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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

Keywords

Overview

Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the understanding of discrimination against different people has moved forward considerably. This can be seen in the development of human rights conventions on children, women, disabled people and migrant workers and their families. However, one area still neglected is that of the rights […]

Annual report

Making Care Count: An Overview of the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Initiative

18/11/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Across the globe, unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) sustains communities and economies, provides essential care for children, sick and elderly people and those living with disabilities, and keeps households clean and families fed. Without unpaid care, the global economy as we know it would grind to a halt. Yet this work falls disproportionately on […]

Briefing note

Fisherwomen’s Cooperative in Odisha Promotes Transformative Leadership of Women’s Rights

30/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, it works in six states. Oxfam India’s programme on Gender Justice aims to address the deeply entrenched gender-biased social norms that are responsible for the poor status of women and girls in the society. Oxfam India’s effort to […]

Case study

Case Study: Women’s Rights in Egypt

01/07/2012

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Women's rights

Overview

The uprising in Egypt which began on 25 January 2011 called for freedom, dignity and social justice. It was full of potential opportunities and challenges for Egyptians who had been deprived of their political, social and economic rights. The revolution gave women a sense of freedom and empowerment, and seemed like the perfect opportunity to […]

Briefing paper

Towards Ending Violence Against Women in South Asia

05/08/2004

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

There are 50 million fewer women in South Asia today than there should be – girl babies are killed before birth through sex-selective abortions, or die prematurely through violence and neglect. Millions more girls and women face discrimination – they have less to eat than boys and men, are denied an education, are forced into […]

Research report

Meaningful Action: Effective approaches to women’s economic empowerment in agriculture

30/10/2014

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper responds to recent focus in the development sector on creating employment for women. It argues that sustaining women’s economic empowerment depends on employment being decent work, with safeguards, that is accessible to many women. Approaches combine integrated interventions to increase participation in markets with broader investments for social infrastructure, supportive norms and addressing […]

Guidelines and toolkits

What Men and Women Want: A practical guide to gender and participation

01/08/2004

1 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Based on an actual gendered participatory appraisal in Wales, this guide offers a thorough explanation of why looking at the differences in men’s and women’s life experiences is an essential part of any participatory work. What Men and Women Want guides the user through the stages of a process which is ‘gendered’ throughout – in […]

Briefing paper

No Simple Solutions: Women, displacement and durable solutions in South Sudan

03/09/2019

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Conversations around returns and relocations of internally displaced people and refugees in South Sudan and the future of the UN Protection of Civilians sites are often framed by clear-cut distinctions between single push and pull factors. This framing – often based on perceptions of international actors of what internally displaced people or refugees do or […]

Research report

Shifting Social Norms in the Economy for Women’s Economic Empowerment: Insights from a practitioner learning group

01/12/2018

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2017, The SEEP Network and Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment in Agriculture Knowledge Hub partnered to facilitate a Practitioner Learning Group (PLG) on 'Shifting Social Norms in the Economy to Create Change at Scale.' The SEEP PLG process is a method that brings together market development practitioners to help each other overcome practical and urgent […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Dairy Farmers in Bangladesh: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Bangladesh

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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

Keywords

Overview

Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the understanding of discrimination against different people has moved forward considerably. This can be seen in the development of human rights conventions on children, women, disabled people and migrant workers and their families. However, one area still neglected is that of the rights […]

Annual report

Making Care Count: An Overview of the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Initiative

18/11/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Across the globe, unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) sustains communities and economies, provides essential care for children, sick and elderly people and those living with disabilities, and keeps households clean and families fed. Without unpaid care, the global economy as we know it would grind to a halt. Yet this work falls disproportionately on […]

Briefing note

Fisherwomen’s Cooperative in Odisha Promotes Transformative Leadership of Women’s Rights

30/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, it works in six states. Oxfam India’s programme on Gender Justice aims to address the deeply entrenched gender-biased social norms that are responsible for the poor status of women and girls in the society. Oxfam India’s effort to […]

Case study

Case Study: Women’s Rights in Egypt

01/07/2012

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Women's rights

Overview

The uprising in Egypt which began on 25 January 2011 called for freedom, dignity and social justice. It was full of potential opportunities and challenges for Egyptians who had been deprived of their political, social and economic rights. The revolution gave women a sense of freedom and empowerment, and seemed like the perfect opportunity to […]

Briefing paper

Towards Ending Violence Against Women in South Asia

05/08/2004

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

There are 50 million fewer women in South Asia today than there should be – girl babies are killed before birth through sex-selective abortions, or die prematurely through violence and neglect. Millions more girls and women face discrimination – they have less to eat than boys and men, are denied an education, are forced into […]

