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Briefing paper

Women in Conflict Zones

29/03/2019

2 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

No-one can escape the devastating grip of war. For women, it can mark a point of no return. But it can also be a door to new opportunities. Through examples from Iraq, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Yemen, this report analyses the impact war and occupation have had on the lives of women. Oxfam Intermón […]

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

Keywords

Overview

In this article, I explore the roles of older women and men in the developing world, and the barriers they encounter in the course of contributing to their families and communities. Older women face multiple disadvantages arising from gender-based prejudice, the heavy burden of manual and reproductive labour that they bear, and the longevity of […]

Briefing paper

Not in This Together: How supermarkets became pandemic winners while women workers are losing out

22/06/2021

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French, Urdu

Keywords

Overview

Inequality is worsening and exploitation of women is endemic across the global economy. While inequality of power and value was already deeply unfair before the pandemic, it has now reached shocking proportions. COVID-19 has cost global workers $3.7 trillion in lost income, and women and young workers have been hardest hit, as they are often […]

Book

Gender and Disability: Women’s experiences in the Middle East

01/01/1997

1 documents

104 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Social protection

Overview

Women with disabilities face a double discrimination, both in terms of gender and also of their particular disability. This book examines the situation of women with various types of disability, in the Middle Eastern context. It provides a general overview of gender and disability and includes several case studies from the Lebanon, Yemen, and the […]

Journal article

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

01/07/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the issue of women providing unpaid care for family members living with HIV in South Africa and Zimbabwe. State policies rely on women providing home-based care, in the context of failing health systems. This has the effect of impoverishing women, and reinforcing gender stereotypes. Recommendations will be given on how to make […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Women in Conflict Zones

29/03/2019

2 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

No-one can escape the devastating grip of war. For women, it can mark a point of no return. But it can also be a door to new opportunities. Through examples from Iraq, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Yemen, this report analyses the impact war and occupation have had on the lives of women. Oxfam Intermón […]

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

Keywords

Overview

In this article, I explore the roles of older women and men in the developing world, and the barriers they encounter in the course of contributing to their families and communities. Older women face multiple disadvantages arising from gender-based prejudice, the heavy burden of manual and reproductive labour that they bear, and the longevity of […]

Briefing paper

Not in This Together: How supermarkets became pandemic winners while women workers are losing out

22/06/2021

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French, Urdu

Keywords

Overview

Inequality is worsening and exploitation of women is endemic across the global economy. While inequality of power and value was already deeply unfair before the pandemic, it has now reached shocking proportions. COVID-19 has cost global workers $3.7 trillion in lost income, and women and young workers have been hardest hit, as they are often […]

Book

Gender and Disability: Women’s experiences in the Middle East

01/01/1997

1 documents

104 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Social protection

Overview

Women with disabilities face a double discrimination, both in terms of gender and also of their particular disability. This book examines the situation of women with various types of disability, in the Middle Eastern context. It provides a general overview of gender and disability and includes several case studies from the Lebanon, Yemen, and the […]

Journal article

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

01/07/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the issue of women providing unpaid care for family members living with HIV in South Africa and Zimbabwe. State policies rely on women providing home-based care, in the context of failing health systems. This has the effect of impoverishing women, and reinforcing gender stereotypes. Recommendations will be given on how to make […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Women in Conflict Zones

29/03/2019

2 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

No-one can escape the devastating grip of war. For women, it can mark a point of no return. But it can also be a door to new opportunities. Through examples from Iraq, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Yemen, this report analyses the impact war and occupation have had on the lives of women. Oxfam Intermón […]

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 […]

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 […]

Journal article

Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

Keywords

Overview

In this article, I explore the roles of older women and men in the developing world, and the barriers they encounter in the course of contributing to their families and communities. Older women face multiple disadvantages arising from gender-based prejudice, the heavy burden of manual and reproductive labour that they bear, and the longevity of […]

Briefing paper

Not in This Together: How supermarkets became pandemic winners while women workers are losing out

22/06/2021

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French, Urdu

Keywords

Overview

Inequality is worsening and exploitation of women is endemic across the global economy. While inequality of power and value was already deeply unfair before the pandemic, it has now reached shocking proportions. COVID-19 has cost global workers $3.7 trillion in lost income, and women and young workers have been hardest hit, as they are often […]

Book

Gender and Disability: Women’s experiences in the Middle East

01/01/1997

1 documents

104 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Social protection

Overview

Women with disabilities face a double discrimination, both in terms of gender and also of their particular disability. This book examines the situation of women with various types of disability, in the Middle Eastern context. It provides a general overview of gender and disability and includes several case studies from the Lebanon, Yemen, and the […]

Journal article

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

01/07/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the issue of women providing unpaid care for family members living with HIV in South Africa and Zimbabwe. State policies rely on women providing home-based care, in the context of failing health systems. This has the effect of impoverishing women, and reinforcing gender stereotypes. Recommendations will be given on how to make […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]