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Briefing paper

An African Response to COVID-19: From principled first response to just recovery

28/04/2021

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23 pages long

Languages: English

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In November 2020 Oxfam and SOAS facilitated an online high-level event to bring together African and international policy and public-health professionals to discuss their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offer insights into strategies and policies they have enacted in their respective contexts. Speakers tackled a wide range of issues, including government strategies and policies […]

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Journal article

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

23/03/2021

17 pages long

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How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

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Old age often marks a period of changed socioeconomic position and physical infirmity. Older adults make up a large and complex population sub-group where several identities and characteristics coalesce to create intersectional experiences. Visual impairment can be prevented or cured to a large extent. Globally, women’s access to eye care is lower than that for […]

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Journal article

Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown

23/03/2021

18 pages long

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Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown

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This paper applies an intersectional lens to health in informal urban settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We explored how intersecting social characteristics including gender, age, wealth, occupation, and tenant status influence health and well-being outcomes. We found that hazardous environmental conditions, poor waste disposal, and waste burning contribute to health problems at a neighbourhood level. […]

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Journal article

Gender, health, and development in post-war Sri Lanka: access to health care for resettled women in Jaffna

23/03/2021

20 pages long

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Gender, health, and development in post-war Sri Lanka: access to health care for resettled women in Jaffna

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Health significantly supports human development, which is particularly critical in countries affected by armed conflict. Health and health care are equally important for women hoping to be effective agents of change in their post-war societies. Through a grounded case study conducted in the district of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 2017, we aimed to understand the […]

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Journal article

Intersectionality and collective action: visioning a Feminist Green New Deal in the US

10/12/2020

18 pages long

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Intersectionality and collective action: visioning a Feminist Green New Deal in the US

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In the wake of the introduction of the Resolution for a Green New Deal to the US House of Representatives in 2019, feminist climate justice activists and organisers initiated and cultivated the Feminist Coalition for a Green New Deal. The Coalition advances an intersectional feminist analysis as part of the national conversation about the Green […]

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Research report

Caring Under COVID-19: How the Pandemic Is -and Is Not- Changing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work Responsibilities in the United States

29/07/2020

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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The study reveals findings from a rapid poll exploring the gendered and racial impacts of COVID-19 on unpaid care work, which was part of MenCare: A Global Fatherhood Campaign. The report demonstrates how COVID-19 has brought an unprecedented crisis of care in the United States, with a particular workload being taken on by women as […]

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Journal article

Towards an intersectional praxis in international development: what can the sector learn from Black feminists located in the global North?

18/03/2020

19 pages long

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Towards an intersectional praxis in international development: what can the sector learn from Black feminists located in the global North?

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This article is based on knowledge gained through more than two decades of established ways of working by Imkaan, a Black feminist ending-violence against women and girls organisation based in London. At the time of writing, both authors were employed at Imkaan. Imkaan’s work and existence is clearly grounded in ‘those who came before us’: […]

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Evaluation report

RootsLab Lebanon Pilot Evaluation Report and Project Completion Report

07/08/2019

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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RootsLab is a collaborative pilot project supported by FRIDA | Young Feminist Fund, Global Fund for Women, Oxfam and Young Foundation. The aim of the first pilot, which took place in Lebanon, was to determine the best ways of incubating social change led by young women and trans* activists. The evaluation report examines whether the […]

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Research report

Feminist Movement Building in Lebanon: Challenges and opportunities

07/08/2019

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

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This research report explores key characteristics of feminist organizing in Lebanon through the lens of movement building. The authors produced it as part of their work with the RootsLab pilot program in Lebanon, a social innovation partnership between FRIDA | Young Feminist Fund, Global Fund for Women, Oxfam and Young Foundation. The pilot brought together […]

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Discussion paper

Data for Gender-Responsive Budgeting

24/05/2019

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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The collection and analysis of sex-disaggregated data (that is data that is broken down to show differences between females and males) is central to Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) initiatives. Detailed data is important because it helps us see the situation of different groups of people as well as how inequalities intersect to make some groups particularly […]

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