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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

How States can deliver on the AU Declaration for an African Women’s Decade 2010-2020

01/11/2009

2 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Policy briefing for African delegations attending the AU Ministerial Conference of Gender Ministers and the 8th African Regional Conference on Women to review 15 years of the Beijing Platform of Action, The Gambia, November 2009. This policy briefing argues that the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in Africa, the AU Women’s […]

Journal article

Grassroots women’s accountability mechanisms: strengthening urban governance through organising and partnerships

27/03/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Grassroots women’s accountability mechanisms: strengthening urban governance through organising and partnerships

Keywords

Overview

Women living in marginalised urban neighbourhoods are often excluded from the economic, political, and social resources available to other city dwellers. The focus on the decentralisation of services and resource provision in urban areas presents an opportunity to citizens, including women, to organise to hold local government to account. This article builds on case studies […]

Briefing paper

One Year On: Time to put women and girls at the heart of the Rohingya response

11/09/2018

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Beginning on 25 August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh seeking safety and lifesaving assistance. While safe from the violence they were subjected to in Myanmar, Rohingya women continue to face huge protection risks and challenges in Bangladesh. This briefing paper looks at how the humanitarian response, one year on, is […]

Case study

Supporting Women to Aspire to Election to Political Office in Sierra Leone: The experience of the PACER project

20/01/2009

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Promoting a Culture of Equal Representation (PACER) project is implemented jointly by the 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone and Oxfam GB, and is co-funded by DFID and UNDEF. It contributes to the Government of Sierra Leone’s efforts to reduce marginalisation and vulnerability by developing a culture of equal representation and participation of women and […]

Briefing paper

Failing Women, Withholding Protection: 15 lost years in making the female condom accessible

06/08/2008

3 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Policy makers lament women’s vulnerability to HIV infection, yet for 15 years they have failed to utilise a technology which can help women to protect and empower themselves. The female condom is the only female-initiated method which provides protection from HIV infection; it also prevents unwanted pregnancy. Studies have shown it is acceptable to users, […]

Journal article

Development practice and violence against women

01/11/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Development practice and violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Development practitioners and organisations are increasingly addressing violence against women, partly because it is seen to hinder development- constraining the efficiency of projects, limiting women’s participation, and denying them their human rights. However, it is wrong to simply portray gender-based violence as an aspect of underdevelopment, Sen argues, and stresses the need for strong, visible […]

Journal article

Women, trade, and migration

01/07/2004

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, trade, and migration

Keywords

Overview

The impact of modern trade policies on the position of women across the world has produced a growing literature in recent years. This has largely concentrated on analyses of the impact on women of privatisation and trade liberalisation during the course of the past two decades. There has been increased interest on the part of […]

Journal article

Promoting the role of women in sustainable energy development in Africa: networking and capacity-building

01/07/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting the role of women in sustainable energy development in Africa: networking and capacity-building

Keywords

Overview

The issue of sustainable energy development is a key consideration for climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives, and is an integral component of Africa’s ability to achieve the inter-related economic, social, and environmental aims of sustainable development. Nearly one-third of the global population lacks access to energy-efficient services that do not degrade the ecosystem or […]

Briefing paper

Putting Women’s Rights into the Arms Trade Treaty

29/06/2012

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report complements the call for the inclusion of gender-based violence within the Arms Trade Treaty by Amnesty International, IANSA Women’s Network, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Religions for Peace International. It details the issue of gender-based violence and language needed in the treaty. It also sets out how the threshold to […]

Journal article

Flower by Flower, We Make a Garden’: Palestinian women organising for economic justice

09/11/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Flower by Flower, We Make a Garden’: Palestinian women organising for economic justice

Keywords

Overview

This article illustrates a unique experience of social-movement building, initiated by Sawt el-Amel, a grassroots organisation of Arab workers in Israel. The process started in 2005, with the establishment of an activist forum for women on social welfare in Nazareth. Gradually, this is transforming into a union for Arab women all across Israel. The initiative […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