Research report

Meaningful Action: Effective approaches to women’s economic empowerment in agriculture

30/10/2014

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper responds to recent focus in the development sector on creating employment for women. It argues that sustaining women’s economic empowerment depends on employment being decent work, with safeguards, that is accessible to many women. Approaches combine integrated interventions to increase participation in markets with broader investments for social infrastructure, supportive norms and addressing […]

Guidelines and toolkits

What Men and Women Want: A practical guide to gender and participation

01/08/2004

1 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Based on an actual gendered participatory appraisal in Wales, this guide offers a thorough explanation of why looking at the differences in men’s and women’s life experiences is an essential part of any participatory work. What Men and Women Want guides the user through the stages of a process which is ‘gendered’ throughout – in […]

Briefing paper

No Simple Solutions: Women, displacement and durable solutions in South Sudan

03/09/2019

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Conversations around returns and relocations of internally displaced people and refugees in South Sudan and the future of the UN Protection of Civilians sites are often framed by clear-cut distinctions between single push and pull factors. This framing – often based on perceptions of international actors of what internally displaced people or refugees do or […]

Research report

Shifting Social Norms in the Economy for Women’s Economic Empowerment: Insights from a practitioner learning group

01/12/2018

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2017, The SEEP Network and Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment in Agriculture Knowledge Hub partnered to facilitate a Practitioner Learning Group (PLG) on 'Shifting Social Norms in the Economy to Create Change at Scale.' The SEEP PLG process is a method that brings together market development practitioners to help each other overcome practical and urgent […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Dairy Farmers in Bangladesh: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Bangladesh

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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

Keywords

Overview

Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the understanding of discrimination against different people has moved forward considerably. This can be seen in the development of human rights conventions on children, women, disabled people and migrant workers and their families. However, one area still neglected is that of the rights […]

Annual report

Making Care Count: An Overview of the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Initiative

18/11/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Across the globe, unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) sustains communities and economies, provides essential care for children, sick and elderly people and those living with disabilities, and keeps households clean and families fed. Without unpaid care, the global economy as we know it would grind to a halt. Yet this work falls disproportionately on […]

Briefing note

Fisherwomen’s Cooperative in Odisha Promotes Transformative Leadership of Women’s Rights

30/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, it works in six states. Oxfam India’s programme on Gender Justice aims to address the deeply entrenched gender-biased social norms that are responsible for the poor status of women and girls in the society. Oxfam India’s effort to […]

Case study

Case Study: Women’s Rights in Egypt

01/07/2012

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Women's rights

Overview

The uprising in Egypt which began on 25 January 2011 called for freedom, dignity and social justice. It was full of potential opportunities and challenges for Egyptians who had been deprived of their political, social and economic rights. The revolution gave women a sense of freedom and empowerment, and seemed like the perfect opportunity to […]

Briefing paper

Towards Ending Violence Against Women in South Asia

05/08/2004

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

There are 50 million fewer women in South Asia today than there should be – girl babies are killed before birth through sex-selective abortions, or die prematurely through violence and neglect. Millions more girls and women face discrimination – they have less to eat than boys and men, are denied an education, are forced into […]

Research report

Meaningful Action: Effective approaches to women’s economic empowerment in agriculture

30/10/2014

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper responds to recent focus in the development sector on creating employment for women. It argues that sustaining women’s economic empowerment depends on employment being decent work, with safeguards, that is accessible to many women. Approaches combine integrated interventions to increase participation in markets with broader investments for social infrastructure, supportive norms and addressing […]

Guidelines and toolkits

What Men and Women Want: A practical guide to gender and participation

01/08/2004

1 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Based on an actual gendered participatory appraisal in Wales, this guide offers a thorough explanation of why looking at the differences in men’s and women’s life experiences is an essential part of any participatory work. What Men and Women Want guides the user through the stages of a process which is ‘gendered’ throughout – in […]

Briefing paper

No Simple Solutions: Women, displacement and durable solutions in South Sudan

03/09/2019

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Conversations around returns and relocations of internally displaced people and refugees in South Sudan and the future of the UN Protection of Civilians sites are often framed by clear-cut distinctions between single push and pull factors. This framing – often based on perceptions of international actors of what internally displaced people or refugees do or […]

Research report

Shifting Social Norms in the Economy for Women’s Economic Empowerment: Insights from a practitioner learning group

01/12/2018

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2017, The SEEP Network and Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment in Agriculture Knowledge Hub partnered to facilitate a Practitioner Learning Group (PLG) on 'Shifting Social Norms in the Economy to Create Change at Scale.' The SEEP PLG process is a method that brings together market development practitioners to help each other overcome practical and urgent […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Dairy Farmers in Bangladesh: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Bangladesh

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 […]