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  Second Periodic Report to CEDAW Committee- Morocco

  United Nations, 2002

  Many rights are already guaranteed by law, and government ministries and NGOs are taking initiatives to implement these. The Secretariat of State in charge of Social Protection, Family and Children, working with the World Bank, has prepared a national strategy for integrating women into development, as part of the follow up to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
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  What Men and Women Want: A Practical Guide to Gender and Participation

  2004

  How can things be improved for women and men in different communities? What is a participatory appraisal of an area's needs and requirements? How is it conducted? Looking at gender is more than just taking account of men and women's views. It is about questioning assumptions and looking beyond stereotypes about what is appropriate for men and women.
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  Gender Mainstreaming in Development and Trade Policy and Practice: Learning from Austria, Belgium, and the UK

  Network Women in Development Europe, 2003

  In its longstanding commitment to promoting gender equality, the international community recognises the importance of gender mainstreaming. This research study examines how far these commitments were translated into practice at a national level within the European Union (EU), using Austria, Belgium and the UK as case studies.
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  See both Sides: A Practical Guide to Gender Analysis for Quality Service Delivery

  Oxfam, 2004

  This hands-on guide is designed to help those responsible for service delivery, plan and deliver services which will have a real impact on the everyday lives of women and men. The guide explains how service delivery is never gender-neutral and that even if offered and available to all, take up is affected by the difference in men and women's lives, roles and responsibilities.
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  Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 10-year Review of Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action

  2004

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) held a meeting to provide a regional assessment for the 2005 Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA). This document summarises the outcomes of this meeting, which will be the basis for the regional input at the Beijing +10 meetings at the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2005.
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  West African NGOs Report on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action

  2004

  This report summarises the outcomes of a consultation organised by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) through the African Centre for Gender and Development, contributing to the decade evaluation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA).
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  Beijing Betrayed: Women Worldwide Report that Governments Have Failed to Turn the Platform into Action

  2005

  Despite policy gains at Beijing, and despite a decade-worth of efforts to use the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) to achieve legal and policy changes to protect and advance women's rights at the national level, many women in all regions of the world are actually worse off than they were 10 years ago.
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  Beijing +10, 1995-2005: Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action by the European Union

  2004

  This alternative report maps the actions, legislation and programmes of the European Union (EU) undertaken to implement the 12 areas of concern of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) since 1995.
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  Arab Regional Report on the Ten-year Review and Appraisal of the Beijing Platform for Action

  United Nations, 2004

  This report reviews Arab States' efforts to implement the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) and the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly. Based on 18 out of 22 country responses to a questionnaire, it reveals strong commitment on the part of most Arab countries to advancing gender equality and empowering women.
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  Background Document: Expert Group Meeting in Preparation for the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action

  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2004

  How far have Asian and Pacific societies come in meeting the recommendations of the Beijing Platform for Action? In part due to the commitments made at Beijing, national and regional development efforts have paid increasing attention to gender equality and the empowerment of women. Women have gained rights to economic and civic participation, and reproductive health and education.

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