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Women’s relationship with the environment

01/02/1993

6 pages long

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Women’s relationship with the environment

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This article examines how women use natural resources in urban and rural areas; how women’s interests have been harmed by environmental changes; and how they are responding. Although women cultivate the land for food and to earn a living intensive farming methods damage soil fertility, making women more prone to poverty. However women’s groups are […]

Journal article

Roadblocks on the ruta de denuncia: negotiating women’s rights and resisting violences in postwar Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip

23/05/2023

20 pages long

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Roadblocks on the ruta de denuncia: negotiating women’s rights and resisting violences in postwar Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip

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Overview

In 1996, Guatemala’s Peace Accords were signed, concluding 36 years of war and genocide. However, persisting violence, including violences against women (VAW) and criminalisation of human rights defenders protesting inequalities provoked by postwar extractivism, threatens the democracy promised through formal peace. Specifically, women human rights defenders (WHRDs) play key roles in these struggles, which this […]

Journal article

Clutching a knifeblade’: human rights and development from Asian women’s perspective

01/06/1993

6 pages long

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Clutching a knifeblade’: human rights and development from Asian women’s perspective

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Overview

In all Asian countries, political repression and lack of economic productivity are affecting women to a far greater degree than men. This article shows why this is so, looking at how women’s rights are violated in different contexts: urban, rural, export processing zones, tourist areas, and by civil war. The author asserts that advocates of […]

Case study

Myanmar Case Study: Putting women at the centre of disaster risk reduction

15/05/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Men and women in Myanmar have, in principle, equal rights and women play a role in all spheres of society. However, gender discrimination is still widespread. There are very limited opportunities for women’s leadership at all levels. Gender-based violence, mostly against women, is widespread, particularly in conflict areas. In the aftermath of cyclone Nargis, Oxfam […]

Research report

“Do Our Voices Matter?”: An analysis of women civil society representatives’ meaningful participation at the UN Security Council

17/12/2020

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Peace is made at home, in the streets, in our communities – and on the world stage. In all these spaces, women in all their diversity work to forge the conditions that make peace possible. Perhaps nowhere is this clearer than in conflict-affected countries, where diverse women’s organizations draw attention to human rights violations happening […]

Journal article

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

23/03/2012

13 pages long

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Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

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Overview

In the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war, as part of their efforts to rebuild the national economy, many donor agencies and non-government organisations increased their efforts to support the goal of women’s economic empowerment. However, the share of women-owned businesses in Lebanon has remained low, and women are mostly still limited to work in […]

Journal article

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

11/07/2019

20 pages long

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Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

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Overview

The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terrain, short of space and with high population density. All these factors present numerous challenges to agencies seeking to provide latrines, water points, and bathing facilities. Feedback gathered from women and girls highlighted significant […]

Journal article

Southern women’s networks

01/10/1994

3 pages long

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Southern women’s networks

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Overview

Informal women’s networks often organise into self-aware groups. These can then become political tools as civil society disintegrates and decision-making processes exclude women. Diverse aims are a strength, but women’s groups are weakened by a lack of resources and communication channels, vital for unity with each other and Northern groups. Abantu, a women’s trainers network, […]

Journal article

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

01/10/1994

2 pages long

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Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

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Overview

This article outlines why the ‘Women’s Environment and Development Organisation’ (WEDO) was formed, in the context of the end of the Cold War and worsening environmental degradation. WEDO organises women’s caucuses to ensure that the UN addresses the needs of women worldwide. Another major success of caucuses is their inclusion of grassroots women and newly […]

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Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

04/11/2008

12 pages long

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Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

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Overview

This article examines the women’s quota at the local governance level in urban India, using several case studies of women municipal councillors, to question the evidently low numbers of poor and marginalised women amongst them. It examines issues of class, caste, and religion that have a direct impact on the access of poor women to […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women’s relationship with the environment

01/02/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s relationship with the environment

Keywords

Overview

This article examines how women use natural resources in urban and rural areas; how women’s interests have been harmed by environmental changes; and how they are responding. Although women cultivate the land for food and to earn a living intensive farming methods damage soil fertility, making women more prone to poverty. However women’s groups are […]

Journal article

Roadblocks on the ruta de denuncia: negotiating women’s rights and resisting violences in postwar Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip

23/05/2023

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Roadblocks on the ruta de denuncia: negotiating women’s rights and resisting violences in postwar Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip

Keywords

Overview

In 1996, Guatemala’s Peace Accords were signed, concluding 36 years of war and genocide. However, persisting violence, including violences against women (VAW) and criminalisation of human rights defenders protesting inequalities provoked by postwar extractivism, threatens the democracy promised through formal peace. Specifically, women human rights defenders (WHRDs) play key roles in these struggles, which this […]

Journal article

Clutching a knifeblade’: human rights and development from Asian women’s perspective

01/06/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Clutching a knifeblade’: human rights and development from Asian women’s perspective

Keywords

Overview

In all Asian countries, political repression and lack of economic productivity are affecting women to a far greater degree than men. This article shows why this is so, looking at how women’s rights are violated in different contexts: urban, rural, export processing zones, tourist areas, and by civil war. The author asserts that advocates of […]

Case study

Myanmar Case Study: Putting women at the centre of disaster risk reduction

15/05/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Men and women in Myanmar have, in principle, equal rights and women play a role in all spheres of society. However, gender discrimination is still widespread. There are very limited opportunities for women’s leadership at all levels. Gender-based violence, mostly against women, is widespread, particularly in conflict areas. In the aftermath of cyclone Nargis, Oxfam […]

