policy and advocacy on gender and economic reform. It highlights a shift in focus from concern with women's welfare towards integrating gender analysis into economic policy design, including agricultural market reform.
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  Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 5: Approaches to Institutionalising Gender

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1997

  'Mainstreaming' has been widely adopted as a strategy for institutionalising gender concerns within development organisations.
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  Women and the Law in Southern Africa

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danida, Denmark, 1999

  Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust (WLSA) is a project that combines legal research with legal activism for women's rights in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. WLSA's efforts to improve women's legal situation has meant doing extensive research in understanding the struggles of Southern African women. This booklet is the result of a collaborative research project.

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