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  Integrating Gender into Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSPs): The example of Ghana

  2003

  Existing Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) do not use a rights-based approach that focuses on the empowerment of women, and the Ghana PRSP is no different. This study explores three aspects of the PRSP process in Ghana: participation in the PRSP; the national gender policy framework; and gender issues in the PRSP.
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  Gender, Citizenship and Governance: A Global Sourcebook

  Oxfam, 2004

  This resource book explores some of the experiences of Southern practitioners and experts working in the field of gender, citizenship and governance which have emerged in the context of KIT's 'Gender, Citizenship and Governance' programme. The book begins by giving an overview of the debates within development on citizenship and governance and how they relate to gender equality.
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  Gender and ICTs: Overview Report

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  New technologies in the information and communications arena, especially the Internet, have been seen as ushering in a new age. And yet, access to new ICTs is still a faraway reality for the vast majority of people.
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  CEDAW Fifth Periodic Reports of States Parties: Nicaragua

  Government of Nicaragua, 1999

  This report is Nicaragua's fifth and most recent report to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It outlines the status of women in Nicaragua and initiatives to address the goals set out by CEDAW, particularly with respect to women's equality within the family.
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  Women Mayors Link, Romania: Equal Opportunities for Women Foundation

  Global Knowledge Partnership, 2002

  Begun in 2002, the Women Mayors' Link (WML) is a networking initiative to build leadership and foster cooperation between female mayors, local governments and local women's networks to improve the quality of life of women and children in local communities.
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  ICT Policy: A Beginner's Handbook

  2003

  This book lays out the issues and dispenses with the jargon to encourage more people to get involved in information and communication technology (ICT) policy processes. This book is for people who feel that ICT policy is important but do not understand much about what is involved.
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  BRIDGE Bibliography 11: Gender and Governance: A Bibliography

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001

  This bibliography provides a wide range of references for reports, academic articles and other materials on gender and governance. Section One lists overview texts on good governance and the role of the state. Section Two provides references for donor policy documents.
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  Gender in Monitoring and Evaluation in Rural Development: A Toolkit

  World Bank, 2001

  Inclusive rural development requires recognition that women play a significant role in the survival strategies of poor rural households. This toolkit seeks to help World Bank staff and partners recognise and address gender concerns during the design of rural development sector projects.
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  Development of a Rights Based Monitoring Tool for CARE Malawi

  2004

  Understanding discrimination is the key to understanding and combating the barriers faced by the poor and marginalised to realising their rights and achieving sustainable livelihoods. Discrimination is defined as treating someone differently especially because of one's own feelings or prejudices about, for example, a person's sex, race, and religion.
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  Gender, Citizenship and the Role of NGOs in Conflict-Striken ESCWA Countries: Yemen Case Study

  BRIDGE, 2001

  This case-study covering Yemen highlights the role of NGOs in introducing the concept and practice of citizenship with a gender-sensitive orientation before and after the civil armed conflict of 1994.

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