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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

01/03/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

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Overview

About 70 per cent of the population in Southern Africa depends on agriculture as the main source of food, income, and employment. Women produce an estimated 70 per cent of the food in the region. Recent studies have pointed to governments’ failure to invest in women farmers as one of the major contributing factors to […]

Journal article

Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

10/11/2014

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on policy advocacy programmes in Nepal and Nigeria, instigated by ActionAid International with local women’s rights organisations and non-government organisations, and supported by the Institute of Development Studies, UK. These programmes aimed to challenge women’s unequal responsibility for care work and to influence policymakers to understand the importance of providing services to support them. One of the […]

Journal article

Still learning: a critical reflection on three years of measuring women’s empowerment in Oxfam

09/07/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Still learning: a critical reflection on three years of measuring women’s empowerment in Oxfam

Keywords

Overview

In 2011, as part of a broader effort to understand organisational effectiveness, a team within Oxfam GB began implementing impact evaluations on a small sample of projects largely focused on women’s empowerment. The resulting ‘Women’s Empowerment Effectiveness Reviews’ employ a quasi-experimental evaluation design, and have been undertaken in more than a dozen sites over three […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Implementing the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: Analysing the compliance of Kenya’s legal framework

01/03/2014

1 documents

132 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is a joint initiative between the Lawyers’ Circle and Oxfam. It analyses the implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol in Kenya. The Maputo Protocol guarantees comprehensive rights to women. The report analyses the […]

Journal article

Mainstreaming from Beijing to Ghana – the role of the women’s movement in Ghana

07/11/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mainstreaming from Beijing to Ghana – the role of the women’s movement in Ghana

Keywords

Overview

Commitment to gender mainstreaming has been expressed worldwide as a result of the Beijing conference in 1995. The introduction of gender mainstreaming in the Beijing Platform for Action was regarded as a victory for gender ambassadors from the South, including the women’s movements. However, an empirical study from Ghana on the processes of ‘translating’ gender […]

Journal article

Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

01/12/2001

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses the rationale behind cash transfer strategies as an alternative means of channelling resources to women and men in humanitarian contexts. It highlights key gender-related considerations that contribute to the success of the strategy. Food aid remains the largest part of United Nations appeals, but it is often delayed, inadequate in quantity and […]

Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and girls: Raising Her Voice in Honduras

16/07/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

One woman is killed every 18 hours in Honduras, but fewer than one in five cases are investigated. Such large-scale human rights abuses and appalling levels of impunity mean that tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is central to the Raising Her Voice Honduras governance programme. This paper is a snapshot of the work […]

Book

Women and Culture

01/01/1995

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Throughout the world, cultural norms determine a view of women as subordinate to men, and provide a rationale for denial of women’s economic and political rights. This collection of essays in the Focus on Gender series explores the issues of cultural traditions and beliefs, and their relation to gender and development. Topics discussed in this […]

Book

Women and Emergencies

01/01/1994

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There is a tendency for gender considerations to be marginal, or absent, in the response to disasters and emergencies. The need for swift action in a crisis, and the cost and complexity of relief operations, mean that emergency programmes are often implemented in a top-down manner, with little attempt to involve the affected community. Women, […]

Book

Women and the Environment

01/01/1993

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The majority of women in the South have a close and complex relationship to their surroundings. They are profoundly affected by environmental degradation, as they depend directly on natural resources for their livelihoods. Their need for access to these resources often goes unrecognised, as does their role as producers and environmental managers. At times of […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

01/03/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

Keywords

Overview

About 70 per cent of the population in Southern Africa depends on agriculture as the main source of food, income, and employment. Women produce an estimated 70 per cent of the food in the region. Recent studies have pointed to governments’ failure to invest in women farmers as one of the major contributing factors to […]

Journal article

Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

10/11/2014

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on policy advocacy programmes in Nepal and Nigeria, instigated by ActionAid International with local women’s rights organisations and non-government organisations, and supported by the Institute of Development Studies, UK. These programmes aimed to challenge women’s unequal responsibility for care work and to influence policymakers to understand the importance of providing services to support them. One of the […]

Journal article

Still learning: a critical reflection on three years of measuring women’s empowerment in Oxfam

09/07/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Still learning: a critical reflection on three years of measuring women’s empowerment in Oxfam

Keywords

Overview

In 2011, as part of a broader effort to understand organisational effectiveness, a team within Oxfam GB began implementing impact evaluations on a small sample of projects largely focused on women’s empowerment. The resulting ‘Women’s Empowerment Effectiveness Reviews’ employ a quasi-experimental evaluation design, and have been undertaken in more than a dozen sites over three […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Implementing the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: Analysing the compliance of Kenya’s legal framework

01/03/2014

1 documents

132 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is a joint initiative between the Lawyers’ Circle and Oxfam. It analyses the implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol in Kenya. The Maputo Protocol guarantees comprehensive rights to women. The report analyses the […]

Journal article

Mainstreaming from Beijing to Ghana – the role of the women’s movement in Ghana

07/11/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mainstreaming from Beijing to Ghana – the role of the women’s movement in Ghana

