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Feminist solidarity: no boys allowed? Views of pro-feminist men on collaboration and alliance-building with women’s movements

01/07/2013

16 pages long

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Feminist solidarity: no boys allowed? Views of pro-feminist men on collaboration and alliance-building with women’s movements

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Overview

The field of men’s pro-feminist organising continues to build global momentum. Boys and men are both capable, and interested, to take action to support the feminist movement. This article explores the experiences of five men active in pro-feminist organising, focusing in particular on their ways of building solidarity and alliances with women’s rights networks. The […]

Journal article

Fempress: a communication strategy for women

01/02/1995

5 pages long

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Fempress: a communication strategy for women

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Overview

The women’s media network Fempress unites feminists and academics through: a monthly Latin American magazine; a Press Service on women’s issues; and a Radio Press Service across Latin America. Santa Cruz shows how these goals were achieved, from Fempress’s modest start drawing together a small, disparate women’s movement. Fempress’s founding aim of unity through communication […]

Journal article

Women, conflict, and culture in former Yugoslavia

01/02/1995

6 pages long

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Women, conflict, and culture in former Yugoslavia

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Overview

This article charts the history of the Yugoslav women’s movement to the present day. The previously strong women’s movement is now splitting along patriarchal nationalist lines. NGOs and women’s groups are multiplying. They support women and children affected by the conflict. Oxfam seeks to empower these groups by providing a space for them to develop […]

Briefing note

Women’s Right to Agricultural Land: Removing Legal Barriers for Achieving Gender Equality

07/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s land rights (WLR) have been and continue to be a live agenda in social development discourse of India. The importance of WLR has been discussed in the context of agriculture; poverty reduction; reduction in gender-based violence; women’s well-being and agency. There now exists a vast academic literature and experience of collective action to point […]

Journal article

Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

01/11/2006

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

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Overview

In India, religious norms and values play a significant role in regulating the lives of women and girls in many communities. This article looks at how the lives of women and girl beedi (hand rolled cigarette) rollers in a Muslim community in West Bengal are influenced by their religious background, highlighting the complex relationship between […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Valuing Women’s Work: A framework for business on gender equality and decent work

21/11/2023

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Our strategic focus, Valuing Women’s Work (VWW), aims to redefine what ‘work’ means so that all the work women do – paid and unpaid – can truly be valued. This first briefing from the forthcoming series, Briefings for Business on Valuing Women’s Work, is an overview and introduces some of the issues we will be […]

Journal article

Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

19/09/2024

11 pages long

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Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

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Overview

This article examines how policing affects women’s mobilities in the context of Lahore, Pakistan, and how it shapes sense of belonging and citizenship in the wider public sphere. Research on urban Pakistan is sparse to begin with, even more so with regards to surveillance of public space and the intersection of class, gender, and ethnicity […]

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

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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 […]

Research report

The Cost of Justice: Exploratory assessment on women’s access to justice in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Yemen

04/06/2018

2 documents

57 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the Middle East and North Africa region face challenges in their attempts to seek and get justice. Despite some promising legal awareness initiatives, mostly led by civil society, women’s knowledge of their rights and family law is limited. They lack social capital and the financial means to claim their rights, and the systems […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Feminist solidarity: no boys allowed? Views of pro-feminist men on collaboration and alliance-building with women’s movements

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist solidarity: no boys allowed? Views of pro-feminist men on collaboration and alliance-building with women’s movements

Keywords

Overview

The field of men’s pro-feminist organising continues to build global momentum. Boys and men are both capable, and interested, to take action to support the feminist movement. This article explores the experiences of five men active in pro-feminist organising, focusing in particular on their ways of building solidarity and alliances with women’s rights networks. The […]

Journal article

Fempress: a communication strategy for women

01/02/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fempress: a communication strategy for women

Keywords

Overview

The women’s media network Fempress unites feminists and academics through: a monthly Latin American magazine; a Press Service on women’s issues; and a Radio Press Service across Latin America. Santa Cruz shows how these goals were achieved, from Fempress’s modest start drawing together a small, disparate women’s movement. Fempress’s founding aim of unity through communication […]

Journal article

Women, conflict, and culture in former Yugoslavia

01/02/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, conflict, and culture in former Yugoslavia

Keywords

Overview

This article charts the history of the Yugoslav women’s movement to the present day. The previously strong women’s movement is now splitting along patriarchal nationalist lines. NGOs and women’s groups are multiplying. They support women and children affected by the conflict. Oxfam seeks to empower these groups by providing a space for them to develop […]

Briefing note

Women’s Right to Agricultural Land: Removing Legal Barriers for Achieving Gender Equality

