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    Our Common Interest, Report of the Commission for Africa

    Commission for Africa, 2005
    This year promises to be a decisive one for Africa. In 2005, the United Nations (UN) will conduct a five-year review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which aim to halve world poverty (most of which is in Africa) by 2015.
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    Sudan Gender Profile

    United Nations Joint Assessment Mission, 2004
    This factsheet provides an overview of gender concerns and the status of women in Sudan.
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    Gender Strategy in Agriculture and Rural Development to the Year 2010

    Asian Development Bank, 2003
    The renovation process in Vietnam in the past decade has enabled significant economic growth as well as and greater rights and more important economic roles of farming households. However, much of this reform has focussed on men as head of households, meaning men have benefited more from economic reform, both economically and in terms of their power within the household.
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    Analysis of the Commission for Africa Report

    BRIDGE, 2005
    This follow-up to the United Kingdom (UK) Gender and Development Network's (GADN) submission to the Commission for Africa consultation process reviews and critiques the extent to which gender concerns are reflected in the final report of the Commission. Although the Commission's report recognises that women are a key part of the solution to Africa's problems, significant gaps remain.
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    Gender, Conflict and Development

    World Bank, 2005
    This book highlights the gender dimensions of conflict, organised around major relevant themes such as female combatants, sexual violence, formal and informal peace processes, the legal framework, work, the rehabilitation of social services and community-driven development.
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    Rural Women's Access to Land and Property in Selected Countries: Progress Towards Achieving the Aims of Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

    International Land Coalition, 2004
    Women's access to land is a fundamental factor in food security. Yet women all over the world suffer under discriminatory property and inheritance laws and customary practices which restrict their rights over the land on which they live and work. Articles 15 and 16 of CEDAW state the rights of women to property and inheritance.
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    Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 10-year Review of Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action

    2004
    The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) held a meeting to provide a regional assessment for the 2005 Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA). This document summarises the outcomes of this meeting, which will be the basis for the regional input at the Beijing +10 meetings at the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2005.
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    From Beijing to Addis Ababa: What Progress for African Women?

    Pambazuka, 2004
    How far has Africa moved towards fulfilling the goals set out in the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA)? This paper sets out some priority areas of the BPfA including health, education, involvement in public decision-making structures, armed conflict and eliminating violence against women.
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    Alternative Report to the UK Questionnaire Response of Progress of the Platform for Action and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Session of the General Assembly

    2004
    The UK government's report on progress in achieving gender equality and women's empowerment as set out in the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) masks large regional variations between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Women's European Platform (NIWEP) identifies areas where Northern Ireland (NI) in particular falls behind.
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    Joint parenting - Lobbying in Senegal

    Famafrique, 1990
    The family code in Senegal, put in place in 1972, contains several items which discriminate against women in relation to family, health, work, the tax system, nationality and other areas. These violate the principles of equality in the national constitution and the international treaties Senegal has signed.

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