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  Evaluation of DFID Development Assistance: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, Phase II Thematic Evaluation: Education

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This is one of a number of papers written in preparation for a full DFID evaluation of its gender equality work. It reviews the framework, country commitments and multilateral cooperation in the field of education - and outlines the reasons for failure to reach parity in primary education by a large number of countries in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
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  Gender Based Violence Study

  BRIDGE, 2005

  This report emphasises the need for more strategic efforts by organisations working in conflict areas to address both the short- and long-term realities and consequences of gender based violence (GBV).
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  Fact Sheet: Gender and Migration

  International Organization for Migration, 2002

  How does gender shape the different experiences of migrant women and men? Gender can have a greater effect on experiences of migration than country of origin or destination, age, class, race or culture. Migrant women now account for almost 50 per cent of migrants and are increasingly migrating as individuals rather than as dependants of other family members.
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  Tackling the Causes of Trafficking

  Anti-Trafficking Centre, Serbia, 1990

  How can the causes of trafficking be addressed? The Anti-Trafficking Centre (ATC) in Belgrade, an NGO, works to combat trafficking from Serbia and Montenegro and the region by tackling the causes of trafficking such as gender-based violence, poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities.
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  Feminist and Migrant Networking in a Globalising World

  BRIDGE, 2003

  This article analyses research on 224 migrant women's organisations, projects and groups located in Germany in 2000. Findings were that many such organisations brought together migrants from more than one country, sometimes grouped by continent. They acquired a common identity as migrants or foreigners in Germany. Those with more secure legal status were more active.
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  Evaluation of DFID development assistance: gender equality and women's empowerment, Phase II Thematic Evaluation: Migration and Development

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report analyses the United Kingdom Department for International Development's work on migration from the perspective of its commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment. It assesses how far DFID's work to date has adopted its own indicators of effective gender mainstreaming, and suggests areas for strengthening DFID's contribution in this field.
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  Upholding the Rights of Refugees in the UK

  Refugee Women's Resource Project, 2005

  UK officials still hold a traditional image of a refugee as a male activist, persecuted for his involvement in protests against the state. They lack awareness of the kinds of persecution women are more likely to face, such as rape and sexual violence, forced sterilisation, genital mutilation and domestic violence, against which they cannot get state protection.
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  Race, Gender and Class: Why Have a Group of Caribbean Women Spoken out against the Coup in Haiti?

  2004

  In this interview, Peggy Antrobus, former general coordinator of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), offers her thoughts on the situation in Haiti from a gender perspective. In particular, she argues that poverty in Haiti cannot be analysed or understood outside the context of gender, race and class.
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  Promoting Gender in Haiti

  Les Pénélopes, 2005

  Can a gender and development approach improve women's situation in Haiti and bring about a better society? The author explains why a gender and development approach is essential, and argues that the women's movement must apply that approach to projects tackling microcredit, training and women's rights.
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  Partnerships for Gender Equality: The Role of Multilateral and Bilateral Agencies in Africa

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2005

  The Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) has served as a road map for women's equality and empowerment.

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