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Journal article

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

01/11/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

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Overview

The Global-ITE (Initial Teacher Education) scheme is a three-year education project. It aims to enable trainee teachers in three teacher-education institutes in India, Kenya, and England to link local and global social issues to each other, and relate them to the school curriculum; and to promote a global perspective on citizenship education. Integral to our […]

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 […]

Journal article

Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

01/05/2003

8 pages long

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Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

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Overview

One response to the phenomenon of globalisation in politics, economics and culture has been a resurgence of fundamentalist movements. To fundamentalists, women symbolise ethnic and cultural purity, and their rights and status have become an enormous issue. But the links between fundamentalisms, tradition and modernity are very complex. In this article I look at the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

11/07/2018

14 pages long

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‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

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Overview

Established in 2006, Take Back the Tech! is a global campaign that encourages women and girls to use technology to counter gender-based violence. Through interviews with women in the Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, and India, this article explores how, ten years later, girls and young women are ‘taking back’ technology to demand their rights and […]

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

Rural women’s participation in solar-powered irrigation in Niger: lessons from Dimitra Clubs

10/12/2020

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rural women’s participation in solar-powered irrigation in Niger: lessons from Dimitra Clubs

Keywords

Overview

The relative lack of women’s participation in energy-related development projects around the world to transform agricultural productivity has been a source of significant concern globally. Out of 181 countries, Niger holds the current position for being the second most vulnerable to climate change. Despite the emphasis on women’s participation in solar-powered irrigation initiatives in Niger […]

Campaign report

Protected and Powerful: Putting Resources and Decision Making Power in the Hands of Women in Conflict

16/10/2018

2 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Evidence shows a strong link between gender equality and peace. Countries where women are empowered are vastly more secure. Helping women realize their rights in fragile countries helps prevent conflict and increases the likelihood of sustainable peace. This Oxfam Canada report examines the challenges women and girls face in conflict settings and recommends concrete actions […]

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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

01/11/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

Keywords

Overview

The Global-ITE (Initial Teacher Education) scheme is a three-year education project. It aims to enable trainee teachers in three teacher-education institutes in India, Kenya, and England to link local and global social issues to each other, and relate them to the school curriculum; and to promote a global perspective on citizenship education. Integral to our […]

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 […]

Journal article

Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

01/05/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

Keywords

Overview

One response to the phenomenon of globalisation in politics, economics and culture has been a resurgence of fundamentalist movements. To fundamentalists, women symbolise ethnic and cultural purity, and their rights and status have become an enormous issue. But the links between fundamentalisms, tradition and modernity are very complex. In this article I look at the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

11/07/2018

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

Keywords

Overview

Established in 2006, Take Back the Tech! is a global campaign that encourages women and girls to use technology to counter gender-based violence. Through interviews with women in the Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, and India, this article explores how, ten years later, girls and young women are ‘taking back’ technology to demand their rights and […]

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

Rural women’s participation in solar-powered irrigation in Niger: lessons from Dimitra Clubs

10/12/2020

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rural women’s participation in solar-powered irrigation in Niger: lessons from Dimitra Clubs

Keywords

Overview

The relative lack of women’s participation in energy-related development projects around the world to transform agricultural productivity has been a source of significant concern globally. Out of 181 countries, Niger holds the current position for being the second most vulnerable to climate change. Despite the emphasis on women’s participation in solar-powered irrigation initiatives in Niger […]

Campaign report

Protected and Powerful: Putting Resources and Decision Making Power in the Hands of Women in Conflict

16/10/2018

2 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Evidence shows a strong link between gender equality and peace. Countries where women are empowered are vastly more secure. Helping women realize their rights in fragile countries helps prevent conflict and increases the likelihood of sustainable peace. This Oxfam Canada report examines the challenges women and girls face in conflict settings and recommends concrete actions […]

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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

01/11/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

Keywords

Overview

The Global-ITE (Initial Teacher Education) scheme is a three-year education project. It aims to enable trainee teachers in three teacher-education institutes in India, Kenya, and England to link local and global social issues to each other, and relate them to the school curriculum; and to promote a global perspective on citizenship education. Integral to our […]

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 […]

Journal article

Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

01/05/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

Keywords

Overview

One response to the phenomenon of globalisation in politics, economics and culture has been a resurgence of fundamentalist movements. To fundamentalists, women symbolise ethnic and cultural purity, and their rights and status have become an enormous issue. But the links between fundamentalisms, tradition and modernity are very complex. In this article I look at the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

11/07/2018

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

Keywords

Overview

Established in 2006, Take Back the Tech! is a global campaign that encourages women and girls to use technology to counter gender-based violence. Through interviews with women in the Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, and India, this article explores how, ten years later, girls and young women are ‘taking back’ technology to demand their rights and […]

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

Rural women’s participation in solar-powered irrigation in Niger: lessons from Dimitra Clubs

10/12/2020

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rural women’s participation in solar-powered irrigation in Niger: lessons from Dimitra Clubs

Keywords

Overview

The relative lack of women’s participation in energy-related development projects around the world to transform agricultural productivity has been a source of significant concern globally. Out of 181 countries, Niger holds the current position for being the second most vulnerable to climate change. Despite the emphasis on women’s participation in solar-powered irrigation initiatives in Niger […]

Campaign report

Protected and Powerful: Putting Resources and Decision Making Power in the Hands of Women in Conflict

16/10/2018

2 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Evidence shows a strong link between gender equality and peace. Countries where women are empowered are vastly more secure. Helping women realize their rights in fragile countries helps prevent conflict and increases the likelihood of sustainable peace. This Oxfam Canada report examines the challenges women and girls face in conflict settings and recommends concrete actions […]

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 […]