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Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

10/12/2020

19 pages long

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Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

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This article draws on Oxfam’s work in Pakistan. It explores the burdens of addressing the climate crisis on the unpaid labour of poverty-stricken women in Badin, Pakistan. A case study methodology has been used to highlight the experiences of four women farmers in Badin and understand the impact of climate change on their care workload. […]

Briefing paper

Women and the 1%: How extreme economic inequality and gender inequality must be tackled together

11/04/2016

6 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

Recent decades have seen a dramatic rise in extreme economic inequality. Those at the top of the income scale have received a disproportionate share of the gains of global growth. This risks further entrenching gender inequality and funnelling the gains from women’s labour to those already at the top. Too often women are in low […]

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

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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 […]

Briefing paper

Speaking Up: The role of women in building peace in Yemen

08/03/2023

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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Overview

This paper brings the voices of Yemeni women forward. Women were active in the 2011 protests, influencing political developments at key junctures. However, subsequent armed conflicts militarized the political environment and pushed forward a more limited religious agenda that saw more and more women systematically marginalized in the process. This paper outlines these major trends and […]

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Economic crisis helps to ‘demarginalize’ women

01/05/1998

6 pages long

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Coffee production was the main source of family income in the North West Province of Cameroon until there was a fall in coffee prices. The author recounts a positive side effect of this potential economic crisis for the province: the empowerment of women. Previously denied land-ownership, due to men’s traditional hold on land and women’s […]

Research report

Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Syrian Refugee Women in the Bekaa

18/06/2020

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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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

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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 […]

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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

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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

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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 […]

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

01/08/2019

16 pages long

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

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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 […]

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

25/11/2011

10 pages long

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

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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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

10/12/2020

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on Oxfam’s work in Pakistan. It explores the burdens of addressing the climate crisis on the unpaid labour of poverty-stricken women in Badin, Pakistan. A case study methodology has been used to highlight the experiences of four women farmers in Badin and understand the impact of climate change on their care workload. […]

Briefing paper

Women and the 1%: How extreme economic inequality and gender inequality must be tackled together

11/04/2016

6 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Recent decades have seen a dramatic rise in extreme economic inequality. Those at the top of the income scale have received a disproportionate share of the gains of global growth. This risks further entrenching gender inequality and funnelling the gains from women’s labour to those already at the top. Too often women are in low […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Speaking Up: The role of women in building peace in Yemen

08/03/2023

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This paper brings the voices of Yemeni women forward. Women were active in the 2011 protests, influencing political developments at key junctures. However, subsequent armed conflicts militarized the political environment and pushed forward a more limited religious agenda that saw more and more women systematically marginalized in the process. This paper outlines these major trends and […]

Journal article

Economic crisis helps to ‘demarginalize’ women

01/05/1998

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Coffee production was the main source of family income in the North West Province of Cameroon until there was a fall in coffee prices. The author recounts a positive side effect of this potential economic crisis for the province: the empowerment of women. Previously denied land-ownership, due to men’s traditional hold on land and women’s […]

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

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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

10/12/2020

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Caregivers at the frontline of addressing the climate crisis

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on Oxfam’s work in Pakistan. It explores the burdens of addressing the climate crisis on the unpaid labour of poverty-stricken women in Badin, Pakistan. A case study methodology has been used to highlight the experiences of four women farmers in Badin and understand the impact of climate change on their care workload. […]

Briefing paper

Women and the 1%: How extreme economic inequality and gender inequality must be tackled together

11/04/2016

6 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Recent decades have seen a dramatic rise in extreme economic inequality. Those at the top of the income scale have received a disproportionate share of the gains of global growth. This risks further entrenching gender inequality and funnelling the gains from women’s labour to those already at the top. Too often women are in low […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Speaking Up: The role of women in building peace in Yemen

08/03/2023

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This paper brings the voices of Yemeni women forward. Women were active in the 2011 protests, influencing political developments at key junctures. However, subsequent armed conflicts militarized the political environment and pushed forward a more limited religious agenda that saw more and more women systematically marginalized in the process. This paper outlines these major trends and […]

Journal article

Economic crisis helps to ‘demarginalize’ women

01/05/1998

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Coffee production was the main source of family income in the North West Province of Cameroon until there was a fall in coffee prices. The author recounts a positive side effect of this potential economic crisis for the province: the empowerment of women. Previously denied land-ownership, due to men’s traditional hold on land and women’s […]

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

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 […]