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Women Dairy Producers in Colombia: Women and dairy sector enterprises leverage private and public sector investment at scale

30/10/2014

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study explores a partnership between a private company foundation, Oxfam and farmer cooperatives, which combined targeted training for women, finance, a market opportunity and addressing care work, resulting in increased recognition of women as dairy farmers and demonstrating that smallholders could be commercial suppliers. The success of the project has changed government credit […]

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Research report

Meaningful Action: Effective approaches to women’s economic empowerment in agriculture

30/10/2014

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper responds to recent focus in the development sector on creating employment for women. It argues that sustaining women’s economic empowerment depends on employment being decent work, with safeguards, that is accessible to many women. Approaches combine integrated interventions to increase participation in markets with broader investments for social infrastructure, supportive norms and addressing […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Participatory Methodology: Rapid Care Analysis

07/10/2013

6 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Innovations in Care Work Project proposes a methodology for assessing care work in rural and urban communities, and for discussing options to redistribute and reduce care responsibilities more equitably. The methodology is composed of two ‘companion documents’: The Guidance for Managers and Facilitators provides the background for making adequate and effective use of the […]

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Case study

Women’s Collective Action: Findings and recommendations

01/02/2013

5 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French

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In this final briefing, we highlight key findings and recommendations from Phase III of the Researching Women’s Collective Action (WCA) project, and share information on stakeholder events in the three focus countries. Quantitative and qualitative analysis was undertaken in one sub-sector per country: honey in Ethiopia, vegetables in Tanzania and shea butter in Mali. The […]

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Journal article

Thinking about change for development practice: a case study from Oxfam GB

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Development practice is informed by theories of change, but individuals and organisations may not make them explicit. Practitioners may be unaware of the extent to which strategic choices and debates are informed by disparate thinking about how history happens and the role of purposeful intervention for progressive social change. In the past few years, some […]

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Journal article

Good jobs’ and hidden costs: women workers documenting the price of precarious employment

01/07/2004

10 pages long

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Good jobs’ and hidden costs: women workers documenting the price of precarious employment

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This article describes the precarious terms and conditions of employment experienced by millions of women working in global supply chains in the food and garment industries, and describes the main forces leading to that precariousness. It then presents a typology of costs and determinants of precarious employment, in the form of a matrix, which serves […]

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Journal article

Practical Notes

01/08/1999

20 pages long

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Practical notes based on ‘Alternative financial institutions? Sustainability, development, social reproduction, and gender analysis’, ‘Information affluence for the developing world: the vision and work of WorldSpace’, ‘A participatory approach to community-based HIV/AIDS awareness’ and ‘Resuscitating voter interest in Zambia: the Adult Education Association of Zambia’s role in national elections’ This article is hosted by our […]

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Women’s Collective Action: Findings and recommendations

Thinking about change for development practice: a case study from Oxfam GB

Good jobs’ and hidden costs: women workers documenting the price of precarious employment

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