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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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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

Marriage, development, and the status of women in Kerala, India

01/07/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Marriage, development, and the status of women in Kerala, India

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Overview

This article explores the linkages between women’s status and marriage in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Widely known as a progressive region, with high levels of social development despite poor economic growth, Kerala also fares exceptionally well in terms of standard indicators of female position. However, closer scrutiny of prevailing cultural mores, particularly in […]

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

01/07/2013

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

Keywords

Overview

Women-only transportation has become a popular option for urban women around the world who are tired of being groped and harassed in buses, subways and taxis. The separation of men and women in public transit is controversial among feminists, since it does not address or solve the fundamental issue of gender inequality which causes violence and harassment. However, less […]

Education resource

Decent Work for Women: Educational resources for 14-19 years

27/06/2019

10 documents

77 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

Keywords

Overview

The Decent Work for Women education resources explore the inequalities faced by women in work globally and in Wales, following a learn-think-act approach to creating change. This resource also supports the Global Citizenship component of the Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate KS4 National/Foundation. Learners will use statistics, an infographic based on research in Wales, undertaken […]

Journal article

Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

01/10/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

Keywords

Overview

This article explores women’s experience of employment within the electronics industry’s export processing zones (EPZs) of northern Thailand. Is the preference shown by many employers for women really ‘good for women’? Does the increasing feminisation of labour open up new opportunities for women, or is it simply exploitation? This article is hosted by our co-publisher […]

Journal article

Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

01/03/2001

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

Keywords

Overview

Money is an essential element in household livelihoods, and those who control it have considerable power. However, development projects seeking to alleviate household-level poverty and promote economic growth often speak of the ’empowerment’ of women in relation to promoting women’s access to credit or income-generation. What is the relationship between empowerment and money? Access to […]

Journal article

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

01/08/2012

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

Legal reform is necessary but not sufficient to realise women’s rights. This paper compares two campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria: attempts to domesticate the UN Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in federal law, which resulted in defeat of the bill in 2007, and a successful campaign to […]

Journal article

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

08/11/2008

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

Keywords

Overview

In seven short years, Kup Women for Peace, a community organisation in Papua New Guinea, has gone from tribal peacebuilding to ensuring a free, fair, and violence-free election in one small part of Simbu Province. The organisation’s approach was multi-faceted and locally appropriate, enfranchising many women – and educating men – in the process. In […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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

Marriage, development, and the status of women in Kerala, India

01/07/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Marriage, development, and the status of women in Kerala, India

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the linkages between women’s status and marriage in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Widely known as a progressive region, with high levels of social development despite poor economic growth, Kerala also fares exceptionally well in terms of standard indicators of female position. However, closer scrutiny of prevailing cultural mores, particularly in […]

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

01/07/2013

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

Keywords

Overview

Women-only transportation has become a popular option for urban women around the world who are tired of being groped and harassed in buses, subways and taxis. The separation of men and women in public transit is controversial among feminists, since it does not address or solve the fundamental issue of gender inequality which causes violence and harassment. However, less […]

Education resource

Decent Work for Women: Educational resources for 14-19 years

27/06/2019

10 documents

77 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

Keywords

Overview

The Decent Work for Women education resources explore the inequalities faced by women in work globally and in Wales, following a learn-think-act approach to creating change. This resource also supports the Global Citizenship component of the Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate KS4 National/Foundation. Learners will use statistics, an infographic based on research in Wales, undertaken […]

Journal article

Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

01/10/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

Keywords

Overview

This article explores women’s experience of employment within the electronics industry’s export processing zones (EPZs) of northern Thailand. Is the preference shown by many employers for women really ‘good for women’? Does the increasing feminisation of labour open up new opportunities for women, or is it simply exploitation? This article is hosted by our co-publisher […]

Journal article

Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

01/03/2001

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

Keywords

Overview

Money is an essential element in household livelihoods, and those who control it have considerable power. However, development projects seeking to alleviate household-level poverty and promote economic growth often speak of the ’empowerment’ of women in relation to promoting women’s access to credit or income-generation. What is the relationship between empowerment and money? Access to […]

Journal article

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

01/08/2012

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

Legal reform is necessary but not sufficient to realise women’s rights. This paper compares two campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria: attempts to domesticate the UN Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in federal law, which resulted in defeat of the bill in 2007, and a successful campaign to […]

Journal article

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

08/11/2008

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

Keywords

Overview

In seven short years, Kup Women for Peace, a community organisation in Papua New Guinea, has gone from tribal peacebuilding to ensuring a free, fair, and violence-free election in one small part of Simbu Province. The organisation’s approach was multi-faceted and locally appropriate, enfranchising many women – and educating men – in the process. In […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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

Marriage, development, and the status of women in Kerala, India

01/07/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Marriage, development, and the status of women in Kerala, India

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the linkages between women’s status and marriage in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Widely known as a progressive region, with high levels of social development despite poor economic growth, Kerala also fares exceptionally well in terms of standard indicators of female position. However, closer scrutiny of prevailing cultural mores, particularly in […]

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

01/07/2013

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

Keywords

Overview

Women-only transportation has become a popular option for urban women around the world who are tired of being groped and harassed in buses, subways and taxis. The separation of men and women in public transit is controversial among feminists, since it does not address or solve the fundamental issue of gender inequality which causes violence and harassment. However, less […]

Education resource

Decent Work for Women: Educational resources for 14-19 years

27/06/2019

10 documents

77 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

Keywords

Overview

The Decent Work for Women education resources explore the inequalities faced by women in work globally and in Wales, following a learn-think-act approach to creating change. This resource also supports the Global Citizenship component of the Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate KS4 National/Foundation. Learners will use statistics, an infographic based on research in Wales, undertaken […]

Journal article

Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

01/10/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

Keywords

Overview

This article explores women’s experience of employment within the electronics industry’s export processing zones (EPZs) of northern Thailand. Is the preference shown by many employers for women really ‘good for women’? Does the increasing feminisation of labour open up new opportunities for women, or is it simply exploitation? This article is hosted by our co-publisher […]

Journal article

Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

01/03/2001

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

Keywords

Overview

Money is an essential element in household livelihoods, and those who control it have considerable power. However, development projects seeking to alleviate household-level poverty and promote economic growth often speak of the ’empowerment’ of women in relation to promoting women’s access to credit or income-generation. What is the relationship between empowerment and money? Access to […]

Journal article

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

01/08/2012

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

Legal reform is necessary but not sufficient to realise women’s rights. This paper compares two campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria: attempts to domesticate the UN Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in federal law, which resulted in defeat of the bill in 2007, and a successful campaign to […]

Journal article

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

08/11/2008

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

Keywords

Overview

In seven short years, Kup Women for Peace, a community organisation in Papua New Guinea, has gone from tribal peacebuilding to ensuring a free, fair, and violence-free election in one small part of Simbu Province. The organisation’s approach was multi-faceted and locally appropriate, enfranchising many women – and educating men – in the process. In […]