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The deregulated global economy: women workers and strategies of resistance

01/10/1996

8 pages long

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The deregulated global economy: women workers and strategies of resistance

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This article looks at the threats posed to labour conditions by current industrial restructuring and new international trade agreements. It argues that women in the South are not only among those most open to exploitation, but they are also often in the forefront of local resistance. Yet the views of women workers are not being […]

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Participatory appraisal in the UK urban health sector

01/02/1996

9 pages long

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Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) emerged in the context of working with rural communities in developing countries. But the principles of participation and of action-oriented research are equally valid for development work in the urban sector, and in industrialised countries. This article describes the use of participatory appraisal techniques in disadvantaged […]

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Women Employment and Exclusion

01/01/1996

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75 pages long

Languages: English

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Considering various types of finance schemes, this text compares the effectiveness of various approaches in aiding poverty reduction. The provision of credit and other financial services has become increasingly seen as the answer to the problem facing poor people. Microfinance interventions have the capacity to increase incomes, contribute to individual and household security, and change […]

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Mozambique: Rising from the ashes

01/01/1996

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65 pages long

Languages: English

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The civil war in Mozambique finally came to an end in 1992. Yet for its 16 million people, another struggle was just beginning: to repair the shattered fabric of their lives and to forge a truly Mozambican nation.

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Project Notes: Widows’ and orphans’ property disputes: the impact of AIDS in Rakai District, Uganda

01/11/1995

6 pages long

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A survey in the Rakai District in 1989 put the number of orphans at 25,000; by 1991 a population census counted 44,000, a growth the author attributes to the AIDS pandemic. The Child Social Care Project (CSCP) in Rakai works with widows and orphans to address their property rights, seeking to reduce the vulnerability of […]

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Stressed, depressed, or bewitched?

01/08/1995

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Mental illness is an important cause of disability in sub-Saharan African countries and is rarely covered in health-related development activity. This article examines the close relationship between mental illness, religion, and culture, referring to the authors’ experiences in Zimbabwe as an example. They emphasise the importance of gaining a sympathetic understanding of the religious beliefs […]

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Women’s legal knowledge: a case study of Mexican urban dwellers

01/06/1995

6 pages long

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Women’s legal knowledge: a case study of Mexican urban dwellers

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Since the workshop, I have never felt that I was alone in this struggle. I feel that my ‘companeras’ in the workshop are family. I feel protected, because I know that there will always be somebody to give me a hand. And you can be sure as hell that I am going to continue working […]

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Women and Disability Don’t Mix!’: double discrimination and disabled women’s rights

01/06/1995

5 pages long

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Women and Disability Don’t Mix!’: double discrimination and disabled women’s rights

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It is imperative to understand and address gender issues and how they impact upon a person’s experience of disability, in order to develop a strategy for establishing and enforcing the human rights of women and men with disabilities. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

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Enforcing women’s rights through law

01/06/1995

8 pages long

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This article argues that protection of women’s rights requires states to undertake gender planning not simply to achieve the abstract value of justice, but to conform to legally-binding international human-rights standards. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, […]

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Generating income for social change: a Mexican experiment in solidarity

01/05/1995

7 pages long

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The paper presents a brief account of a development programme in southern Mexico. DESMI AC, a Mexican NGO based in the southern state of Chiapas, provides and encourages economic and educational assistance to groups of marginalised indigenous Indians, in order to help them improve their quality of life. In the early days, DESMI’s efforts were […]

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