Violence Against Women in Melanesia and East Timor: Building on Global and Regional Promising Approaches - AusAID, 2008 Highlights promising approaches to ending Violence Against Women (VAW) across the region and proposes an Action Plan for all countries studied (East Timor, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu).
Women in National Parliaments 2009 Data compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 28 February 2009. The Girl Effect The powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate in their society Australia’s Country Statement to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Office of Women delivered by Ms Lee Emerson on 2 March 2006
Taking action to improve women's health through gender equality and women's empowerment Article in The Lancet 2005; 365: 541–43, by Caren Grown, Geeta Rao Gupta, Rohini Pande
Gender, Reproductive Health, and Advocacy - A Training Manual A two-week, 15-session curriculum that uses participatory methodologies to equip NGOs to implement reproductive health programs and strategies from the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
Gender Manual: A Practical Guide for Development Policy Makers and Practitioners By Helen Derbyshire, Social Development Division, DFID, April 2002
Task Force on Education and Gender Equality UN Millennium Project Task Force in-depth report, 2005
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) A U.S.-based NGO focused on U.S. international policies on the health and rights of women
BRIDGE A UK gender advocacy and mainstreaming organisation with gender information in print and online
Gender Manual: A Practical Guide for Development Policymakers and Practitioners Created by Helen Derbyshire, an independent Gender and Social Development Consultant
GenderNet World Bank run resource
Gender Equality Site Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
GenderStats An electronic database of gender statistics and indicators by the World Bank
Focus on human rights and gender justice: linking the Millennium Development Goals with the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Beijing Platform for Action Policy Paper for the Beijing+10 and the MDG+5 Reviews by WIDE Austria
Women in an Insecure World: Violence against Women Facts, Figures and Analysis Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) publication
Implications of U.S. Policy Restrictions on Programs Aimed at Commercial Sex Workers and Victims of Trafficking Worldwide Center for Health and Gender Equity
Gender Budgeting to Fulfill International Gender and Human Rights Commitments UNIFEM 2004
Women’s Human Rights: A Framework for Gender Equality and Development in the Asia Pacific Region A paper prepared by Professor Savitri Goonesekere, Professor of Law, the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka from the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific conference "Moving Beijing Forward: Strategies And Approaches For Creating An Enabling Environment."
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