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  Evidence on gender inequities in social health protection: the case of women living in rural areas

  International Labour Organization, 2012

  While in many low- and middle-income countries, urban women have had better opportunities to join growing formal economies, rural women are often stuck in harsh living and working conditions in informal economies. The aim of this report is to examine and provide evidence of inequalities in social health protection experienced by rural women.
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  Issues in labour market inequality and women’s participation in India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

  International Labour Organization, 2011

  The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGP or NREGP), functions as an income supplement for poor households by providing 100 days of work to a rural household, with 33 per cent of all workdays reserved for women workers.
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  Cash transfer programmes, poverty reduction and empowerment of women in South Africa

  International Labour Organization, 2015

  This country study of cash transfer programmes, poverty reduction and economic empowerment of women in South Africa forms part of a comparative analysis with Brazil, Chile, India, and Mexico. The report provides an overview of the social assistance system in South Africa, looking into the policy objectives, types and levels of social grants as well as how these are administered.
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  Agenda 2030: A bold enough framework towards sustainable, gender-just development? - Gender & Development - Volume 24, Issue 1

  Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2016

  This article, from two members of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), aims to provide a perspective from a long-standing south-based network in the global women’s movement on the Sustainable Development framework for the next decades.
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  From Commitment to Action: Financing gender equality and women’s rights in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

  2015

  This four-page brief provides an overview of OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members’ aid to gender equality since the MDGs and identifies priorities for financing gender equality in the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda.
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  Building resilience to environmental change by transforming gender relations

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014

  This briefing is based on a workshop which brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss why gender relations are still largely absent from debates on climate change and disasters, what misconceptions may exist, and to define the broad lines of a forward-looking action research agenda.
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  Policy brief on gender equity and empowerment towards achieving the MDGs

  2012

  In reaction to various international conventions and covenants on women’s equality, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Nigerian governments have undertaken legislative and administrative reforms to address multiple aspects of gender inequality.
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  Third Regional Conference on African Women in Political Leadership

  2011

  Since 2009, FEMNET has convened an annual Regional Conference for African Women in Political Leadership to enhance networking and the quality of women’s leadership.
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  AWID Think Piece on Fiscal Policy, Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

  Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2013

  How do fiscal policies have an impact on the enjoyment of human rights and women's rights in particular? This think piece by the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) argues that the human rights framework provides a clear and universally recognised foundation for the design, implementation and monitoring of fiscal and economic policies.
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  2015 and beyond: Action for a just, gender-equitable and sustainable future

  CARE International, 2014

  This briefing paper argues that gender inequality is one of the most widespread and persistent barriers to social justice and that climate change amplifies the risks faced by people who are already poor and marginalised, with widespread negative consequences primarily for women and girls, and for society as a whole.

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