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Briefing paper

An Economy that Works for Women: Achieving women’s economic empowerment in an increasingly unequal world

02/03/2017

6 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Women’s economic empowerment could reduce poverty for everyone. In order to achieve it, we need to first fix the current broken economic model which is undermining gender equality and causing extreme economic inequality. The neoliberal model has made it harder for women to have better quality and better paid jobs, address inequality in unpaid care […]

Journal article

The leadership role of international law in enforcing women’s rights: the optional protocol to the women’s convention

01/11/2000

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

The leadership role of international law in enforcing women’s rights: the optional protocol to the women’s convention

Keywords

Overview

In October 1999, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Optional Protocol to the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (otherwise known as the Women’s Convention). As of September 2000, 62 states have signed the Optional Protocol, and nine of these have ratified it. Women’s rights activists hope that […]

Case study

Women for Women: Strengthening women’s capacity to identify and fight human trafficking

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a case study produced by Sanjida Naima, Protection Officer at Oxfam in Bangladesh, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening, COVID-19, human trafficking, self-protection outside community protection structures, sensitisation and social cohesion.

Research report

Women’s Land Rights Scorecard: The failure of land policy and legal reforms in securing women’s land rights in Africa

24/11/2020

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The realization of women’s land rights often tends to get no further than the level of action plans and policies that are rarely implemented, due to a lack of real political commitment and the patriarchal values that still predominate in Africa. To realize full gender equality (Goal 17), the implementation plan of the African Union […]

Journal article

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

Keywords

Overview

A wide range of development actors play a major role in initiating, supporting, and promoting collective action of various forms, which aims to secure economic and wider benefits to women, through improving their engagement in markets. But there is limited understanding of what works for rural women in terms of their participation in collective action, […]

Journal article

Declaration from southern women’s organisations presented at Women Linking for Change Conference Bangkok, Thailand, 25 February 1994

01/10/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Declaration from southern women’s organisations presented at Women Linking for Change Conference Bangkok, Thailand, 25 February 1994

Keywords

Overview

We women of the South, chosen by regional meetings of the Women to Women Linking Project in Africa, Latin America, South-East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East to participate in the Global Meeting of Women Linking for Change, held in Bangkok from 20-23 February 1994 are concerned that there is an increasing concentration of […]

Journal article

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

01/11/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

Keywords

Overview

Uganda has introduced affirmative action to ensure that women are represented on the various Councils which govern village affairs. This article asks what has changed as a result of women’s presence on the Councils. Both women and men felt that women had not significantly influenced Local Council planning and budget decisions. They felt this was […]

Research report

Gender Profile – Iraq: A situation analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iraq

13/12/2018

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in Iraq have endured many years of repression, as a result of a strong conservative culture, economic sanctions and armed conflicts. Iraqi women today suffer from insufficient educational opportunities and healthcare and limited access to the labor market, as well as high levels of violence and inequality. The country is currently in a phase […]

Research report

Young Couples in Good Times and in Bad: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls among young Tunisians in peri-urban areas

12/07/2017

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Around half of women in Tunisia have experienced some form of violence in their life. Over 90% of the population thinks women should be discreet to avoid violence in public spaces. From the perspective of Oxfam and dozens of women’s rights organisations, social norms that legitimise gender inequality and violence are rooted in the deeply […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia: Evaluation of women’s beekeeping and access to financial services

21/11/2014

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in November 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Facilitating Access to Financial Services for Women Beekeepers in […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

An Economy that Works for Women: Achieving women’s economic empowerment in an increasingly unequal world

02/03/2017

6 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Women’s economic empowerment could reduce poverty for everyone. In order to achieve it, we need to first fix the current broken economic model which is undermining gender equality and causing extreme economic inequality. The neoliberal model has made it harder for women to have better quality and better paid jobs, address inequality in unpaid care […]

Journal article

The leadership role of international law in enforcing women’s rights: the optional protocol to the women’s convention

01/11/2000

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

The leadership role of international law in enforcing women’s rights: the optional protocol to the women’s convention

Keywords

Overview

In October 1999, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Optional Protocol to the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (otherwise known as the Women’s Convention). As of September 2000, 62 states have signed the Optional Protocol, and nine of these have ratified it. Women’s rights activists hope that […]

Case study

Women for Women: Strengthening women’s capacity to identify and fight human trafficking

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a case study produced by Sanjida Naima, Protection Officer at Oxfam in Bangladesh, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening, COVID-19, human trafficking, self-protection outside community protection structures, sensitisation and social cohesion.

