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Constructing ‘modern gendered civilised’ women and men: gender-mainstreaming in refugee camps

01/03/2011

13 pages long

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Constructing ‘modern gendered civilised’ women and men: gender-mainstreaming in refugee camps

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Gender mainstreaming in humanitarian programmes with forced migrants is based on a belief that such an approach will lead to greater gender equality, while raising the status of women through their ’empowerment’. In this article, I focus on the activities of international and local humanitarian organisations in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. I argue that the […]

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Remittances and transnational families in Italy and The Philippines: breaking the global care chain

01/03/2011

12 pages long

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Remittances and transnational families in Italy and The Philippines: breaking the global care chain

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This article describes the situation over the last 30 years of women migrants from the Philippines in Italy, who have been caught in what many have called the ‘global care chain’. The pressure to send remittances back home is locking these women even further into the global care chain, with not only economic, but social […]

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Who cares? HIV-related sickness, urban–rural linkages, and the gendered role of care in return migration in South Africa

01/03/2011

10 pages long

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Who cares? HIV-related sickness, urban–rural linkages, and the gendered role of care in return migration in South Africa

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Drawing on a 2008 household study conducted with internal and cross-border migrant households in Johannesburg, South Africa, this article explores the impact of HIV-related sickness and the gendered provision of care on migration patterns. Findings show that the provision of care helps to sustain links between the livelihood systems of urban and rural households. In […]

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Protecting migrant domestic workers in the UK

01/03/2011

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Protecting migrant domestic workers in the UK

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Each year, some 20,000 foreign domestic workers come to the UK to undertake work within a private household, ranging from housekeeping to childcare. Though domestic work is often seen as a route out of poverty, with domestic workers sending remittances back to families in their country of origin, structural barriers relating to migration and labour […]

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Introduction

01/03/2011

9 pages long

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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Fat eggs’: gender and fertility as important factors in HIV/AIDS prevention in Botswana

11/11/2010

9 pages long

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Fat eggs’: gender and fertility as important factors in HIV/AIDS prevention in Botswana

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This article examines the response in Botswana to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and some overlooked but key cultural factors that inhibit effective policy implementation. Specifically, this article highlights the importance of gender and fertility as they intersect with ideas of food, fat and social aspects of health in Botswana culture. Using ethnographic methods to understand the […]

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New agribusiness investments mean wholesale sell-out for women farmers

10/11/2010

11 pages long

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New agribusiness investments mean wholesale sell-out for women farmers

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Globalisation impacts on local land markets and land-use; land transaction costs affect food prices; and the combined effect is particularly damaging to women who produce food and who put food on the table for their families. This paper examines three issues: what is attracting investors and market speculators into the farm and land sectors? What […]

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Food price hikes, food security, and gender equality: assessing the roles and vulnerability of women in households of Bangladesh and Ethiopia

09/11/2010

10 pages long

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Food price hikes, food security, and gender equality: assessing the roles and vulnerability of women in households of Bangladesh and Ethiopia

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The depth and geographical scope of the impacts of the 2007-2008 food price hikes have received wide attention, and calls have been made for urgent actions to minimise the short- and long-term negative effects on vulnerable groups, including women in farming communities. This article, based on research from farming households in Bangladesh and Ethiopia, confirms […]

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Gender inequality, mothers’ health and unequal distribution of food: experience from a CARE project in India

08/11/2010

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Gender inequality, mothers’ health and unequal distribution of food: experience from a CARE project in India

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Food availability does not always ensure equal access to all the family members. Even today the distribution of food and nutrition depends on the old age tradition and norms set by the communities. This article focuses on a project which intended to challenge these attitudes and beliefs in India. This article is hosted by our […]

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Women trading in food across the Zimbabwe-South Africa border: experiences and strategies

07/11/2010

12 pages long

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Women trading in food across the Zimbabwe-South Africa border: experiences and strategies

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This article focuses on Zimbabwean women who are responding to the economic problems at home by trading food in South Africa. It explores the crops the women market, the strategies they use to access these markets, the challenges they face in South Africa, and the way they handle and resolve conflicts of various kinds which […]

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