1 January 2012
Strategies of feminist bureaucrats : United Nations experiences
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This paper explores the challenges and opportunities for feminists working as women’s rights
and gender equality specialists in the...
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1 January 2012
Published by: IDS
This paper explores the challenges and opportunities for feminists working as women’s rights
and gender equality specialists in the...
1 January 2011
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The debate about the relationship between paid work and women’s position within the family
and society is a long standing one. Some...
1 January 2009
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‘Rude’ forms of accountability are central to how poor people negotiate their
entitlements on the frontline of service delivery in...
1 January 2008
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Intimate-partner violence involves multiple violations of sexual and reproductive
rights, with devastating impacts on the health and...
1 January 2008
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This paper documents action research and discussions on trafficking by Durbar, a
network of 60,000 female, male and transgender sex...
1 January 2009
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This paper explores the extent to which and the ways in which civil society groups
are contributing to the democratisation of trade...
4 July 2014
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Sexuality and sexual rights have generally been treated as secondary to ‘more
important matters’ such as poverty. The first part of...
1 January 2008
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Self-help groups (SHGs) play a major role in providing microfinance in India. But
they do not work alone. State institutions are also a...
1 January 2008
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This paper explores people’s experience of asbestos-related diseases in relation
to medicine, identity and gender. The paper adopts a...
1 January 2007
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An increasing emphasis on learning as engine of change has led to the evolution of
new informal approaches to education. By means of a...