Research report

Women’s Land Rights Scorecard: The failure of land policy and legal reforms in securing women’s land rights in Africa

24/11/2020

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The realization of women’s land rights often tends to get no further than the level of action plans and policies that are rarely implemented, due to a lack of real political commitment and the patriarchal values that still predominate in Africa. To realize full gender equality (Goal 17), the implementation plan of the African Union […]

Journal article

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

Keywords

Overview

A wide range of development actors play a major role in initiating, supporting, and promoting collective action of various forms, which aims to secure economic and wider benefits to women, through improving their engagement in markets. But there is limited understanding of what works for rural women in terms of their participation in collective action, […]

Journal article

Declaration from southern women’s organisations presented at Women Linking for Change Conference Bangkok, Thailand, 25 February 1994

01/10/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Declaration from southern women’s organisations presented at Women Linking for Change Conference Bangkok, Thailand, 25 February 1994

Keywords

Overview

We women of the South, chosen by regional meetings of the Women to Women Linking Project in Africa, Latin America, South-East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East to participate in the Global Meeting of Women Linking for Change, held in Bangkok from 20-23 February 1994 are concerned that there is an increasing concentration of […]

Journal article

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

01/11/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

Keywords

Overview

Uganda has introduced affirmative action to ensure that women are represented on the various Councils which govern village affairs. This article asks what has changed as a result of women’s presence on the Councils. Both women and men felt that women had not significantly influenced Local Council planning and budget decisions. They felt this was […]

Research report

Gender Profile – Iraq: A situation analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iraq

13/12/2018

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in Iraq have endured many years of repression, as a result of a strong conservative culture, economic sanctions and armed conflicts. Iraqi women today suffer from insufficient educational opportunities and healthcare and limited access to the labor market, as well as high levels of violence and inequality. The country is currently in a phase […]

Research report

Young Couples in Good Times and in Bad: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls among young Tunisians in peri-urban areas

12/07/2017

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Around half of women in Tunisia have experienced some form of violence in their life. Over 90% of the population thinks women should be discreet to avoid violence in public spaces. From the perspective of Oxfam and dozens of women’s rights organisations, social norms that legitimise gender inequality and violence are rooted in the deeply […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia: Evaluation of women’s beekeeping and access to financial services

21/11/2014

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in November 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Facilitating Access to Financial Services for Women Beekeepers in […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

An Economy that Works for Women: Achieving women’s economic empowerment in an increasingly unequal world

02/03/2017

6 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Women’s economic empowerment could reduce poverty for everyone. In order to achieve it, we need to first fix the current broken economic model which is undermining gender equality and causing extreme economic inequality. The neoliberal model has made it harder for women to have better quality and better paid jobs, address inequality in unpaid care […]

Journal article

The leadership role of international law in enforcing women’s rights: the optional protocol to the women’s convention

01/11/2000

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

The leadership role of international law in enforcing women’s rights: the optional protocol to the women’s convention

Keywords

Overview

In October 1999, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Optional Protocol to the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (otherwise known as the Women’s Convention). As of September 2000, 62 states have signed the Optional Protocol, and nine of these have ratified it. Women’s rights activists hope that […]

Case study

Women for Women: Strengthening women’s capacity to identify and fight human trafficking

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a case study produced by Sanjida Naima, Protection Officer at Oxfam in Bangladesh, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening, COVID-19, human trafficking, self-protection outside community protection structures, sensitisation and social cohesion.

Research report

Women’s Land Rights Scorecard: The failure of land policy and legal reforms in securing women’s land rights in Africa

24/11/2020

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The realization of women’s land rights often tends to get no further than the level of action plans and policies that are rarely implemented, due to a lack of real political commitment and the patriarchal values that still predominate in Africa. To realize full gender equality (Goal 17), the implementation plan of the African Union […]

Journal article

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

Keywords

Overview

A wide range of development actors play a major role in initiating, supporting, and promoting collective action of various forms, which aims to secure economic and wider benefits to women, through improving their engagement in markets. But there is limited understanding of what works for rural women in terms of their participation in collective action, […]

Journal article

Declaration from southern women’s organisations presented at Women Linking for Change Conference Bangkok, Thailand, 25 February 1994

01/10/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Declaration from southern women’s organisations presented at Women Linking for Change Conference Bangkok, Thailand, 25 February 1994

Keywords

Overview

We women of the South, chosen by regional meetings of the Women to Women Linking Project in Africa, Latin America, South-East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East to participate in the Global Meeting of Women Linking for Change, held in Bangkok from 20-23 February 1994 are concerned that there is an increasing concentration of […]

Journal article

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

01/11/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

Keywords

Overview

Uganda has introduced affirmative action to ensure that women are represented on the various Councils which govern village affairs. This article asks what has changed as a result of women’s presence on the Councils. Both women and men felt that women had not significantly influenced Local Council planning and budget decisions. They felt this was […]

Research report

Gender Profile – Iraq: A situation analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iraq

13/12/2018

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in Iraq have endured many years of repression, as a result of a strong conservative culture, economic sanctions and armed conflicts. Iraqi women today suffer from insufficient educational opportunities and healthcare and limited access to the labor market, as well as high levels of violence and inequality. The country is currently in a phase […]

Research report

Young Couples in Good Times and in Bad: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls among young Tunisians in peri-urban areas

12/07/2017

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Around half of women in Tunisia have experienced some form of violence in their life. Over 90% of the population thinks women should be discreet to avoid violence in public spaces. From the perspective of Oxfam and dozens of women’s rights organisations, social norms that legitimise gender inequality and violence are rooted in the deeply […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia: Evaluation of women’s beekeeping and access to financial services

21/11/2014

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in November 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Facilitating Access to Financial Services for Women Beekeepers in […]