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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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Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

01/11/2004

10 pages long

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Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

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This paper considers the relationship between the concept of participation in development and the concept of sustainable development in the aftermath of a war. For sustainable development to take place after a period of armed conflict, the intended beneficiaries of a reconstruction programme must be supported to take charge of the process, and hence own […]

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Women’s labour and economic globalisation: a participatory workshop created by Alternative Women in Development (Alt-WID)

01/03/2000

10 pages long

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Women’s labour and economic globalisation: a participatory workshop created by Alternative Women in Development (Alt-WID)

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Overview

Alt-WID, a working group of feminist educators and activists formed in 1993, focuses on the relationships between global macroeconomic policies and conditions in our local communities. The group is particularly interested in translating ideas into popular education tools that can be used by organisers and grassroots groups. This article describes one of their workshops. This […]

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

07/11/2012

18 pages long

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

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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, […]

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High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

20/07/2016

14 pages long

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High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

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Violence against women in El Salvador – a country made fragile by a vicious Civil War and the subsequent burgeoning of murderous youth gangs – has been described as lying on the knife’s edge between public and private (Hume 2009). Women’s experiences of violence are often invalidated by wider society for violating a normalised culture […]

Journal article

Visible outside, invisible inside: the power of patriarchy on female protest leaders in conflict and violence-affected settings

07/12/2021

18 pages long

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Visible outside, invisible inside: the power of patriarchy on female protest leaders in conflict and violence-affected settings

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Overview

The literature on women’s participation in public protests and movements shows that even when they are prominent actors within these, most women are excluded from the male-dominated decision-making spaces within which negotiations with the state occur. In this article we look at the case of an ethnic struggle for rights in a conservative and conflict-affected […]

Evaluation report

Citizen Voice in Bolivia: Evaluation of women’s citizenship for change through intercultural forums in urban areas

21/11/2014

3 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, randomly selected for review under the citizen voice thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out in April 2014. The evaluation used ‘process tracing’ to assess the effectiveness of the Promoting Women’s Citizenship for Change from Urban […]

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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 […]

Research report

Intersecting Injustices: The links between social norms, access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and violence against women and girls

12/11/2020

2 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the Philippines, poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of women and girls is a grave public health challenge: one in five girls is a mother by age 19, two-thirds of women are not using any form of birth control, and more than a third of women’s pregnancies are unwanted. This study provides insights into […]

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Gender, health, and development in post-war Sri Lanka: access to health care for resettled women in Jaffna

23/03/2021

20 pages long

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Gender, health, and development in post-war Sri Lanka: access to health care for resettled women in Jaffna

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Overview

Health significantly supports human development, which is particularly critical in countries affected by armed conflict. Health and health care are equally important for women hoping to be effective agents of change in their post-war societies. Through a grounded case study conducted in the district of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 2017, we aimed to understand the […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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

Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

01/11/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

Keywords

Overview

This paper considers the relationship between the concept of participation in development and the concept of sustainable development in the aftermath of a war. For sustainable development to take place after a period of armed conflict, the intended beneficiaries of a reconstruction programme must be supported to take charge of the process, and hence own […]

Journal article

Women’s labour and economic globalisation: a participatory workshop created by Alternative Women in Development (Alt-WID)

01/03/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s labour and economic globalisation: a participatory workshop created by Alternative Women in Development (Alt-WID)

Keywords

Overview

Alt-WID, a working group of feminist educators and activists formed in 1993, focuses on the relationships between global macroeconomic policies and conditions in our local communities. The group is particularly interested in translating ideas into popular education tools that can be used by organisers and grassroots groups. This article describes one of their workshops. This […]

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, […]

Journal article

High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

20/07/2016

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women in El Salvador – a country made fragile by a vicious Civil War and the subsequent burgeoning of murderous youth gangs – has been described as lying on the knife’s edge between public and private (Hume 2009). Women’s experiences of violence are often invalidated by wider society for violating a normalised culture […]

Journal article

Visible outside, invisible inside: the power of patriarchy on female protest leaders in conflict and violence-affected settings

07/12/2021

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Visible outside, invisible inside: the power of patriarchy on female protest leaders in conflict and violence-affected settings