How States can deliver on the AU Declaration for an African Women’s Decade 2010-2020

01/11/2009

2 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Policy briefing for African delegations attending the AU Ministerial Conference of Gender Ministers and the 8th African Regional Conference on Women to review 15 years of the Beijing Platform of Action, The Gambia, November 2009. This policy briefing argues that the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in Africa, the AU Women’s […]

Journal article

Grassroots women’s accountability mechanisms: strengthening urban governance through organising and partnerships

27/03/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Grassroots women’s accountability mechanisms: strengthening urban governance through organising and partnerships

Keywords

Overview

Women living in marginalised urban neighbourhoods are often excluded from the economic, political, and social resources available to other city dwellers. The focus on the decentralisation of services and resource provision in urban areas presents an opportunity to citizens, including women, to organise to hold local government to account. This article builds on case studies […]

Briefing paper

One Year On: Time to put women and girls at the heart of the Rohingya response

11/09/2018

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Beginning on 25 August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh seeking safety and lifesaving assistance. While safe from the violence they were subjected to in Myanmar, Rohingya women continue to face huge protection risks and challenges in Bangladesh. This briefing paper looks at how the humanitarian response, one year on, is […]

Case study

Supporting Women to Aspire to Election to Political Office in Sierra Leone: The experience of the PACER project

20/01/2009

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Promoting a Culture of Equal Representation (PACER) project is implemented jointly by the 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone and Oxfam GB, and is co-funded by DFID and UNDEF. It contributes to the Government of Sierra Leone’s efforts to reduce marginalisation and vulnerability by developing a culture of equal representation and participation of women and […]

Briefing paper

Failing Women, Withholding Protection: 15 lost years in making the female condom accessible

06/08/2008

3 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Policy makers lament women’s vulnerability to HIV infection, yet for 15 years they have failed to utilise a technology which can help women to protect and empower themselves. The female condom is the only female-initiated method which provides protection from HIV infection; it also prevents unwanted pregnancy. Studies have shown it is acceptable to users, […]

Journal article

Development practice and violence against women

01/11/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Development practice and violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Development practitioners and organisations are increasingly addressing violence against women, partly because it is seen to hinder development- constraining the efficiency of projects, limiting women’s participation, and denying them their human rights. However, it is wrong to simply portray gender-based violence as an aspect of underdevelopment, Sen argues, and stresses the need for strong, visible […]

Journal article

Women, trade, and migration

01/07/2004

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, trade, and migration

Keywords

Overview

The impact of modern trade policies on the position of women across the world has produced a growing literature in recent years. This has largely concentrated on analyses of the impact on women of privatisation and trade liberalisation during the course of the past two decades. There has been increased interest on the part of […]

Journal article

Promoting the role of women in sustainable energy development in Africa: networking and capacity-building

01/07/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting the role of women in sustainable energy development in Africa: networking and capacity-building

Keywords

Overview

The issue of sustainable energy development is a key consideration for climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives, and is an integral component of Africa’s ability to achieve the inter-related economic, social, and environmental aims of sustainable development. Nearly one-third of the global population lacks access to energy-efficient services that do not degrade the ecosystem or […]

Briefing paper

Putting Women’s Rights into the Arms Trade Treaty

29/06/2012

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report complements the call for the inclusion of gender-based violence within the Arms Trade Treaty by Amnesty International, IANSA Women’s Network, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Religions for Peace International. It details the issue of gender-based violence and language needed in the treaty. It also sets out how the threshold to […]

Journal article

Flower by Flower, We Make a Garden’: Palestinian women organising for economic justice

09/11/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Flower by Flower, We Make a Garden’: Palestinian women organising for economic justice

Keywords

Overview

This article illustrates a unique experience of social-movement building, initiated by Sawt el-Amel, a grassroots organisation of Arab workers in Israel. The process started in 2005, with the establishment of an activist forum for women on social welfare in Nazareth. Gradually, this is transforming into a union for Arab women all across Israel. The initiative […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

