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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Understanding the Effectiveness of Agricultural Training for Women: A desk review of indicators, methods and best practices

16/02/2016

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This desk review provides an introduction to some of the indicators, methods, tools, challenges and best practices that will help development practitioners measure the effectiveness of agricultural training, specifically as it relates to women and women’s economic empowerment. Contracted by Oxfam, it is part of ongoing work to improve monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) for […]

Journal article

Sanctioned violence: development and the persecution of women as witches in South Bihar

01/05/1998

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sanctioned violence: development and the persecution of women as witches in South Bihar

Keywords

Overview

Victimizing women as witches is prevalent in the tribal regions of South Bihar. As a result, from 1991 to 1994, over 60 women are known to have been killed in West Singhbhum district alone. The main reasons behind this persecution are to maintain women in economic and social subjugation, to exploit them sexually, and to […]

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 […]

Journal article

Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

24/06/2020

24 pages long

Free access through journal website

Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

Keywords

Overview

The multilateral decision-making enabled by the United Nations (UN), as the world’s only forum for negotiating agreements between almost all countries, has been both fertile and frustrating for advancing women’s rights. The 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women at Beijing, held at a post-Cold War high point in international co-operation, generated a significant political settlement […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keywords

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Journal article

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

20/07/2016

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

Keywords

Overview

While significant progress has been made in recent years in responding to violence against women and girls in humanitarian contexts, timely and quality care and support to survivors still remains a challenge. Little is known about effective prevention. Few interventions have targeted underlying drivers of violence against women and girls (VAWG), which include social norms. […]

Case study

SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Changing the lives of women in Katungulu, DRC, through the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene

01/04/2016

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the past, the women of Katungulu had no alternative but to make a two-hour round-trip to a contaminated river to collect water. The scarcity of water meant that villagers couldn’t wash themselves, their children or their clothes. It was also a source of conflict. Now, however, as a result of work done by Tearfund […]

Journal article

Globalisation and women in India

01/11/1999

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Globalisation and women in India

Keywords

Overview

Describing the way globalisation has affected India over the last decade, the author considers the impact of these changes on women, in the main areas of `development’ due to globalisation: commercialisation, capitalisation, foreign trade orientation, and financialisation and industrial restructuring. She develops the point that the `skewed income and wealth’ structure in India, and the […]

Research report

Empowering British Bangladeshi Women Through Small Enterprise?

01/06/2014

1 documents

82 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Most British Bangladeshi women do not have paid work, and the multiple barriers they face to employment are largely unaddressed by mainstream policies, leading to social exclusion and poverty. This study reviews the viability of supporting British Bangladeshi women to transition to self-employment. Findings suggest that British Bangladeshi women have a keen interest in economic […]

Journal article

An endogenous empowerment strategy: a case-study of Nigerian women

01/02/1999

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

An endogenous empowerment strategy: a case-study of Nigerian women

Keywords

Overview

The paper presents a potentially effective empowerment strategy for women, using Nigeria as a case-study. The strategy evolves from an evaluation of recent empowerment strategies in Nigeria, empowerment concepts, and Karl’s (1995) scheme of empowerment. The author argues that the empowerment of women (understood as enhancing their capacity to influence and participate in making decisions […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Understanding the Effectiveness of Agricultural Training for Women: A desk review of indicators, methods and best practices

16/02/2016

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This desk review provides an introduction to some of the indicators, methods, tools, challenges and best practices that will help development practitioners measure the effectiveness of agricultural training, specifically as it relates to women and women’s economic empowerment. Contracted by Oxfam, it is part of ongoing work to improve monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) for […]

Journal article

Sanctioned violence: development and the persecution of women as witches in South Bihar

01/05/1998

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sanctioned violence: development and the persecution of women as witches in South Bihar

Keywords

Overview

Victimizing women as witches is prevalent in the tribal regions of South Bihar. As a result, from 1991 to 1994, over 60 women are known to have been killed in West Singhbhum district alone. The main reasons behind this persecution are to maintain women in economic and social subjugation, to exploit them sexually, and to […]

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 […]

Journal article

Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

24/06/2020

24 pages long

Free access through journal website

Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

Keywords

Overview

The multilateral decision-making enabled by the United Nations (UN), as the world’s only forum for negotiating agreements between almost all countries, has been both fertile and frustrating for advancing women’s rights. The 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women at Beijing, held at a post-Cold War high point in international co-operation, generated a significant political settlement […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keywords

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Journal article

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

20/07/2016

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

Keywords

Overview

While significant progress has been made in recent years in responding to violence against women and girls in humanitarian contexts, timely and quality care and support to survivors still remains a challenge. Little is known about effective prevention. Few interventions have targeted underlying drivers of violence against women and girls (VAWG), which include social norms. […]

Case study

SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Changing the lives of women in Katungulu, DRC, through the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene

