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  Macro-Economics: Making Gender Matter: Concepts, Policies and Institutional Change in Developing Countries

  Zed Books Limited, 2003

  Increasingly over the past decade macro-economic theories and policies have begun to be considered with respect to their varying impacts on men and women. Gendered economic analysis has highlighted the existence of gender biases in institutions, markets and the household and introduced alternative frameworks into existing macro-economic agendas at many levels.
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  BRIDGE Report 55: Gender and Development Concepts and Definitions

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000

  What do people mean when they talk about 'culture'? What is the difference between equality and equity? What is 'gender mainstreaming'? This report provides concise and accessible definitions of some of the main ideas in gender and development and their implications for policy and practice.
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  Gender in Practice: A Tool-kit for Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and its Partners

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2003

  This kit does not claim to provide all the answers, but does offer key questions to ask on gender, and tools which can be adapted to different situations. While the pack targets SDC and partners, it is also useful to gender mainstreaming in other organisations.
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  Gender and Development: An Information Kit

  2000

  This information kit is a tool for gender and development specialists/ consultants working in Egypt. It was produced by the Gender and Development (GAD) Sub-Group, the body responsible for coordinating and sharing information between the UN, bilateral donor and Egyptian NGOs on gender initiatives in Egypt. The kit is broken down into five booklets.
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  The gender guide: for health communication programs

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003

  How do gender roles prevent people accessing healthcare and information? How can a gender perspective make the communication of health messages more effective? This guide aimed at health professionals, programme managers and implementing staff shows how health messages must be suited to specific contexts. Such messages have the potential to reinforce or challenge social norms and behaviours.
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  Gender and Budgets: Supporting Resources Collection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  What lessons can be learned from the implementation of gender budget initiatives (GBIs) across the world? What tools are available to support successful implementation? This collection of resources on gender and budgets seeks to answer these questions.
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  Gender Sensitive Budgets, Concepts and Key Elements

  BRIDGE, 2002

  This handbook drawn up for the Mexican Ministry of Health provides information for policy-makers on how to implement a gender perspective within the National Programme of Health. The risk of disease, access to healthcare, and quality of services are all influenced by gender inequalities.
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  The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Optional Protocol

  2002

  The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (commonly referred to as the 'Women's Convention' or 'CEDAW') has been described as 'an international bill of rights for women'. The Convention is one of the key advocacy tools in the fight for the rights of women around the world.
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  Navigating Gender: A Framework and a Tool for Participatory Development

  Department for International Development Co-operation, Finland, 1999

  Navigating Gender is an on-line manual aimed at helping development professionals to apply gender theory.
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  Gender Analysis-Learning and Information Pack

  United Nations Development Programme, 2001

  One of a series, this information pack on gender analysis is intended for use in a training setting and as a basic guide for the interested reader. Although developed to reflect UNDP's needs, especially those of country offices' gender focal points, the pack has been designed to be readily adaptable to different needs and has wider utility.

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