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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

31/08/2022

31 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

Keywords

Overview

Women face disproportionate care burdens on their time because of traditional gender roles, lack of public policies supporting them and the lack of government services for satisfying society's care needs. This unequal distribution of care responsibilities reduces their opportunities to fully participate in labour markets. We argue that all else equal, women's physical proximity to […]

Case study

Putting the Power in Women’s Hands: The WOGIVES Project in Malawi

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Two-thirds of the population of Malawi lives in poverty, and rural women are the poorest of the poor. Limited access to resources and exclusion from decision making at all levels contribute to women’s ongoing inequality and lack of empowerment. Oxfam is partnering with the Women’s Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC) and the Creative Centre for Community […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Voices Rising: Rohingya Women’s Priorities and Leadership in Myanmar and Bangladesh

01/04/2020

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Amidst the ongoing crisis on both sides of the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, Rohingya women are actively supporting their rights and wellbeing, and those of their families and communities. However, their efforts are going unrecognized by those involved in delivering humanitarian assistance and developing political solutions to the crisis. This must change. Women must not only have […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Farmers in Zambia: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in the Copperbelt region of Zambia

06/12/2019

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Journal article

Myths and realities of the impact of political Islam on women: female employment in Indonesia and Iran

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since the 11 September 2001 attacks on targets in the USA, debates concerning the situation of women in the Muslim world have tended to focus on the extent to which they are victims of religious dogma. Like any other religion, Islam can be oppressive towards women; however, working women are not affected only by religious […]

Journal article

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

Keywords

Overview

The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country’s garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researchers contribute in a climate of high capital mobility that prohibits organising for a living […]

Journal article

Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

01/06/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Keywords

Overview

Throughout the world, deeply entrenched barriers exclude women from meaningful participation in socio-economic and political activities. This is not merely an issue of fairness and equality. It has been argued that by expanding women’s opportunities, society as a whole would simultaneously be strengthened and this would enhance broader development prospects. Recently, a wide variety of […]

Journal article

Reflections on Womankind Worldwide’s experiences of tackling common challenges in monitoring and evaluating women’s rights programming

09/07/2014

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reflections on Womankind Worldwide’s experiences of tackling common challenges in monitoring and evaluating women’s rights programming

Keywords

Overview

There are a number of technical, conceptual, and institutional challenges in monitoring and evaluating programme work and advocacy on women’s rights. Measuring progress and change is difficult because of the complexity and variety of the work involved in women’s rights projects and programmes, and their limited time-frames. In order to capture change, to promote learning […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

31/08/2022

31 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

Keywords

Overview

Women face disproportionate care burdens on their time because of traditional gender roles, lack of public policies supporting them and the lack of government services for satisfying society's care needs. This unequal distribution of care responsibilities reduces their opportunities to fully participate in labour markets. We argue that all else equal, women's physical proximity to […]

Case study

Putting the Power in Women’s Hands: The WOGIVES Project in Malawi

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Two-thirds of the population of Malawi lives in poverty, and rural women are the poorest of the poor. Limited access to resources and exclusion from decision making at all levels contribute to women’s ongoing inequality and lack of empowerment. Oxfam is partnering with the Women’s Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC) and the Creative Centre for Community […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Voices Rising: Rohingya Women’s Priorities and Leadership in Myanmar and Bangladesh

01/04/2020

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Amidst the ongoing crisis on both sides of the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, Rohingya women are actively supporting their rights and wellbeing, and those of their families and communities. However, their efforts are going unrecognized by those involved in delivering humanitarian assistance and developing political solutions to the crisis. This must change. Women must not only have […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Farmers in Zambia: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in the Copperbelt region of Zambia

06/12/2019

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Journal article

Myths and realities of the impact of political Islam on women: female employment in Indonesia and Iran

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since the 11 September 2001 attacks on targets in the USA, debates concerning the situation of women in the Muslim world have tended to focus on the extent to which they are victims of religious dogma. Like any other religion, Islam can be oppressive towards women; however, working women are not affected only by religious […]

Journal article

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

Keywords

Overview

The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country’s garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researchers contribute in a climate of high capital mobility that prohibits organising for a living […]

Journal article

Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

01/06/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Keywords

Overview

Throughout the world, deeply entrenched barriers exclude women from meaningful participation in socio-economic and political activities. This is not merely an issue of fairness and equality. It has been argued that by expanding women’s opportunities, society as a whole would simultaneously be strengthened and this would enhance broader development prospects. Recently, a wide variety of […]

Journal article

Reflections on Womankind Worldwide’s experiences of tackling common challenges in monitoring and evaluating women’s rights programming

09/07/2014

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reflections on Womankind Worldwide’s experiences of tackling common challenges in monitoring and evaluating women’s rights programming

Keywords

Overview

There are a number of technical, conceptual, and institutional challenges in monitoring and evaluating programme work and advocacy on women’s rights. Measuring progress and change is difficult because of the complexity and variety of the work involved in women’s rights projects and programmes, and their limited time-frames. In order to capture change, to promote learning […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

31/08/2022

31 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

Keywords

Overview

Women face disproportionate care burdens on their time because of traditional gender roles, lack of public policies supporting them and the lack of government services for satisfying society's care needs. This unequal distribution of care responsibilities reduces their opportunities to fully participate in labour markets. We argue that all else equal, women's physical proximity to […]

Case study

Putting the Power in Women’s Hands: The WOGIVES Project in Malawi

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Two-thirds of the population of Malawi lives in poverty, and rural women are the poorest of the poor. Limited access to resources and exclusion from decision making at all levels contribute to women’s ongoing inequality and lack of empowerment. Oxfam is partnering with the Women’s Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC) and the Creative Centre for Community […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Voices Rising: Rohingya Women’s Priorities and Leadership in Myanmar and Bangladesh

01/04/2020

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Amidst the ongoing crisis on both sides of the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, Rohingya women are actively supporting their rights and wellbeing, and those of their families and communities. However, their efforts are going unrecognized by those involved in delivering humanitarian assistance and developing political solutions to the crisis. This must change. Women must not only have […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Farmers in Zambia: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in the Copperbelt region of Zambia

06/12/2019

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Journal article

Myths and realities of the impact of political Islam on women: female employment in Indonesia and Iran

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since the 11 September 2001 attacks on targets in the USA, debates concerning the situation of women in the Muslim world have tended to focus on the extent to which they are victims of religious dogma. Like any other religion, Islam can be oppressive towards women; however, working women are not affected only by religious […]

Journal article

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

Keywords

Overview

The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country’s garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researchers contribute in a climate of high capital mobility that prohibits organising for a living […]

Journal article

Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

01/06/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Keywords

Overview

Throughout the world, deeply entrenched barriers exclude women from meaningful participation in socio-economic and political activities. This is not merely an issue of fairness and equality. It has been argued that by expanding women’s opportunities, society as a whole would simultaneously be strengthened and this would enhance broader development prospects. Recently, a wide variety of […]

Journal article

Reflections on Womankind Worldwide’s experiences of tackling common challenges in monitoring and evaluating women’s rights programming

09/07/2014

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reflections on Womankind Worldwide’s experiences of tackling common challenges in monitoring and evaluating women’s rights programming

Keywords

Overview

There are a number of technical, conceptual, and institutional challenges in monitoring and evaluating programme work and advocacy on women’s rights. Measuring progress and change is difficult because of the complexity and variety of the work involved in women’s rights projects and programmes, and their limited time-frames. In order to capture change, to promote learning […]