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  Second Periodic Report to CEDAW Committee- Morocco

  United Nations, 2002

  Many rights are already guaranteed by law, and government ministries and NGOs are taking initiatives to implement these. The Secretariat of State in charge of Social Protection, Family and Children, working with the World Bank, has prepared a national strategy for integrating women into development, as part of the follow up to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
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  Why Might Women support Religious ?Fundamentalism??

  Women for Women International, 2004

  Religious fundamentalism is often associated with men, so much so that instances of women's support for religious fundamentalism are perceived as the exception. The tendency to assume that all women stand against fundamentalism unwittingly works hand in hand with the notion of women as 'natural' universal peace-seekers, nurturers and carers.
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  Gender, Citizenship and the Role of NGOs in Selected Gulf Countries

  United Nations, 2003

  Women's NGOs in the Gulf have been struggling for gender equality before the law, as guaranteed by the constitution, for several decades. Despite numerous political gains, considerable challenges still exist. This is due to the complex interaction between social, political and cultural affiliations and influences that qualify the role women's NGOs play in public life in the Gulf.
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  Gender Mainstreaming in Development and Trade Policy and Practice: Learning from Austria, Belgium, and the UK

  Network Women in Development Europe, 2003

  In its longstanding commitment to promoting gender equality, the international community recognises the importance of gender mainstreaming. This research study examines how far these commitments were translated into practice at a national level within the European Union (EU), using Austria, Belgium and the UK as case studies.
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  Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 10-year Review of Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action

  2004

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) held a meeting to provide a regional assessment for the 2005 Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA). This document summarises the outcomes of this meeting, which will be the basis for the regional input at the Beijing +10 meetings at the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2005.
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  West African NGOs Report on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action

  2004

  This report summarises the outcomes of a consultation organised by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) through the African Centre for Gender and Development, contributing to the decade evaluation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA).
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  Arab Regional Report on the Ten-year Review and Appraisal of the Beijing Platform for Action

  United Nations, 2004

  This report reviews Arab States' efforts to implement the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) and the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly. Based on 18 out of 22 country responses to a questionnaire, it reveals strong commitment on the part of most Arab countries to advancing gender equality and empowering women.
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  Gender equality: striving for justice in an unequal world

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  Based on the findings of UNRISD's ongoing gender research and over 60 specially commissioned studies, this report analyses the economic and political reforms of the 1990s. Whatever their intentions, these reforms had significant and mixed implications for gender relations and women's well-being. The report is divided into four key sections.
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  African Women Citizens of the Information Society: Advocacy Document for Decision Makers

  2004

  The digital revolution will have a profound effect on relations between women and men. However, this is ignored by those who have brought in this revolution, seeking only short term profits in an environment of increasing global competition. In the process of national reform of the ICT sector, women and civil society organisations have not been consulted.
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  From Beijing to Addis Ababa: What Progress for African Women?

  Pambazuka, 2004

  How far has Africa moved towards fulfilling the goals set out in the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA)? This paper sets out some priority areas of the BPfA including health, education, involvement in public decision-making structures, armed conflict and eliminating violence against women.

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