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Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

19/09/2024

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

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Overview

Women around the world experience much higher levels of fear of crime, profoundly impacting their perceptions of safety and influencing their interactions with public spaces. This fear prompts women to alter their behaviour, such as avoiding specific urban areas and public transport, especially after dark. While many amend their habits and limit their exposure to […]

Journal article

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

01/02/1994

4 pages long

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Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

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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 […]

Journal article

Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

01/07/2013

16 pages long

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Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Some national governments have adopted a wide variety of measures to address violence against women, including legal reform, public education campaigns, and support for shelters and rape crisis centres, but other governments have done little to confront the problem. What accounts for these differences in policy? To answer this question, we analysed policies on violence against women in 70 […]

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

‘The seas are rising and so are we!’ – a conversation between two women in Extinction Rebellion

10/12/2020

18 pages long

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‘The seas are rising and so are we!’ – a conversation between two women in Extinction Rebellion

Keywords

Overview

Extinction Rebellion (XR) is an international, non-violent movement against the climate and ecological crises that threaten our planet. This article is based on reflections and joint discussions on what it is to be women ‘rebels’ at the grassroots of this movement, utilising the feminist practice of ‘active listening’ to counter women’s experiences of being silenced […]

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 […]

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 […]

Research report

Our Search for Peace: Women in South Sudan’s National Peace Processes, 2005–2018

30/01/2020

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have played critical roles in efforts to achieve peace in South Sudan, yet their contributions have been under-recognized and under-documented. This paper contributes to remedying this by sharing women’s stories of their roles in peacemaking through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005), the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Improving Women’s Leadership and Effectiveness in Agricultural Governance, Nigeria

01/12/2012

4 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Improving Women’s Leadership and Effectiveness in Agricultural Governance’ project in Nigeria aims to increase women’s leadership and participation in agricultural decision-making and governance. This is to be achieved through building women’s skills and capacity in improved production techniques and influencing local government and community leadership structures to enable greater involvement of women. These full […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

19/09/2024

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

Keywords

Overview

Women around the world experience much higher levels of fear of crime, profoundly impacting their perceptions of safety and influencing their interactions with public spaces. This fear prompts women to alter their behaviour, such as avoiding specific urban areas and public transport, especially after dark. While many amend their habits and limit their exposure to […]

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 […]

Journal article

Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Some national governments have adopted a wide variety of measures to address violence against women, including legal reform, public education campaigns, and support for shelters and rape crisis centres, but other governments have done little to confront the problem. What accounts for these differences in policy? To answer this question, we analysed policies on violence against women in 70 […]

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

‘The seas are rising and so are we!’ – a conversation between two women in Extinction Rebellion

10/12/2020

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘The seas are rising and so are we!’ – a conversation between two women in Extinction Rebellion

Keywords

Overview

Extinction Rebellion (XR) is an international, non-violent movement against the climate and ecological crises that threaten our planet. This article is based on reflections and joint discussions on what it is to be women ‘rebels’ at the grassroots of this movement, utilising the feminist practice of ‘active listening’ to counter women’s experiences of being silenced […]

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 […]

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 […]

Research report

Our Search for Peace: Women in South Sudan’s National Peace Processes, 2005–2018

30/01/2020

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have played critical roles in efforts to achieve peace in South Sudan, yet their contributions have been under-recognized and under-documented. This paper contributes to remedying this by sharing women’s stories of their roles in peacemaking through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005), the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Improving Women’s Leadership and Effectiveness in Agricultural Governance, Nigeria

01/12/2012

4 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Improving Women’s Leadership and Effectiveness in Agricultural Governance’ project in Nigeria aims to increase women’s leadership and participation in agricultural decision-making and governance. This is to be achieved through building women’s skills and capacity in improved production techniques and influencing local government and community leadership structures to enable greater involvement of women. These full […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

19/09/2024

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

Keywords

Overview

Women around the world experience much higher levels of fear of crime, profoundly impacting their perceptions of safety and influencing their interactions with public spaces. This fear prompts women to alter their behaviour, such as avoiding specific urban areas and public transport, especially after dark. While many amend their habits and limit their exposure to […]

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 […]

Journal article

Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Some national governments have adopted a wide variety of measures to address violence against women, including legal reform, public education campaigns, and support for shelters and rape crisis centres, but other governments have done little to confront the problem. What accounts for these differences in policy? To answer this question, we analysed policies on violence against women in 70 […]

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

‘The seas are rising and so are we!’ – a conversation between two women in Extinction Rebellion

10/12/2020

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘The seas are rising and so are we!’ – a conversation between two women in Extinction Rebellion

Keywords

Overview

Extinction Rebellion (XR) is an international, non-violent movement against the climate and ecological crises that threaten our planet. This article is based on reflections and joint discussions on what it is to be women ‘rebels’ at the grassroots of this movement, utilising the feminist practice of ‘active listening’ to counter women’s experiences of being silenced […]

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 […]

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 […]

Research report

Our Search for Peace: Women in South Sudan’s National Peace Processes, 2005–2018

30/01/2020

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have played critical roles in efforts to achieve peace in South Sudan, yet their contributions have been under-recognized and under-documented. This paper contributes to remedying this by sharing women’s stories of their roles in peacemaking through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005), the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Improving Women’s Leadership and Effectiveness in Agricultural Governance, Nigeria

01/12/2012

4 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Improving Women’s Leadership and Effectiveness in Agricultural Governance’ project in Nigeria aims to increase women’s leadership and participation in agricultural decision-making and governance. This is to be achieved through building women’s skills and capacity in improved production techniques and influencing local government and community leadership structures to enable greater involvement of women. These full […]