 | Breaking the Barriers - Women and the Elimination of World Poverty (DFID, 1999, 24 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
|  | Women's inequality and world poverty |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Our Policy |
| | Partnerships |
| | Poverty and sustainable livelihoods |
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| | Women and Agriculture |
| | Managing Forests |
| | Urban Poverty |
| | Credit and Financial Services |
| | More power for women |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Government |
| | Civil Society |
| | Violence and Conflict |
| | Education and health |
| | (introduction...) |
| | EDUCATION |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Schooling |
| | Literacy and Non-Formal Education |
| | HEALTH |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Children by Choice |
| | Maternal Mortality |
| | Sexual Health... |
| | ...Including for Young People |
| | Involving Women |
| | Female Genital Mutilation |
| | Women-friendly infrastructure |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Travel and Transport |
| | Water and Sanitation |
| | Improving Basic Services |
| | Easing Women's Workload |
| | Working with international partners |
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| | In the EU |
| | At the UN |
| | World Bank |
| | OECD |
| | The Commonwealth |
| | Building capacity and measuring progress |
| | The future |
In the EU
Strengthening the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action was a priority for the UK Presidency of the European Union in the first half of 1998
· An updated spending regulation has been approved for incorporating gender issues in European Commission development programmes· The EU Development Council has renewed its commitment to gender equality and is strengthening efforts to implement the I995 Gender Resolution
· We helped negotiate the mandate for the next round of the Lomonvention, which places much stronger emphasis than in the past on gender and poverty, and identifies the pursuit of gender equality as one of its guiding principles
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