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African women challenging neo-liberal economic orthodoxy: the conception and mission of the GERA programme

01/05/2003

8 pages long

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African women challenging neo-liberal economic orthodoxy: the conception and mission of the GERA programme

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Overview

Despite the many international commitments to gender equality, much remains to be done in terms of mainstreaming commitment to gender equality into development. It seems that the major global development institutions appear currently to be more concerned with mainstreaming trade into development. For example, the outcomes of the major international conferences, from the International Conference […]

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Women, resistance, and development: a case study from Dangs, India

01/03/1993

13 pages long

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Women, resistance, and development: a case study from Dangs, India

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Studies of resistance often overlook the significance of gender. This article, based on the author’s experience as a Project Officer with an NGO that supported the development work of a grassroots organisation, the Gram Vikas Mandali Association Trust, describes the historical context of everyday resistance by village women against the Forest Department in western India. […]

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Women, trade, and migration

01/07/2004

7 pages long

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Women, trade, and migration

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Overview

The impact of modern trade policies on the position of women across the world has produced a growing literature in recent years. This has largely concentrated on analyses of the impact on women of privatisation and trade liberalisation during the course of the past two decades. There has been increased interest on the part of […]

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Faith paths to overcome violence against women and girls in Brazil

20/07/2016

13 pages long

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Faith paths to overcome violence against women and girls in Brazil

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Faith holds a central part in the lives of many women and men, shaping notions of gender and relationships. In the context of Brazil, faith groups hold a variety of views on matters of gender justice and women’s rights, from conservative to progressive, and shape public attitudes, legislation, as well as the lives of individuals […]

Briefing note

Why India Needs the Women’s Reservation Bill

08/04/2014

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Nine out of ten parliamentarians in India are men. Such dismal figures reveal the lasting grip of unfavourable social norms. Six decades have gone by since India’s Independence brought hopes that democracy would make gender representation more equal. Since the 1990s, reservation has opened up access to local bodies for women. Major parties have since […]

Discussion paper

Using Internal Evaluations to Measure Organizational Impact: A meta-analysis of Oxfam’s women’s empowerment projects

27/09/2017

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper presents the results of a meta-analysis examining the overall impact of women’s empowerment projects evaluated as part of Oxfam GB’s Effectiveness Reviews. Results show a positive and significant impact on the Women’s Empowerment Index and mixed results with its individual indicators. We found a statistically significant effect on opinions on women’s economic role […]

Journal article

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

07/11/2012

9 pages long

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From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

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Overview

This article shares some insights from six projects that took part in Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE), a competence-building programme to support gender mainstreaming. WEGE was run by Digni from 2007 to 2010. The projects were run by churches and faith-based organisations in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. WEGE’s goal was to promote women’s […]

Journal article

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

01/05/1998

12 pages long

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

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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 […]

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Women organising in fragility and conflict: lessons from the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Nigeria

07/12/2021

21 pages long

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Women organising in fragility and conflict: lessons from the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

Public protests, including women-led struggles, are increasingly gaining a foothold in many parts of the world in response to multiple crises and growing exclusion, in a context of fragility. In the global South, most public protests involve temporary, informal coalitions where people come together and participate in a one-off event. The fluid nature of political […]

Journal article

The (Un)tenable Flaneuse: An inquiry into the politics of women walking in war-entrenched Kabul

19/09/2024

28 pages long

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The (Un)tenable Flaneuse: An inquiry into the politics of women walking in war-entrenched Kabul

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Overview

The article will trace the interrelations between Kabul’s constructed spatiality and the implications of women’s walks through the landscape in two primary texts – Taran Khan’s Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul and Samira Makhmalbaf’s At Five in the Afternoon – to trace the unique discourse and modalities of women’s resistance that they generate against […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

African women challenging neo-liberal economic orthodoxy: the conception and mission of the GERA programme

01/05/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

African women challenging neo-liberal economic orthodoxy: the conception and mission of the GERA programme

Keywords

Overview

Despite the many international commitments to gender equality, much remains to be done in terms of mainstreaming commitment to gender equality into development. It seems that the major global development institutions appear currently to be more concerned with mainstreaming trade into development. For example, the outcomes of the major international conferences, from the International Conference […]

Journal article

Women, resistance, and development: a case study from Dangs, India

01/03/1993

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, resistance, and development: a case study from Dangs, India

Keywords

Overview

Studies of resistance often overlook the significance of gender. This article, based on the author’s experience as a Project Officer with an NGO that supported the development work of a grassroots organisation, the Gram Vikas Mandali Association Trust, describes the historical context of everyday resistance by village women against the Forest Department in western India. […]

Journal article

Women, trade, and migration

01/07/2004

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, trade, and migration

Keywords

Overview

The impact of modern trade policies on the position of women across the world has produced a growing literature in recent years. This has largely concentrated on analyses of the impact on women of privatisation and trade liberalisation during the course of the past two decades. There has been increased interest on the part of […]

Journal article

Faith paths to overcome violence against women and girls in Brazil

20/07/2016

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Faith paths to overcome violence against women and girls in Brazil

Keywords

Overview

Faith holds a central part in the lives of many women and men, shaping notions of gender and relationships. In the context of Brazil, faith groups hold a variety of views on matters of gender justice and women’s rights, from conservative to progressive, and shape public attitudes, legislation, as well as the lives of individuals […]

