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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

28/03/2017

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the Association for Women’s Rights in Development’s (AWID) perspective on the issue of religious fundamentalisms as they affect women’s rights in the world today. Globally and in every religious context there has been a growth in the power and influence of religious fundamentalist actors. Although the violence that they are wreaking on […]

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 […]

Journal article

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

Keywords

Overview

This article analyses how women governors, mayors, and local elected officials promoted public health and social protection in countries where men chief executives failed to take steps to contain the virus. We focus on adverse circumstances in six cases: Brazil, the United States, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, and India. While individual women may not see […]

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 […]

Case study

Pa Kite M Deyo! Don’t Leave Me Out! Haitian women demand their right to participate in public affairs

07/03/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The legacy of years of violent political turmoil and entrenched ideas about gender roles makes it very difficult for women in Haiti to be active in the political arena, despite the fact that many have already proved themselves to be dynamic and able leaders of their communities. This paper describes the work of women’s-rights organisation […]

Journal article

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

01/07/2013

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

Keywords

Overview

Women-only transportation has become a popular option for urban women around the world who are tired of being groped and harassed in buses, subways and taxis. The separation of men and women in public transit is controversial among feminists, since it does not address or solve the fundamental issue of gender inequality which causes violence and harassment. However, less […]

Case study

Strengthening the Voices of Women Leaders: Lessons from Cambodia

07/02/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recent reforms mean women in Cambodia now have the opportunity to stand for election to local councils. But many women councillors face discrimination and hostility from their male colleagues, and feel that they lack the skills and confidence to carry out their roles effectively. This paper describes the work of Women For Prosperity, which has […]

Case study

Advocacy and National Elections: Women’s political participation in Honduras

07/02/2008

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses Oxfam’s advocacy work in Honduras on women’s political rights, and women’s leadership and empowerment in the political sphere. Beginning with an overview of the constraints that women face if they wish to participate in politics, the paper then goes on to discuss Oxfam’s advocacy and campaigning activities during and after the 2005 […]

Discussion paper

Women in Rural Zaire and Upper Volta: Improving methods of skill acquisition

01/11/1977

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written and said about the fuller, more equal and less onerous role which rural women, especially in African countries should play in the context of national socio-economic development and about the policies and programmes to be pursued to bring this about. The starting point of this study is the observations and analysis […]

Journal article

Mama cash: investing in the future of women

01/03/2001

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mama cash: investing in the future of women

Keywords

Overview

Mama Cash is an independent organisation that is committed to changing and improving the position of women, through providing both financial and moral support to women’s groups and entrepreneurs. Although Mama Cash is relatively small, its feminist vision is broad and worldwide. It aims to support innovative projects that mainstream organisations avoid, and so enable […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

28/03/2017

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the Association for Women’s Rights in Development’s (AWID) perspective on the issue of religious fundamentalisms as they affect women’s rights in the world today. Globally and in every religious context there has been a growth in the power and influence of religious fundamentalist actors. Although the violence that they are wreaking on […]

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 […]

Journal article

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

Keywords

Overview

This article analyses how women governors, mayors, and local elected officials promoted public health and social protection in countries where men chief executives failed to take steps to contain the virus. We focus on adverse circumstances in six cases: Brazil, the United States, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, and India. While individual women may not see […]

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 […]

Case study

Pa Kite M Deyo! Don’t Leave Me Out! Haitian women demand their right to participate in public affairs

07/03/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The legacy of years of violent political turmoil and entrenched ideas about gender roles makes it very difficult for women in Haiti to be active in the political arena, despite the fact that many have already proved themselves to be dynamic and able leaders of their communities. This paper describes the work of women’s-rights organisation […]

Journal article

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

01/07/2013

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

Keywords

Overview

Women-only transportation has become a popular option for urban women around the world who are tired of being groped and harassed in buses, subways and taxis. The separation of men and women in public transit is controversial among feminists, since it does not address or solve the fundamental issue of gender inequality which causes violence and harassment. However, less […]

