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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women and Disability Don’t Mix!’: double discrimination and disabled women’s rights

01/06/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and Disability Don’t Mix!’: double discrimination and disabled women’s rights

Keywords

Overview

It is imperative to understand and address gender issues and how they impact upon a person’s experience of disability, in order to develop a strategy for establishing and enforcing the human rights of women and men with disabilities. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

Technical briefing

Women’s Menstrual Hygiene Needs in Emergencies

01/03/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Responding appropriately to women’s menstrual hygiene needs in emergencies is an essential component of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programmes. It can help to address: gender equality in considering the different needs of women and men; women’s participation in the sensitive dialogue that is necessary to address this issue; and women’s specific concerns with dignity […]

Journal article

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

07/12/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

Keywords

Overview

This paper aims to understand how women’s work tends to be particularly affected by the new wave of Industry 4.0 technologies in Brazil and how public policies could actuate to reduce work gender inequalities throughout this process. We examine the 20 largest occupations for women and cross-check with estimates of automation for the Brazilian labour […]

Case study

Strengthening Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan

24/11/2020

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Journal article

Grassroots women’s leadership and ‘Deepening Democracy’: the Huairou Commission’s Local to Local Dialogue replication

05/11/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Grassroots women’s leadership and ‘Deepening Democracy’: the Huairou Commission’s Local to Local Dialogue replication

Keywords

Overview

Grassroots women’s leadership is important if democracy is to be ‘deepened’ – that is, if representative democracies are to formally include citizen participation in more ways than simply voting in elections. One approach to deepening democracy is to encourage and support spaces – both literal and metaphorical – that enable grassroots women to organise as […]

Research report

Breaking a Culture of Silence: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls in Nigeria

28/02/2018

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls is often perpetuated by practices defended by some community members on the basis of tradition, culture, religion or superstition. These include female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and early marriage. Such harmful traditional practices are underpinned by social norms, the rules of behaviour that people in a group adhere to because they […]

Case study

Empowering Grassroots Women Through Transformational Partnerships in Agricultural Value Chains

24/10/2017

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA) programme works to promote women’s economic empowerment in agricultural value chains. The agricultural sector is heavily reliant on women workers, but these women do not have equal access to resources – only 12 percent of the three million landowners in Asia are women, […]

Briefing note

Ending Violence Against Women: The case for a comprehensive international action plan

22/02/2013

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What progress has been made towards ending violence against women worldwide? Violence against women is a violation of human rights, a barrier to women’s active citizenship, and a fundamental constraint to the eradication of poverty. When governments meet at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2013 their commitment is urgently needed […]

Journal article

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

01/11/2004

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

In Nicaragua, gender ideologies – and, in particular, discourses of motherhood – have frequently been manipulated by political forces. In the early 1990s, at the end of the civil war, Sandinista and Contra women in Waslala united to form a group which aimed to end the political polarisation within their community and promote development. Aid […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women and Disability Don’t Mix!’: double discrimination and disabled women’s rights

01/06/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and Disability Don’t Mix!’: double discrimination and disabled women’s rights

Keywords

Overview

It is imperative to understand and address gender issues and how they impact upon a person’s experience of disability, in order to develop a strategy for establishing and enforcing the human rights of women and men with disabilities. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

Technical briefing

Women’s Menstrual Hygiene Needs in Emergencies

01/03/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Responding appropriately to women’s menstrual hygiene needs in emergencies is an essential component of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programmes. It can help to address: gender equality in considering the different needs of women and men; women’s participation in the sensitive dialogue that is necessary to address this issue; and women’s specific concerns with dignity […]

Journal article

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

07/12/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

Keywords

Overview

This paper aims to understand how women’s work tends to be particularly affected by the new wave of Industry 4.0 technologies in Brazil and how public policies could actuate to reduce work gender inequalities throughout this process. We examine the 20 largest occupations for women and cross-check with estimates of automation for the Brazilian labour […]

Case study

Strengthening Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan

24/11/2020

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Journal article

Grassroots women’s leadership and ‘Deepening Democracy’: the Huairou Commission’s Local to Local Dialogue replication

05/11/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Grassroots women’s leadership and ‘Deepening Democracy’: the Huairou Commission’s Local to Local Dialogue replication

