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The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

01/02/2011

10 pages long

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The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

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This article examines the experiences of women occupying reserved seats on the suku councils of Timor-Leste (each of which represents a number of small villages). The limited political participation of these women is often ascribed to patriarchal ideas within rural areas, and the need for capacity development. This article argues, however, that there are further […]

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Sustainable development: women as partners

01/02/1993

5 pages long

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Sustainable development: women as partners

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Dem explores how Oxfam’s work in rural areas can adapt its approach to meet the needs of urban women. She uses the example of Senegal’s economic crisis of the 1980s that plunged many women in urban areas into poverty. Sustainable development in this case meant women organising themselves and working together to actively determine their […]

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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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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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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 refugees in Bangladesh

01/02/1994

5 pages long

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Women refugees in Bangladesh

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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 […]

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Some problems women are facing

01/02/1994

2 pages long

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Some problems women are facing

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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 […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Increasing Women’s Political Participation in Chile and South America

21/10/2013

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The ‘Increasing women’s political participation in Chile and South America” project was launched in 2008 as part of Oxfam GB’s Raising Her Voice (RHV) portfolio, which aimed to support and strengthen women’s roles in shaping policy and local governance. The project, implemented by Corporacion Humanas, focused on increasing women’s leadership and participation in politics and […]

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Women’s health and feminist politics

01/06/1994

4 pages long

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Women’s health and feminist politics

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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 […]

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Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

20/03/2014

16 pages long

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Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

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Overview

Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa Netherlands research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)-funded international research project (2010–2013), women teachers, mothers, and caregivers in selected schools […]

Research report

Resilience in Times of Food Insecurity: Reflecting on the experiences of women’s organizations

15/09/2014

3 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

This research report considers the perspectives of women’s organizations and their strategies in dealing with vulnerability to shocks and crises, and building resilience in a context of food insecurity. The report identifies what 21 women’s organizations across 10 countries consider to be the key threats to resilience, and draws lessons from their ways of working. […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

01/02/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the experiences of women occupying reserved seats on the suku councils of Timor-Leste (each of which represents a number of small villages). The limited political participation of these women is often ascribed to patriarchal ideas within rural areas, and the need for capacity development. This article argues, however, that there are further […]

Journal article

Sustainable development: women as partners

01/02/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustainable development: women as partners

Keywords

Overview

Dem explores how Oxfam’s work in rural areas can adapt its approach to meet the needs of urban women. She uses the example of Senegal’s economic crisis of the 1980s that plunged many women in urban areas into poverty. Sustainable development in this case meant women organising themselves and working together to actively determine their […]

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

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 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 […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Increasing Women’s Political Participation in Chile and South America

21/10/2013

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Increasing women’s political participation in Chile and South America” project was launched in 2008 as part of Oxfam GB’s Raising Her Voice (RHV) portfolio, which aimed to support and strengthen women’s roles in shaping policy and local governance. The project, implemented by Corporacion Humanas, focused on increasing women’s leadership and participation in politics and […]

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 […]

Journal article

Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

Keywords

Overview

Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa Netherlands research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)-funded international research project (2010–2013), women teachers, mothers, and caregivers in selected schools […]

Research report

Resilience in Times of Food Insecurity: Reflecting on the experiences of women’s organizations

15/09/2014

3 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This research report considers the perspectives of women’s organizations and their strategies in dealing with vulnerability to shocks and crises, and building resilience in a context of food insecurity. The report identifies what 21 women’s organizations across 10 countries consider to be the key threats to resilience, and draws lessons from their ways of working. […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

01/02/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the experiences of women occupying reserved seats on the suku councils of Timor-Leste (each of which represents a number of small villages). The limited political participation of these women is often ascribed to patriarchal ideas within rural areas, and the need for capacity development. This article argues, however, that there are further […]

Journal article

Sustainable development: women as partners

01/02/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustainable development: women as partners

Keywords

Overview

Dem explores how Oxfam’s work in rural areas can adapt its approach to meet the needs of urban women. She uses the example of Senegal’s economic crisis of the 1980s that plunged many women in urban areas into poverty. Sustainable development in this case meant women organising themselves and working together to actively determine their […]

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

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 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 […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Increasing Women’s Political Participation in Chile and South America

21/10/2013

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Increasing women’s political participation in Chile and South America” project was launched in 2008 as part of Oxfam GB’s Raising Her Voice (RHV) portfolio, which aimed to support and strengthen women’s roles in shaping policy and local governance. The project, implemented by Corporacion Humanas, focused on increasing women’s leadership and participation in politics and […]

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 […]

Journal article

Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

Keywords

Overview

Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa Netherlands research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)-funded international research project (2010–2013), women teachers, mothers, and caregivers in selected schools […]

Research report

Resilience in Times of Food Insecurity: Reflecting on the experiences of women’s organizations

15/09/2014

3 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This research report considers the perspectives of women’s organizations and their strategies in dealing with vulnerability to shocks and crises, and building resilience in a context of food insecurity. The report identifies what 21 women’s organizations across 10 countries consider to be the key threats to resilience, and draws lessons from their ways of working. […]