Keywords

Overview

The literature on women’s participation in public protests and movements shows that even when they are prominent actors within these, most women are excluded from the male-dominated decision-making spaces within which negotiations with the state occur. In this article we look at the case of an ethnic struggle for rights in a conservative and conflict-affected […]

Evaluation report

Citizen Voice in Bolivia: Evaluation of women’s citizenship for change through intercultural forums in urban areas

21/11/2014

3 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, randomly selected for review under the citizen voice thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out in April 2014. The evaluation used ‘process tracing’ to assess the effectiveness of the Promoting Women’s Citizenship for Change from Urban […]

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 […]

Research report

Intersecting Injustices: The links between social norms, access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and violence against women and girls

12/11/2020

2 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the Philippines, poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of women and girls is a grave public health challenge: one in five girls is a mother by age 19, two-thirds of women are not using any form of birth control, and more than a third of women’s pregnancies are unwanted. This study provides insights into […]

Journal article

Gender, health, and development in post-war Sri Lanka: access to health care for resettled women in Jaffna

23/03/2021

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, health, and development in post-war Sri Lanka: access to health care for resettled women in Jaffna

Keywords

Overview

Health significantly supports human development, which is particularly critical in countries affected by armed conflict. Health and health care are equally important for women hoping to be effective agents of change in their post-war societies. Through a grounded case study conducted in the district of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 2017, we aimed to understand the […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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

Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

01/11/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

Keywords

Overview

This paper considers the relationship between the concept of participation in development and the concept of sustainable development in the aftermath of a war. For sustainable development to take place after a period of armed conflict, the intended beneficiaries of a reconstruction programme must be supported to take charge of the process, and hence own […]

Journal article

Women’s labour and economic globalisation: a participatory workshop created by Alternative Women in Development (Alt-WID)

01/03/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s labour and economic globalisation: a participatory workshop created by Alternative Women in Development (Alt-WID)

Keywords

Overview

Alt-WID, a working group of feminist educators and activists formed in 1993, focuses on the relationships between global macroeconomic policies and conditions in our local communities. The group is particularly interested in translating ideas into popular education tools that can be used by organisers and grassroots groups. This article describes one of their workshops. This […]

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, […]

Journal article

High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

20/07/2016

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women in El Salvador – a country made fragile by a vicious Civil War and the subsequent burgeoning of murderous youth gangs – has been described as lying on the knife’s edge between public and private (Hume 2009). Women’s experiences of violence are often invalidated by wider society for violating a normalised culture […]

Journal article

Visible outside, invisible inside: the power of patriarchy on female protest leaders in conflict and violence-affected settings

07/12/2021

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Visible outside, invisible inside: the power of patriarchy on female protest leaders in conflict and violence-affected settings

Keywords

Overview

The literature on women’s participation in public protests and movements shows that even when they are prominent actors within these, most women are excluded from the male-dominated decision-making spaces within which negotiations with the state occur. In this article we look at the case of an ethnic struggle for rights in a conservative and conflict-affected […]

Evaluation report

Citizen Voice in Bolivia: Evaluation of women’s citizenship for change through intercultural forums in urban areas

21/11/2014

3 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, randomly selected for review under the citizen voice thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out in April 2014. The evaluation used ‘process tracing’ to assess the effectiveness of the Promoting Women’s Citizenship for Change from Urban […]

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 […]

Research report

Intersecting Injustices: The links between social norms, access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and violence against women and girls

12/11/2020

2 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the Philippines, poor sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of women and girls is a grave public health challenge: one in five girls is a mother by age 19, two-thirds of women are not using any form of birth control, and more than a third of women’s pregnancies are unwanted. This study provides insights into […]

Journal article

Gender, health, and development in post-war Sri Lanka: access to health care for resettled women in Jaffna

23/03/2021

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, health, and development in post-war Sri Lanka: access to health care for resettled women in Jaffna

Keywords

Overview

Health significantly supports human development, which is particularly critical in countries affected by armed conflict. Health and health care are equally important for women hoping to be effective agents of change in their post-war societies. Through a grounded case study conducted in the district of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 2017, we aimed to understand the […]