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  Violence and Abuse against Women with Disabilities in Malawi

  Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research, 2006

  Through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, this study examines the experiences of abuse, violence and neglect of 23 women with disabilities in the urban Blantyre district of Malawi. The disabilities of the interviewees include visual, mental, hearing and physical impairments.
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  Help wanted: confronting the health care worker crisis to expand access to HIV/AIDS treatment

  Médecins Sans Frontières, 2007

  This Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) report examines the impact of human resources shortages witnessed by MSF teams in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa, focusing largely on nurses in rural areas. It describes how MSF teams and local partners are trying to overcome human resource constraints.
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  Electoral systems and the protection and participation of minorities

  Minority Rights Group International, 2006

  This document examines and evaluates the level of minority inclusion in electoral systems in different conflict situations worldwide. It specifically focuses on how the participation of minorities in the legislative process at the stage of electoral reform is a key tool, both in peace building and in future conflict prevention.
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  Joint tuberculosis/HIV services in Malawi: progress, challenges and the way forward

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2007

  This article in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization reviews the progress made on a three-year tuberculosis (TB)/HIV plan implemented in Malawi between 2003 and 2005.
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  Women and food crises: how US food aid policies can better support their struggles

  ActionAid International, 2007

  Women are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by hunger, yet their central role in providing solutions is often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of the key issues in modern food crises, discusses the role of food aid in addressing them and explores opportunities for engaging women more actively in food aid policy.
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  Women and food crises: how US food aid policies can better support their struggles

  ActionAid International, 2007

  Women are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by hunger, yet their important role in providing solutions is often overlooked.
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  Changing care mechanisms for AIDS orphans in Malawi and Lesotho

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  The AIDS pandemic in Malawi and Lesotho has produced a large number of orphans and an overburdened and in some cases, disintegrating family support system. Poverty has resulted in more complex arrangements for the care of young people, sometimes outside traditional structures.
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  Gender, Time Use, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

  World Bank, 2005

  It is not always clear what is meant by 'time poverty', nor how time poverty is measured. Time poverty can be understood as the fact that some people, most often women, do not have enough time for rest and leisure after taking into account the time they spend working, whether in the labour market, for domestic work, or for activities such as fetching water and wood.
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  An introduction to gender audit methodology: its design and implementation in DFID Malawi

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This background paper outlines the methodology used during an audit of the UK Department for International Development's (DFID) gender equality and mainstreaming work in Malawi. The audit comprised both an internal organisational assessment and an external assessment of development objectives.
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  An introduction to gender audit methodology: its design and implementation in DFID Malawi

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This background paper outlines the methodology used during an audit of the UK Department for International Development's (DFID) gender equality and mainstreaming work in Malawi. The audit comprised both an internal organisational assessment and an external assessment of development objectives.

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