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Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

25/06/2012

12 pages long

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Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

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It is generally accepted that women overall are more vulnerable to disaster risk and have specific needs during a crisis. But in Nepal, social taboos and norms restrict women’s freedom to express their needs to humanitarian workers in times of crisis, as these are normally strangers to the community deputed by humanitarian agencies or state […]

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Journal article

Global priorities against local context: protecting Bhutanese refugee children in Nepal

01/06/2012

12 pages long

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This paper explores how the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) global priorities and strategies for refugee girls and boys are applied in long-term Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal. It examines UNHCR’s interventions to prevent and respond to child protection issues, including separation from parents and caregivers, and early marriage. These are compared with […]

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Case study

Local Governance and Community Action: How poor and marginalized people can achieve change

30/05/2012

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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Most people experience the impacts of governance, fair or unfair, at a very local level. It is where poor and marginalized people, including women, experience inequalities most keenly – in the way that issues that particularly concern them tend to get de-prioritized and their participation is obstructed. In most political systems it is also at […]

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Case study

Nothing is Impossible: The Raising Her Voice programme in Nepal

30/05/2012

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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Women in Nepal experience discrimination in all areas of their lives. The goal of Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice programme is to ensure that public policy making reflects the interests of poor and marginalized women in the country, especially by increasing their participation and influence in community decision-making bodies that have a particular impact on their […]

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Journal article

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

23/03/2012

18 pages long

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Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

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This article summarises the findings of an action research project examining the experience of women producers in various collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement, in seven countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the benefits of collective enterprise for women producers? The study found that participating in collective forms of […]

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Journal article

Beyond participation: making enterprise development really work for women

23/03/2012

15 pages long

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Beyond participation: making enterprise development really work for women

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Oxfam has been involved in sustainable livelihoods and enterprise development since the 1960s, gaining practical experience in setting up businesses that deliver social as well as economic development. Since we believe that gender inequality is one of the greatest barriers to poverty eradication worldwide, over the last three years we have been piloting an innovative […]

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Education resource

Explore Overseas Aid – Resources for 11-16 year olds

12/02/2012

4 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

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Help learners aged 11-16 to explore how aid helps millions of people, and be inspired to take action as active global citizens. Learners will use case studies and facts from around the world to assist them in dispelling those persistent aid myths, and consider ways in which they could campaign for its importance. Learn about […]

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Journal article

Citizenship rights and women’s roles in development in post-conflict Nepal

25/11/2011

12 pages long

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Citizenship rights and women’s roles in development in post-conflict Nepal

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Despite human rights abuses, the ten-year conflict in Nepal brought aspects of empowerment to women, changing their role in the family and community, as women became active outside the home, challenged the security forces, and began to assert their rights as citizens. Drawing on a research project into the participation of women in community development […]

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Book

Managing Water Locally: An essential dimension of community water development

08/11/2011

1 documents

96 pages long

Languages: English

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Communities are frequently excluded from important aspects of environmental management. But they can play a fundamental role in the management of common pool resources such as water. This is particularly true when state capacity is weak or when communities remain on the periphery of support from any government. Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) has been […]

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Campaign report

Nourish South Asia: Growing a better future for regional food justice

26/09/2011

1 documents

59 pages long

Languages: English

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Forty percent of the world’s hungry people lived in South Asia even before the food price crisis of 2008. Hunger stalks the entire region, from the mountain slopes of Nepal to the arid plains of southern Afghanistan. Although large-scale famines have largely been kept at bay, millions of poor people are unable to afford two […]

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