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| | WomenOf.com:Report: Put Women and Children First in War and Conflict Response |
 | | Save the Children, a leading relief and development organization, is calling for increased attention to the devastating impact of war on millions of women and children, the critical connection between a mother's well-being and the survival of her children, and the role mothers can play in rebuilding war-torn societies and sustaining peace. |
 | | State of the World's Mothers 2002: Mothers and Children in War and Conflict reveals that women and children are increasingly the casualties of deliberate and systematic violence against entire populations. |
 | | The Index uses six indicators measuring the status of women in the areas of health, literacy, use of contraception, and political participation; and four indicators covering the well-being of children, which are infant mortality, nutritional status, primary school enrollment, and access to safe water. |
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