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  Pakistan Enhanced HIV/AIDS Program: Social assessment and mapping of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Lahore, Pakistan

  Naz Foundation International, 2002

  Expressions of affection between people of the same sex are easily accepted in Pakistan but in contrast, women's contact with men is controlled and socially policed. Many men have sexual relations with each other, and finding male sexual partners is easy.
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  Video for Development Communication

  Communication Initiative, 2004

  Video is an important tool for planners in agricultural innovation or infrastructure projects such as water and sanitation. Video can communicate the ideas of women to planners in societies in which social interaction is split along gender lines.
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  Sexual and reproductive health and rights: a position paper

  Department for International Development, UK, 2004

  Sexual and reproductive health is a human right, which is essential to human development and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Despite this, 120 million couples do not have access to the family planning services and contraception they need; 529,000 women die every year from complications of pregnancy and childbirth; and 38 million people are living with HIV.
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  En-gendering the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Health

  World Health Organization, 2003

  The Millennium Development Declaration takes gender to be central to achieving all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, only MDG 3 specifically deals with gender and the indicator given is confined to educational attainment. This publication proposes additions to the MDG text based on an examination of the gender dimensions of each health-related Goal (1, 4, 5, 6 and 7).
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  Trafficking of Women and Children in Indonesia

  International Catholic Migration Commission, 2003

  In Indonesia, counter-trafficking measures have been inhibited by the fact that in many cases 'trafficking' is not considered exploitative. This comprehensive report argues that broadening the definition of trafficking from prostitution to include migrant work, domestic work, sex work and mail order brides can ensure that these forms of exploitation are also addressed.
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  Where Are The Girls? Girls in fighting forces in Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone and Mozambique: Their lives during and after war

  2004

  This study contributes to what is currently known about the experiences of girls in fighting forces as distinct from those of boys. It is meant to assist policymakers in developing policies and programs to help protect and empower girls in situations of armed conflict and postwar reconstruction.
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  Gender Makes a Difference: Gender Analysis Workshop Increases Skills of Those Working to Link Agriculture and Nutrition

  Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage Project, 2003

  Gender analysis is rarely used to improve the effectiveness of nutrition interventions and their links to agriculture to reduce hunger and malnutrition. To address this issue, the third Agriculture-Nutrition Advantage Project workshop was held for ICRW/IFPRI/USAID country team members from Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda.
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  The Gender and Water Development Report 2003: Gender Perspectives on Policies in the Water Sector

  2003

  What progress is being made in integrating a gender perspective into water policy? Gender advocates have argued that a) involving both men and women in roles of influence at all levels can support sustainability and b) conversely, sustainability in water management can contribute to gender equity through meeting the essential needs of both women and men.
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  Shadow Report, Ethiopia 2003 (Executive Summary)

  Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association, 2003

  This shadow report, produced by NEWA and EWLA, offers a critique of the Ethiopian government's CEDAW report by looking at three broad areas: economic and socio-cultural status of women, equality in marriage and family relations and violence against women.
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  CEDAW Combined Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports of States Parties: Ethiopia

  United Nations, 2002

  Ethiopia has combined its fourth and fifth reports to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). This report outlines the status of women in Ethiopia and initiatives on the part of all government and non-governmental actors to address the goals set out by CEDAW.

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