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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

01/02/1995

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

Keywords

Overview

This article argues that for the human rights movement to become international, it must start by appreciating local and national contexts. The expectations and experiences of Muslim women are hugely diverse, depending on the culture they are born into. ‘Women Living Under Muslin Law’ unites women from different countries to organise for change according to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

Mainstreaming women’s safety in cities into gender-based policy and programmes

07/11/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mainstreaming women’s safety in cities into gender-based policy and programmes

Keywords

Overview

The importance of women’s safety and security in cities throughout the world is now widely recognised. An extensive range of state and civil society institutions currently implement a range of cutting-edge ‘good practice’ policies, programmes, and projects to address this issue. This article raises two pertinent questions that inform the (re)conceptualisation of such programmes. First, […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

01/02/1995

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

Keywords

Overview

This article argues that for the human rights movement to become international, it must start by appreciating local and national contexts. The expectations and experiences of Muslim women are hugely diverse, depending on the culture they are born into. ‘Women Living Under Muslin Law’ unites women from different countries to organise for change according to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

Mainstreaming women’s safety in cities into gender-based policy and programmes

07/11/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mainstreaming women’s safety in cities into gender-based policy and programmes

Keywords

Overview

The importance of women’s safety and security in cities throughout the world is now widely recognised. An extensive range of state and civil society institutions currently implement a range of cutting-edge ‘good practice’ policies, programmes, and projects to address this issue. This article raises two pertinent questions that inform the (re)conceptualisation of such programmes. First, […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

01/02/1995

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

Keywords

Overview

This article argues that for the human rights movement to become international, it must start by appreciating local and national contexts. The expectations and experiences of Muslim women are hugely diverse, depending on the culture they are born into. ‘Women Living Under Muslin Law’ unites women from different countries to organise for change according to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

Mainstreaming women’s safety in cities into gender-based policy and programmes

07/11/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mainstreaming women’s safety in cities into gender-based policy and programmes

Keywords

Overview

The importance of women’s safety and security in cities throughout the world is now widely recognised. An extensive range of state and civil society institutions currently implement a range of cutting-edge ‘good practice’ policies, programmes, and projects to address this issue. This article raises two pertinent questions that inform the (re)conceptualisation of such programmes. First, […]