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Women as Agents of Change: Having Voice in Society and Influencing Policy

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May 5, 2014

Women as Agents of Change: Having Voice in Society and Influencing Policy

The World Bank’s World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development (WDR2012)
identified women’s voice, agency and participation as a key dimension of gender equality and as a major

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The World Bank’s World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development (WDR2012)
identified women’s voice, agency and participation as a key dimension of gender equality and as a major

Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential

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May 2, 2014

Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential

This report looks at women's potential contributions to peacebuilding from the under-explored angle of natural resources, relating the ways they use, manage, benefit from the latter to their access to participation in peacebuilding.

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This report looks at women's potential contributions to peacebuilding from the under-explored angle of natural resources, relating the ways they use, manage, benefit from the latter to their access to participation in peacebuilding.

Factsheet: Violence Against Women - the Missing MDG?

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May 2, 2014

Factsheet: Violence Against Women - the Missing MDG?

"This paper is the first of a series of three factsheets on different pertinent issues concerning gender equality and sustainable development.
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"This paper is the first of a series of three factsheets on different pertinent issues concerning gender equality and sustainable development.

Violence against Women in Afghanistan

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May 2, 2014

Violence against Women in Afghanistan

As shown in this report the recorded statistics on violence against women during the first six months of the current year has reached a shocking number of 4154 cases.

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As shown in this report the recorded statistics on violence against women during the first six months of the current year has reached a shocking number of 4154 cases.

Democracy and Gender Equality: The Role of the UN

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May 2, 2014

Democracy and Gender Equality: The Role of the UN

Women’s participation is a central element of democracy, and the nature and degree of women’s participation is a key indicator of the quality of democratic culture.

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Women’s participation is a central element of democracy, and the nature and degree of women’s participation is a key indicator of the quality of democratic culture.

Justice Through Equality: Building Religious Knowledge for Legal Reform in Muslim Family Laws

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May 2, 2014

Justice Through Equality: Building Religious Knowledge for Legal Reform in Muslim Family Laws

Compare these two statements:
 
"The fundamentals of the Shari‘a are rooted in wisdom and promotion of the welfare of human beings in this life and the hereafter. Shari‘a
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Compare these two statements:
 
"The fundamentals of the Shari‘a are rooted in wisdom and promotion of the welfare of human beings in this life and the hereafter. Shari‘a

Our Motherland, Our Country: Gender Discrimination and Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa

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May 2, 2014

Our Motherland, Our Country: Gender Discrimination and Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa

Gender discrimination in nationality laws occurs when women cannot acquire, change, retain or pass on their nationality to their children and/or non-national spouses on an equal basis as men.
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Gender discrimination in nationality laws occurs when women cannot acquire, change, retain or pass on their nationality to their children and/or non-national spouses on an equal basis as men.
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