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  Trafficking in Women and Children: Mekong Sub-Region

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1998

  Trafficking in women and children is a form of gender-based violence and breaches their human rights. It is a dramatically increasing phenomenon in the Mekong region yet has not been given due attention, nor is it well understood. Initial debates on definitions of trafficking, its social and legal aspects are just beginning.
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  BRIDGE Report 4: The Position of Women in Islamic Countries: Possibilities, Constraints and Strategies for Change

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1992

  How much discrimination do women in Islamic countries face in daily life' What can be done to address this inequality' Focusing on predominantly Muslim countries of Egypt, Bangladesh, Mali, Yemen and Sudan, this report shows women to be considerably disadvantaged in many areas of society.
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  From Reproduction to Rights: Participatory Approaches to Sexual and Reproductive Health

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000

  Reflecting a wider shift from reproduction to rights, the use of participatory approaches poses important challenges for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) work. Ten years ago, mainstream agencies focused narrowly on issues like family planning, maternal and child health and traditional birth attendant training.
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  BRIDGE Report 10: Violence Against Women in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, Sudan, Senegal and Yemen

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1993

  Gender-based violence is increasingly being recognised as a mainstream development and human rights issue. This report focuses on two particular areas of gender-based violence: domestic violence and prostitution.
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  Beyond Inequalities: Women in Lesotho

  Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Trust, 1997

  Women in Lesotho make up the majority of the population and the majority of the disadvantaged. However they also make up the majority of the literate population which could form the basis for improvement of their social status. Disempowering structures and laws, which undermine the position of women, need to be removed, for example, by changing the minority status accorded to women in the law.
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  The Sexual Exploitation of Working Children: Guidelines for Action to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour

  BRIDGE, 2001

  How can policy makers and donors integrate action to address the violation of children's rights through sexual exploitation' Indicators demonstrate that increasing numbers of children are at risk, yet there remains much confusion about the nature of the problem.
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  Media Literacy Strategies for Gender Equity

  Chebucto Community Net, 1998

  Stories and beliefs have been passed on through families, religions and communities. More than ever before, the media has taken the lead as the means communication of values. This discussion article focuses on how thinking about media literacy can be part of gender equity work.
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  The Budgetary Implications of the Implementation of the Domestic Violence Act

  2000

  The new Domestic Violence Act, passed in South Africa in 1998, is a vast improvement on the existing law on family violence. Indeed, it provides protection from abuse in a wider range of relationships including parents, siblings, people in a relationship but not living together and people in a same- sex relationship. It defines abuse as sexual, physical, emotional as well as economic.
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  Afrol Gender Country Profiles

  1998

  How is the situation for women in the different African countries? What is the maternal Mortality rate in Nigeria? Which civil rights do women in Lesotho have? Afrol.com has collected information on women's situation in African countries and produced a series of short on-line gender country profiles. The facts provided have been categorised into standardised and comparable presentations.
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  Advancing the Commonwealth Agenda for Gender Equality into the New Millennium (2000-2005): An Update to the 1995 Commonwealth Plan of Action on Gender and Development

  Commonwealth Secretariat, 1999

  After reviewing progress since 1995, the Commonwealth Secretariat has refined the priorities of its Plan of Action to meet the opportunities and challenges of globalisation and technological advances, and reinforce gender mainstreaming as a form of good governance. The first of two critical policy issues is macroeconomics and social development.

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