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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibucá, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together the women of each area as well as other less privileged women from nearby regions. The […]

Journal article

Promoting cultural diversity and the rights of women: the dilemmas of ‘intersectionality’ for development organisations

01/05/2004

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting cultural diversity and the rights of women: the dilemmas of ‘intersectionality’ for development organisations

Keywords

Overview

Work with women belonging to indigenous groups in Latin America needs to take into account both their identity as women and their identity as indigenous people, and the interplay between these identities. Indigenous women do not reject their culture, but want to change certain traditions in order to promote justice. Novib and Hivos, two Dutch […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

Targeting women or transforming institutions?

01/05/1995

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

While inequalities between men and women have long been recognised in formal development policies, poverty-alleviation schemes generally display a discrepancy between their declared commitment to equity for women and their actual achievements in incorporating the insights of gender analysis. This article explores the experience of NGOs which have successfully incorporated gender-awareness into the formulation of […]

Journal article

Women in the informal sector

01/02/1996

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in the informal sector

Keywords

Overview

This article reviews the extent to which the educational system has acknowledged the importance to women of the informal sector of the economy, and the extent to which it has sought to prepare them for employment or self-employment within it. It assesses the record of both formal and non-formal education in providing women with the […]

Journal article

No more killings! women respond to femicides in Central America

01/03/2007

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

No more killings! women respond to femicides in Central America

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at a specific form of social violence against women in Mexico and Central America, the violent murder of women – femicidio or feminicidio in Spanish, ‘femicide’ in English. We explore the nature of femicide by analysing the situation from a gender perspective, as an extreme form of gender-based violence (GBV), and linking […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan: Impact evaluation of the empowering small scale producers in the dairy sector project

23/10/2015

3 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in December 2014 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Empowering Small Producers especially Women in the Dairy […]

Case study

Indonesia Case Study: Jenggala’s women living close to disaster

15/05/2012

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam Indonesia has been working with local partner organisation Koslata to change attitudes which leave people vulnerable to disaster and to assist the community of Jenggala with disaster risk reduction (DRR). The aim of DRR activities is to help the community to better prepare for floods and landslides and to reduce the negative impacts of […]

Journal article

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article argues for the need to change the ways in which anti-human trafficking (AT) non-government organisations (NGOs) and their interventions in India frame and address violence in sex work. The article asserts that AT NGOs need to move beyond their ideological allegiances and infuse their interventions with a better understanding of the lived realities […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibucá, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together the women of each area as well as other less privileged women from nearby regions. The […]

Journal article

Promoting cultural diversity and the rights of women: the dilemmas of ‘intersectionality’ for development organisations

01/05/2004

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting cultural diversity and the rights of women: the dilemmas of ‘intersectionality’ for development organisations

Keywords

Overview

Work with women belonging to indigenous groups in Latin America needs to take into account both their identity as women and their identity as indigenous people, and the interplay between these identities. Indigenous women do not reject their culture, but want to change certain traditions in order to promote justice. Novib and Hivos, two Dutch […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

Targeting women or transforming institutions?

01/05/1995

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

While inequalities between men and women have long been recognised in formal development policies, poverty-alleviation schemes generally display a discrepancy between their declared commitment to equity for women and their actual achievements in incorporating the insights of gender analysis. This article explores the experience of NGOs which have successfully incorporated gender-awareness into the formulation of […]

Journal article

Women in the informal sector

01/02/1996

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in the informal sector

Keywords

Overview

This article reviews the extent to which the educational system has acknowledged the importance to women of the informal sector of the economy, and the extent to which it has sought to prepare them for employment or self-employment within it. It assesses the record of both formal and non-formal education in providing women with the […]

Journal article

No more killings! women respond to femicides in Central America

01/03/2007

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

No more killings! women respond to femicides in Central America

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at a specific form of social violence against women in Mexico and Central America, the violent murder of women – femicidio or feminicidio in Spanish, ‘femicide’ in English. We explore the nature of femicide by analysing the situation from a gender perspective, as an extreme form of gender-based violence (GBV), and linking […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan: Impact evaluation of the empowering small scale producers in the dairy sector project

23/10/2015

3 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in December 2014 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Empowering Small Producers especially Women in the Dairy […]

Case study

Indonesia Case Study: Jenggala’s women living close to disaster

15/05/2012

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam Indonesia has been working with local partner organisation Koslata to change attitudes which leave people vulnerable to disaster and to assist the community of Jenggala with disaster risk reduction (DRR). The aim of DRR activities is to help the community to better prepare for floods and landslides and to reduce the negative impacts of […]

Journal article

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article argues for the need to change the ways in which anti-human trafficking (AT) non-government organisations (NGOs) and their interventions in India frame and address violence in sex work. The article asserts that AT NGOs need to move beyond their ideological allegiances and infuse their interventions with a better understanding of the lived realities […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibucá, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together the women of each area as well as other less privileged women from nearby regions. The […]

Journal article

Promoting cultural diversity and the rights of women: the dilemmas of ‘intersectionality’ for development organisations

01/05/2004

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting cultural diversity and the rights of women: the dilemmas of ‘intersectionality’ for development organisations

Keywords

Overview

Work with women belonging to indigenous groups in Latin America needs to take into account both their identity as women and their identity as indigenous people, and the interplay between these identities. Indigenous women do not reject their culture, but want to change certain traditions in order to promote justice. Novib and Hivos, two Dutch […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

Targeting women or transforming institutions?

01/05/1995

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

While inequalities between men and women have long been recognised in formal development policies, poverty-alleviation schemes generally display a discrepancy between their declared commitment to equity for women and their actual achievements in incorporating the insights of gender analysis. This article explores the experience of NGOs which have successfully incorporated gender-awareness into the formulation of […]

Journal article

Women in the informal sector

01/02/1996

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in the informal sector

Keywords

Overview

This article reviews the extent to which the educational system has acknowledged the importance to women of the informal sector of the economy, and the extent to which it has sought to prepare them for employment or self-employment within it. It assesses the record of both formal and non-formal education in providing women with the […]

Journal article

No more killings! women respond to femicides in Central America

01/03/2007

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

No more killings! women respond to femicides in Central America

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at a specific form of social violence against women in Mexico and Central America, the violent murder of women – femicidio or feminicidio in Spanish, ‘femicide’ in English. We explore the nature of femicide by analysing the situation from a gender perspective, as an extreme form of gender-based violence (GBV), and linking […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan: Impact evaluation of the empowering small scale producers in the dairy sector project

23/10/2015

3 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in December 2014 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Empowering Small Producers especially Women in the Dairy […]

Case study

Indonesia Case Study: Jenggala’s women living close to disaster

15/05/2012

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam Indonesia has been working with local partner organisation Koslata to change attitudes which leave people vulnerable to disaster and to assist the community of Jenggala with disaster risk reduction (DRR). The aim of DRR activities is to help the community to better prepare for floods and landslides and to reduce the negative impacts of […]

Journal article

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article argues for the need to change the ways in which anti-human trafficking (AT) non-government organisations (NGOs) and their interventions in India frame and address violence in sex work. The article asserts that AT NGOs need to move beyond their ideological allegiances and infuse their interventions with a better understanding of the lived realities […]