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Physically disabled women’s creditworthiness in Village Development Fund: evidence from Thailand

01/08/2011

11 pages long

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Physically disabled women’s creditworthiness in Village Development Fund: evidence from Thailand

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The Village Development Fund (VDF) is used in Thailand to empower the rural poor, especially women living with disabilities. This article investigates the problems of gaining access to credit faced by physically disabled women in rural Thailand. In-depth interviews with 20 women with physical disabilities in north-eastern Thailand indicate that these women still do not […]

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No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

13/07/2017

16 pages long

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No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

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The provision of sanitation in India has attracted much attention, but research and policies focusing on gender in relation to sanitation often fail to focus on sanitation-related violence against women (VAW). This article focuses on research in Pune (in Maharashtra) and Jaipur (in Rajasthan). It offers evidence of slum-dwelling women’s experiences of harassment and violence […]

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More than 13 million: mass mobilisation and gender politics in the Vietnam Women’s Union

01/07/2013

18 pages long

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More than 13 million: mass mobilisation and gender politics in the Vietnam Women’s Union

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This article focuses on the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU): one of the oldest and largest machineries for women’s issues in the world. This article explores how this mass membership organisation in a socialist state is currently addressing the realities of women’s daily lives and gender relations in Vietnam. It considers the extent to which a […]

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Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

13/07/2017

13 pages long

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Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

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Overview

This article focuses on women’s grassroots organisations and their role in confronting waste-induced water, health, and development challenges in low-lying tropical coastal areas. As a case study, the article will focus on women’s waste management and plastics recycling organisations in Yucatán, Mexico and their role in preventing water-borne diseases and educating the community on the […]

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Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

01/05/2004

12 pages long

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Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

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Overview

Women with disabilities continue to face significant obstacles to equal participation in economic development initiatives. Microfinance services have been rightly criticised for their failure to deliver poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment. Yet, despite their limitations, these schemes currently dominate the development scene. Disabled women need and want access to credit and associated services, and to […]

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Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

28/03/2017

17 pages long

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Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

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Overview

Currently, women are on the frontlines of violent extremism, as recruiters, propagators, suicide bombers, and targets, as well as leaders working on de-radicalisation, counter-messaging, and peacebuilding. It is crucial that the international community and governments engage with women in preventing violent extremism, and focus on the gender-related reasons why women become involved as protagonists and […]

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Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

07/12/2022

20 pages long

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Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

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This paper explores the intersection of work with access to and use of digital technologies and the resulting impact on women’s empowerment. Drawing on detailed in-depth interviews across Pakistan with low-literate, low-income women employed in three categories of work – domestic, factory, and home-based – we map how women’s work intersects with their access to […]

Research report

No One Asked: Amplifying the voices of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon on their power to decide

05/11/2019

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This study focuses on the decision-making power of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon. It explores the extent to which they are able to make and shape decisions that have direct implications for their lives and futures. Drawing on 40 in-depth qualitative interviews with Syrian refugee women in North Bekaa and Tripoli, the research findings explore […]

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 […]

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Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

20/07/2016

15 pages long

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Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

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Overview

The Philippines has developed a range of national laws, policies, and programmes in response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, as elsewhere, the needs and experiences of women with disabilities are rarely considered in government policies or development activities. Yet women with disabilities are more likely to experience violence than their peers without […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Physically disabled women’s creditworthiness in Village Development Fund: evidence from Thailand

01/08/2011

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Physically disabled women’s creditworthiness in Village Development Fund: evidence from Thailand

Keywords

Overview

The Village Development Fund (VDF) is used in Thailand to empower the rural poor, especially women living with disabilities. This article investigates the problems of gaining access to credit faced by physically disabled women in rural Thailand. In-depth interviews with 20 women with physical disabilities in north-eastern Thailand indicate that these women still do not […]

Journal article

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

13/07/2017

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

Keywords

Overview

The provision of sanitation in India has attracted much attention, but research and policies focusing on gender in relation to sanitation often fail to focus on sanitation-related violence against women (VAW). This article focuses on research in Pune (in Maharashtra) and Jaipur (in Rajasthan). It offers evidence of slum-dwelling women’s experiences of harassment and violence […]

Journal article

More than 13 million: mass mobilisation and gender politics in the Vietnam Women’s Union

01/07/2013

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

More than 13 million: mass mobilisation and gender politics in the Vietnam Women’s Union

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU): one of the oldest and largest machineries for women’s issues in the world. This article explores how this mass membership organisation in a socialist state is currently addressing the realities of women’s daily lives and gender relations in Vietnam. It considers the extent to which a […]

Journal article

Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

13/07/2017

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on women’s grassroots organisations and their role in confronting waste-induced water, health, and development challenges in low-lying tropical coastal areas. As a case study, the article will focus on women’s waste management and plastics recycling organisations in Yucatán, Mexico and their role in preventing water-borne diseases and educating the community on the […]

