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Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

01/08/2003

13 pages long

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Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

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In Northeast Thailand, women are heavily involved in small-scale aquaculture. However, as aquaculture becomes more intensive, women are in charge of less. Women’s decision-making power in aquaculture and in the household is stronger when women have greater material resources and knowledge than their husbands; and the case studies on which the article draws show that […]

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Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

01/05/2003

14 pages long

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Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

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At first glance it would appear that despite women’s vital participation in peace-making processes, they are for the most part marginalised or belittled. However, moving away from the idea of women as outsiders and/or victims, we find evidence of their involvement in projects initiated and driven by them and/or in activities in which they work […]

Journal article

Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

01/05/2003

11 pages long

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Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

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This paper seeks to explode a number of myths about women’s absence from wars and conflict; it considers some problems about their vulnerabilities in these circumstances; and offers some feminist perspectives for addressing these problems. The paper considers the conflicting demands made on women in periods of war and revolution, and argues that differing historical […]

Journal article

Women’s inheritance rights in Malawi: the role of District Assemblies

01/02/2005

7 pages long

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Legal reforms are increasingly seen as essential in combating various constraints women face in relation to property and inheritance. These efforts are reinforced by commitments countries have made by adopting such treaties as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and by the incorporation into their constitutions of various […]

Issue briefing

Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Factsheet

17/02/2016

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Political upheaval, instability and conflict have been on the rise in the Middle East and North Africa following the uprisings that swept the region in 2011. Women and girls face particular challenges to their basic human rights. This factsheet gives an overview of the status of women in the region, focusing on two key themes: […]

Evaluation report

Resilience in Iraq: Impact Evaluation of the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project

06/04/2022

3 documents

72 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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Overview

Between May 2016 and March 2018, Oxfam in Iraq, together with the Iraqi Al Amal Association (IAA), collaborated on the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project. Funded by UN Women, the project marked the first collaboration between Oxfam and IAA (a women’s rights organization working in Kirkuk). The […]

Journal article

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

01/07/1998

8 pages long

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Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

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Overview

This article is concerned with identifying the main elements in a programme of education for women’s empowerment, by contrasting such education with its opposite: schooling for subordination. It is here argued that education and training for women’s empowerment needs to reverse the values and beliefs which have been inculcated within the conventional school system. This […]

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When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

07/12/2021

15 pages long

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When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

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Overview

Trade unions exist to harness workers’ collective action as a means of challenging the dominant power structures that seek to exploit their labour. This article highlights the experiences of Black women trade unionists in different parts of the world who were motivated to join trade unions in order to defend workers’ rights and to advance […]

Journal article

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

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Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

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Overview

This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]

Journal article

Locating women workers in the platform economy in India – old wine in a new bottle?

07/12/2022

20 pages long

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Locating women workers in the platform economy in India – old wine in a new bottle?

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Using the feminist lens of women economic empowerment and the concepts of resources, agency, and achievements, and the inter-related concepts of power, this article shares the experience of women beauty workers and women cab drivers working on different types of platform models in India. While beauty work is essentially a feminised sector of work in […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

01/08/2003

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

Keywords

Overview

In Northeast Thailand, women are heavily involved in small-scale aquaculture. However, as aquaculture becomes more intensive, women are in charge of less. Women’s decision-making power in aquaculture and in the household is stronger when women have greater material resources and knowledge than their husbands; and the case studies on which the article draws show that […]

Journal article

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

Keywords

Overview

At first glance it would appear that despite women’s vital participation in peace-making processes, they are for the most part marginalised or belittled. However, moving away from the idea of women as outsiders and/or victims, we find evidence of their involvement in projects initiated and driven by them and/or in activities in which they work […]

Journal article

Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

Keywords

Overview

This paper seeks to explode a number of myths about women’s absence from wars and conflict; it considers some problems about their vulnerabilities in these circumstances; and offers some feminist perspectives for addressing these problems. The paper considers the conflicting demands made on women in periods of war and revolution, and argues that differing historical […]

Journal article

Women’s inheritance rights in Malawi: the role of District Assemblies

01/02/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Legal reforms are increasingly seen as essential in combating various constraints women face in relation to property and inheritance. These efforts are reinforced by commitments countries have made by adopting such treaties as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and by the incorporation into their constitutions of various […]

Issue briefing

Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Factsheet

17/02/2016

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Political upheaval, instability and conflict have been on the rise in the Middle East and North Africa following the uprisings that swept the region in 2011. Women and girls face particular challenges to their basic human rights. This factsheet gives an overview of the status of women in the region, focusing on two key themes: […]

