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Linking African Researchers with Adaptation Policy Spaces
Poor understanding of policy processes tends to reduce the value of research results and the ability of researchers to influence policy.
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Women's Right to Water for Agricultural Use in the Sahel (Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal)
Rural women in the Sahel are dynamic and important actors in the subsistence of their communities, especially in a context of male migration and the exploitation of hydro development for agriculture.
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Negotiating Rights : Building Coalitions for Improving Maternal Health Services
While India is rapidly gaining popularity as a destination for world-class health care, the state of maternal health in the country reflects poorly on public health priorities.
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Gender and Work in the Middle East and North Africa : Research Capacity Building Activities
The Arab Human Development Report (2005) highlights the mismatch between the abundance of qualified women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the high rate of unemployment among them.
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Social and Health Protection of Women Migrants from Sénégal in Agricultural Activity and the Personal Care Industry in Spain
The Spanish demand for foreign women workers has allowed certain Senegalese migrants to find work and legalize their situation in the country.
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Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Social Inequality and Politics in Latin America
Paradoxically, Latin America has some of the most stringent legal restrictions against and highest rates of abortion in the world. The co-existence of legal restrictions and unsafe abortions affects society unequally.
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Women Migrants Advocacy in Latin America
The number of women migrating within Latin America has grown significantly over the last few decades.
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Training Institute : Women's Rights, Citizenship and Governance in sub-Saharan Africa
This project aims to build capacity for feminist research and analysis in relation to women's rights, citizenship and governance in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Women's Participation and Decentralization
In South Asia, policymakers are promoting decentralization as a panacea for many of the ills afflicting society, as well as a means to improve service delivery and involve a greater percentage of the population in governance.
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Focus Cities : Reducing the Vulnerability, Poverty and Environmental Load in Centretown Lima (Peru)
In Cercado de Lima (centretown Lima), a population of 80 000 lives in closely constructed houses built right up to the edge of the Rimac River. The riverbank can be as high as 10 m, and devoid of vegetation.