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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

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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

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

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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 […]

Journal article

The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

01/05/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

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Overview

This article is based on an inter-generational dialogue between younger and older women regarding the future direction of the women’s movement. Like other social movements, the women’s movement is currently experiencing tensions as feminists of different ages negotiate their place within it. In this article, we will highlight some of the issues raised in this […]

Journal article

From palm tree to parliament: training women for political leadership and public life

01/11/2000

8 pages long

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From palm tree to parliament: training women for political leadership and public life

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Overview

Over the past two decades, I have worked in the field of developing women’s political leadership in over 30 countries. In this article, I define what I mean by women’s leadership, why I think there is a need to develop it, and the methods and tools that I have used to achieve this, in several […]

Case study

Promoting a sustainable and inclusive rice value chain in Vietnam through multi-stakeholder initiatives that benefit women and men small-scale producers

09/04/2018

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Soc Trang and Angiang provinces in Vietnam have the highest rice productivity in the country. However, this is not leading to improvements in living standards for local rice farmers. A lack of collaboration among producers means they are unable to link with big rice export companies. A fragmented value chain and difficulty in acquiring investment, […]

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

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

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Overview

Women comprise the majority of the workforce in many non-traditional agricultural export (NTAE) industries, which international lending and aid agencies espouse as a development solution for rural poor people. In the Peruvian asparagus industry and the Colombian cut-flower plantations, however, women workers endure unsafe and substandard conditions. Local organisations creatively employ various strategies, ranging from […]

Journal article

Constructing ‘modern gendered civilised’ women and men: gender-mainstreaming in refugee camps

01/03/2011

13 pages long

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Constructing ‘modern gendered civilised’ women and men: gender-mainstreaming in refugee camps

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming in humanitarian programmes with forced migrants is based on a belief that such an approach will lead to greater gender equality, while raising the status of women through their ’empowerment’. In this article, I focus on the activities of international and local humanitarian organisations in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. I argue that the […]

Journal article

‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

23/11/2015

16 pages long

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‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the experiences of women anti-mining activists in rural communities in Andean Peru and Ecuador. The article analyses women activists’ experience of negotiating conflicts with large-scale mining companies, as well as within their communities, using the concept of resilience to understand their continued commitment to this work in a context of conflict, intimidation, […]

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

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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 […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

01/05/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on an inter-generational dialogue between younger and older women regarding the future direction of the women’s movement. Like other social movements, the women’s movement is currently experiencing tensions as feminists of different ages negotiate their place within it. In this article, we will highlight some of the issues raised in this […]

Journal article

From palm tree to parliament: training women for political leadership and public life

01/11/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

From palm tree to parliament: training women for political leadership and public life

Keywords

Overview

Over the past two decades, I have worked in the field of developing women’s political leadership in over 30 countries. In this article, I define what I mean by women’s leadership, why I think there is a need to develop it, and the methods and tools that I have used to achieve this, in several […]

Case study

Promoting a sustainable and inclusive rice value chain in Vietnam through multi-stakeholder initiatives that benefit women and men small-scale producers

09/04/2018

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Soc Trang and Angiang provinces in Vietnam have the highest rice productivity in the country. However, this is not leading to improvements in living standards for local rice farmers. A lack of collaboration among producers means they are unable to link with big rice export companies. A fragmented value chain and difficulty in acquiring investment, […]

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

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

Keywords

Overview

Women comprise the majority of the workforce in many non-traditional agricultural export (NTAE) industries, which international lending and aid agencies espouse as a development solution for rural poor people. In the Peruvian asparagus industry and the Colombian cut-flower plantations, however, women workers endure unsafe and substandard conditions. Local organisations creatively employ various strategies, ranging from […]

Journal article

Constructing ‘modern gendered civilised’ women and men: gender-mainstreaming in refugee camps

01/03/2011

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Constructing ‘modern gendered civilised’ women and men: gender-mainstreaming in refugee camps

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming in humanitarian programmes with forced migrants is based on a belief that such an approach will lead to greater gender equality, while raising the status of women through their ’empowerment’. In this article, I focus on the activities of international and local humanitarian organisations in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. I argue that the […]

Journal article

‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

23/11/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the experiences of women anti-mining activists in rural communities in Andean Peru and Ecuador. The article analyses women activists’ experience of negotiating conflicts with large-scale mining companies, as well as within their communities, using the concept of resilience to understand their continued commitment to this work in a context of conflict, intimidation, […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

01/05/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on an inter-generational dialogue between younger and older women regarding the future direction of the women’s movement. Like other social movements, the women’s movement is currently experiencing tensions as feminists of different ages negotiate their place within it. In this article, we will highlight some of the issues raised in this […]

Journal article

From palm tree to parliament: training women for political leadership and public life

01/11/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

From palm tree to parliament: training women for political leadership and public life

Keywords

Overview

Over the past two decades, I have worked in the field of developing women’s political leadership in over 30 countries. In this article, I define what I mean by women’s leadership, why I think there is a need to develop it, and the methods and tools that I have used to achieve this, in several […]

Case study

Promoting a sustainable and inclusive rice value chain in Vietnam through multi-stakeholder initiatives that benefit women and men small-scale producers

09/04/2018

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Soc Trang and Angiang provinces in Vietnam have the highest rice productivity in the country. However, this is not leading to improvements in living standards for local rice farmers. A lack of collaboration among producers means they are unable to link with big rice export companies. A fragmented value chain and difficulty in acquiring investment, […]

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

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

Keywords

Overview

Women comprise the majority of the workforce in many non-traditional agricultural export (NTAE) industries, which international lending and aid agencies espouse as a development solution for rural poor people. In the Peruvian asparagus industry and the Colombian cut-flower plantations, however, women workers endure unsafe and substandard conditions. Local organisations creatively employ various strategies, ranging from […]

Journal article

Constructing ‘modern gendered civilised’ women and men: gender-mainstreaming in refugee camps

01/03/2011

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Constructing ‘modern gendered civilised’ women and men: gender-mainstreaming in refugee camps

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming in humanitarian programmes with forced migrants is based on a belief that such an approach will lead to greater gender equality, while raising the status of women through their ’empowerment’. In this article, I focus on the activities of international and local humanitarian organisations in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. I argue that the […]

Journal article

‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

23/11/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Eventually the mine will come’: women anti-mining activists’ everyday resilience in opposing resource extraction in the Andes

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the experiences of women anti-mining activists in rural communities in Andean Peru and Ecuador. The article analyses women activists’ experience of negotiating conflicts with large-scale mining companies, as well as within their communities, using the concept of resilience to understand their continued commitment to this work in a context of conflict, intimidation, […]

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 […]