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Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

01/02/1993

6 pages long

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Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

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Overview

The author is a female relief worker who has seen first-hand how women are more vulnerable than men to natural disasters, and in their aftermath. She explores why women are more likely to die in environmental disasters, and why emergency relief aid often fails to benefit women. Begum makes recommendations for ensuring that women’s needs […]

Discussion paper

Political Gender Quotas: Key debates and values for Myanmar

04/06/2016

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women are increasingly visible in politics around the world but there is still a yawning gap in their political representation compared with men. In Myanmar, gender inequality and women’s rights are major challenges across economic, social and political spheres. Myanmar’s historic election in November 2015 saw a big increase in the numbers of women candidates […]

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

Functional Adult Literacy: Sustainable, women-focused capacity-building in Ethiopia

23/07/2013

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In Limu, Ethiopia, Oxfam worked with partners and local government to develop a Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) programme for smallholders to enhance women’s economic leadership, increase production and improve the quality of organic coffee. The programme combined literacy classes with training on agricultural and financial capacity-building. This approach increased attendance and improved smallholders’ skills across […]

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

Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

01/06/1993

3 pages long

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Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

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Overview

The destruction of social frameworks by war allows women to participate in arenas from which they are traditionally excluded. This contributes to women’s empowerment, if the women concerned are aware of the changes and want them to survive post-war. Community Aid Abroad (CAA) has been working with people displaced by conflict in eastern Sri Lanka. […]

Journal article

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

28/03/2017

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

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Overview

The article shares the experience of Women on the Frontline (WoF), a network of about 30 women’s rights organisations with its origins in the Netherlands, and covering seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The organisations participating in WoF all have their own agendas and particular needs, but they share one […]

Briefing paper

No Simple Solutions: Women, displacement and durable solutions in South Sudan

03/09/2019

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Conversations around returns and relocations of internally displaced people and refugees in South Sudan and the future of the UN Protection of Civilians sites are often framed by clear-cut distinctions between single push and pull factors. This framing – often based on perceptions of international actors of what internally displaced people or refugees do or […]

Journal article

Filipino women demand freedom from debt

01/10/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Filipino women demand freedom from debt

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Overview

Filipino women are fighting back against unrecognised household work, underpaid income-earning employment, the burden of foreign debt, and debt repayment conditionality’s. One important initiative is the Women’s Committee within the ‘Freedom from Debt Coalition’. The latter works for sustainable development, and the former ensures that gender issues are integrated into all its policies. The author […]

Journal article

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

Keywords

Overview

A conference by ‘One World Action’ that focused on Saharawi women refugees, has highlighted how women worldwide cope with displacement. The true picture is starkly different to that portrayed by Western media and understood by Western aid agencies. Women refugees are not ‘victims’ but empower themselves by running the camps and assuming traditional male roles […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

01/02/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

The author is a female relief worker who has seen first-hand how women are more vulnerable than men to natural disasters, and in their aftermath. She explores why women are more likely to die in environmental disasters, and why emergency relief aid often fails to benefit women. Begum makes recommendations for ensuring that women’s needs […]

Discussion paper

Political Gender Quotas: Key debates and values for Myanmar

04/06/2016

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women are increasingly visible in politics around the world but there is still a yawning gap in their political representation compared with men. In Myanmar, gender inequality and women’s rights are major challenges across economic, social and political spheres. Myanmar’s historic election in November 2015 saw a big increase in the numbers of women candidates […]

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

Functional Adult Literacy: Sustainable, women-focused capacity-building in Ethiopia

23/07/2013

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In Limu, Ethiopia, Oxfam worked with partners and local government to develop a Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) programme for smallholders to enhance women’s economic leadership, increase production and improve the quality of organic coffee. The programme combined literacy classes with training on agricultural and financial capacity-building. This approach increased attendance and improved smallholders’ skills across […]

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

Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

01/06/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

Keywords

Overview

The destruction of social frameworks by war allows women to participate in arenas from which they are traditionally excluded. This contributes to women’s empowerment, if the women concerned are aware of the changes and want them to survive post-war. Community Aid Abroad (CAA) has been working with people displaced by conflict in eastern Sri Lanka. […]

