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Chapter 10 of the book "Feminisms in Development: Contradictions,Contestations & Challenges" is presented. It explores the issue whether gender mainstreaming, as an idea and as a prescribed course of action, can be extracted from the specific contexts and forces from which its dominant forms emerged. It highlights the gender analytical frameworks that are employed in the project of transforming power structures and relationships in international development organizations.

This chapter examines the differences between French and European policies concerning cults. The first international organization to react against the cult policy of France was the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights. The treatment of the Association of Jehovah's Witnesses shows how France is isolated from the rest of Western Europe. Most European countries seem to adapt themselves more rapidly than France to the new circumstances of the developing religious market.

Information on stakeholders who could be consulted when developing a child and adolescent mental health policy from a chapter of the book "Child & Adolescent Mental Health Policies" is presented. These include academic institutions, educational institutions, government agencies, heads of governments, ministries, labor unions for mental health workers, nongovernmental organizations and international organizations like the World Federation for Mental Health.

A list of acronyms that were used in the book "Research on reproductive health at WHO—pushing the frontiers of knowledge: Biennial Report 2002-2003" is presented. They include the abbreviations for the common terms used in medicine, international organizations, and international agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development and the National Institutes of Health.

A list of abbreviations of terms that are used within the book "Long-Term Care in Developing Countries: Ten Case-Studies" is presented. They include the acronyms for international agencies and international organizations such as the Association of South-East Asian Nations, Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.