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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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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

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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 […]

Journal article

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

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Overview

This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

Journal article

Women refugees in Bangladesh

01/02/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women refugees in Bangladesh

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Overview

Oxfam has been providing water to women refugee camps in Bangladesh. Male officials run the camps, for women fleeing Burma. These men target women and children for ‘voluntary’ repatriation. Families are separated and sexual abuse is rife. Oxfam, in contrast, is successfully integrating gender equality into its water programme, made easier because Oxfam staff live […]

Journal article

Some problems women are facing

01/02/1994

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Some problems women are facing

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Overview

There was a massive and generous response within India to the earthquake disaster in Maharashtra, and many volunteers came to the affected areas to offer assistance. The majority of volunteers were men, and it was important to ensure that this did not mean, as so often has been the case, that the experience and particular […]

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

Women’s health and feminist politics

01/06/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s health and feminist politics

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Overview

SOF is an NGO working to raise living standards and gain health and reproductive rights for poor women in south-eastern Brazil. Faure charts SOF’s progress from a family planning to a feminist organisation. It works alongside women’s and health movements and has achieved considerable success, instigating change in health infrastructures and policies, and integrating women […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Ending Violence Against Women: An Oxfam guide

30/11/2012

4 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls (VAW) is a global epidemic: according to UN estimates, one in three women worldwide has experienced physical or sexual violence because she is a woman. Oxfam views VAW as human-rights violation and as a major obstacle to women’s and girls’ development. Through its advocacy and programmes, Oxfam envisions a safe […]

Briefing paper

The G20 and Gender Equality: How the G20 can advance women’s rights in employment, social protection and fiscal policies

14/07/2014

6 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Across G20 countries and beyond, women are paid less than men, do most of the unpaid labour, are over-represented in part-time work, and are discriminated against in the household, in markets and in institutions. In 2012 in the Los Cabos Declaration, G20 leaders committed to tackling the barriers to women’s full economic and social participation […]

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 […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

Journal article

Women refugees in Bangladesh

01/02/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women refugees in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam has been providing water to women refugee camps in Bangladesh. Male officials run the camps, for women fleeing Burma. These men target women and children for ‘voluntary’ repatriation. Families are separated and sexual abuse is rife. Oxfam, in contrast, is successfully integrating gender equality into its water programme, made easier because Oxfam staff live […]

Journal article

Some problems women are facing

01/02/1994

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Some problems women are facing

Keywords

Overview

There was a massive and generous response within India to the earthquake disaster in Maharashtra, and many volunteers came to the affected areas to offer assistance. The majority of volunteers were men, and it was important to ensure that this did not mean, as so often has been the case, that the experience and particular […]

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

Women’s health and feminist politics

01/06/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s health and feminist politics

Keywords

Overview

SOF is an NGO working to raise living standards and gain health and reproductive rights for poor women in south-eastern Brazil. Faure charts SOF’s progress from a family planning to a feminist organisation. It works alongside women’s and health movements and has achieved considerable success, instigating change in health infrastructures and policies, and integrating women […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Ending Violence Against Women: An Oxfam guide

30/11/2012

4 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls (VAW) is a global epidemic: according to UN estimates, one in three women worldwide has experienced physical or sexual violence because she is a woman. Oxfam views VAW as human-rights violation and as a major obstacle to women’s and girls’ development. Through its advocacy and programmes, Oxfam envisions a safe […]

Briefing paper

The G20 and Gender Equality: How the G20 can advance women’s rights in employment, social protection and fiscal policies

14/07/2014

6 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Across G20 countries and beyond, women are paid less than men, do most of the unpaid labour, are over-represented in part-time work, and are discriminated against in the household, in markets and in institutions. In 2012 in the Los Cabos Declaration, G20 leaders committed to tackling the barriers to women’s full economic and social participation […]

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 […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

Journal article

Women refugees in Bangladesh

01/02/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women refugees in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam has been providing water to women refugee camps in Bangladesh. Male officials run the camps, for women fleeing Burma. These men target women and children for ‘voluntary’ repatriation. Families are separated and sexual abuse is rife. Oxfam, in contrast, is successfully integrating gender equality into its water programme, made easier because Oxfam staff live […]

Journal article

Some problems women are facing

01/02/1994

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Some problems women are facing

Keywords

Overview

There was a massive and generous response within India to the earthquake disaster in Maharashtra, and many volunteers came to the affected areas to offer assistance. The majority of volunteers were men, and it was important to ensure that this did not mean, as so often has been the case, that the experience and particular […]

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

Women’s health and feminist politics

01/06/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s health and feminist politics

Keywords

Overview

SOF is an NGO working to raise living standards and gain health and reproductive rights for poor women in south-eastern Brazil. Faure charts SOF’s progress from a family planning to a feminist organisation. It works alongside women’s and health movements and has achieved considerable success, instigating change in health infrastructures and policies, and integrating women […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Ending Violence Against Women: An Oxfam guide

30/11/2012

4 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls (VAW) is a global epidemic: according to UN estimates, one in three women worldwide has experienced physical or sexual violence because she is a woman. Oxfam views VAW as human-rights violation and as a major obstacle to women’s and girls’ development. Through its advocacy and programmes, Oxfam envisions a safe […]

Briefing paper

The G20 and Gender Equality: How the G20 can advance women’s rights in employment, social protection and fiscal policies

14/07/2014

6 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Across G20 countries and beyond, women are paid less than men, do most of the unpaid labour, are over-represented in part-time work, and are discriminated against in the household, in markets and in institutions. In 2012 in the Los Cabos Declaration, G20 leaders committed to tackling the barriers to women’s full economic and social participation […]

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 […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]