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  Gendering the Draft Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

  2006

  There are an estimated 300 million women with disabilities world-wide. These women face discrimination based both on their disability and their gender. Three quarters of women with disabilities are excluded from the workforce and women and girls with disabilities are at high risk from physical and sexual violence. Meanwhile only one percent of disabled women and girls are literate.
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  Strengthening Women's Rights Organisations through Inclusion: Lessons Learned from the Gender, Disability and Development Institute

  2006

  How can women's organisations include women with disabilities in all areas of their work? According to this article, inclusion is easy. Based on information gathered at Mobility International (MI) USA's Gender, Disability and Development Institute (GDDI), this paper recommends that organisations start with MIUSA's 'Checklist for Inclusion' which provides a simple self-assessment guide.
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  A Gap Analysis Report on the Status of The Palestinian Women In the Context of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

  Mediterranean Women, 2001

  Initiated by the Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC), this gap analysis report was the result of over two years of concerted efforts of a number of Palestinian non-governmental organisations and government institutions.
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  Chapter 7: Monitoring and Evaluation, in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Guidelines for Prevention and Response

  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2003

  This chapter discusses monitoring and evaluation of actions designed to protect against sexual and gender-based violence against refugees and internally displaced persons. It outlines six actions that should guide the development of a monitoring or evaluation system. One step is to establish coordinated and common reporting tools.
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  Integration of The Human Rights of Women and The Gender Perspective: Violence Against Women - Mission to Occupied Palestinian Territory

  2005

  How does conflict and occupation affect Palestinian women in the Occupied Palestinian Territories? According to this report, Israeli security measures intersect with gender inequality to produce multiple forms of violence against Palestinian women.
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  Focus. Empowering Women

  United Nations Development Programme, 2005

  The United Nations Development Programme/ Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (UNDP/PAPP) supports Palestinian women through a wide range of initiatives - reviewed in this magazine. Training on gender and women's rights and assistance in gender mainstreaming is provided by UNDP to the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Women's Affairs.
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  NGO Alternative Pre-Sessional Report on Israel's Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)

  2005

  Israel is responsible under international law to implement the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in the Palestinian Occupied Territories (OPT). Why, then, are violations of the Convention in the OPT widespread and increasing?
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  New Federal Policies Affecting Women's Equality: Reality Check

  Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2006

  In 2006, the new Conservative federal government of Canada made policy changes which dramatically affected women's equality provisions. The justification for the measures was that women were already treated equally to men and did not need policy support.
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  Gendering Canada's Refugee Process

  Status of Women Canada, 2006

  What is the impact of the Canadian 2002 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRFP) on women? This study documents women's experiences in all stages of the refugee process and makes recommendations to government agencies.
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  Effective Practices in Sheltering Women. Leaving Violence in Intimate Relationships

  World Young Women's Christian Association, 2006

  What do Canadian women want from emergency shelters and how can shelter services be improved? This research documents the journey of 368 abused women as they entered and left emergency shelters in ten locations across Canada. The paper describes the nature of partner abuse, identifies the strategies that women adopted, and highlights what the women needed most from emergency shelters.

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