01/04/2016

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the past, the women of Katungulu had no alternative but to make a two-hour round-trip to a contaminated river to collect water. The scarcity of water meant that villagers couldn’t wash themselves, their children or their clothes. It was also a source of conflict. Now, however, as a result of work done by Tearfund […]

Journal article

Globalisation and women in India

01/11/1999

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Globalisation and women in India

Keywords

Overview

Describing the way globalisation has affected India over the last decade, the author considers the impact of these changes on women, in the main areas of `development’ due to globalisation: commercialisation, capitalisation, foreign trade orientation, and financialisation and industrial restructuring. She develops the point that the `skewed income and wealth’ structure in India, and the […]

Research report

Empowering British Bangladeshi Women Through Small Enterprise?

01/06/2014

1 documents

82 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Most British Bangladeshi women do not have paid work, and the multiple barriers they face to employment are largely unaddressed by mainstream policies, leading to social exclusion and poverty. This study reviews the viability of supporting British Bangladeshi women to transition to self-employment. Findings suggest that British Bangladeshi women have a keen interest in economic […]

Journal article

An endogenous empowerment strategy: a case-study of Nigerian women

01/02/1999

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

An endogenous empowerment strategy: a case-study of Nigerian women

Keywords

Overview

The paper presents a potentially effective empowerment strategy for women, using Nigeria as a case-study. The strategy evolves from an evaluation of recent empowerment strategies in Nigeria, empowerment concepts, and Karl’s (1995) scheme of empowerment. The author argues that the empowerment of women (understood as enhancing their capacity to influence and participate in making decisions […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Understanding the Effectiveness of Agricultural Training for Women: A desk review of indicators, methods and best practices

16/02/2016

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This desk review provides an introduction to some of the indicators, methods, tools, challenges and best practices that will help development practitioners measure the effectiveness of agricultural training, specifically as it relates to women and women’s economic empowerment. Contracted by Oxfam, it is part of ongoing work to improve monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) for […]

Journal article

Sanctioned violence: development and the persecution of women as witches in South Bihar

01/05/1998

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sanctioned violence: development and the persecution of women as witches in South Bihar

Keywords

Overview

Victimizing women as witches is prevalent in the tribal regions of South Bihar. As a result, from 1991 to 1994, over 60 women are known to have been killed in West Singhbhum district alone. The main reasons behind this persecution are to maintain women in economic and social subjugation, to exploit them sexually, and to […]

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 […]

Journal article

Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

24/06/2020

24 pages long

Free access through journal website

Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

Keywords

Overview

The multilateral decision-making enabled by the United Nations (UN), as the world’s only forum for negotiating agreements between almost all countries, has been both fertile and frustrating for advancing women’s rights. The 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women at Beijing, held at a post-Cold War high point in international co-operation, generated a significant political settlement […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keywords

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Journal article

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

20/07/2016

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

Keywords

Overview

While significant progress has been made in recent years in responding to violence against women and girls in humanitarian contexts, timely and quality care and support to survivors still remains a challenge. Little is known about effective prevention. Few interventions have targeted underlying drivers of violence against women and girls (VAWG), which include social norms. […]

Case study

SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Changing the lives of women in Katungulu, DRC, through the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene

01/04/2016

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the past, the women of Katungulu had no alternative but to make a two-hour round-trip to a contaminated river to collect water. The scarcity of water meant that villagers couldn’t wash themselves, their children or their clothes. It was also a source of conflict. Now, however, as a result of work done by Tearfund […]

Journal article

Globalisation and women in India

01/11/1999

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Globalisation and women in India

Keywords

Overview

Describing the way globalisation has affected India over the last decade, the author considers the impact of these changes on women, in the main areas of `development’ due to globalisation: commercialisation, capitalisation, foreign trade orientation, and financialisation and industrial restructuring. She develops the point that the `skewed income and wealth’ structure in India, and the […]

Research report

Empowering British Bangladeshi Women Through Small Enterprise?

01/06/2014

1 documents

82 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Most British Bangladeshi women do not have paid work, and the multiple barriers they face to employment are largely unaddressed by mainstream policies, leading to social exclusion and poverty. This study reviews the viability of supporting British Bangladeshi women to transition to self-employment. Findings suggest that British Bangladeshi women have a keen interest in economic […]

Journal article

An endogenous empowerment strategy: a case-study of Nigerian women

01/02/1999

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

An endogenous empowerment strategy: a case-study of Nigerian women

Keywords

Overview

The paper presents a potentially effective empowerment strategy for women, using Nigeria as a case-study. The strategy evolves from an evaluation of recent empowerment strategies in Nigeria, empowerment concepts, and Karl’s (1995) scheme of empowerment. The author argues that the empowerment of women (understood as enhancing their capacity to influence and participate in making decisions […]