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    A New Weave of Power, People and Politics, The Action Guide for Advocacy and Citizen Participation

    World Neighbours, 2002
    How can we address gender inequality and exclusion through promotion of political participation and citizenship? Advocacy around legislation and policy-making, and around values and behaviour, can challenge systems that exclude women and other disadvantaged groups.
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    Gender Audit of Reconstruction Programmes in South Eastern Europe

    Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, 2000
    In what ways could the reconstruction programmes in South Eastern Europe be strengthened to achieve greater gender equality? The Urgent Action Fund, collaborating with the Women"s Commission for Refugee Women and Children, commissioned an evaluation of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosova (UNMIK).
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    Women, Peace and Security: A Policy Audit. From the Beijing Platform for Action to UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and Beyond

    International Alert, 2001
    In what ways can the largely invisible work of women in peace processes be mobilised to improve gender-sensitivity in conflict and re/construction? This report draws on the work of International Alert, which is bringing together women"s NGOs and civil society organisations for a "Women"s Peace Audit".
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    Women, Peace and Security

    United Nations, 2002
    Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) mandated the Secretary-General to carry out a study on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls, the role of women in peace-building and the gender dimensions of peace processes and conflict resolution.
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    Women and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Issues and Sources

    WSP International War-Torn Societies Project, UNRISD, 1998
    Women are not just victims of war but are actively involved in the rebuilding of countries emerging from armed conflict as well as shaping post-war social structures. However factors such as a lack of resources and capacity can reduce their participation in reconstruction processes. They are often excluded from formal peace negotiations. These processes also have an impact on gender roles.
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    Putting Gender on the Agenda of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

    2003
    Through this power point presentation, the author provides a short but comprehensive overview of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), scheduled to take place in December 2003. She also outlines how gender issues will be integrated into the WSIS process by various gender advocates.
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    I on the Mouse, ICTs for Women's Advocacies and Networking in Asia and the Pacific

    Asian Women's Resource Exchange, 2001
    What is the extent and for what purposes are women's groups in Asia and the Pacific using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)? This research project, carried out by the Asian Women's Resource Exchange (AWORC), revealed that the impact of ICTs on women's NGOs in the Region has been mixed.
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    Progress of the World's Women 2002: Volume 2: Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2003
    At the Millenium Summit in September 2000, the largest ever gathering of world leaders agreed to the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of time-bound and measurable goals and targets for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and gender inequality.
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    Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan

    United Nations, 2003
    How can incorporation of a gender perspective strengthen processes of disarmament? We can think about disarmament as having the objective of security. A gender perspective can give a concept of security that focuses on people and their lives, rather than on political/national considerations; and can therefore raise questions of whose viewpoint do we see and who is involved in decision-making.
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    Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals

    Canadian International Development Agency, 2003
    At the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, 189 governments pledged collective responsibility to achieve eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the first being to halve world poverty by 2015, and the third to "Promote gender equality and empower women". This book provides evidence as to why promoting gender equality is essential for halving world poverty and realising all eight MDGs.

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