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Human Rights of Women
Human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings; their protection and promotion is the first responsibility of Governments. The Platform for Action reaffirms that all human rights - civil, cultural, economic political and social, including the right to development are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, as expressed in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights.
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An online centre to provide evaluators with resources to design and manage evaluations that integrate equity, human rights and gender equality.
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WorldBank Tools for Building Better Projects: addressing equity and social efficiency
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UNRISD Research Project (2000-2002)
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The World Bank Policy Research Report presents new data and analyses and reviews an extensive development literature, is intended as a tool for policy makers, development specialists, and members of civil society who are promoting, designing, and implementing development strategies.
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UN Women promotes the principle that the protection of women's human rights is fundamental to ensuring women's self-realization and full participation in society.
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In May 1999, the IASC endorsed the "Policy Statement on Mainstreaming Gender into Humanitarian Response" and the related background document. This Resource Kit is intended to help IASC members, and others, to implement the policy.
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This document reviews deficiencies and gaps in the collection, dissemination, presentation and use of data in the following three areas of concern highlighted in the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and poverty; Women in power and decision-making; and Human rights of women. UN Statistics Division, 2005
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The study looks at the right to food in the context of gender discrimination. It includes a brief overview of the position of women's right to food in international law and identifies gaps in both law and practice. FAO, 2008
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Using data from the Demographic and Household Surveys, this publication estimates the prevalence of child marriage and seeks to identify and understand the factors associated with child marriage and cohabitation.
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In 2005, Member States of the 91茄子 carried out a ten-year review of progress in implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action at the 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. A report of the Secretary General: Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome document of the special session of the General Assembly entitled Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century (E/CN.6/2005/2), covered the 12 Critical Areas of Concern and emerging issues identified at the twenty third special session of the General Assembly.
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From October 2004 to January 2005, WomenWatch hosted a series of online discussions on the Platform's critical areas of concern and other important issues to provide input into the review and appraisal of the Bejing Declaration and Platform for Action. All postings and background notes are available for reading as archived online discussion.
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This UNRISD paper is a critical analysis of the encounter between feminist and reformist political thought during the first reformist presidency in the Islamic Republic of Iran (May 1997 to June 2001). It places feminism and reformism in their historical context, discusses the complex forces that have facilitated their development, and analyses the interface between these two movements.
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UNRISD project from 2000 to 2002. This project seeks to understand the relationship between increasing globalization of production, women's labour market participation, and social policy design and delivery.
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Information on an Expert Group Meeting organized by DAW in collaboration with OHCHR and UNIFEM, 21-24 November 2000
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For several years, the Social and Human Sciences Sector of UNESCO has devised strategies and implemented programmes to fight for the respect of human rights and against discrimination based on gender.
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This UNRISD paper explores the tensions between universalism and cultural relativism, and the role of democracy in resolving these tensions. It argues that cultural relativism is not a useful ally for feminism.
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