Evaluation report

Resilience in Iraq: Impact Evaluation of the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project

06/04/2022

3 documents

72 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Between May 2016 and March 2018, Oxfam in Iraq, together with the Iraqi Al Amal Association (IAA), collaborated on the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project. Funded by UN Women, the project marked the first collaboration between Oxfam and IAA (a women’s rights organization working in Kirkuk). The […]

Journal article

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

01/07/1998

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

Keywords

Overview

This article is concerned with identifying the main elements in a programme of education for women’s empowerment, by contrasting such education with its opposite: schooling for subordination. It is here argued that education and training for women’s empowerment needs to reverse the values and beliefs which have been inculcated within the conventional school system. This […]

Journal article

When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

07/12/2021

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

Keywords

Overview

Trade unions exist to harness workers’ collective action as a means of challenging the dominant power structures that seek to exploit their labour. This article highlights the experiences of Black women trade unionists in different parts of the world who were motivated to join trade unions in order to defend workers’ rights and to advance […]

Journal article

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]

Journal article

Locating women workers in the platform economy in India – old wine in a new bottle?

07/12/2022

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Locating women workers in the platform economy in India – old wine in a new bottle?

Keywords

Overview

Using the feminist lens of women economic empowerment and the concepts of resources, agency, and achievements, and the inter-related concepts of power, this article shares the experience of women beauty workers and women cab drivers working on different types of platform models in India. While beauty work is essentially a feminised sector of work in […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

01/08/2003

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

Keywords

Overview

In Northeast Thailand, women are heavily involved in small-scale aquaculture. However, as aquaculture becomes more intensive, women are in charge of less. Women’s decision-making power in aquaculture and in the household is stronger when women have greater material resources and knowledge than their husbands; and the case studies on which the article draws show that […]

Journal article

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

Keywords

Overview

At first glance it would appear that despite women’s vital participation in peace-making processes, they are for the most part marginalised or belittled. However, moving away from the idea of women as outsiders and/or victims, we find evidence of their involvement in projects initiated and driven by them and/or in activities in which they work […]

Journal article

Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

Keywords

Overview

This paper seeks to explode a number of myths about women’s absence from wars and conflict; it considers some problems about their vulnerabilities in these circumstances; and offers some feminist perspectives for addressing these problems. The paper considers the conflicting demands made on women in periods of war and revolution, and argues that differing historical […]

Journal article

Women’s inheritance rights in Malawi: the role of District Assemblies

01/02/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Legal reforms are increasingly seen as essential in combating various constraints women face in relation to property and inheritance. These efforts are reinforced by commitments countries have made by adopting such treaties as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and by the incorporation into their constitutions of various […]

Issue briefing

Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Factsheet

17/02/2016

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Political upheaval, instability and conflict have been on the rise in the Middle East and North Africa following the uprisings that swept the region in 2011. Women and girls face particular challenges to their basic human rights. This factsheet gives an overview of the status of women in the region, focusing on two key themes: […]

Evaluation report

Resilience in Iraq: Impact Evaluation of the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project

06/04/2022

3 documents

72 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Between May 2016 and March 2018, Oxfam in Iraq, together with the Iraqi Al Amal Association (IAA), collaborated on the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project. Funded by UN Women, the project marked the first collaboration between Oxfam and IAA (a women’s rights organization working in Kirkuk). The […]

Journal article

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

01/07/1998

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

Keywords

Overview

This article is concerned with identifying the main elements in a programme of education for women’s empowerment, by contrasting such education with its opposite: schooling for subordination. It is here argued that education and training for women’s empowerment needs to reverse the values and beliefs which have been inculcated within the conventional school system. This […]

Journal article

When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

07/12/2021

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

Keywords

Overview

Trade unions exist to harness workers’ collective action as a means of challenging the dominant power structures that seek to exploit their labour. This article highlights the experiences of Black women trade unionists in different parts of the world who were motivated to join trade unions in order to defend workers’ rights and to advance […]

Journal article

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]

Journal article

Locating women workers in the platform economy in India – old wine in a new bottle?

07/12/2022

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Locating women workers in the platform economy in India – old wine in a new bottle?

Keywords

Overview

Using the feminist lens of women economic empowerment and the concepts of resources, agency, and achievements, and the inter-related concepts of power, this article shares the experience of women beauty workers and women cab drivers working on different types of platform models in India. While beauty work is essentially a feminised sector of work in […]