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  Words and Deeds: Holding Governments Accountable in the Beijing + 10 Review Process

  Equality Now, 2004

  Women's right to equality has been repeatedly affirmed by governments in international treaties, declarations, and conferences, as well as in domestic constitutions. Nevertheless, discrimination against women continues worldwide.
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  Increasing women’s representation in Iraq: what strategies would work best?

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2004

  If women are not represented in leadership roles in the new Iraq the consequences for the public policy agenda, for the articulation of women's interests, for good governance, as well as for the democratic legitimacy of legislative bodies and executive agencies will be critical.
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  Local to Local Dialogue: A Grassroots Women's Perspective on Good Governance

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2004

  Despite their contributions to the survival of their households and the well-being of their communities, low-income women are often excluded from planning and decision-making processes. These women are instead perceived as either 'beneficiaries' or 'clients'. In either case, poor women are not seen as citizens who can play an important role in transforming governance.
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  Hunting for Women: Bride-kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

  Taylor and Francis Group, 2004

  The possibility of being kidnapped is a daily reality for many young Kyrgyz women. Kidnapping by a group of drunk, male strangers, and forced marriage to one, is a constant and serious threat.
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  Women's political participation and good governance: 21st century challenges

  United Nations Development Programme, 2000

  Women's entry into the realms of governance and their presence and voices in political structures are central to the exercise of citizenship. Influence over policies which affect their lives is hindered by women's primary location in the private and non-political areas of family and community.
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  Faites vos Jeux, Messieurs! Or A Case Study on the Impact of GATS in Bulgaria

  BRIDGE, 2004

  This study looks at the long-term impact the recent privatisation of the water supply in Sofia Bulgaria has on women. It shows how human development and gender equality were compromised as part of the required liberalisation under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
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  The Central American Free Trade Agreement: Gender Perspectives and Women's Action

  2004

  This report provides a preliminary gender analysis of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) between the U.S. and El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica (with the imminent addition of the Dominican Republic).
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  Gender and Natural Disasters: Why We Should be Focusing on a Gender Perspective of the Tsunami Disaster

  2005

  Jones argues that, in the aftermath of such catastrophes as the tsunami, disaster management plans and humanitarian assistance must be linked with gender dynamics in order to "precipitate a greater understanding of what is needed to ensure that women's unique circumstances during natural disasters are not only recognized, but acted upon." That is, while the physical aspects of natural disasters ar
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  A Russian Perspective

  Canadian International Development Agency, 2001

  Gender equality is an important element in the successful transition to a market economy and democratic development. Unfortunately, in the economic and political transition in Russia women have paid a higher price than men.
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  Shadow Report: Implementation by the Russian Federation of UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

  Consortium of Women's Non-governmental Associations, 2001

  This shadow report from the Consortium of Women's Non-governmental Associations based in Moscow is critical of the Russian Federation's implementation of CEDAW in practice. Despite ratifying the CEDAW and having in place constitutional protection for gender equality, and the existence of a National Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women, practice still lags far behind.

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