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  What Women Do in War Time: Gender and Conflict in Africa

  Zed Books Limited, 1998

  What is the legacy of armed conflict on the roles and experiences of women in Africa? This collection of reports, testimonies and analyses portrays the diverse experiences of women all over Africa who have lived through civil wars, apartheid, genocide and gendered political violence such as rape.
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  Luchando por la Justicia: las Mujeres Peruanas en la B£squeda de Los desaparecidos [Fighting forJustice: Peruvian Women in the Search for the Disappeared]

  BRIDGE, 2003

  How has a gender analysis been used in areas of post-conflict? In Peru, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) was set up following two decades of political violence spanning the period from 1980 to 2000.
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  Arms to Fight, Arms to Protect: Women Speak out about Conflict

  Panos Institute, London, 1995

  The survival struggles of ordinary women - whether as fighters, rape survivors, camp inhabitants, mothers or peacemakers - are highlighted in the accounts of conflict situations covered in this report. As part of the process of compiling testimonies, the authors set up partnerships with interested women's groups in different countries.
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  Combatientes y Genero: Implicaciones para la Reintegracion [Combatants and Gender: Implications for Reintegration]

  World Bank, 1999

  Statistics suggest that at the very least, 30 per cent of the combatants in El Salvador's internal armed conflict were women. This paper looks at the situation of female combatants in post-conflict situations, using real-life case studies. The transition from home to combat life represents a massive shift in roles for women.
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  The Postwar Moment: Militaries, Masculinities and International Peacekeeping

  Lawrence and Wishart, 2002

  How do social relations change as a result of peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction? This collection of essays links the experiences of post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina (B-H), with that of the Netherlands, a country that deployed a large peacekeeping force in the war-stricken area.
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  Report of the Learning Oriented Assessment of Gender Mainstreaming and Women's Empowerment Strategies in Rwanda

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2002

  How can women be empowered in post-conflict reconstruction? How can coordination between different actors be improved to better achieve this goal? This report on the situation in Rwanda looks at the work of donors, government and non-governmental partners, based on an assessment that took place over a 10-day period in September 2002.
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  With the People, For the People: Gonoshasthaya Kendra Bangladesh (The People's Health Centre)

  One World Action, 2003

  At a time when the benefits of development policies often only reach small, urban elites, how can development organisations better help with the problems faced by excluded and vulnerable populations such as women and children? This report outlines the work of Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK), or The People's Health Centre, in Bangladesh.
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  Guidelines on ethical participatory research with HIV positive women

  International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, 2004

  The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) strongly believes that HIV positive women should, where possible, take part themselves in research regarding women and the HIV virus. In this 12-page booklet, ICW presents guidelines for researchers working with HIV positive women to support them to employ inclusive processes. The booklet recommends establishing a ?stakeholder?
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  Social Policy in an Era of Trade Intensification: A Perspective from Asian Women

  Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era, 2002

  This is the second in a series of three comprehensive economic literacy packets produced by the Asia Network of the International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN). The IGTN aims to engage with the global women's movement to raise awareness of the relationship between gender relations and macroeonomic and trade polices.
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  ICT policy for civil society: training curriculum

  Association for Progressive Communications, 2003

  The ICT Policy for Civil Society training course builds the capacity of civil society organisations to understand policy and regulation related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) so that they can begin to influence policy processes affecting ICT adoption and implementation at national, regional and global levels.

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