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Statistics on women’s political participation 195 Table A4.4 Share of women-held seats in national parliaments, 1990 and 2003 (continued) Region and country 1990 2003 Mexico 12.0 19.1 Nicaragua 14.8 20.7 Panama 7.5 9.9 Paraguay 5.6 9.5 Peru 5.6 18.3 St. Kitts and Nevis 6.7 13.3 St. Lucia 0.0 23.8 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 9.5 22.7 Suriname 7.8 17.6 Trinidad and Tobago 16.7 25.9 Uruguay 6.1 10.9 Venezuela 10.0 9.7 Middle East and North Africa Algeria 2.4 6.2 Bahrain 7.5 Djibouti 0.0 10.8 Egypt, Arab Rep. 3.9 4.1 Iraq 10.8 Israel 6.7 15.0 Jordan 0.0 9.1 Kuwait 0.0 Lebanon 0.0 2.3 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Morocco 0.0 10.8 Oman Palestinian Autonomous Territories Qatar Saudi Arabia 0.0 Sudan 9.7 Syrian Arab Republic 9.2 12.0 Tunisia 4.3 11.5 United Arab Emirates 0.0 0.0 Yemen 4.1 0.3 South Asia Afghanistan 3.7 Bangladesh 10.3 2.0 Bhutan 2.0 9.3 India 5.0 9.6 Iran, Islamic Rep. 1.5 Maldives 6.3 6.0 Nepal 6.1 7.1 Pakistan 10.1 19.8 Sri Lanka 4.9 4.4 Sub-Saharan Africa Angola 14.5 15.5 Benin 2.9 7.2 Botswana 5.0 17.0 Burkina Faso 11.7 Burundi 18.7 Cameroon 14.4 8.9 Cape Verde 12.0 11.1 Central African Republic 3.8 Chad 5.8
196 Appendix 4 Table A4.4 Share of women-held seats in national parliaments, 1990 and 2003 (continued) Region and country 1990 2003 Comoros 0.0 Congo, Dem. Rep. 5.4 7.3 Congo, Rep. 14.3 11.8 Côte d’Ivoire 5.7 8.5 Equatorial Guinea 13.3 5.0 Eritrea 22.0 Ethiopia 8.0 Gabon 13.3 11.2 Gambia 7.8 13.2 Ghana 9.0 Guinea 19.3 Guinea-Bissau 20.0 Kenya 1.1 7.1 Lesotho 24.1 Liberia Madagascar 6.5 7.4 Malawi 9.8 9.3 Mali 10.2 Mauritania 4.6 Mauritius 7.1 5.7 Mozambique 15.7 30.0 Namibia 6.9 17.1 Niger 5.4 1.2 Nigeria 4.5 Rwanda 17.1 39.4 São Tomé and Principe 11.8 9.1 Senegal 12.5 19.2 Seychelles 16.0 29.4 Sierra Leone 14.5 Somalia 4.0 South Africa 2.8 30.7 Swaziland 3.6 20.4 Tanzania 21.4 Togo 5.2 7.4 Uganda 12.2 24.7 Zambia 6.6 12.0 Zimbabwe 11.0 10.0
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The UN Millennium Project is an ind
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Task Force on Hunger Halving hunger
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Foreword The world has an unprecede
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Contents Foreword iii Task force me
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Contents vii Chapter 12 Making it h
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Contents ix 4.1 HIV prevalence rate
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Task force members Task force coord
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Preface At the Millennium Summit in
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Acknowledgments The authors would l
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Abbreviations AGI CEDAW CRC DALY DD
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Millennium Development Goals xix
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2 Executive summary Achieving Goal
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4 Executive summary Gender inequali
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6 Executive summary Sexual and repr
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8 Executive summary The time spent
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10 Executive summary Several types
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12 Executive summary Employmentenha
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14 Executive summary Gender quotas
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16 Executive summary Infrastructure
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18 Executive summary Box 1 Proposed
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20 Executive summary A transformati
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22 Executive summary Women’s orga
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24 Executive summary The internatio
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26 Executive summary The next 10 ye
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28 Chapter 1 Genuine equality means
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Chapter 2 Task force perspective on
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32 Chapter 2 Box 2.2 Achieving the
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34 Chapter 2 The task force believe
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Chapter 3 Strengthen opportunities
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38 Chapter 3 Higher levels of educa
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40 Chapter 3 Female education can r
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42 Chapter 3 All regions except Sou
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44 Chapter 3 Table 3.4 Primary scho
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46 Chapter 3 Table 3.7 Enrollment r
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48 Chapter 3 Scholarship programs h
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50 Chapter 3 Decreasing the distanc
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52 Chapter 3 Support to literacy pr
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54 Chapter 4 Sexual and reproductiv
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56 Chapter 4 At the end of 2004 abo
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58 Chapter 4 Figure 4.1 Rates of ea
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60 Chapter 4 Interventions to impro
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62 Chapter 4 A critical priority is
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64 Chapter 4 Schools can provide li
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Chapter 5 Invest in infrastructure
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68 Chapter 5 Figure 5.2 Women are t
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70 Chapter 5 Taking women’s perce
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72 Chapter 5 Cost is often a constr
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74 Chapter 5 and Elson 1995). If us
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76 Chapter 6 Effective land rights
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78 Chapter 6 Gathering systematic e
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80 Chapter 6 In Sub-Saharan Africa
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82 Chapter 6 Land markets have been
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84 Chapter 6 and recording women’
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86 Chapter 6 At the international l
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Chapter 7 Reduce gender inequality
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90 Chapter 7 In only 17 of 110 coun
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92 Chapter 7 Table 7.3 Female share
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94 Chapter 7 Gender gaps in earning
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96 Chapter 7 An important strategy
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98 Chapter 7 For poor women, public
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100 Chapter 7 Many developed and de
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102 Chapter 7 Decent, productive wo
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Chapter 8 Increase women’s repres
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106 Chapter 8 Only 14 countries hav
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108 Chapter 8 Experience offers fou
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Chapter 9 Combat violence against w
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112 Chapter 9 Surveys often find th
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114 Chapter 9 The economic, social,
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116 Chapter 9 Interventions for com
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118 Chapter 9 Communities play an i
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120 Chapter 9 Box 9.1 Mainstreaming
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Chapter 10 Data and indicators for
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124 Chapter 10 Box 10.1 Proposed in
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126 Chapter 10 The task force recom
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128 Chapter 10 Improving countries
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Chapter 11 The financial costs of i
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132 Chapter 11 A gender needs asses
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134 Chapter 11 empower women. For e
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136 Chapter 11 costs of setting up
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Chapter 12 Making it happen Althoug
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140 Chapter 12 Gender analysis invo
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142 Chapter 12 Through legislation,
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Page 245 and 246: 222 Notes Chapter 11 1. Using data
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Page 251 and 252: 228 References Bid, P., R. Nanavaty
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250 References Global Technical Con
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252 References UNAIDS. 2003a. Acces
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254 References United Nations Secre
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256 References ———. 1999. “
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