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Repoliticising women’s rights in development: young African feminisms at the cutting edge

14/11/2018

14 pages long

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Repoliticising women’s rights in development: young African feminisms at the cutting edge

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Twenty-five years on from the UN Conferences in Cairo (1994) and Beijing (1995) with their radical vision of women’s rights – including sexual and reproductive rights – this article considers the challenges to women’s rights from the perspective of young feminists connected to FEMNET. It draws on recent research with FEMNET members, partners, allies, and […]

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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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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 […]

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

01/06/2004

13 pages long

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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 […]

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

01/06/2004

13 pages long

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

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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 […]

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

01/06/2004

10 pages long

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

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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 […]

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

01/11/2004

11 pages long

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

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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 […]

Media briefing

Mars, Mondelez and Nestle and the fight for women’s rights

26/02/2013

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Women in the supply chains of food and beverage companies get a raw deal, and evidence shows that the companies are failing to address the challenges adequately. Oxfam’s Behind the Brands scorecard shows major gaps in the policies of the ‘Big 10’ food and beverage companies when it comes to protecting and promoting women’s rights. […]

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Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

12/12/2023

19 pages long

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Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

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Overview

Institutional strengthening, securitisation, free market promotion, and development policy implementation are foundational elements of liberal peace. However, the creation of an inferior colonisable other sustains this link and has justified programmes of violent repression and silencing. Decolonial, post-liberal, localised, and feminist peace-building stances condemn those power structures and promote alternative means of achieving well-being and […]

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

09/07/2014

18 pages long

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

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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 […]

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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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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Repoliticising women’s rights in development: young African feminisms at the cutting edge

14/11/2018

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Repoliticising women’s rights in development: young African feminisms at the cutting edge

Keywords

Overview

Twenty-five years on from the UN Conferences in Cairo (1994) and Beijing (1995) with their radical vision of women’s rights – including sexual and reproductive rights – this article considers the challenges to women’s rights from the perspective of young feminists connected to FEMNET. It draws on recent research with FEMNET members, partners, allies, and […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Media briefing

Mars, Mondelez and Nestle and the fight for women’s rights

26/02/2013

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the supply chains of food and beverage companies get a raw deal, and evidence shows that the companies are failing to address the challenges adequately. Oxfam’s Behind the Brands scorecard shows major gaps in the policies of the ‘Big 10’ food and beverage companies when it comes to protecting and promoting women’s rights. […]

Journal article

Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

12/12/2023

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

Keywords

Overview

Institutional strengthening, securitisation, free market promotion, and development policy implementation are foundational elements of liberal peace. However, the creation of an inferior colonisable other sustains this link and has justified programmes of violent repression and silencing. Decolonial, post-liberal, localised, and feminist peace-building stances condemn those power structures and promote alternative means of achieving well-being and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Repoliticising women’s rights in development: young African feminisms at the cutting edge

14/11/2018

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Repoliticising women’s rights in development: young African feminisms at the cutting edge

Keywords

Overview

Twenty-five years on from the UN Conferences in Cairo (1994) and Beijing (1995) with their radical vision of women’s rights – including sexual and reproductive rights – this article considers the challenges to women’s rights from the perspective of young feminists connected to FEMNET. It draws on recent research with FEMNET members, partners, allies, and […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Media briefing

Mars, Mondelez and Nestle and the fight for women’s rights

26/02/2013

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the supply chains of food and beverage companies get a raw deal, and evidence shows that the companies are failing to address the challenges adequately. Oxfam’s Behind the Brands scorecard shows major gaps in the policies of the ‘Big 10’ food and beverage companies when it comes to protecting and promoting women’s rights. […]

Journal article

Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

12/12/2023

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

Keywords

Overview

Institutional strengthening, securitisation, free market promotion, and development policy implementation are foundational elements of liberal peace. However, the creation of an inferior colonisable other sustains this link and has justified programmes of violent repression and silencing. Decolonial, post-liberal, localised, and feminist peace-building stances condemn those power structures and promote alternative means of achieving well-being and […]

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 […]

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 […]