Women's organisations

This exit evaluation examines Oxfam’s Puerto Rico program from its launch following Hurricane María in 2017 through its closure, assessing the experience through the lenses of local humanitarian leadership and feminist principles. Over seven years, Oxfam worked with more than 20 Puerto Rican organizations on humanitarian response, gender justice, energy and climate resilience, and policy […]

This paper responds to recent focus in the development sector on creating employment for women. It argues that sustaining women’s economic empowerment depends on employment being decent work, with safeguards, that is accessible to many women. Approaches combine integrated interventions to increase participation in markets with broader investments for social infrastructure, supportive norms and addressing […]

This case study explores how integrated interventions of government and NGOs have built on the economic potential of the honey sector, to ensure both commercial success and women’s economic empowerment. Bee-keeping cooperatives in Ethiopia have brought positive change to women’s lives through promoting changes in extension training, awareness-raising with men, and introducing new technology and […]