Journal article

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

28/03/2017

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

Keywords

Overview

The article shares the experience of Women on the Frontline (WoF), a network of about 30 women’s rights organisations with its origins in the Netherlands, and covering seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The organisations participating in WoF all have their own agendas and particular needs, but they share one […]

Briefing paper

No Simple Solutions: Women, displacement and durable solutions in South Sudan

03/09/2019

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Conversations around returns and relocations of internally displaced people and refugees in South Sudan and the future of the UN Protection of Civilians sites are often framed by clear-cut distinctions between single push and pull factors. This framing – often based on perceptions of international actors of what internally displaced people or refugees do or […]

Journal article

Filipino women demand freedom from debt

01/10/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Filipino women demand freedom from debt

Keywords

Overview

Filipino women are fighting back against unrecognised household work, underpaid income-earning employment, the burden of foreign debt, and debt repayment conditionality’s. One important initiative is the Women’s Committee within the ‘Freedom from Debt Coalition’. The latter works for sustainable development, and the former ensures that gender issues are integrated into all its policies. The author […]

Journal article

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

Keywords

Overview

A conference by ‘One World Action’ that focused on Saharawi women refugees, has highlighted how women worldwide cope with displacement. The true picture is starkly different to that portrayed by Western media and understood by Western aid agencies. Women refugees are not ‘victims’ but empower themselves by running the camps and assuming traditional male roles […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

01/02/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

The author is a female relief worker who has seen first-hand how women are more vulnerable than men to natural disasters, and in their aftermath. She explores why women are more likely to die in environmental disasters, and why emergency relief aid often fails to benefit women. Begum makes recommendations for ensuring that women’s needs […]

Discussion paper

Political Gender Quotas: Key debates and values for Myanmar

04/06/2016

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women are increasingly visible in politics around the world but there is still a yawning gap in their political representation compared with men. In Myanmar, gender inequality and women’s rights are major challenges across economic, social and political spheres. Myanmar’s historic election in November 2015 saw a big increase in the numbers of women candidates […]

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

Functional Adult Literacy: Sustainable, women-focused capacity-building in Ethiopia

23/07/2013

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In Limu, Ethiopia, Oxfam worked with partners and local government to develop a Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) programme for smallholders to enhance women’s economic leadership, increase production and improve the quality of organic coffee. The programme combined literacy classes with training on agricultural and financial capacity-building. This approach increased attendance and improved smallholders’ skills across […]

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

Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

01/06/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

Keywords

Overview

The destruction of social frameworks by war allows women to participate in arenas from which they are traditionally excluded. This contributes to women’s empowerment, if the women concerned are aware of the changes and want them to survive post-war. Community Aid Abroad (CAA) has been working with people displaced by conflict in eastern Sri Lanka. […]

Journal article

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

28/03/2017

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

Keywords

Overview

The article shares the experience of Women on the Frontline (WoF), a network of about 30 women’s rights organisations with its origins in the Netherlands, and covering seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The organisations participating in WoF all have their own agendas and particular needs, but they share one […]

Briefing paper

No Simple Solutions: Women, displacement and durable solutions in South Sudan

03/09/2019

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Conversations around returns and relocations of internally displaced people and refugees in South Sudan and the future of the UN Protection of Civilians sites are often framed by clear-cut distinctions between single push and pull factors. This framing – often based on perceptions of international actors of what internally displaced people or refugees do or […]

Journal article

Filipino women demand freedom from debt

01/10/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Filipino women demand freedom from debt

Keywords

Overview

Filipino women are fighting back against unrecognised household work, underpaid income-earning employment, the burden of foreign debt, and debt repayment conditionality’s. One important initiative is the Women’s Committee within the ‘Freedom from Debt Coalition’. The latter works for sustainable development, and the former ensures that gender issues are integrated into all its policies. The author […]

Journal article

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

Keywords

Overview

A conference by ‘One World Action’ that focused on Saharawi women refugees, has highlighted how women worldwide cope with displacement. The true picture is starkly different to that portrayed by Western media and understood by Western aid agencies. Women refugees are not ‘victims’ but empower themselves by running the camps and assuming traditional male roles […]