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    Integrating a Gender Perspective into the Delivery of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

    2004
    The Programa de Coordinaci¢n en Salud Integral (PROCOSI), a network of NGOs working for health and development in Bolivia, launched a Gender Programme in 2000 with funding from the USAID Mission in Bolivia. The aim was to integrate a gender perspective into NGOs delivering reproductive and sexual health services.
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    Social and Cultural Factors which Facilitate the Transmission of HIV in Bolivia

    BRIDGE, 2002
    If we are going to attack the causes and not just the effects of HIV/AIDS we need to look at the cultural and social aspects, as well as the medical. Cultural values and social norms which facilitate transmission in Bolivia include taboos around talking about sexuality, which is reinforced by religious associations of sex with sin and of women as virginal.
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    Early marriage: child spouses

    UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2001
    Early marriage is a violation of children's rights as it has profound psychological, physical, intellectual and emotional impacts, cutting off their chances of personal growth. This Digest looks at reasons for the perpetuation of early marriage, and its possible increase in populations under stress, highlighting poverty as a key factor.
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    The war within the war: sexual violence against women and girls in eastern Congo

    Human Rights Watch, 2002
    The war in the war : sexual violence against women and girls in the Eastern Congo
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    Fifth Periodic CEDAW Report - Bangladesh

    2003
    Despite numerous positive advancements, patriarchal values and practices still limit Bangladeshi women's opportunities for education and employment. They also place them at a greater risk of violence in the form of rape, acid attacks and trafficking. Bangladesh is one of seven countries in the world where the number of women is less than that of men.
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    Working with men responding to AIDS: gender, sexuality and HIV – a case study collection

    International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003
    Across the world, people working on HIV/AIDS are recognising the importance of working with men in order to have a real impact on the epidemic. There are many reasons why it is important to work with men. Some of these reasons are to do with the power that men have and some are to do with the problems that they face.
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    GENIA Toolkit For Promoting Gender Equality in Education

    2004
    How can education in Asia become more gender sensitive? The GENIA toolkit provides a collection of practical resources for gender focal points in Asian Ministries of Education (MoE). It aims to build the technical capacity of gender focal points to mainstream gender at national and regional levels.
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    Gender, Citizenship and Nationality Training Pack

    2003
    This training pack is based on learning from various field training initiatives as well as case studies drawn from CRTD's empirical research. The objectives of the pack are to develop a greater understanding of the concepts and applications of gender, citizenship and nationality; and to generate discussion about how individuals, particularly women, are excluded from citizen rights.
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    Rethinking Domestic Violence: A Training Process for Community Activists

    Raising Voices, 2012
    The Training Process is a programme tool for strengthening the capacity of a wide range of community actors such as trainers and activists to prevent domestic violence. It is a series of training sessions that will help participants think about, discuss and take action to prevent domestic violence.
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    Power and Privileges - on Gender Discrimination and Poverty and Power and Privileges

    Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 2004
    How can mainstream approaches to poverty analysis become more gender-sensitive? These two texts highlight the ways in which mainstream approaches to poverty analysis overlook the differences in how women and men experience poverty.

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