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  Women of CEE/CIS Region in the Context of Sustainable Development: Road from Johannesburg-2002 towards Kiev-2003

  International Renaissance Foundation and the Liberal Society Institute, 2003

  The role of women in environmental decision-making has yet to be properly evaluated. This publication reports on the regional seminar and project ?Gender Mainstreaming Policy into the Framework of 'Environment for Europe' Process".
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  A Russian Perspective

  Canadian International Development Agency, 2001

  Gender equality is an important element in the successful transition to a market economy and democratic development. Unfortunately, in the economic and political transition in Russia women have paid a higher price than men.
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  DAC Source Book on Concepts and Approaches Linked to Gender Equality

  DAC Network on Gender Equality, 1998

  This background document is divided into two sections. The first defines key concepts and approaches and the second provides a selected list of materials on various themes within gender and development. The key concepts cover a wide range of development issues and are not only gender-specific.
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  Modular Package on Gender Power and Employment

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  This Russian training pack is one of four region-specific packs for raising awareness, training and facilitating consultations and social dialogue on gender, employment and poverty among different national actors. The pack is aimed at a range of audiences and is divided into modules which can be used in different combinations depending on the training needs.
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  Investing in people: national progress in implementing the ICPD programme of action 1994-2004

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  Almost all countries report having taken at least one policy, legislative or administrative action to protect the rights of girls and women and promote women's empowerment since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994.
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  Roads towards gender equity in Latin America and the Caribbean

  United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004

  This document, first presented at a regional conference in 2004, will serve as the region's contribution to the forty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2005. This study assesses the fulfilment of the commitments enshrined in regional and international commitments, including the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995).
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  Women's Reproductive Rights in Bolivia: A Shadow Report

  2001

  This is a shadow report written and compiled by the "Oficina Juridica para la Mujer" or Women's Law Office of Cochabamba, Bolivia. The purpose of this report is to provide a complement or alternative to the official government report of Bolivia to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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  Why Should we Care about Unpaid Care Work?

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2004

  The failure of macroeconomic policies to acknowledge unpaid care work - such as housework, cooking, and caring for children, older people, and sick or disabled people - has a significant impact on women's lives. How can we ensure that unpaid care work is visible and accounted for in macro- and micro-level policy-making?
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  Follow-up to the Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports of States Parties-Argentina

  2004

  The economic, social and political crisis that Argentina has suffered since mid-1998 has had a severe negative impact on the situation of women. It caused a sharp increase in the percentage of poor and extremely poor women, in maternal mortality and female HIV/AIDS infection rates, and in sex crimes, such as trafficking for the purposes of prostitution.
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  Fifth Periodic CEDAW Report - Bangladesh

  2003

  Despite numerous positive advancements, patriarchal values and practices still limit Bangladeshi women's opportunities for education and employment. They also place them at a greater risk of violence in the form of rape, acid attacks and trafficking. Bangladesh is one of seven countries in the world where the number of women is less than that of men.

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