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  Egypt: Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment Based on Sexual Orientation

  World Organisation Against Torture, 2001

  The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture stated that sexual minorities are vulnerable to torture and discrimination because they diverge from socially constructed gender expectations (2001). This is indeed the case in Egypt. In May 2001 dozens of men were rounded up at the Queen Boat discotheque in Cairo and subjected to a lengthy trial.
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  Kidnapping Brides in Kyrgyzstan: Prescriptive Human Rights Measures

  Human Rights Tribune, 2000

  Bride kidnapping has been revived as an authentic Kyrgyz tradition, resulting in the large-scale violation of women's rights in the name of preserving Kyrgyz 'culture'. This practice was outlawed during Soviet rule and is technically still illegal under the Kyrgyz's Criminal Code.
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  Briefing Notes on: Gender Perspectives on Disarmament

  Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, 2001

  This collection of briefing notes was launched by the United Nations (UN) Department for Disarmament Affairs (DDA), in collaboration with the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI). The notes are part of a broader project designed to make disarmament more effective.
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  Gender and the Peacekeeping Military: A View from Bosnian Women's Organisations

  Lawrence and Wishart, 2002

  What are the consequences for the work of women's NGOs in regions that host armed international peacekeepers? This chapter draws out observations and potential policy lessons from a study conducted with eight women's organisations located in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Republic of Sprska.
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  The Role of Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality

  2003

  This paper was written in preparation for the 48th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2004. It provides a review of recent international research on masculinities, men and boys, and addresses the key policy areas involved in including men and boys in gender equality goals.
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  BRIDGE Report 33: Gender, Emergencies and Humanitarian Assistance

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1995

  How can emergency relief and humanitarian assistance be more gender-sensitive? This report argues that emergency and humanitarian assistance tends to be gender-blind, responding to women's needs solely as victims and mothers, without accounting for changes in gender relations that arise out of crises.
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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 13: Gender and Armed Conflict

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  Conventional understandings of war and its aftermath overlook the impact on gender relations. Gender inequality pre-dates and is often exacerbated by conflict. But this does not mean that women are always victims and men only perpetrators. Men also suffer from torture and violence.
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  Gender and Armed Conflict: Supporting Resources Collection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This collection of resources on gender and armed conflict sheds light on how gender inequality intersects with armed conflict and its aftermath, resulting in gender-specific disadvantage that is often overlooked.
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  Gender and Armed Conflict: Overview Report

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  In this report, which forms part of the Cutting Edge Pack on gender and armed conflict, the impact of armed conflict on gender relations, and the distinct ways that both women and men are affected, is explored. It highlights the gender-specific disadvantages experienced by women and men that are denied by conventional interpretations of armed conflict and post-conflict reconstruction processes.
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  Gender and Armed Conflict Cutting Edge Pack (CEP)

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  Mainstream approaches to conflict and reconstruction fail to recognise how armed conflict exacerbates gender inequality. This pack explores the impact of armed conflict on gender relations, analysing the distinct ways that both women and men are affected.

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