Research report

“Do Our Voices Matter?”: An analysis of women civil society representatives’ meaningful participation at the UN Security Council

17/12/2020

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Peace is made at home, in the streets, in our communities – and on the world stage. In all these spaces, women in all their diversity work to forge the conditions that make peace possible. Perhaps nowhere is this clearer than in conflict-affected countries, where diverse women’s organizations draw attention to human rights violations happening […]

Journal article

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

23/03/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

Keywords

Overview

In the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war, as part of their efforts to rebuild the national economy, many donor agencies and non-government organisations increased their efforts to support the goal of women’s economic empowerment. However, the share of women-owned businesses in Lebanon has remained low, and women are mostly still limited to work in […]

Journal article

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

11/07/2019

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terrain, short of space and with high population density. All these factors present numerous challenges to agencies seeking to provide latrines, water points, and bathing facilities. Feedback gathered from women and girls highlighted significant […]

Journal article

Southern women’s networks

01/10/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Southern women’s networks

Keywords

Overview

Informal women’s networks often organise into self-aware groups. These can then become political tools as civil society disintegrates and decision-making processes exclude women. Diverse aims are a strength, but women’s groups are weakened by a lack of resources and communication channels, vital for unity with each other and Northern groups. Abantu, a women’s trainers network, […]

Journal article

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

01/10/1994

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

Keywords

Overview

This article outlines why the ‘Women’s Environment and Development Organisation’ (WEDO) was formed, in the context of the end of the Cold War and worsening environmental degradation. WEDO organises women’s caucuses to ensure that the UN addresses the needs of women worldwide. Another major success of caucuses is their inclusion of grassroots women and newly […]

Journal article

Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

04/11/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the women’s quota at the local governance level in urban India, using several case studies of women municipal councillors, to question the evidently low numbers of poor and marginalised women amongst them. It examines issues of class, caste, and religion that have a direct impact on the access of poor women to […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women’s relationship with the environment

01/02/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s relationship with the environment

Keywords

Overview

This article examines how women use natural resources in urban and rural areas; how women’s interests have been harmed by environmental changes; and how they are responding. Although women cultivate the land for food and to earn a living intensive farming methods damage soil fertility, making women more prone to poverty. However women’s groups are […]

Journal article

Roadblocks on the ruta de denuncia: negotiating women’s rights and resisting violences in postwar Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip

23/05/2023

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Roadblocks on the ruta de denuncia: negotiating women’s rights and resisting violences in postwar Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip

Keywords

Overview

In 1996, Guatemala’s Peace Accords were signed, concluding 36 years of war and genocide. However, persisting violence, including violences against women (VAW) and criminalisation of human rights defenders protesting inequalities provoked by postwar extractivism, threatens the democracy promised through formal peace. Specifically, women human rights defenders (WHRDs) play key roles in these struggles, which this […]

Journal article

Clutching a knifeblade’: human rights and development from Asian women’s perspective

01/06/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Clutching a knifeblade’: human rights and development from Asian women’s perspective

Keywords

Overview

In all Asian countries, political repression and lack of economic productivity are affecting women to a far greater degree than men. This article shows why this is so, looking at how women’s rights are violated in different contexts: urban, rural, export processing zones, tourist areas, and by civil war. The author asserts that advocates of […]

Case study

Myanmar Case Study: Putting women at the centre of disaster risk reduction

15/05/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Men and women in Myanmar have, in principle, equal rights and women play a role in all spheres of society. However, gender discrimination is still widespread. There are very limited opportunities for women’s leadership at all levels. Gender-based violence, mostly against women, is widespread, particularly in conflict areas. In the aftermath of cyclone Nargis, Oxfam […]

Research report

“Do Our Voices Matter?”: An analysis of women civil society representatives’ meaningful participation at the UN Security Council

17/12/2020

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Peace is made at home, in the streets, in our communities – and on the world stage. In all these spaces, women in all their diversity work to forge the conditions that make peace possible. Perhaps nowhere is this clearer than in conflict-affected countries, where diverse women’s organizations draw attention to human rights violations happening […]

Journal article

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

23/03/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

Keywords

Overview

In the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war, as part of their efforts to rebuild the national economy, many donor agencies and non-government organisations increased their efforts to support the goal of women’s economic empowerment. However, the share of women-owned businesses in Lebanon has remained low, and women are mostly still limited to work in […]

Journal article

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

11/07/2019

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terrain, short of space and with high population density. All these factors present numerous challenges to agencies seeking to provide latrines, water points, and bathing facilities. Feedback gathered from women and girls highlighted significant […]

Journal article

Southern women’s networks

01/10/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Southern women’s networks

Keywords

Overview

Informal women’s networks often organise into self-aware groups. These can then become political tools as civil society disintegrates and decision-making processes exclude women. Diverse aims are a strength, but women’s groups are weakened by a lack of resources and communication channels, vital for unity with each other and Northern groups. Abantu, a women’s trainers network, […]

Journal article

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

01/10/1994

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

Keywords

Overview

This article outlines why the ‘Women’s Environment and Development Organisation’ (WEDO) was formed, in the context of the end of the Cold War and worsening environmental degradation. WEDO organises women’s caucuses to ensure that the UN addresses the needs of women worldwide. Another major success of caucuses is their inclusion of grassroots women and newly […]

Journal article

Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

04/11/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the women’s quota at the local governance level in urban India, using several case studies of women municipal councillors, to question the evidently low numbers of poor and marginalised women amongst them. It examines issues of class, caste, and religion that have a direct impact on the access of poor women to […]