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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

01/11/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

Keywords

Overview

In most countries, state pensions are financed from pay-roll taxes. However, such pensions have a strong male bias, with more men than women accessing them while also receiving higher benefits. Achieving universal pension coverage in developing countries is not possible, with pensions financed by pay-roll taxes due to high levels of informal sector employment. Furthermore, […]

Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

Keywords

Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

01/03/2010

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

Keywords

Overview

Water is one of the most important natural resources, and its effective management is essential given its scarcity. In rural Sri Lanka, the management of available water resources needs special attention because investment for water resource improvement is hard to obtain, and water itself is relatively scarce in the drier areas of the country. The […]

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 […]

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

Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Among the Muslim Community in Odisha

30/12/2015

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 seven focus states. Oxfam India works against social acceptance of Violence Against Women (VAW), which is one of the most pervasive and the least recognised human rights violations across the world. Through its Gender Justice […]

Case study

A Model for Women-Led Value Chains in Market System Development in Fragile Contexts

26/11/2019

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment for women is a key component of Oxfam’s Economic Justice programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel (OPTI). The snake cucumber (faqous) value chain provides a good example of an intervention that focuses on women’s economic empowerment (WEE). This value chain is unique in its nature and scope as it is led […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

01/11/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

Keywords

Overview

In most countries, state pensions are financed from pay-roll taxes. However, such pensions have a strong male bias, with more men than women accessing them while also receiving higher benefits. Achieving universal pension coverage in developing countries is not possible, with pensions financed by pay-roll taxes due to high levels of informal sector employment. Furthermore, […]

Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

Keywords

Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

01/03/2010

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

Keywords

Overview

Water is one of the most important natural resources, and its effective management is essential given its scarcity. In rural Sri Lanka, the management of available water resources needs special attention because investment for water resource improvement is hard to obtain, and water itself is relatively scarce in the drier areas of the country. The […]

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 […]

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

Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Among the Muslim Community in Odisha

30/12/2015

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 seven focus states. Oxfam India works against social acceptance of Violence Against Women (VAW), which is one of the most pervasive and the least recognised human rights violations across the world. Through its Gender Justice […]

Case study

A Model for Women-Led Value Chains in Market System Development in Fragile Contexts

26/11/2019

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment for women is a key component of Oxfam’s Economic Justice programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel (OPTI). The snake cucumber (faqous) value chain provides a good example of an intervention that focuses on women’s economic empowerment (WEE). This value chain is unique in its nature and scope as it is led […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

01/11/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

Keywords

Overview

In most countries, state pensions are financed from pay-roll taxes. However, such pensions have a strong male bias, with more men than women accessing them while also receiving higher benefits. Achieving universal pension coverage in developing countries is not possible, with pensions financed by pay-roll taxes due to high levels of informal sector employment. Furthermore, […]

Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

Keywords

Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

01/03/2010

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

Keywords

Overview

Water is one of the most important natural resources, and its effective management is essential given its scarcity. In rural Sri Lanka, the management of available water resources needs special attention because investment for water resource improvement is hard to obtain, and water itself is relatively scarce in the drier areas of the country. The […]

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 […]

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

Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Among the Muslim Community in Odisha

30/12/2015

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 seven focus states. Oxfam India works against social acceptance of Violence Against Women (VAW), which is one of the most pervasive and the least recognised human rights violations across the world. Through its Gender Justice […]

Case study

A Model for Women-Led Value Chains in Market System Development in Fragile Contexts

26/11/2019

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment for women is a key component of Oxfam’s Economic Justice programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel (OPTI). The snake cucumber (faqous) value chain provides a good example of an intervention that focuses on women’s economic empowerment (WEE). This value chain is unique in its nature and scope as it is led […]