07/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s land rights (WLR) have been and continue to be a live agenda in social development discourse of India. The importance of WLR has been discussed in the context of agriculture; poverty reduction; reduction in gender-based violence; women’s well-being and agency. There now exists a vast academic literature and experience of collective action to point […]

Journal article

Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

01/11/2006

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

Keywords

Overview

In India, religious norms and values play a significant role in regulating the lives of women and girls in many communities. This article looks at how the lives of women and girl beedi (hand rolled cigarette) rollers in a Muslim community in West Bengal are influenced by their religious background, highlighting the complex relationship between […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Valuing Women’s Work: A framework for business on gender equality and decent work

21/11/2023

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Our strategic focus, Valuing Women’s Work (VWW), aims to redefine what ‘work’ means so that all the work women do – paid and unpaid – can truly be valued. This first briefing from the forthcoming series, Briefings for Business on Valuing Women’s Work, is an overview and introduces some of the issues we will be […]

Journal article

Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

19/09/2024

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

Keywords

Overview

This article examines how policing affects women’s mobilities in the context of Lahore, Pakistan, and how it shapes sense of belonging and citizenship in the wider public sphere. Research on urban Pakistan is sparse to begin with, even more so with regards to surveillance of public space and the intersection of class, gender, and ethnicity […]

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 […]

Research report

The Cost of Justice: Exploratory assessment on women’s access to justice in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Yemen

04/06/2018

2 documents

57 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the Middle East and North Africa region face challenges in their attempts to seek and get justice. Despite some promising legal awareness initiatives, mostly led by civil society, women’s knowledge of their rights and family law is limited. They lack social capital and the financial means to claim their rights, and the systems […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Feminist solidarity: no boys allowed? Views of pro-feminist men on collaboration and alliance-building with women’s movements

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist solidarity: no boys allowed? Views of pro-feminist men on collaboration and alliance-building with women’s movements

Keywords

Overview

The field of men’s pro-feminist organising continues to build global momentum. Boys and men are both capable, and interested, to take action to support the feminist movement. This article explores the experiences of five men active in pro-feminist organising, focusing in particular on their ways of building solidarity and alliances with women’s rights networks. The […]

Journal article

Fempress: a communication strategy for women

01/02/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fempress: a communication strategy for women

Keywords

Overview

The women’s media network Fempress unites feminists and academics through: a monthly Latin American magazine; a Press Service on women’s issues; and a Radio Press Service across Latin America. Santa Cruz shows how these goals were achieved, from Fempress’s modest start drawing together a small, disparate women’s movement. Fempress’s founding aim of unity through communication […]

Journal article

Women, conflict, and culture in former Yugoslavia

01/02/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, conflict, and culture in former Yugoslavia

Keywords

Overview

This article charts the history of the Yugoslav women’s movement to the present day. The previously strong women’s movement is now splitting along patriarchal nationalist lines. NGOs and women’s groups are multiplying. They support women and children affected by the conflict. Oxfam seeks to empower these groups by providing a space for them to develop […]

Briefing note

Women’s Right to Agricultural Land: Removing Legal Barriers for Achieving Gender Equality

07/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s land rights (WLR) have been and continue to be a live agenda in social development discourse of India. The importance of WLR has been discussed in the context of agriculture; poverty reduction; reduction in gender-based violence; women’s well-being and agency. There now exists a vast academic literature and experience of collective action to point […]

Journal article

Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

01/11/2006

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

Keywords

Overview

In India, religious norms and values play a significant role in regulating the lives of women and girls in many communities. This article looks at how the lives of women and girl beedi (hand rolled cigarette) rollers in a Muslim community in West Bengal are influenced by their religious background, highlighting the complex relationship between […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Valuing Women’s Work: A framework for business on gender equality and decent work

21/11/2023

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Our strategic focus, Valuing Women’s Work (VWW), aims to redefine what ‘work’ means so that all the work women do – paid and unpaid – can truly be valued. This first briefing from the forthcoming series, Briefings for Business on Valuing Women’s Work, is an overview and introduces some of the issues we will be […]

Journal article

Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

19/09/2024

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

Keywords

Overview

This article examines how policing affects women’s mobilities in the context of Lahore, Pakistan, and how it shapes sense of belonging and citizenship in the wider public sphere. Research on urban Pakistan is sparse to begin with, even more so with regards to surveillance of public space and the intersection of class, gender, and ethnicity […]

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 […]

Research report

The Cost of Justice: Exploratory assessment on women’s access to justice in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Yemen

04/06/2018

2 documents

57 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the Middle East and North Africa region face challenges in their attempts to seek and get justice. Despite some promising legal awareness initiatives, mostly led by civil society, women’s knowledge of their rights and family law is limited. They lack social capital and the financial means to claim their rights, and the systems […]