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    Women's Human Rights Situation in Indonesia

    Online Women in Politics, 2002
    Under the Indonesian Constitution women have the same rights as men. What happens in practice?
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    Trafficking of Women and Children in Indonesia

    International Catholic Migration Commission, 2003
    In Indonesia, counter-trafficking measures have been inhibited by the fact that in many cases 'trafficking' is not considered exploitative. This comprehensive report argues that broadening the definition of trafficking from prostitution to include migrant work, domestic work, sex work and mail order brides can ensure that these forms of exploitation are also addressed.
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    BRIDGE Report 62: India Gender Profile

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
    This report provides a contemporary overview of gender and development issues in India and identifies areas for further and more detailed study.
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    A Longitudinal Study of the Effect of Integrated Literacy and Basic Education Programs on Women's Participation in Social and Economic Development in Nepal

    2002
    Do women's literacy programmes have a significant impact on women's social and economic development? This study looks at two literacy programmes in Nepal: the Basic Primary Education Program (BPEP) and the Health Education and Adult Literacy Program (HEAL). It is aimed at policy-makers (national and donor) and practitioners to enable better programme planning.
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    BRIDGE Report 52: Environmentally Sustainable Development and Poverty: A Gender Analysis

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 1997
    How would environmentally sustainable development look if it was gender-sensitive? This report argues that much mainstream literature on environmentally sustainable development has ignored the gender dimensions. Where women have been the target of programmes, they have been seen as natural managers of environmental resources.
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    Where Are The Girls? Girls in fighting forces in Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone and Mozambique: Their lives during and after war

    2004
    This study contributes to what is currently known about the experiences of girls in fighting forces as distinct from those of boys. It is meant to assist policymakers in developing policies and programs to help protect and empower girls in situations of armed conflict and postwar reconstruction.
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    Open Learning System of Adult Education for Empowering Women in India

    Commonwealth of Learning, 2003
    Although there have been improvements over the past twenty years, there remains a significant gender disparity in literacy in India. The rise in women's employment has largely been made possible by the provision of opportunities such as the distance education system, open universities, women's universities and women's studies centres and non-formal adult education.
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    A Fair Chance: Attaining Gender Equality in Basic Education by 2005

    ActionAid International, 2003
    At the United Nations (UN) Millennium Summit in 2000, world leaders agreed to get as many girls as boys into primary and secondary classrooms by 2005. Despite the deadline being less than two years away, no country is so far off track that it could not eliminate gender gaps in rural and urban primary and secondary school intake rates by 2005.
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    Developing Gender-sensitive Local Services

    One World Action, 2000
    In many developing countries public services are poor or non-existent for the majority of people, and in others, including European countries, new forms of public service provision, including contracting-out and public-private partnerships are being considered.
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    BRIDGE Report 50: Economic Reform and Poverty: A Gender Analysis

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 1997
    Economic reform in many developing countries is associated with structural adjustment programmes supported by international financial institutions (IFIs). Many countries have experienced increases in poverty or greater inequality. There is increasing evidence of negative effects of structural adjustment on women, particularly on poor women.

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