Keywords

Overview

Commitment to gender mainstreaming has been expressed worldwide as a result of the Beijing conference in 1995. The introduction of gender mainstreaming in the Beijing Platform for Action was regarded as a victory for gender ambassadors from the South, including the women’s movements. However, an empirical study from Ghana on the processes of ‘translating’ gender […]

Journal article

Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

01/12/2001

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses the rationale behind cash transfer strategies as an alternative means of channelling resources to women and men in humanitarian contexts. It highlights key gender-related considerations that contribute to the success of the strategy. Food aid remains the largest part of United Nations appeals, but it is often delayed, inadequate in quantity and […]

Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and girls: Raising Her Voice in Honduras

16/07/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

One woman is killed every 18 hours in Honduras, but fewer than one in five cases are investigated. Such large-scale human rights abuses and appalling levels of impunity mean that tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is central to the Raising Her Voice Honduras governance programme. This paper is a snapshot of the work […]

Book

Women and Culture

01/01/1995

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Throughout the world, cultural norms determine a view of women as subordinate to men, and provide a rationale for denial of women’s economic and political rights. This collection of essays in the Focus on Gender series explores the issues of cultural traditions and beliefs, and their relation to gender and development. Topics discussed in this […]

Book

Women and Emergencies

01/01/1994

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There is a tendency for gender considerations to be marginal, or absent, in the response to disasters and emergencies. The need for swift action in a crisis, and the cost and complexity of relief operations, mean that emergency programmes are often implemented in a top-down manner, with little attempt to involve the affected community. Women, […]

Book

Women and the Environment

01/01/1993

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The majority of women in the South have a close and complex relationship to their surroundings. They are profoundly affected by environmental degradation, as they depend directly on natural resources for their livelihoods. Their need for access to these resources often goes unrecognised, as does their role as producers and environmental managers. At times of […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

01/03/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

Keywords

Overview

About 70 per cent of the population in Southern Africa depends on agriculture as the main source of food, income, and employment. Women produce an estimated 70 per cent of the food in the region. Recent studies have pointed to governments’ failure to invest in women farmers as one of the major contributing factors to […]

Journal article

Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

10/11/2014

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on policy advocacy programmes in Nepal and Nigeria, instigated by ActionAid International with local women’s rights organisations and non-government organisations, and supported by the Institute of Development Studies, UK. These programmes aimed to challenge women’s unequal responsibility for care work and to influence policymakers to understand the importance of providing services to support them. One of the […]

Journal article

Still learning: a critical reflection on three years of measuring women’s empowerment in Oxfam

09/07/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Still learning: a critical reflection on three years of measuring women’s empowerment in Oxfam

Keywords

Overview

In 2011, as part of a broader effort to understand organisational effectiveness, a team within Oxfam GB began implementing impact evaluations on a small sample of projects largely focused on women’s empowerment. The resulting ‘Women’s Empowerment Effectiveness Reviews’ employ a quasi-experimental evaluation design, and have been undertaken in more than a dozen sites over three […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Implementing the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: Analysing the compliance of Kenya’s legal framework

01/03/2014

1 documents

132 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is a joint initiative between the Lawyers’ Circle and Oxfam. It analyses the implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol in Kenya. The Maputo Protocol guarantees comprehensive rights to women. The report analyses the […]

Journal article

Mainstreaming from Beijing to Ghana – the role of the women’s movement in Ghana

07/11/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mainstreaming from Beijing to Ghana – the role of the women’s movement in Ghana

Keywords

Overview

Commitment to gender mainstreaming has been expressed worldwide as a result of the Beijing conference in 1995. The introduction of gender mainstreaming in the Beijing Platform for Action was regarded as a victory for gender ambassadors from the South, including the women’s movements. However, an empirical study from Ghana on the processes of ‘translating’ gender […]

Journal article

Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

01/12/2001

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses the rationale behind cash transfer strategies as an alternative means of channelling resources to women and men in humanitarian contexts. It highlights key gender-related considerations that contribute to the success of the strategy. Food aid remains the largest part of United Nations appeals, but it is often delayed, inadequate in quantity and […]

Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and girls: Raising Her Voice in Honduras

16/07/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

One woman is killed every 18 hours in Honduras, but fewer than one in five cases are investigated. Such large-scale human rights abuses and appalling levels of impunity mean that tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is central to the Raising Her Voice Honduras governance programme. This paper is a snapshot of the work […]

Book

Women and Culture

01/01/1995

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Throughout the world, cultural norms determine a view of women as subordinate to men, and provide a rationale for denial of women’s economic and political rights. This collection of essays in the Focus on Gender series explores the issues of cultural traditions and beliefs, and their relation to gender and development. Topics discussed in this […]

Book

Women and Emergencies

01/01/1994

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There is a tendency for gender considerations to be marginal, or absent, in the response to disasters and emergencies. The need for swift action in a crisis, and the cost and complexity of relief operations, mean that emergency programmes are often implemented in a top-down manner, with little attempt to involve the affected community. Women, […]

Book

Women and the Environment

01/01/1993

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The majority of women in the South have a close and complex relationship to their surroundings. They are profoundly affected by environmental degradation, as they depend directly on natural resources for their livelihoods. Their need for access to these resources often goes unrecognised, as does their role as producers and environmental managers. At times of […]