Acknowledgements
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his Policy Note benefited from the contributions of many people. It was developed by Koh Miyaoi (Practice Manager), Louise Sperl and Paula Jojart. Together they make up the Gender Practice Team of UNDP’s Bratislava Regional Centre (BRC). The report was initially conceived by Barbara Limanowska, who served as Gender Practice Manager from 2007-2008. Klelija Balta of UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina coordinated the initial project phase. Wendy Harcourt researched and wrote major sections of the publication.
The Policy Note also greatly benefited from helpful inputs and comments provided through a peer review process, as well as from six national roundtables conducted in 2008 and from a regional conference in Istanbul/Turkey in December 2008, with contributions made and advice provided by: Selma Acuner/Ayse Gonuglu, Medea Badashvili, Jasminka Dzumhur, Malgorzata Fuszara, Kateryna Levchenko and Anara Moldosheva (National Rapporteurs); Nurgul Asylbekova, Klelija Balta, Ilaria Carnevali, Natia Cherkezishvili, Ulrika Richardson-Golinski, Orria Goni, Larysa Kobelyanska, Asli Sahin, Leyla Sen (UNDP representatives from participating countries); Blerta Cela, Randi Davis, Annie Demirjian, Erika Kvapilova, Osnat Lubrani, Louise Nylin, Agi Veres and Rastislav Vrbensky (Advisory Board Members); Anita Vandenbeld (iknowpolitics Network); as well as Beata Balinska, Paulina Kaczmarek, and Mamura Nasirova. Peter Serenyi served as language editor. Winnie Byanyima, Director, UNDP Gender Team, and Jens Wandel, RBEC Deputy Regional Bureau Director and Bratislava Regional Centre Director, provided guidance and support throughout the process.
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