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    BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 17: Gender and Trade

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    Trade and trade liberalisation have very different impacts on women and men - and can result in fundamental shifts in gender roles, relationships and inequalities. What possibilities are there to influence trade negotiations in the light of these impacts? How can policy makers and practitioners promote gender equality and support women's access to the benefits of trade?
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    Subsidy or self-respect? Community led total sanitation: an update on recent developments

    K. Kamal, K. Pasteur / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    This paper is an updated version of an IDS working paper focusing on processes of Community Led Total Sanitation, or CLTS - an approach which facilitates a process of empowering local communities to stop open defecation and to build and use latrines without the support of any external hardware subsidy.
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    The case for international labour standards: a Northern perspective

    S. Luce / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    The last few decades have seen heated debates over the issue of international labour standards.
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    Key Gender Resources

    Y. Feng / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    What are the key recent writings on gender in Chinese? This paper provides an initial selection of twenty one pieces, made by Beijing gender activist and journalist Feng Yuan. These include official, academic and activist resources from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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    Manual for Value Chain Research on Homeworkers in the Garment Industry

    D. McCormick, H. Schmitz / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002
    This manual provides a comprehensive approach to using value chain research and analysis to improve the lives of homeworkers in the global economy. The focus of the manual is on women and men who provide subcontracted piecework services to the global garment industry, although the lessons from the manual may be broadened to other sectors.
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    Ethical Trade in African Horticulture: Gender, Rights and Participation

    D. Auret, S. Barrientos, C. Dolan / 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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    BRIDGE Report 42: Global Trade Expansion and Liberalisation: Gender Issues and Impacts

    M. Fontana, S. Joekes, R. Masika / Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998
    Do women work more or less when countries trade more? Do trade expansion and economic liberalisation affect women and men in different ways'? Case studies from Ghana, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Jamaica are used in this report to illustrate some of the gender dimensions relating to trade.
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    Sex for pleasure, Rights to Participation, and Alternatives to AIDS: Placing Sexual Minorities and/or Dissidents in Development

    A. Gosine / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    The term sexual minorities and/or dissidents is used here to describe lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people. These people have usually only been openly included or allowed to participate in the development industry in relation to HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is an important entry point, but brings with it negative associations of sickness and stigma.
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    Increased aid: minimising problems, maximising gains

    J. Manor, C. Knowles / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    This briefing paper asks what a substantial increase in aid would mean on the ground.
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    Gendered health systems biased against maternal survival: preliminary findings from Koppal, Karnataka, India

    A. George, A Iyer, G. Sen / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    This Institute of Development Studies working paper examines the persistently high levels of maternal mortality in India. The paper explores the context of pregnant women’s lives and the plural health systems they encounter in Koppal, the most deprived district in the state of Karnataka. Findings show that a large number of maternal deaths are preventable.

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