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Women and War: Iraq

September 2, 2014

It is mainly men who wage war. But it is women who so often pay the price. They bear the brunt of the suffering protracted conflict brings.

Progress and challenges in the first five years of implementing the Cairo agreement were the focus of a series of meetings leading up to special session of the United Nations General Assembly (ICPD+5) in June 1999. The session identified Key Actions for the Further Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action, including new benchmark indicators of progress in four key areas:  Education and literacy, reproductive health care and unmet need for contraception, maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS.

This two-in-one handbook can help you turn the concept of a 'human rights-based approach' into reality on the ground. It breaks down human rights-based approach into its various components, and provides a checklist for development practitioners to use in implementing and evaluating their programmes.

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Making Reproductive Rights and Sexual and Reproductive Health a Reality for All

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