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  Children’s participation and policy change in South Asia

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This report looks how children can successfully influence policy relating to childhood poverty.
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  Facilitating conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2003

  Science and technology have long been recognised as essential driving forces in the development process.
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  The health analysis and action cycle an empowering approach to women's health

  Sociological Research Online, 2000

  This paper explores how the Health Analysis and Action Cycle (HAAC), which considers health in its socio-environmental context, was conceived of as an empowering approach to working with women in rural Nepal.
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  Participatory biodiversity conservation in the South Asia region : proceedings of Regional Networking Seminar and Second General Assembly : February 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2001

  This report documents the keynote presentations of the South Asian Participatory Biodiversity Conservation Forum in February 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal.The themes of the working papers include:participatory biodiversity conservation in the traditional farming systems of Kerala, southern Indiabiodiversity resource management in Bangladesh with special emphasis on ricelandscape biodiv
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  Synergies and trade-offs in climate change responses

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Beyond the climate change community and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), how much awareness of climate change is there amongst development organisations? Also, what steps have they taken regarding the need to respond to climate change?
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  Why eat green cucumbers at the time of dying?: women’s literacy and development in Nepal

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2000

  This book looks at two case studies of women’s literacy classes in Nepal. Using extensive field notes, and quotations from class participants, the author attempts to explore the women’s own perceptions of their involvement in literacy classes, against the perceptions and aims of the organisations delivering the programmes.
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  Why eat green cucumbers at the time of dying?: women’s literacy and development in Nepal

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2000

  Why should people take on new literacy practices when they feel they are able to communicate adequately? Is 'traditional' literacy the key to women's empowerment? In Nepal, as elsewhere, there has been an explosion of literacy programmes due to the popular perception that this is the case. This report questions whether such programmes meet women's needs from the point of view of participants.
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  Socioeconomic and physical distance to the maternity hospital as predictors for place of delivery: an observation study from Nepal

  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2004

  This article, published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, reports on a study carried out in Nepal which looked at the places where women were choosing to give birth. The study found that there were an equal number of women choosing home and hospital deliveries.
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  Enhancing gender and development in member countries: a review

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2003

  This paper presents the review of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) project to enhance the gender and development (GAD) capacity of agencies responsible for executing Bank activities.
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  Trapped by inequality: Bhutanese refugee women in Nepal

  Human Rights Watch, 2003

  This report examines the uneven response of UNHCR and the government of Nepal to gender-based violence against Bhutanese girls and women in refugee camps in Nepal.

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