Case study

Strengthening the Voices of Women Leaders: Lessons from Cambodia

07/02/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recent reforms mean women in Cambodia now have the opportunity to stand for election to local councils. But many women councillors face discrimination and hostility from their male colleagues, and feel that they lack the skills and confidence to carry out their roles effectively. This paper describes the work of Women For Prosperity, which has […]

Case study

Advocacy and National Elections: Women’s political participation in Honduras

07/02/2008

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses Oxfam’s advocacy work in Honduras on women’s political rights, and women’s leadership and empowerment in the political sphere. Beginning with an overview of the constraints that women face if they wish to participate in politics, the paper then goes on to discuss Oxfam’s advocacy and campaigning activities during and after the 2005 […]

Discussion paper

Women in Rural Zaire and Upper Volta: Improving methods of skill acquisition

01/11/1977

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written and said about the fuller, more equal and less onerous role which rural women, especially in African countries should play in the context of national socio-economic development and about the policies and programmes to be pursued to bring this about. The starting point of this study is the observations and analysis […]

Journal article

Mama cash: investing in the future of women

01/03/2001

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mama cash: investing in the future of women

Keywords

Overview

Mama Cash is an independent organisation that is committed to changing and improving the position of women, through providing both financial and moral support to women’s groups and entrepreneurs. Although Mama Cash is relatively small, its feminist vision is broad and worldwide. It aims to support innovative projects that mainstream organisations avoid, and so enable […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

28/03/2017

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the Association for Women’s Rights in Development’s (AWID) perspective on the issue of religious fundamentalisms as they affect women’s rights in the world today. Globally and in every religious context there has been a growth in the power and influence of religious fundamentalist actors. Although the violence that they are wreaking on […]

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 […]

Journal article

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

Keywords

Overview

This article analyses how women governors, mayors, and local elected officials promoted public health and social protection in countries where men chief executives failed to take steps to contain the virus. We focus on adverse circumstances in six cases: Brazil, the United States, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, and India. While individual women may not see […]

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 […]

Case study

Pa Kite M Deyo! Don’t Leave Me Out! Haitian women demand their right to participate in public affairs

07/03/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The legacy of years of violent political turmoil and entrenched ideas about gender roles makes it very difficult for women in Haiti to be active in the political arena, despite the fact that many have already proved themselves to be dynamic and able leaders of their communities. This paper describes the work of women’s-rights organisation […]

Journal article

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

01/07/2013

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

Keywords

Overview

Women-only transportation has become a popular option for urban women around the world who are tired of being groped and harassed in buses, subways and taxis. The separation of men and women in public transit is controversial among feminists, since it does not address or solve the fundamental issue of gender inequality which causes violence and harassment. However, less […]

Case study

Strengthening the Voices of Women Leaders: Lessons from Cambodia

07/02/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recent reforms mean women in Cambodia now have the opportunity to stand for election to local councils. But many women councillors face discrimination and hostility from their male colleagues, and feel that they lack the skills and confidence to carry out their roles effectively. This paper describes the work of Women For Prosperity, which has […]

Case study

Advocacy and National Elections: Women’s political participation in Honduras

07/02/2008

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses Oxfam’s advocacy work in Honduras on women’s political rights, and women’s leadership and empowerment in the political sphere. Beginning with an overview of the constraints that women face if they wish to participate in politics, the paper then goes on to discuss Oxfam’s advocacy and campaigning activities during and after the 2005 […]

Discussion paper

Women in Rural Zaire and Upper Volta: Improving methods of skill acquisition

01/11/1977

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written and said about the fuller, more equal and less onerous role which rural women, especially in African countries should play in the context of national socio-economic development and about the policies and programmes to be pursued to bring this about. The starting point of this study is the observations and analysis […]

Journal article

Mama cash: investing in the future of women

01/03/2001

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mama cash: investing in the future of women

Keywords

Overview

Mama Cash is an independent organisation that is committed to changing and improving the position of women, through providing both financial and moral support to women’s groups and entrepreneurs. Although Mama Cash is relatively small, its feminist vision is broad and worldwide. It aims to support innovative projects that mainstream organisations avoid, and so enable […]