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Gender equality handbook

– practical advice for international assistance

Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) is a government agency that works with disaster and crisis management before, during, and after the occurrence of disasters and crisis.

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Gender equality handbook

– practical advice for international assistance

Project manager: Anna-Karin Hamrén

Design: Per Steffensen, Onkel Per Produktion

Photo: Hans Flyman, Katarina Sellius, Martin Sjöholm, Per Bjerde, Jonathan Strandlund, Stig Dahlén, MSB

Translation editors: James Butler, Maja Herstad, MSB

Original translation: Mike Walls, AJ Ord & Stil AB

Printer: AB Danagårds Grafiska

Year of publication: 2009 Order number: MSB 0113-09

ISBN: 978-91-7383-050-8

©Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency 2009

Front cover: Halima is one of our female lorry drivers in Southern Sudan. Female field staff are role-models for others when it comes to choosing a profession. It encourages the acceptance of women into otherwise traditionally male-dominated professions. Photo: Curt Näslund, MSB.

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