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Briefing paper

Derecho a Vivir Sin Bloqueo: Impactos de las sanciones de Estados Unidos en la población cubana y la vida de las mujeres

25/05/2021

4 documents

92 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Derecho a vivir sin bloqueo… revela impactos en la población cubana de casi seis décadas de sanciones puestas en vigor por sucesivos Gobiernos estadounidenses. Se centra sobre todo en la dimensión humana del diferendo, por lo que recoge testimonios sobre el significado del bloqueo en la cotidianidad de quienes viven en Cuba, fundamentalmente de mujeres, […]

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Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in the Philippines: Impact evaluation of the ‘BASIC START’ project

24/02/2021

3 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2018/19 on women’s empowerment. The BASIC START (Building Autonomous and Stable Institutions and Communities through Socially Cohesive, Transparent, Accountable and Responsive Transition) in the Bangsamoro' project was carried out in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines between April 2015 and August […]

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Case study

Strengthening Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan

24/11/2020

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

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The Strengthening Women’s Political participation initiative built on a long struggle for women’s rights in Pakistan. Raising Her Voice (RHV) was one of the first global campaigns to address both invisible and visible structural causes of gender injustice. It sought to challenge social norms, empower women, increase their political participation and change government policy. In […]

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Case study

Fiscal Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean: Case studies

03/11/2020

6 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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These case studies are part of Oxfam’s Fiscal Justice Track Record programme, and include case studies from Bolivia, Peru, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. The series provides in-depth updates on Oxfam and partners’ fiscal justice and inequality work. Oxfam’s F.A.I.R.-EiU programme aims to ensure that citizens are empowered to redress inequality of power and […]

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Discussion paper

Transforming Power to Put Women at the Heart of Peacebuilding: A collection of regional-focused essays on feminist peace and security

21/09/2020

1 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

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The twentieth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) is in October 2020. It is a landmark resolution on women’s role in peacebuilding, but progress on women’s rights and leadership in peace and security decision making continues to fall short. This discussion paper brings together three regional essays commissioned to explore what needs to […]

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Discussion paper

Transforming Power to Put Women at the Heart of Peacebuilding: Introduction

21/09/2020

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Peace and security for women and other marginalized groups cannot be achieved if it is defined exclusively within the frame of war and militarism. Feminist peace and security addresses insecurity before, during and after conflict and understands violence as something that spans from the home to international fora. The essays in this collection challenge us […]

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Discussion paper

Feminist Peace and Security in Africa

21/09/2020

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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Helen Kezie-Nwoha uses a post-colonial and feminist lens to deconstruct why the African continent has continued to be a site for conflict in the 21st century. Long-running wars have had devastating impacts on populations, and particularly on women, young women and girls. She argues that most of the conflicts can be blamed on the nature […]

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Discussion paper

Feminist Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa

21/09/2020

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

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In her essay, Zeynep Kaya observes the tensions within the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the Middle East and North Africa region. Given that the agenda emerged from UNSCR 1325, the framework and structures cannot help but replicate the ‘hard power’ and agendas of the member states. Kaya identifies that the UN Security […]

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Discussion paper

Feminist Peace and Security in the Pacific Islands

21/09/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Alisia Evans and Sharon Bhagwan Rolls use a feminist analysis of Pacific regional Women, Peace and Security (WPS) mechanisms to highlight Pacific feminist peacebuilders’ efforts to localize regional peace and security policies through gender-transformative peacebuilding practices. Their essay shows how Pacific peacebuilding networks operate through traditional and customary systems and engage with faith leaders in […]

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Journal article

Introduction: Gender, development, and Beijing +25

24/06/2020

14 pages long

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Introduction: Gender, development, and Beijing +25

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This is the introductory article to Gender & Development issue 28(2) Beijing +25

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