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Introduction: gender, development and fundamentalisms

28/03/2017

14 pages long

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Introduction: gender, development and fundamentalisms

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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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The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

28/03/2017

19 pages long

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The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

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This article presents the Association for Women’s Rights in Development’s (AWID) perspective on the issue of religious fundamentalisms as they affect women’s rights in the world today. Globally and in every religious context there has been a growth in the power and influence of religious fundamentalist actors. Although the violence that they are wreaking on […]

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Can faith and freedom co-exist? When faith-based health providers and women’s needs clash

28/03/2017

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Can faith and freedom co-exist? When faith-based health providers and women’s needs clash

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Faith-based health providers are a major component of health services delivery in many developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. They receive millions of dollars annually from unilateral and bilateral aid agencies to deliver care. At the same time, they often use conservative interpretations of religious teachings to deny access to essential health care, including reproductive […]

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Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

28/03/2017

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Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

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The article shares the experience of Women on the Frontline (WoF), a network of about 30 women’s rights organisations with its origins in the Netherlands, and covering seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The organisations participating in WoF all have their own agendas and particular needs, but they share one […]

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Policymaking in a ‘Christian nation’: women’s and LGBT+ rights in The Bahamas’ 2016 referendum

28/03/2017

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Policymaking in a ‘Christian nation’: women’s and LGBT+ rights in The Bahamas’ 2016 referendum

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In 2014, a gender equality referendum was announced in The Bahamas. Four bills were presented in an attempt to neutralise transference of citizenship under the constitution and add sex to the prohibited grounds of discrimination. Dates were announced and postponed several times while the appointed Constitutional Commission conducted its educational campaign. In 2016, a new […]

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Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

28/03/2017

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Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

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This article tackles the conjoined gender impacts of two state-led agendas in the UK – the ‘faith agenda’ and the ‘austerity agenda’. We argue that the faith agenda has revisioned the relationship between the state and its citizens into a communitarian relationship mediated by religious organisations, while the austerity agenda has led to the withdrawal […]

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Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

28/03/2017

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Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

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Currently, women are on the frontlines of violent extremism, as recruiters, propagators, suicide bombers, and targets, as well as leaders working on de-radicalisation, counter-messaging, and peacebuilding. It is crucial that the international community and governments engage with women in preventing violent extremism, and focus on the gender-related reasons why women become involved as protagonists and […]

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Introduction: Working on gender equality in fragile contexts

09/11/2016

14 pages long

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Introduction: Working on gender equality in fragile contexts

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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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How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

09/11/2016

20 pages long

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How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

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New Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) research suggests that effective donor programming on gender in fragile contexts requires doing more and doing things differently. A critical step is to close financing gaps in key sectors through both dedicated funding and gender mainstreaming. Donors can also do more to improve quality of programming, notably […]

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Refugees and ‘host communities’ facing gender-based violence: developing an area-based approach to gender-based violence around Mbera Camp, Mauritania

09/11/2016

15 pages long

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Refugees and ‘host communities’ facing gender-based violence: developing an area-based approach to gender-based violence around Mbera Camp, Mauritania

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The article analyses the impact of fragility and conflict on women’s and girls’ rights in eastern Mauritania, comparing the experience of Malian refugees living in Mbera Camp with the situation of women and girls outside the camp. Both experience extreme insecurity in everyday life: in addition to the economic need they endure alongside men and […]

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