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The African women’s protocol: a new dimension for women’s rights in Africa

01/11/2005

9 pages long

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The African women’s protocol: a new dimension for women’s rights in Africa

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This article discusses the development and agreement of the African Women’s Protocol, adopted by African Heads of State in 2003. The authors consider the experience of Oxfam GB in supporting the development and ratification of the Protocol. They make particular reference to the southern African countries of Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia. This article is […]

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Advocacy training by the international community of women living with HIV/AIDS

01/11/2005

10 pages long

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Advocacy training by the international community of women living with HIV/AIDS

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The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS joined forces with the POLICY project with the aim of developing an advocacy agenda on sexual and reproductive health rights, and access to care, treatment, and support for women living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Swaziland. The process began with an assessment of the concerns and […]

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A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

01/11/2005

12 pages long

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A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

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Women with disability do not generally benefit from international human-rights laws and agreements, or from development discourse and practice. The interconnection between disability and gender identity is largely invisible within women’s rights, disability rights, and development agendas. For women with disability in the Asia and Pacific region, this is particularly evident for Pacific women; within […]

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Advocacy for an end to poverty, inequality, and insecurity: feminist social movements in Pakistan

01/11/2005

7 pages long

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Advocacy for an end to poverty, inequality, and insecurity: feminist social movements in Pakistan

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In this paper, taken from a presentation given to the Women In Development Europe (WIDE) Conference 2005, I consider the situation in Pakistan, within the general context of South Asia as a whole, and focus on the questions that confront feminists today. These questions, I believe, may be relevant to women activists not only in […]

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Gender networking and advocacy work in Uganda: controlling the agenda and strategies of resistance

01/11/2005

13 pages long

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Gender networking and advocacy work in Uganda: controlling the agenda and strategies of resistance

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Relations between donors and national NGOs undertaking gender advocacy are very complex. The same is true of relations between the advocacy networks, their member NGOs, and women at the grassroots. This study draws on research carried out by the author for her doctorate. The research considers advocacy to promote gender equality, and shows how this […]

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A guide to feminist advocacy

01/11/2005

11 pages long

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Feminist advocacy is concerned with ending injustices throughout the world by advancing women’s rights. It has various uses and manifestations, from lobbying strategies at the World Trade Organisation ministerial meetings to the reform of gender-discriminatory policies. Feminist advocacy strategies can be infused with the daily work of individuals and organisations to ensure that work is […]

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Politics at work: transnational advocacy networks and the global garment industry

01/11/2005

13 pages long

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Politics at work: transnational advocacy networks and the global garment industry

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In the past two decades, hundreds of thousands of women and girls, from El Salvador to Lesotho, have earned their livelihoods by sewing clothes for the global garment industry. With the phasing out of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) at the end of 2004, many of these women face the prospect of unemployment. The use of […]

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Introduction

01/11/2005

7 pages long

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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Gender, Development, and Advocacy

01/01/2005

1 documents

93 pages long

Languages: English

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Articles in this collection focus on advocacy and campaigning on gender equality, targeting decision makers, influential individuals, and groups in governments and international development institutions. The challenges of advancing the interests of women whose lives are shaped equally by gender and another aspect of social identity are also discussed, together with the role of development […]

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