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Research report

Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Syrian Refugee Women in the Bekaa

18/06/2020

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research paper explores the different challenges related to menstrual hygiene faced by Syrian refugee women residing in Informal Tented Settlements (ITSs) in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon. The piece first looks at women’s distinct lived experiences and practices, focusing on products, safety and health, and delving into the implications of those challenges on paid […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Honey Sector in Ethiopia

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At first glance, the honey sector in Ethiopia seems an unlikely place in which to find women forming collective action(CA) groups, taking leadership positions, and benefiting from increased income generation. Beekeeping and honey production are largely male occupations. Over the last decade, however, women have begun to participate in CA in the honey sector 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

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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

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 […]

Journal article

The Global Compact for Migration: what could it mean for women and gender relations?

01/08/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Global Compact for Migration: what could it mean for women and gender relations?

Keywords

Overview

Under half of international migrants throughout the world are women. While large movements of people, human rights and humanitarian crises, and migrant deaths are not new, the public attention given to the arrivals of refugees and migrants to the shores of Europe has compelled governments to engage in a multilateral manner. In September 2016, the […]

Journal article

Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

25/11/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

Keywords

Overview

“Raising Her Voice” (RHV) is a global programme from Oxfam GB to promote poor women’s rights and capacity to participate effectively in governance at every level: raising women voices, increasing their influence, and making decision-making institutions more accountable to women. The present article is based on the findings of a case study of the Bolivian […]

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 […]

Journal article

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

01/11/2002

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

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Overview

This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any […]

Journal article

Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

01/05/2003

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written about the contribution of Palestinian women to their nation’s liberation struggle. They have not only survived in an atmosphere of remorseless violence, but have also made remarkable strides in terms of their rights and development as women. A question that has been less explored is the long-term impact of violence against […]

Journal article

ActionAid’s Young Urban Women Programme in urban India: taking an intersectional approach to decent work, unpaid care, and sexual and reproductive health and rights

27/03/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

ActionAid’s Young Urban Women Programme in urban India: taking an intersectional approach to decent work, unpaid care, and sexual and reproductive health and rights

Keywords

Overview

This article traces the implementation of a programme with young urban women living in poverty in the Indian cities of Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai. The programme aims to increase their economic independence and control over their bodies. It begins from an intersectional analysis of women’s access to decent work, their unpaid care work responsibilities, and […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Syrian Refugee Women in the Bekaa

18/06/2020

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research paper explores the different challenges related to menstrual hygiene faced by Syrian refugee women residing in Informal Tented Settlements (ITSs) in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon. The piece first looks at women’s distinct lived experiences and practices, focusing on products, safety and health, and delving into the implications of those challenges on paid […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Honey Sector in Ethiopia

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At first glance, the honey sector in Ethiopia seems an unlikely place in which to find women forming collective action(CA) groups, taking leadership positions, and benefiting from increased income generation. Beekeeping and honey production are largely male occupations. Over the last decade, however, women have begun to participate in CA in the honey sector 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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

The Global Compact for Migration: what could it mean for women and gender relations?

01/08/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Global Compact for Migration: what could it mean for women and gender relations?

Keywords

Overview

Under half of international migrants throughout the world are women. While large movements of people, human rights and humanitarian crises, and migrant deaths are not new, the public attention given to the arrivals of refugees and migrants to the shores of Europe has compelled governments to engage in a multilateral manner. In September 2016, the […]

Journal article

Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

25/11/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

Keywords

Overview

“Raising Her Voice” (RHV) is a global programme from Oxfam GB to promote poor women’s rights and capacity to participate effectively in governance at every level: raising women voices, increasing their influence, and making decision-making institutions more accountable to women. The present article is based on the findings of a case study of the Bolivian […]

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 […]

Journal article

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

01/11/2002

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

Keywords

Overview

This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any […]

Journal article

Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

01/05/2003

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written about the contribution of Palestinian women to their nation’s liberation struggle. They have not only survived in an atmosphere of remorseless violence, but have also made remarkable strides in terms of their rights and development as women. A question that has been less explored is the long-term impact of violence against […]

Journal article

ActionAid’s Young Urban Women Programme in urban India: taking an intersectional approach to decent work, unpaid care, and sexual and reproductive health and rights

27/03/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

ActionAid’s Young Urban Women Programme in urban India: taking an intersectional approach to decent work, unpaid care, and sexual and reproductive health and rights

Keywords

Overview

This article traces the implementation of a programme with young urban women living in poverty in the Indian cities of Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai. The programme aims to increase their economic independence and control over their bodies. It begins from an intersectional analysis of women’s access to decent work, their unpaid care work responsibilities, and […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Syrian Refugee Women in the Bekaa

18/06/2020

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research paper explores the different challenges related to menstrual hygiene faced by Syrian refugee women residing in Informal Tented Settlements (ITSs) in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon. The piece first looks at women’s distinct lived experiences and practices, focusing on products, safety and health, and delving into the implications of those challenges on paid […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Honey Sector in Ethiopia

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At first glance, the honey sector in Ethiopia seems an unlikely place in which to find women forming collective action(CA) groups, taking leadership positions, and benefiting from increased income generation. Beekeeping and honey production are largely male occupations. Over the last decade, however, women have begun to participate in CA in the honey sector 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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

The Global Compact for Migration: what could it mean for women and gender relations?

01/08/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Global Compact for Migration: what could it mean for women and gender relations?

Keywords

Overview

Under half of international migrants throughout the world are women. While large movements of people, human rights and humanitarian crises, and migrant deaths are not new, the public attention given to the arrivals of refugees and migrants to the shores of Europe has compelled governments to engage in a multilateral manner. In September 2016, the […]

Journal article

Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

25/11/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

Keywords

Overview

“Raising Her Voice” (RHV) is a global programme from Oxfam GB to promote poor women’s rights and capacity to participate effectively in governance at every level: raising women voices, increasing their influence, and making decision-making institutions more accountable to women. The present article is based on the findings of a case study of the Bolivian […]

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 […]

Journal article

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

01/11/2002

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

Keywords

Overview

This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any […]

Journal article

Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

01/05/2003

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written about the contribution of Palestinian women to their nation’s liberation struggle. They have not only survived in an atmosphere of remorseless violence, but have also made remarkable strides in terms of their rights and development as women. A question that has been less explored is the long-term impact of violence against […]

Journal article

ActionAid’s Young Urban Women Programme in urban India: taking an intersectional approach to decent work, unpaid care, and sexual and reproductive health and rights

27/03/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

ActionAid’s Young Urban Women Programme in urban India: taking an intersectional approach to decent work, unpaid care, and sexual and reproductive health and rights

Keywords

Overview

This article traces the implementation of a programme with young urban women living in poverty in the Indian cities of Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai. The programme aims to increase their economic independence and control over their bodies. It begins from an intersectional analysis of women’s access to decent work, their unpaid care work responsibilities, and […]