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    Gender Impacts of Trade Policies in Latin America: Progress and Challenges for Research and Action

    2003
    What has been the impact of civil society on the formulation and implementation of trade agreements in the Americas? This paper offers an overview of gender and trade research - including on employment, gender segregation in the labour market, salary gaps, and the impact of trade on productive and reproductive spheres.
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    An Investigative Analysis of the Labour Protection Expenses for Beijing's Women Workers

    2005
    An investigation into the cost of 'Labour protection expenses for women workers' in Beijing enterprises and public institutions reveals that such expenses per capita are higher than the 'reproductive insurance premium'.
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    Gender Blindnessand Gender Discrimination in the Law on Work-related Injuries

    2004
    Twenty years ago a woman in her seventh month of pregnancy received an electric shock during her job. Although her wound was insignificant, the fetus was diagnosed with mental retardation of a third grade level. The woman filed a request with her unit for compensation for her work-related injury but to no avail.
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    Feminist Reflections on China's Criminal Law

    2004
    From a feminist perspective China's Criminal Law on the one hand manifests respect for women in that that it includes a whole battery of punishments for crimes against women; on the other hand, it manifests sexism in the legislators' sub-consciousness in that only women (and children) are considered at risk of being bought, sold, or raped, while such crimes against men are excluded.
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    Survey and Analysis on Gender Awareness among High-Level Decision Makers

    2004
    In 2004, the gender equality advocacy working group of the All-China Women's Federation conducted a survey of gender awareness of 242 ministerial and departmental-level decision makers. The survey found that these high-level decision makers have largely heard of terms such as ?gender? and ?gender mainstreaming? but do not necessarily understand their meanings.
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    Ethical Trade in African Horticulture: Gender, Rights and Participation

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    Are codes of conduct enough to address the gendered needs of women working in African horticulture? This paper addresses the growing use of codes of conduct outlining the employment conditions expected of southern producers. It provides an in-depth assessment of gender and ethical trade in South Africa (fruit), Kenya (flowers) and Zambia (flowers and vegetables).
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    Business and Gender Equality Lessons from South Africa

    BRIDGE, 2002
    By promoting opportunities for women, employers improve their ability to secure quality personnel from a wider range of job applicants as well as using the different assets that both men and women bring to the workplace. More fundamentally, if business is to be sustainable in the long run, gender inequality needs to be taken more seriously.
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    Class of Dialogues on Vagina Monologue: A Sum-up on the Pedagogy of Women and Gender Studies

    2004
    In the evening of 20 December 2002 teachers from more than 20 universities in China came to the classroom to watch graduate students' perform a multimedia presentation of dialogues from 'The Vagina Monologue'. The response to this taboo shaking class was both applause and censure. The first section of this article introduces the class design, teaching process, and reflections from the teachers.
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    Sex Lives in the Aids Era

    2004
    This book proposes that to prevent AIDS, instead of always just talking about risk, safer more enjoyable sex lives should be promoted. This book argues that the sex workers are not transmitters of HIV/AIDS but are the first line of victims. The real infectors are the men who go whoring and have other sexual partners. Among these the most dangerous infectors are the men who do not use condoms.
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    Social Differentiation and Gender Stratification in the Present Phase of China

    Zhejiang University, 2004
    During the current social transition those with most power are men. Men make up about three-quarters of all those managing, state, society and private enterprises. In the middle levels of society, women and men make up fairly equal proportions of professional and technical people, but men outnumber women in higher level posts, and women predominate at the lower end.

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