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Preventing and responding to gender-based violence in middle and low-income countries : a global review and analysis
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Year: 2005 Publisher: [Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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"Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge that such violence is rooted in gender inequality and is often tolerated and condoned by laws, institutions, and community norms. Violence against women is not only a profound violation of human rights, but also a costly impediment to a country's national development. While gender-based violence occurs in many forms throughout the life cycle, this review focuses on two of the most common types-physical intimate partner violence and sexual violence by any perpetrator. Unfortunately, the knowledge base about effective initiatives to prevent and respond to gender-based violence is relatively limited. Few approaches have been rigorously evaluated, even in high-income countries. And such evaluations involve numerous methodological challenges. Nonetheless, the authors review what is known about more and less effective-or at least promising-approaches to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. They present definitions, recent statistics, health consequences, costs, and risk factors of gender-based violence. The authors analyze good practice initiatives in the justice, health, and education sectors, as well as multisectoral approaches. For each of these sectors, they examine initiatives that have addressed laws and policies, institutional reforms, community mobilization, and individual behavior change strategies. Finally, the authors identify priorities for future research and action, including funding research on the health and socioeconomic costs of violence against women, encouraging science-based program evaluations, disseminating evaluation results across countries, promoting investment in effective prevention and treatment initiatives, and encouraging public-private partnerships. "--World Bank web site.


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Business Case for Creating Respectful Workspaces in Sri Lanka
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Workplace violence and harassment is pervasive, and it affects all countries, occupations, and work arrangements. This problem comprises a range of unacceptable behaviors that result in, or threaten physical, psychological, sexual, or economic harm, including gender-based violence and harassment. Between 2020 and 2022, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) conducted a study to better understand the prevalence and impact of violence and harassment on employees and businesses in Sri Lanka. This research covered workplace experiences and behaviors, and how these affect employees. The findings presented in this report will be used to develop tools and resources to help companies prevent and address violence and harassment connected with the workplace. The findings demonstrate the importance of employers' measures to address workplace violence and harassment, including through implementing measures that are consistent with International Labour Organization Convention 190 on Violence and Harassment.


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Understanding personal security and risk : a guide for business travelers
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ISBN: 1498765785 1498765793 113837377X 1315380366 9781498765794 9781315350356 1315350351 9781315331324 1315331322 9781315380360 9781498765787 Year: 2017 Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press,

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Strengthening governance and reducing corruption risks to tackle illegal wildfile trade : lessons from East and Southern Africa
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ISBN: 9264306501 9264306498 Year: 2018 Publisher: Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development,

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In a day's work : the fight to end sexual violence against America's most vulnerable workers
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ISBN: 1620973162 Year: 2018 Publisher: New York : New Press,

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Lost paradises and the ethics of research and publication
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ISBN: 1280482273 0198034458 1602567123 Year: 2004 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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Concerned about the ethics of biomedical anthropological research and the anti-scientism of books like Tierney's Darkness in El Dorado (2000), Salzano (emeritus, Federal U. of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) and Hurtado (U. of New Mexico) introduce ten papers addressing issues raised over work with Venezuela's Yanomamo Indians and analyzing aspects of i

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Crime in road transport is a serious and growing problem. The extent of crime involving goods and goods vehicles is difficult to estimate, but data in some countries show that up to 1% of the commercial fleet is stolen each year, at an annual cost of many millions of euros. In a study of 23 European countries, this report describes the modes of theft of commercial vehicles and goods most prevalent in the 1990s, outlines the various methods used to record highway theft and draws attention to the statistical difficulties involved in measuring the phenomenon. It lists existing and potential security improvements for road freight vehicles, such as equipment to prevent vehicles from being stolen (anti-theft devices), and equipment to track and recover stolen vehicles (after-theft systems). This report results from two ECMT studies on "Theft of goods and goods vehicles" and "Improving security for road freight vehicles". It includes various ECMT Ministerial statements and policy decisions on the subject.

World investment Report 2006: FDI from developing and transition economies; implications for Development
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ISSN: 10202218 ISBN: 9211127033 9789211127034 142945606X 9781429456067 Volume: 2006 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] United Nations Publications

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Women --- Violence --- Crimes against. --- Violence against. --- Prevention. --- AA / International- internationaal --- 338.340 --- 382.242.0 --- 339.113 --- 338.048 --- 050 --- 338.32 --- Algemene ontwikkeling in de Derde Wereld. --- Balans van het kapitaalverkeer: algemeenheden. --- Buitenlandse investeringen. --- Fusies van ondernemingen. Industriële concentratie. --- Officiële publicaties (per land). --- Vestigingsplaats en specialisatie van de productie. Ondernemingscentra. --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Crimes against women --- Femicide --- Women victims of crime --- Prevention --- Crimes against --- Violence against --- Officiële publicaties (per land) --- Fusies van ondernemingen. Industriële concentratie --- Vestigingsplaats en specialisatie van de productie. Ondernemingscentra --- Algemene ontwikkeling in de Derde Wereld --- Buitenlandse investeringen --- Balans van het kapitaalverkeer: algemeenheden --- International trade --- Investments, Foreign --- International business enterprises --- E-books --- Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Business enterprises, International --- Corporations, International --- Global corporations --- International corporations --- MNEs (International business enterprises) --- Multinational corporations --- Multinational enterprises --- Transnational corporations --- Business enterprises --- Corporations --- Joint ventures --- Capital exports --- Capital imports --- FDI (Foreign direct investment) --- Foreign direct investment --- Foreign investment --- Foreign investments --- International investment --- Offshore investments --- Outward investments --- Capital movements --- Investments --- External trade --- Foreign commerce --- Foreign trade --- Global commerce --- Global trade --- Trade, International --- World trade --- Commerce --- International economic relations --- Non-traded goods --- Women Violence against --- Women - Crimes against --- Women - Violence against --- Violence - Prevention


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OSHA's Top 10 Violations for 2013 : Check Your Workplace to See If It Would Pass Inspection
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ISBN: 1556457626 9781556457623 Year: 2014 Publisher: BLR


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Goodbye iSlave : a manifesto for digital abolition
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ISBN: 9780252099069 0252099060 9780252040627 0252040627 9780252082122 0252082125 Year: 2016 Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press,

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"Welcome to a brave new world of profit making, propelled by high technology, guarded by enterprising authority, and carried forward by millions of workers. These millions of bodies gather in gigantic factory complexes to produce coveted commodities--iPhones, iPads, and other gadgets--for consumers worldwide. Yet, at these same factories, working conditions are notoriously oppressive, to the point that a number of employees there have committed suicide. In this study, Jack Linchuan Qiu examines systems of domination, exploitation, and alienation in an era of information technology, global connectivity, and individual consumerism engineered by corporations in collusion with national and regional state authorities. Focusing on notorious Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn, Qiu conceptually develops the idea of iSlavery and the planetary Apple-Foxconn alliance he calls Appconn. Beginning with historical and legal explorations of slavery, he compares conditions of Foxconn workers to those of 17th century transatlantic slaves. Moving on from labor issues, he turns to fanatic consumption of digital media and argues that compulsive free labor contributions to commodity cycles constitute another form of iSlavery. Qiu relies on interviews, news analysis, and first-hand observation to clarify the circumstances faced by Foxconn workers and examine how a transborder working-class civil society was mobilized. He analyzes how media play a role in shaping public opinion and influencing corporate and state policies, ultimately affecting the fate of workers at the very bottom of the problematic new international division of labor"--

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