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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

01/07/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at action-research into the interests and needs of older women in 11 urban communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The research was instigated by Aquelarre (CEAPA), with help from International Co-operation for Development (ICD); Fundompromued (the Dominican Foundation for the Protection of Women of the Third Age); and informal women’s groups. The […]

Journal article

The effects of drought on the condition of women

01/02/1994

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of drought on the condition of women

Keywords

Overview

Rural women play a central role in their country’s economy and households. Therefore, drought profoundly interrupts their work and has far-reaching impacts in five areas. Economically, drought affects food, trade, labour and migration. Environmentally, finding alternatives to crops has direct and indirect consequences for land use. Socially, Tichagwa looks at migration to urban areas; female […]

Journal article

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

01/03/2010

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing access to water for poor women. This paper examines the human right to water and why […]

Case study

They Made Me Brave: Reflections on women in leadership

01/02/2011

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

They Made Me Brave: Reflections on women in leadership at CHoiCe Trust (CHoiCe) and the HIV/AIDS Prevention Group (HAPG) came out of a brief from Oxfam to ‘collect and publish the stories of leadership emerging from the program and is intended to build on insights into successful leadership models in development’; in this instance, women […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Implementing the PWDVA: Safeguarding women from domestic violence

26/10/2015

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, and yet the least recognized, human rights violations across the world. It can manifest in many forms, but the most common form experienced by women globally is physical violence inflicted by an intimate partner. Documenting this continues to be a challenge due to […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Quick Guide to Promoting Women’s Participation

30/01/2014

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming is one of the strategies we use to promote gender equality. It is a process of ensuring that all of our work, and the way we do it, contribute to gender equality by transforming the balance of power between women and men. This means ensuring that both women and men are consulted, and […]

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 […]

Journal article

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

28/03/2019

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

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

01/11/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

Keywords

Overview

The Global-ITE (Initial Teacher Education) scheme is a three-year education project. It aims to enable trainee teachers in three teacher-education institutes in India, Kenya, and England to link local and global social issues to each other, and relate them to the school curriculum; and to promote a global perspective on citizenship education. Integral to our […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

01/07/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at action-research into the interests and needs of older women in 11 urban communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The research was instigated by Aquelarre (CEAPA), with help from International Co-operation for Development (ICD); Fundompromued (the Dominican Foundation for the Protection of Women of the Third Age); and informal women’s groups. The […]

Journal article

The effects of drought on the condition of women

01/02/1994

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of drought on the condition of women

Keywords

Overview

Rural women play a central role in their country’s economy and households. Therefore, drought profoundly interrupts their work and has far-reaching impacts in five areas. Economically, drought affects food, trade, labour and migration. Environmentally, finding alternatives to crops has direct and indirect consequences for land use. Socially, Tichagwa looks at migration to urban areas; female […]

Journal article

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

01/03/2010

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing access to water for poor women. This paper examines the human right to water and why […]

Case study

They Made Me Brave: Reflections on women in leadership

01/02/2011

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

They Made Me Brave: Reflections on women in leadership at CHoiCe Trust (CHoiCe) and the HIV/AIDS Prevention Group (HAPG) came out of a brief from Oxfam to ‘collect and publish the stories of leadership emerging from the program and is intended to build on insights into successful leadership models in development’; in this instance, women […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Implementing the PWDVA: Safeguarding women from domestic violence

26/10/2015

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, and yet the least recognized, human rights violations across the world. It can manifest in many forms, but the most common form experienced by women globally is physical violence inflicted by an intimate partner. Documenting this continues to be a challenge due to […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Quick Guide to Promoting Women’s Participation

30/01/2014

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming is one of the strategies we use to promote gender equality. It is a process of ensuring that all of our work, and the way we do it, contribute to gender equality by transforming the balance of power between women and men. This means ensuring that both women and men are consulted, and […]

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 […]

Journal article

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

28/03/2019

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

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

01/11/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

Keywords

Overview

The Global-ITE (Initial Teacher Education) scheme is a three-year education project. It aims to enable trainee teachers in three teacher-education institutes in India, Kenya, and England to link local and global social issues to each other, and relate them to the school curriculum; and to promote a global perspective on citizenship education. Integral to our […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

01/07/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at action-research into the interests and needs of older women in 11 urban communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The research was instigated by Aquelarre (CEAPA), with help from International Co-operation for Development (ICD); Fundompromued (the Dominican Foundation for the Protection of Women of the Third Age); and informal women’s groups. The […]

Journal article

The effects of drought on the condition of women

01/02/1994

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of drought on the condition of women

Keywords

Overview

Rural women play a central role in their country’s economy and households. Therefore, drought profoundly interrupts their work and has far-reaching impacts in five areas. Economically, drought affects food, trade, labour and migration. Environmentally, finding alternatives to crops has direct and indirect consequences for land use. Socially, Tichagwa looks at migration to urban areas; female […]

Journal article

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

01/03/2010

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing access to water for poor women. This paper examines the human right to water and why […]

Case study

They Made Me Brave: Reflections on women in leadership

01/02/2011

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

They Made Me Brave: Reflections on women in leadership at CHoiCe Trust (CHoiCe) and the HIV/AIDS Prevention Group (HAPG) came out of a brief from Oxfam to ‘collect and publish the stories of leadership emerging from the program and is intended to build on insights into successful leadership models in development’; in this instance, women […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Implementing the PWDVA: Safeguarding women from domestic violence

26/10/2015

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, and yet the least recognized, human rights violations across the world. It can manifest in many forms, but the most common form experienced by women globally is physical violence inflicted by an intimate partner. Documenting this continues to be a challenge due to […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Quick Guide to Promoting Women’s Participation

30/01/2014

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming is one of the strategies we use to promote gender equality. It is a process of ensuring that all of our work, and the way we do it, contribute to gender equality by transforming the balance of power between women and men. This means ensuring that both women and men are consulted, and […]

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 […]

Journal article

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

28/03/2019

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

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

01/11/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and citizenship in global teacher education: The Global-ITE project

Keywords

Overview

The Global-ITE (Initial Teacher Education) scheme is a three-year education project. It aims to enable trainee teachers in three teacher-education institutes in India, Kenya, and England to link local and global social issues to each other, and relate them to the school curriculum; and to promote a global perspective on citizenship education. Integral to our […]