Keywords

Overview

Grassroots women’s leadership is important if democracy is to be ‘deepened’ – that is, if representative democracies are to formally include citizen participation in more ways than simply voting in elections. One approach to deepening democracy is to encourage and support spaces – both literal and metaphorical – that enable grassroots women to organise as […]

Research report

Breaking a Culture of Silence: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls in Nigeria

28/02/2018

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls is often perpetuated by practices defended by some community members on the basis of tradition, culture, religion or superstition. These include female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and early marriage. Such harmful traditional practices are underpinned by social norms, the rules of behaviour that people in a group adhere to because they […]

Case study

Empowering Grassroots Women Through Transformational Partnerships in Agricultural Value Chains

24/10/2017

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA) programme works to promote women’s economic empowerment in agricultural value chains. The agricultural sector is heavily reliant on women workers, but these women do not have equal access to resources – only 12 percent of the three million landowners in Asia are women, […]

Briefing note

Ending Violence Against Women: The case for a comprehensive international action plan

22/02/2013

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What progress has been made towards ending violence against women worldwide? Violence against women is a violation of human rights, a barrier to women’s active citizenship, and a fundamental constraint to the eradication of poverty. When governments meet at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2013 their commitment is urgently needed […]

Journal article

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

01/11/2004

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

In Nicaragua, gender ideologies – and, in particular, discourses of motherhood – have frequently been manipulated by political forces. In the early 1990s, at the end of the civil war, Sandinista and Contra women in Waslala united to form a group which aimed to end the political polarisation within their community and promote development. Aid […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women and Disability Don’t Mix!’: double discrimination and disabled women’s rights

01/06/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and Disability Don’t Mix!’: double discrimination and disabled women’s rights

Keywords

Overview

It is imperative to understand and address gender issues and how they impact upon a person’s experience of disability, in order to develop a strategy for establishing and enforcing the human rights of women and men with disabilities. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

Technical briefing

Women’s Menstrual Hygiene Needs in Emergencies

01/03/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Responding appropriately to women’s menstrual hygiene needs in emergencies is an essential component of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programmes. It can help to address: gender equality in considering the different needs of women and men; women’s participation in the sensitive dialogue that is necessary to address this issue; and women’s specific concerns with dignity […]

Journal article

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

07/12/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

Keywords

Overview

This paper aims to understand how women’s work tends to be particularly affected by the new wave of Industry 4.0 technologies in Brazil and how public policies could actuate to reduce work gender inequalities throughout this process. We examine the 20 largest occupations for women and cross-check with estimates of automation for the Brazilian labour […]

Case study

Strengthening Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan

24/11/2020

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Journal article

Grassroots women’s leadership and ‘Deepening Democracy’: the Huairou Commission’s Local to Local Dialogue replication

05/11/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Grassroots women’s leadership and ‘Deepening Democracy’: the Huairou Commission’s Local to Local Dialogue replication

Keywords

Overview

Grassroots women’s leadership is important if democracy is to be ‘deepened’ – that is, if representative democracies are to formally include citizen participation in more ways than simply voting in elections. One approach to deepening democracy is to encourage and support spaces – both literal and metaphorical – that enable grassroots women to organise as […]

Research report

Breaking a Culture of Silence: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls in Nigeria

28/02/2018

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls is often perpetuated by practices defended by some community members on the basis of tradition, culture, religion or superstition. These include female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and early marriage. Such harmful traditional practices are underpinned by social norms, the rules of behaviour that people in a group adhere to because they […]

Case study

Empowering Grassroots Women Through Transformational Partnerships in Agricultural Value Chains

24/10/2017

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA) programme works to promote women’s economic empowerment in agricultural value chains. The agricultural sector is heavily reliant on women workers, but these women do not have equal access to resources – only 12 percent of the three million landowners in Asia are women, […]

Briefing note

Ending Violence Against Women: The case for a comprehensive international action plan

22/02/2013

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What progress has been made towards ending violence against women worldwide? Violence against women is a violation of human rights, a barrier to women’s active citizenship, and a fundamental constraint to the eradication of poverty. When governments meet at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2013 their commitment is urgently needed […]

Journal article

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

01/11/2004

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

In Nicaragua, gender ideologies – and, in particular, discourses of motherhood – have frequently been manipulated by political forces. In the early 1990s, at the end of the civil war, Sandinista and Contra women in Waslala united to form a group which aimed to end the political polarisation within their community and promote development. Aid […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]