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Briefing paper

Getting It Right: The pieces that matter for the Arms Trade Treaty

12/03/2013

8 documents

32 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Overview

Arms and bullets continue to destroy lives. Every continent in the world is marred by devastation caused by armed violence. Yet there is still no effective international regulation of the global arms trade. The need for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which will create globally binding regulation of the international trade in conventional weapons for […]

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Briefing note

Ending Violence Against Women: The case for a comprehensive international action plan

22/02/2013

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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What progress has been made towards ending violence against women worldwide? Violence against women is a violation of human rights, a barrier to women’s active citizenship, and a fundamental constraint to the eradication of poverty. When governments meet at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2013 their commitment is urgently needed […]

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Briefing note

Protecting Women from Domestic Violence

15/12/2012

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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Gender-based violence

Overview

Progress towards enforcing women’s right to a violence-free life remains limited in India, six years after the enactment of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) in 2006. Survivors continue to be largely invisible and deprived of support. This briefing shows how, faced with lasting resistance against addressing violations that take place in […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Ending Violence Against Women: An Oxfam guide

30/11/2012

4 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Violence against women and girls (VAW) is a global epidemic: according to UN estimates, one in three women worldwide has experienced physical or sexual violence because she is a woman. Oxfam views VAW as human-rights violation and as a major obstacle to women’s and girls’ development. Through its advocacy and programmes, Oxfam envisions a safe […]

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Journal article

Mainstreaming women’s safety in cities into gender-based policy and programmes

07/11/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mainstreaming women’s safety in cities into gender-based policy and programmes

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The importance of women’s safety and security in cities throughout the world is now widely recognised. An extensive range of state and civil society institutions currently implement a range of cutting-edge ‘good practice’ policies, programmes, and projects to address this issue. This article raises two pertinent questions that inform the (re)conceptualisation of such programmes. First, […]

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Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: We Can Campaign, Bangladesh

08/10/2012

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s We Can Campaign seeks to change deeply ingrained attitudes and practices that endorse gender discrimination and violence. It was initially launched in 2004 in six South Asian countries and has since been replicated in several African and Middle Eastern countries. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried […]

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Case study

Protecting Communities in the DRC: Understanding gender dynamics and empowering women and men

08/10/2012

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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Armed conflict has devastated large swathes of the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1997. Civilians in many parts of the eastern provinces still face constant threats of forced displacement, sexual violence, abduction, and extortion, not only from militia groups but in many cases from those who are mandated to protect them. Oxfam’s protection programme in […]

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Briefing note

Still Waiting For Change: Making the political transition work for women in Yemen

24/09/2012

2 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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Overview

Women played a key role in Yemen’s 2011 popular uprising, but almost a year on they are still waiting for change. This report draws on research from a series of focus groups with Yemeni women, and calls on the Government of Yemen and the international community to support the humanitarian response, and help ensure women […]

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Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and girls: Raising Her Voice in Honduras

16/07/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

One woman is killed every 18 hours in Honduras, but fewer than one in five cases are investigated. Such large-scale human rights abuses and appalling levels of impunity mean that tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is central to the Raising Her Voice Honduras governance programme. This paper is a snapshot of the work […]

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Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: Raising Her Voice in Nigeria

16/07/2012

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The experiences of the Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme in Nigeria illustrate the power of coalition building for legislative advocacy, reinforced by mass grassroots mobilization. The focus of this case study is on RHV implementing partner, Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA), which works to promote poor and marginalized women’s participation in governance and […]

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