Briefing note

Why India Needs the Women’s Reservation Bill

08/04/2014

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Nine out of ten parliamentarians in India are men. Such dismal figures reveal the lasting grip of unfavourable social norms. Six decades have gone by since India’s Independence brought hopes that democracy would make gender representation more equal. Since the 1990s, reservation has opened up access to local bodies for women. Major parties have since […]

Discussion paper

Using Internal Evaluations to Measure Organizational Impact: A meta-analysis of Oxfam’s women’s empowerment projects

27/09/2017

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper presents the results of a meta-analysis examining the overall impact of women’s empowerment projects evaluated as part of Oxfam GB’s Effectiveness Reviews. Results show a positive and significant impact on the Women’s Empowerment Index and mixed results with its individual indicators. We found a statistically significant effect on opinions on women’s economic role […]

Journal article

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

07/11/2012

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

Keywords

Overview

This article shares some insights from six projects that took part in Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE), a competence-building programme to support gender mainstreaming. WEGE was run by Digni from 2007 to 2010. The projects were run by churches and faith-based organisations in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. WEGE’s goal was to promote women’s […]

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

Women organising in fragility and conflict: lessons from the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Nigeria

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women organising in fragility and conflict: lessons from the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

Public protests, including women-led struggles, are increasingly gaining a foothold in many parts of the world in response to multiple crises and growing exclusion, in a context of fragility. In the global South, most public protests involve temporary, informal coalitions where people come together and participate in a one-off event. The fluid nature of political […]

Journal article

The (Un)tenable Flaneuse: An inquiry into the politics of women walking in war-entrenched Kabul

19/09/2024

28 pages long

Free access through journal website

The (Un)tenable Flaneuse: An inquiry into the politics of women walking in war-entrenched Kabul

Keywords

Overview

The article will trace the interrelations between Kabul’s constructed spatiality and the implications of women’s walks through the landscape in two primary texts – Taran Khan’s Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul and Samira Makhmalbaf’s At Five in the Afternoon – to trace the unique discourse and modalities of women’s resistance that they generate against […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

African women challenging neo-liberal economic orthodoxy: the conception and mission of the GERA programme

01/05/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

African women challenging neo-liberal economic orthodoxy: the conception and mission of the GERA programme

Keywords

Overview

Despite the many international commitments to gender equality, much remains to be done in terms of mainstreaming commitment to gender equality into development. It seems that the major global development institutions appear currently to be more concerned with mainstreaming trade into development. For example, the outcomes of the major international conferences, from the International Conference […]

Journal article

Women, resistance, and development: a case study from Dangs, India

01/03/1993

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, resistance, and development: a case study from Dangs, India

Keywords

Overview

Studies of resistance often overlook the significance of gender. This article, based on the author’s experience as a Project Officer with an NGO that supported the development work of a grassroots organisation, the Gram Vikas Mandali Association Trust, describes the historical context of everyday resistance by village women against the Forest Department in western India. […]

Journal article

Women, trade, and migration

01/07/2004

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, trade, and migration

Keywords

Overview

The impact of modern trade policies on the position of women across the world has produced a growing literature in recent years. This has largely concentrated on analyses of the impact on women of privatisation and trade liberalisation during the course of the past two decades. There has been increased interest on the part of […]

Journal article

Faith paths to overcome violence against women and girls in Brazil

20/07/2016

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Faith paths to overcome violence against women and girls in Brazil

Keywords

Overview

Faith holds a central part in the lives of many women and men, shaping notions of gender and relationships. In the context of Brazil, faith groups hold a variety of views on matters of gender justice and women’s rights, from conservative to progressive, and shape public attitudes, legislation, as well as the lives of individuals […]

Briefing note

Why India Needs the Women’s Reservation Bill

08/04/2014

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Nine out of ten parliamentarians in India are men. Such dismal figures reveal the lasting grip of unfavourable social norms. Six decades have gone by since India’s Independence brought hopes that democracy would make gender representation more equal. Since the 1990s, reservation has opened up access to local bodies for women. Major parties have since […]

Discussion paper

Using Internal Evaluations to Measure Organizational Impact: A meta-analysis of Oxfam’s women’s empowerment projects

27/09/2017

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper presents the results of a meta-analysis examining the overall impact of women’s empowerment projects evaluated as part of Oxfam GB’s Effectiveness Reviews. Results show a positive and significant impact on the Women’s Empowerment Index and mixed results with its individual indicators. We found a statistically significant effect on opinions on women’s economic role […]

Journal article

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

07/11/2012

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

Keywords

Overview

This article shares some insights from six projects that took part in Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE), a competence-building programme to support gender mainstreaming. WEGE was run by Digni from 2007 to 2010. The projects were run by churches and faith-based organisations in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. WEGE’s goal was to promote women’s […]

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

Women organising in fragility and conflict: lessons from the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Nigeria

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women organising in fragility and conflict: lessons from the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

Public protests, including women-led struggles, are increasingly gaining a foothold in many parts of the world in response to multiple crises and growing exclusion, in a context of fragility. In the global South, most public protests involve temporary, informal coalitions where people come together and participate in a one-off event. The fluid nature of political […]

Journal article

The (Un)tenable Flaneuse: An inquiry into the politics of women walking in war-entrenched Kabul

19/09/2024

28 pages long

Free access through journal website

The (Un)tenable Flaneuse: An inquiry into the politics of women walking in war-entrenched Kabul

Keywords

Overview

The article will trace the interrelations between Kabul’s constructed spatiality and the implications of women’s walks through the landscape in two primary texts – Taran Khan’s Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul and Samira Makhmalbaf’s At Five in the Afternoon – to trace the unique discourse and modalities of women’s resistance that they generate against […]