Journal article

Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

01/05/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

Keywords

Overview

Women with disabilities continue to face significant obstacles to equal participation in economic development initiatives. Microfinance services have been rightly criticised for their failure to deliver poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment. Yet, despite their limitations, these schemes currently dominate the development scene. Disabled women need and want access to credit and associated services, and to […]

Journal article

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

Keywords

Overview

Currently, women are on the frontlines of violent extremism, as recruiters, propagators, suicide bombers, and targets, as well as leaders working on de-radicalisation, counter-messaging, and peacebuilding. It is crucial that the international community and governments engage with women in preventing violent extremism, and focus on the gender-related reasons why women become involved as protagonists and […]

Journal article

Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

07/12/2022

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the intersection of work with access to and use of digital technologies and the resulting impact on women’s empowerment. Drawing on detailed in-depth interviews across Pakistan with low-literate, low-income women employed in three categories of work – domestic, factory, and home-based – we map how women’s work intersects with their access to […]

Research report

No One Asked: Amplifying the voices of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon on their power to decide

05/11/2019

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This study focuses on the decision-making power of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon. It explores the extent to which they are able to make and shape decisions that have direct implications for their lives and futures. Drawing on 40 in-depth qualitative interviews with Syrian refugee women in North Bekaa and Tripoli, the research findings explore […]

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

Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

20/07/2016

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

Keywords

Overview

The Philippines has developed a range of national laws, policies, and programmes in response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, as elsewhere, the needs and experiences of women with disabilities are rarely considered in government policies or development activities. Yet women with disabilities are more likely to experience violence than their peers without […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Physically disabled women’s creditworthiness in Village Development Fund: evidence from Thailand

01/08/2011

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Physically disabled women’s creditworthiness in Village Development Fund: evidence from Thailand

Keywords

Overview

The Village Development Fund (VDF) is used in Thailand to empower the rural poor, especially women living with disabilities. This article investigates the problems of gaining access to credit faced by physically disabled women in rural Thailand. In-depth interviews with 20 women with physical disabilities in north-eastern Thailand indicate that these women still do not […]

Journal article

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

13/07/2017

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

Keywords

Overview

The provision of sanitation in India has attracted much attention, but research and policies focusing on gender in relation to sanitation often fail to focus on sanitation-related violence against women (VAW). This article focuses on research in Pune (in Maharashtra) and Jaipur (in Rajasthan). It offers evidence of slum-dwelling women’s experiences of harassment and violence […]

Journal article

More than 13 million: mass mobilisation and gender politics in the Vietnam Women’s Union

01/07/2013

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

More than 13 million: mass mobilisation and gender politics in the Vietnam Women’s Union

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU): one of the oldest and largest machineries for women’s issues in the world. This article explores how this mass membership organisation in a socialist state is currently addressing the realities of women’s daily lives and gender relations in Vietnam. It considers the extent to which a […]

Journal article

Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

13/07/2017

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on women’s grassroots organisations and their role in confronting waste-induced water, health, and development challenges in low-lying tropical coastal areas. As a case study, the article will focus on women’s waste management and plastics recycling organisations in Yucatán, Mexico and their role in preventing water-borne diseases and educating the community on the […]

Journal article

Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

01/05/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

Keywords

Overview

Women with disabilities continue to face significant obstacles to equal participation in economic development initiatives. Microfinance services have been rightly criticised for their failure to deliver poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment. Yet, despite their limitations, these schemes currently dominate the development scene. Disabled women need and want access to credit and associated services, and to […]

Journal article

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

Keywords

Overview

Currently, women are on the frontlines of violent extremism, as recruiters, propagators, suicide bombers, and targets, as well as leaders working on de-radicalisation, counter-messaging, and peacebuilding. It is crucial that the international community and governments engage with women in preventing violent extremism, and focus on the gender-related reasons why women become involved as protagonists and […]

Journal article

Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

07/12/2022

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the intersection of work with access to and use of digital technologies and the resulting impact on women’s empowerment. Drawing on detailed in-depth interviews across Pakistan with low-literate, low-income women employed in three categories of work – domestic, factory, and home-based – we map how women’s work intersects with their access to […]

Research report

No One Asked: Amplifying the voices of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon on their power to decide

05/11/2019

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This study focuses on the decision-making power of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon. It explores the extent to which they are able to make and shape decisions that have direct implications for their lives and futures. Drawing on 40 in-depth qualitative interviews with Syrian refugee women in North Bekaa and Tripoli, the research findings explore […]

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

Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

20/07/2016

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

Keywords

Overview

The Philippines has developed a range of national laws, policies, and programmes in response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, as elsewhere, the needs and experiences of women with disabilities are rarely considered in government policies or development activities. Yet women with disabilities are more likely to experience violence than their peers without […]