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This report examines how the UNDP/Japan Women in Development Fund has made break-through contributions to the promotion of gender equality and women's empowerment over the last 10 years.

This annual report evaluates the progress made by the UNDP/Japan Women in Development Fund to promote gender equality and women's empowerment across the globe. It provides a summary of the Fund's 2003 activities, and highlights global efforts made in 2003 to advance the status of women.

This report illustrates the progress and new challenges the UNDP is facing in its day-to-day work on gender mainstreaming.

This report argues that women in parliament can have a positive impact on the political process and strongly advocates for gender equality in parliament. It also includes a brief case study of women legislators in Rwanda.

The Orissa Human Development Report 2004 analyzes the Indian state's attainments vis-à-vis three basic tenets that define human development: livelihood, health and education, as well as some key issues central to human development such as food security and vulnerability to natural disasters.

This report evaluates the strengths, weaknesses and overall effectiveness of the one-year National Gender Budget Project in Uganda.

This report discusses the barriers to women’s access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It points out that women are underrepresented among ICT users, and that they are nearly absent as substantive producers of technology or content.

This report explores the issues of gender equality and poverty in the Slovak Republic. It analyzes the situation of women in society and concludes that the participation of women in the decision-making areas of the economy and politics is low compared to their proportion in society.

This report discusses the growing feminization of the AIDS epidemic.