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  CEDAW Country Reports

  United Nations, 1998

  This section of the Divison for the Advancement of Women (DAW) website contains the CEDAW country reports submitted by states that have ratified or acceded to the Convention from 1995 onwards. Countries are legally bound to put the CEDAW provisions into practices and are also committed to submitting national reports on actions they have taken to comply with their treaty obligations.
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  Combating trafficking [of women] in South-East Asia: a review of policy and programme responses

  International Organization for Migration, 2001

  It has been estimated that 200-225,000 women and children from Southeast Asia are trafficked annually. NGOs, inter-governmental organisations, government ministries, national and international bodies and human rights organisations and lobby networks have developed initiatives to combat the problem.
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  Women 2000: An Investigation into the Status of Women's Rights in the Former Soviet Union and Central and South-Eastern Europe-Russian Federation

  International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 2000

  Although all countries throughout the entire Central and South Eastern-European region and the NIS have laws in place that supposedly give women substantial rights, the laws are, in fact, ignored by most governments.
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  Viet Nam: Children and Women: A Situation Analysis, 2000

  2000

  Implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) are mutually reinforcing and mutually dependant.
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  Women in Pakistan: Country Briefing Paper

  2000

  Women's situation in Pakistan vis-?-vis men is one of systematic subordination, determined by the forces of patriarchy across classes, regions, and the rural urban divide. The prevailing ideology of the sexual division of labour has placed women in reproductive roles as wives and mothers in the private arena of the home.
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  Women in Mongolia: Mapping Progress under Transition

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2001

  This report outlines the crucial issues that have emerged and are being articulated by the women of Mongolia in the context of the political and economic transformation of their country over the last decade.
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  Women in Nepal: Country Briefing Paper

  1999

  In spite of significant gains Nepalese women remain at the lower end of the scale in South Asia in terms of the human development index and the gender development index. Problems are exacerbated by an increase in trafficking and the feminisation of agriculture.
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  Men aren't from Mars. Unlearning Machismo in Nicaragua

  2001

  Machismo' is a deep-rooted socio-cultural model of masculinity in Nicaragua and in most of Latin America. It is built on the assumption that men are superior to women and it dictates men's attitudes, behaviour and values.
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  Scared at school: sexual violence against girls in South African schools

  Human Rights Watch, 2001

  Rape, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and assault at school are hindering the educational rights of South African girls from all socio-economic groups. International and national laws guarantee girls the right to education without discrimination. Yet perpetrators are male classmates and teachers who are rarely challenged or disciplined by authorities.
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  A Brief Presentation of Swedish Work and Policies on Gender Equality

  BRIDGE, 1998

  How well does the Swedish government score on gender equality? In order to promote gender equality in development cooperation a donor country must have a full understanding of the issues and actions on gender equality within its own boundaries. This booklet describes what has been done in Sweden on gender equality, particularly during the 1990s.

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