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  African Women’s Decade 2010-2020: 2013 annual review

  2014

  Since the Continental Launch of the African Women’s Decade (AWD) by the African Union (AU) in 2010, have African women’s rights advanced? Make Every Woman Count’s annual review of the AWD aims to evaluate the progress, or lack thereof, being made to include and promote the rights of women at country, regional, and Pan-African levels.
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  Female genital mutilation: the case for a national action plan (second report of session 2014–15)

  British House of Commons, 2014

  This second session report of the British House of Commons Home Affairs Committee on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) presents the case for a national action plan. The introduction lays out the various types of FGM, the history and extent of the practice, and the devastating consequences that arise from it, both physical and mental.
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  Too much pain: female genital mutilation & asylum in the European Union - a statistical overview

  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2013

  A girl or woman seeking asylum because she has been forced to undergo, or is likely to be subjected to, female genital mutilation (FGM) can qualify for refugee status in the European Union (EU) under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
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  Chapter 7: Monitoring and Evaluation, in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Guidelines for Prevention and Response

  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2003

  This chapter discusses monitoring and evaluation of actions designed to protect against sexual and gender-based violence against refugees and internally displaced persons. It outlines six actions that should guide the development of a monitoring or evaluation system. One step is to establish coordinated and common reporting tools.
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  Resolution on The Situation of and Assistance to Palestinian Women

  2005

  In December 2004, the United Nations' Secretary-General produced a report on the situation of, and assistance to, Palestinian women. This paper outlines the response of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
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  Gendering Canada's Refugee Process

  Status of Women Canada, 2006

  What is the impact of the Canadian 2002 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRFP) on women? This study documents women's experiences in all stages of the refugee process and makes recommendations to government agencies.
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  Gender, Human Trafficking and the Criminal Justice System in Cambodia

  Asia Regional Cooperation to Prevent People Trafficking, 2003

  Human trafficking is a relatively new phenomenon in Cambodia, exacerbated among other factors by limited political will and a weak legal system. Women and girls' low status in Cambodian society make them particularly vulnerable to trafficking and inequalities across a range of political, administrative, judicial, social and economic areas combine to reduce the likelihood of criminal prosecution.
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  Trade impact review: Mexico case study: NAFTA and the FTAA: a gender analysis of employment and poverty impacts in agriculture

  Women's Edge Coalition, 2003

  Mexicans working in agriculture were hit hard by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). There is now concern over the potential impact of increased trade liberalisation through the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). This case study seeks to quantify the differential impact on Mexican women and men of trade agreements so that lessons learned can inform new trade agreements.
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  Japan's Action Plan of Measures to Combat Trafficking in Persons 2004

  Government of Japan, 2004

  In December 2004, the Government of Japan (GOJ) produced an action plan to combat trafficking in persons especially women and children. It represented a major shift in government thinking and came about as the result of international and non-governmental organisation (NGO) pressure.
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  Women, nationality and citizenship

  United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2003

  In the majority of cases, nationality is crucial to the enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. This has significant implications for those who do not have nationality such as stateless persons and refugees. However, looking at nationality also reveals numerous gender discriminations.

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