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  Social Differentiation and Gender Stratification in the Present Phase of China

  Zhejiang University, 2004

  During the current social transition those with most power are men. Men make up about three-quarters of all those managing, state, society and private enterprises. In the middle levels of society, women and men make up fairly equal proportions of professional and technical people, but men outnumber women in higher level posts, and women predominate at the lower end.
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  Women's Federation's Unempowered Participation in International Development Projects

  2004

  Women's participation is a requirement, in name, for the acquisition and implementation of large-scale international development projects. These projects, generally in practice, are implemented by the relevant departments of specific sectors of government.
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  A Study of Gender Inequality in Rural Women's Development and their Free Time

  2004

  The relation between free time and gender inequality has been ignored by both studies of free time and by women's studies.
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  How Can Women Village Officials Deal with Crises in Village Management?

  Rural Women Knowing All, 2004

  How to deal with crises' was the theme of a field workshop held in 2004 by the Support Network for Women Village Heads. Issues discussed included - ?After the village head was assaulted,?? ?When many villagers appealed to the higher authorities for help,? ?When pollution compensation fees cause trouble,? and ?Facing problems of collecting taxes?.
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  Engendering Policy Coherence for Development: Gender Issues for the Global Policy

  Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2005

  How can a policy coherence framework contribute to gender-sensitive policy making? This report is for policy-makers, trade unionists, business people and civil society organisations.
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  Developing the Practice of Working with Men in Family Relationships: Future Directions for Practice

  Mens Health Information and Resource Centre, 2005

  The first National Men And Family Relationships conference was held in Australia in 1998. Since then the range and diversity of services supporting men in their family relationships have increased significantly. This paper discusses this progress and identifies eight principles for successful practice in working with men.
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  Dying to be Men: Youth, Masculinity and Social Exclusion

  Routledge, 2005

  Young men are on the front lines of civil unrest, riots and gang warfare worldwide. The principal causes of death for young men are violence and traffic accidents, both of which are directly related to how boys are socialised (i.e., taught how to become a member of society). Because they are trying to live up to certain rigid models of masculinity they are, literally, dying to be men.
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  Girls' Education: Towards a Better Future for All

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This paper describes DFID's planned actions to support work towards the education and gender Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
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  You Win Some You Lose Some - Men and The Home in Times of Migration

  BRIDGE, 2003

  This handbook for men migrating from Nicaragua to Costa Rica encourages them to consider issues of masculinity, relationships, fatherhood and gender equality. Differences in women's and men's migration from Nicaragua to Costa Rica are explored. For example, nine out of ten women send money home, while only six out of ten men do. The booklet argues that ?real?
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  GENDER: Persecution in the Spotlight

  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2001

  When the fathers of the 1951 Convention - all men - drew up what would become the key instrument of international refugee law, they defined the right to refuge as being based on a well-founded fear of persecution due to race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, and political opinion.

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