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Economic Cooperatives of Yongxinnansha Shares v. Subdisctrict Office of Chancheng District of Foshan City

In 2012, the plaintiff claims their shareholder status in Nansha economic cooperative, and alleged the local subdisctrict office to affirm their qualification. The subdisctrict office affirmed and granted certificate. Nansha economic cooperative thereby sued the Subdistrict office for its administrative decision. Nansha alleged that according to article 15 of the Article of Stockholding of the Precinct of Yongxin: women married before December 31, 1992 shall be regarded as “out-married” women and shall not be given the right to share dividends, nor their shareholder qualification.

Lessons Learnt and Experiences Gained in the UNFPA Supported WPC Project on Addressing Sex Selection

Lessons Learnt and Experiences Gained in the UNFPA Supported WPC Project on Addressing Sex Selection documents a three-year project (2008–2011) in India in which the Women Power Connect (WPC) examined the factors contributing to and strategies for addressing the rise in sex selection. The project established a systematic approach that included partnering with multiple local-level implementing organizations to collect data, raise education and awareness, and develop sustained programs aimed at changing traditional practices that lead to gender-biased sex selection.

The Dynamics of Social Change: Towards the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Five African Countries

Report by UNICEF's Innocenti Research Centre highlighting solutions and examples of communities ending the practice of female genital mutilation. The report examines what conditions are necessary for a consensus to abandon FGM/C and identifies strategies for sustainable abandonment (2010).
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