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  Toolkit on Gender, Transport and Maternal Mortality in Africa

  Napier University, 2005

  Maternal mortality is not simply fatal, but is often a cruel and harsh lived experience for African women. Constraints on mobility and on the resources for mobility (e.g., transport facilities and hostel provision for those in need of, or likely to need, emergency obstetric care) have devastating consequences for women's health, particularly maternal mortality, on the African continent.
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  Migrations Databank

  Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas, 2005

  This database features relevant resources on the impact of migration on women in the Americas, as well as in other regions. It is aimed at introducing the topic to parliamentarians, researchers and students interested in these issues. The database groups resources by regions and by themes such as illegal migration, globalisation and international trade, as well as trafficking of women and girls.
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  Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Databank

  Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas, 2004

  This bibliography presents key resources and case studies on the impact of trade liberalisation policies on women, with special attention to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). It includes general concepts, glossaries, theoretical works and declarations, as well as resources on the main trade agreements affecting the Americas.
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  Gender Budgets: Analysis and Information in the Americas Databank

  Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas, 2003

  This bibliography presents the main studies and initiatives on gender budgets, with a focus on the Americas. It aims to inform parliamentarians about basic concepts, theories, methodologies and tools that allow a gender analysis of national or local budgets.
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  Gender and Organisational Change Training Manual

  2001

  This training manual aims to assist facilitators and trainers with conducting holistic and participatory processes to help development organisations integrate gender concerns into their workplace and their training, extension and research programmes. It can be used as a guide and a source of resource materials for training programmes in gender and organisational change.
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  Institutional Change and Accountability: Notes on a Strategy

  2003

  Why is accountability to women important in relation to human security? In order for organisations to achieve true human security they need to redress gender inequity and support women's rights. To realise women's rights, they must ensure the active participation of women and also work on changing institutions (i.e. families, communities, markets and the state).
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  Programme planning materials and training resources: a compendium

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  This compendium of materials is intended as a tool for programme planners and health workers interested in improving their youth-focused HIV prevention programmes. Documents summarised in the compendium are drawn from a variety of organisations and institutions, and address global issues, rather than region-specific topics.
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  Focus on Human Rights and Gender Justice: Linking the Millennium Development Goals with the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Platform for Action

  2005

  Three principle frameworks guide international work on gender equality and women's empowerment: the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) outlines legal commitments for the constitutional guarantee of women's rights; the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) complements CEDAW, providing an analysis of the issues and presenting an agenda of policy commitmen
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  Women's Fundraising Handbook

  Global Fund for Women, 2007

  This handbook draws on the expertise of Global Fund for Women staff and provides advice on raising money to fund women's rights work. It is especially designed for first-time fundraisers and for women's groups in developing countries.
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  Women's empowerment: measuring the global gender gap

  World Economic Forum, 2005

  This study undertaken by the World Economic Forum ranks 58 countries according to various measures of gender equality. The report aims to provide a benchmarking tool and a policy guide, measuring gender equality in five areas: economic participation; economic opportunity; political empowerment; educational attainment; and health and well-being.

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