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The effects of resource extraction on Inuit women and their families: evidence from Canada

09/11/2017

18 pages long

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The effects of resource extraction on Inuit women and their families: evidence from Canada

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This article presents the findings from research conducted by Pauktuutit,an Inuit women’s organisation, and the University of British Colombiainto the gendered social impacts of resource extraction inQamani’tuaq, Nunavut Territory, Canada. The research used a range ofdifferent methods and contributes to a growing body of globalevidence on the social impacts of resource extraction on indigenouswomen and […]

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Indigenous women’s anti-mining activism: a gendered analysis of the El Estor struggle in Guatemala

09/11/2017

14 pages long

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Indigenous women’s anti-mining activism: a gendered analysis of the El Estor struggle in Guatemala

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Focusing on the struggle against the Fenix mine in El Estor Guatemala, this article argues that women are disproportionately affected by resource development; and that women’s activism against mining is also gendered, in the sense that they are often distinct from men’s strategies and are rooted in women’s experiences as women, and as indigenous women […]

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Extractives vs development sovereignty: building living consent rights for African women

09/11/2017

16 pages long

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Extractives vs development sovereignty: building living consent rights for African women

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This article focuses on the right of consent for women and their communities in respect of extractives and large-scale (or ‘mega’) infrastructure projects that affect their access to, and control over, land and natural resources indispensable to their lives and livelihoods. As we point out, the right of consent is determined by prevailing deeply unequal […]

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Integrating a gender perspective into transparency and accountability initiatives: three case studies

09/11/2017

18 pages long

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Integrating a gender perspective into transparency and accountability initiatives: three case studies

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Natural resource wealth is not shared equally by all. While elites may capture the profits disproportionately in many contexts, marginalised social groups – including women – are less likely to experience the benefits of extraction, and are affected differently by virtue of their gendered roles in the economy and society. Women also tend to be […]

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Case study

Mobilising Women Farmers to Secure Land Rights in Uttar Pradesh

12/03/2016

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4 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality; in India it works in seven focus state. Oxfam India aims to improve poor people’s access, rights and entitlements over land and natural resources in order to support and augment their livelihoods. Through its programme on smallholder agriculture, Oxfam India focuses on socialising the identity of […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Finding Ways Together to Build Resilience: The Vulnerability and Risk Assessment methodology

15/01/2016

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53 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA) tool develops a holistic, landscape-wide understanding of vulnerability and links up actors across various levels of governance to jointly identify and analyse root causes of vulnerabilities for distinct social groups and later design programmes and risk reduction initiatives accordingly, ensuring that they are equitable, gender-sensitive and effective. Attention to […]

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‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

23/11/2015

16 pages long

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‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

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This article explores the experiences of women anti-mining activists in rural communities in Andean Peru and Ecuador. The article analyses women activists’ experience of negotiating conflicts with large-scale mining companies, as well as within their communities, using the concept of resilience to understand their continued commitment to this work in a context of conflict, intimidation, […]

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Building aid workers’ resilience: why a gendered approach is needed

23/11/2015

13 pages long

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Building aid workers’ resilience: why a gendered approach is needed

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The concept of resilience is increasingly earning attention in development and humanitarian literature. Agencies and organisations are interested to learn about resilient communities, and keen to support the goal of ‘building resilience’ in developing countries. However, there is comparatively little interest in the resilience of aid workers themselves. This article will discuss the need to […]

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Reinvigorating resilience: violence against women, land rights, and the women’s peace movement in Myanmar

23/11/2015

16 pages long

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Reinvigorating resilience: violence against women, land rights, and the women’s peace movement in Myanmar

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In Myanmar, movements for gender justice strive to foster personal and collective security, vibrant livelihoods, and political engagement during a period of rapid and uncertain transition. This article draws from the experience of the Gender Equality Network (GEN), a coalition of over 100 organisations in Myanmar. It examines three cases in which GEN sought to […]

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Women rebuilding lives post-disaster: innovative community practices for building resilience and promoting sustainable development

23/11/2015

15 pages long

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Women rebuilding lives post-disaster: innovative community practices for building resilience and promoting sustainable development

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Disasters result in devastating human, economic, and environmental effects. The paper highlights women’s active participation in community-based disaster recovery efforts drawing from the results of the ‘Rebuilding Lives Post-disaster: Innovative Community Practices for Sustainable Development’ by an international research partnership. Two case studies are presented from Pakistan and the USA to demonstrate how women contribute […]

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