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  Human development and Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) –Goal 3: promote gender equality and empower women: mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment

  United Nations Development Programme, 2003

  This report examines the status of women in Sudan, using the third Millennium Development Goal of women's empowerment as the framework. It begins with an overview of some key definitions, including gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment.
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  Gender mainstreaming in policies and programmes at the national level: case study of Morocco

  Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2003

  This report, presented at a workshop on gender mainstreaming in Beirut hosted by ESCWA, outlines recent efforts by the Moroccan government to address women's unequal status through reform at the national level. Areas that are cited as improving or targeted include: education; poverty; inequality in the labour market; legal reform; the economy; and violence against women.
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  Toolkit on mainstreaming gender equality in EC development cooperation

  EuropeAid Co-operation Office, 2004

  This toolkit is designed for both gender and non-gender specialists working in development cooperation at the European Commission (EC). It is divided into several sections. The first is a handbook on concepts and methods for mainstreaming gender equality. It argues that the rationale for mainstreaming gender equality in development cooperation is to further the goal of elimination global poverty.
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  The Historical Significance of the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal 2000: Overcoming the Culture of Impunity for Wartime Sexual Violence

  Kanagawa University, 2001

  In December 2000, a Women's International War Crimes Tribunal was held in Japan to hear testimonies from survivors of Japan's military sexual slavery system. The tribunal consisted of three days of hearings in front of an international panel of judges and 5,000 participants.
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  Fifth Periodic Report on Implementation of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Japan)

  Government of Japan, 2002

  Japan's 5th periodic report on the implementation of the ?Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women? (CEDAW) covers the period May 1998 to April 2002. It was put together in consultation with a wide range of civil society groups.
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  JICA Thematic Guidelines on Gender Mainstreaming/WID

  Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2002

  What are the Japanese government's basic principles and policies on mainstreaming gender into its development assistance programme? Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) believes that gender equality and women's empowerment are essential to development. Initiatives will no longer be classified as 'WID (Women in Development) projects' but instead fall into three new categories. 1.
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  Citizenship: towards a feminist synthesis

  Feminist Review, 1997

  This article outlines how citizenship can be used as a political and theoretical tool by combining 'rights' and 'participation'. Participation in social, economic, cultural and political decision-making provides a more dynamic and active form of rights in which people work together to improve their quality of life.
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  Women, citizenship and difference

  Feminist Review, 1997

  In a globalising world where the role of the local, the national and the global is shifting, the meanings of citizenship are also changing. This article presents some new theoretical discussions on gender and citizenship.
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  Still Waiting After 60 years: Justice for Survivors of Japan's Military Sexual Slavery System

  Amnesty International, 2005

  In war zones all over the world crimes of sexual violence, including rape, are used as a weapon of war. However, despite such human rights violations, these crimes generally go unpunished and survivors are left with no redress.
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  Where is the Money for Women's Rights? Assessing the Role of Donors in the Promotion of Women's Rights and the Support of Women's Rights Organizations

  2006

  Over the past ten years, funding support for women's rights organisations has declined among almost all funding sectors. Bilateral and multilateral agencies channel resources to national governments rather than to non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Some foundations are giving fewer, but bigger grants.

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