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  Realising Malagasy Women's Sexual Rights: a Step Towards Development

  BRIDGE, 2005

  Two stereotypical images of women dominate in Madagascar: the goddess of fertility and the slut. This paper argues that in order for women to experience their sexuality more positively, these negative representations must be challenged. Customs from one tribe in Madagascar, the Mahafaly group, can be drawn on to challenge the dominant stereotypes of women.
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  Men's involvement in gender and development policy and practice: beyond rhetoric

  Oxfam, 2001

  There is growing recognition that although women still form the majority of the poor and of the socially and politically marginalized, there is a need for a more conscious application of gender analyses to relations between women and men, and to men's own experience. Recent research shows that men, as well as women are being impoverished by an unjust and unsustainable economic model.
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  Employment Policies to Overcome Poverty: Paraguay

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  How can employment policies reduce poverty and promote gender equality? What is the situation in Paraguay? Poverty impacts women and men differently, and is directly related to levels and patterns of employment.
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  Promoting Gender Equality. A Resource Kit for Trade Unions

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This toolkit has been designed to address the challenges faced by trade unions in recruiting and retaining female members and ensuring that trade union policies reflect gender equality goals . Trade unions have a role in protecting workers from all types of discrimination, including that based on gender.
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  GET Ahead for Women in Enterprise Training Package and Resource Kit

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  This training package is designed for ILO partner organisations to promote women's enterprise development, particularly for those women in poverty who want to start or already have a small-scale business.
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  Gender equality and empowerment of women through ICT

  UN, 2005

  While there is recognition of the potential of ICT as a tool for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women, a “gender divide” has also been identified, reflected in the lower numbers of women accessing and using ICT compared with men.
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  Instruments for Gender Equality in Trade Agreements: European Union - Mercosur - Mexico

  Network Women in Development Europe, 2001

  This document proposes a set of indicators which allow an initial analysis of the effects of trade policies and expansion on women and gender relations. In particular these indicators are instruments with which to evaluate the effects of the EU's current trade policies and of the trade agreements between Mexico and the EU and between Mercosur and the EU.
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  Trade Impact Review

  2002

  This tool provides an extensive overview of the literature and frameworks to analyse gender-differentiated impacts of new trade and investment agreements undertaken by the United States (US) prior to their negotiation and signing. A framework is then proposed that accounts for both the economic as well as legal effects of trade agreements on women and men.
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  Women in the Market: A Manual for Popular Economic Literacy

  Network Women in Development Europe, 2000

  Designed for WIDE's popular economics training, this manual combines a popular education framework with economic literacy tools to develop a better understanding of the fundamental workings of a market economy. It provides information on the particulars of the current economy: globalisation, restructuring, fluctuations (unemployment, inflation) and the WTO.
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  Assessing the Enabling Environment for Women in Growth Enterprises: An AfDB/ILO Integrated Framework Assessment Guide

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  There is a growing recognition of the importance of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) for development in Africa. Women's entrepreneurial activities mainly take place within the context of MSMEs which currently create the majority of new jobs across the continent.

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