How States can deliver on the AU Declaration for an African Women’s Decade 2010-2020

01/11/2009

2 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Policy briefing for African delegations attending the AU Ministerial Conference of Gender Ministers and the 8th African Regional Conference on Women to review 15 years of the Beijing Platform of Action, The Gambia, November 2009. This policy briefing argues that the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in Africa, the AU Women’s […]

Journal article

Grassroots women’s accountability mechanisms: strengthening urban governance through organising and partnerships

27/03/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Grassroots women’s accountability mechanisms: strengthening urban governance through organising and partnerships

Keywords

Overview

Women living in marginalised urban neighbourhoods are often excluded from the economic, political, and social resources available to other city dwellers. The focus on the decentralisation of services and resource provision in urban areas presents an opportunity to citizens, including women, to organise to hold local government to account. This article builds on case studies […]

Briefing paper

One Year On: Time to put women and girls at the heart of the Rohingya response

11/09/2018

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Beginning on 25 August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh seeking safety and lifesaving assistance. While safe from the violence they were subjected to in Myanmar, Rohingya women continue to face huge protection risks and challenges in Bangladesh. This briefing paper looks at how the humanitarian response, one year on, is […]

Case study

Supporting Women to Aspire to Election to Political Office in Sierra Leone: The experience of the PACER project

20/01/2009

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Promoting a Culture of Equal Representation (PACER) project is implemented jointly by the 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone and Oxfam GB, and is co-funded by DFID and UNDEF. It contributes to the Government of Sierra Leone’s efforts to reduce marginalisation and vulnerability by developing a culture of equal representation and participation of women and […]

Briefing paper

Failing Women, Withholding Protection: 15 lost years in making the female condom accessible

06/08/2008

3 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Policy makers lament women’s vulnerability to HIV infection, yet for 15 years they have failed to utilise a technology which can help women to protect and empower themselves. The female condom is the only female-initiated method which provides protection from HIV infection; it also prevents unwanted pregnancy. Studies have shown it is acceptable to users, […]

Journal article

Development practice and violence against women

01/11/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Development practice and violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Development practitioners and organisations are increasingly addressing violence against women, partly because it is seen to hinder development- constraining the efficiency of projects, limiting women’s participation, and denying them their human rights. However, it is wrong to simply portray gender-based violence as an aspect of underdevelopment, Sen argues, and stresses the need for strong, visible […]

Journal article

Women, trade, and migration

01/07/2004

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, trade, and migration

Keywords

Overview

The impact of modern trade policies on the position of women across the world has produced a growing literature in recent years. This has largely concentrated on analyses of the impact on women of privatisation and trade liberalisation during the course of the past two decades. There has been increased interest on the part of […]

Journal article

Promoting the role of women in sustainable energy development in Africa: networking and capacity-building

01/07/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting the role of women in sustainable energy development in Africa: networking and capacity-building

Keywords

Overview

The issue of sustainable energy development is a key consideration for climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives, and is an integral component of Africa’s ability to achieve the inter-related economic, social, and environmental aims of sustainable development. Nearly one-third of the global population lacks access to energy-efficient services that do not degrade the ecosystem or […]

Briefing paper

Putting Women’s Rights into the Arms Trade Treaty

29/06/2012

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report complements the call for the inclusion of gender-based violence within the Arms Trade Treaty by Amnesty International, IANSA Women’s Network, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Religions for Peace International. It details the issue of gender-based violence and language needed in the treaty. It also sets out how the threshold to […]

Journal article

Flower by Flower, We Make a Garden’: Palestinian women organising for economic justice

09/11/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Flower by Flower, We Make a Garden’: Palestinian women organising for economic justice

Keywords

Overview

This article illustrates a unique experience of social-movement building, initiated by Sawt el-Amel, a grassroots organisation of Arab workers in Israel. The process started in 2005, with the establishment of an activist forum for women on social welfare in Nazareth. Gradually, this is transforming into a union for Arab women all across Israel. The initiative […]