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Evaluation report

Creating Spaces to Take Action on Violence Against Women and Girls in the Philippines: Integrated Impact Evaluation Report

25/11/2022

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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The Creating Spaces project was a five-year, multi-country initiative aimed at reducing violence against women and girls and the prevalence of child, early and forced marriage in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines. This evaluation focuses on tackling social norm change in the Muslim Mindanao region of the Philippines, working closely with the […]

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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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Journal article

Making feminism count: integrating feminist research principles in large-scale quantitative research on violence against women and girls

05/11/2019

20 pages long

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Making feminism count: integrating feminist research principles in large-scale quantitative research on violence against women and girls

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Applying a feminist approach to research on ending violence against women and girls (VAWG) is critical because gender inequality is an underlying driver of VAWG, and feminist research aims to empower women and girls, as well as challenge prevailing inequalities through the research process itself. However, feminist research approaches have not historically been applied in […]

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Research report

Preventing Child, Early and Forced Marriage in Bangladesh: Understanding socio-economic drivers and legislative gaps

17/10/2019

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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Child, early, and forced marriage is a fundamental human rights violation, and it affects all aspects of a girl’s life. It disproportionately affects girls compared with boys, curtailing a girl’s education, limiting her opportunities, increasing her risk of violence and abuse and trapping her in poverty. In Bangladesh, 59% of girls are married before their […]

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Research report

Explorer les effets des initiatives d’autonomisation économique des femmes sur la violence domestique

12/09/2019

2 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Cette revue des écrits scientifiques s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une initiative de recherche portant sur l’analyse des effets de la participation à des initiatives d’autonomisation économique des femmes sur l’augmentation ou la diminution de la violence domestique. Ce projet est le fruit d’une collaboration entre Oxfam et le CRI-VIFF et vise plus particulièrement à documenter […]

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Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Lebanon: Impact Evaluation of the Women’s Access to Justice project

12/09/2019

2 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2017/18. The ‘Women’s Access to Justice Programme: Phase 2 (WAJ2) in Lebanon was selected for review under the ‘Women’s Empowerment’ thematic area. The overall objective of the project was to contribute to equitable access to formal and informal justice for poor and vulnerable women […]

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Briefing note

Leave No One Behind: Ensure the needs of women and girls are prioritized at the Beira Conference 2019

31/05/2019

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

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In the wake of cyclone Idai, more than half of the estimated 750,000 people requiring immediate help are women. Their vulnerabilities are both extensive and multi-sectoral, yet funding to address these needs falls far short. The Beira Conference in May/June 2019 provides a critical opportunity to invest in transformative change so that women and girls […]

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Research report

Gender Profile – Iraq: A situation analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iraq

13/12/2018

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

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Women in Iraq have endured many years of repression, as a result of a strong conservative culture, economic sanctions and armed conflicts. Iraqi women today suffer from insufficient educational opportunities and healthcare and limited access to the labor market, as well as high levels of violence and inequality. The country is currently in a phase […]

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Journal article

Young feminists working globally to end violence against women and girls: key challenges and ways forward

14/11/2018

18 pages long

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Young feminists working globally to end violence against women and girls: key challenges and ways forward

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Drawing from our experience as young feminists working with an emerging feminist advocacy collective focused on addressing violence against women and girls (VAWG), our article focuses on some of the key challenges young feminists face while advocating for feministinformed programming in efforts to address VAWG in humanitarian and development settings. Drawing on our own experience […]

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Evaluation report

Women’s empowerment in Honduras: Impact evaluation of the ‘Promoting Women’s Engagement in Governance’ project

22/10/2018

3 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2016/17, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The Effectiveness Review took place in June 2016 in Honduras. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Promoting Women’s Engagement in Government in Honduras’ project in achieving its objective of strengthening women’s political […]

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