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NGO responses to trafficking in women

01/03/2002

9 pages long

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NGO responses to trafficking in women

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Overview

As trafficking worldwide has become increasingly more sophisticated and widespread, some governments are implementing new legislation, hosting international conferences, and signing new and existing conventions. The United Nations (UN) and other Inter-Governmental Organisations (IGOs) are dedicating substantial resources to developing more effective solutions. However, the relative absence of government initiatives and assistance for trafficking victims, […]

Journal article

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

01/11/2003

9 pages long

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Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

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This paper evaluates the pertinence of interventions sponsored by aid agencies that seek to meet the security needs of women in post-reconstruction Rwanda. Personal security, economic security, and socio-political security are used as the main methodological reference marks and indicators. The information and data used in the paper were gathered during several visits to Rwanda […]

Evaluation report

Addressing Unpaid Care to Close the Gender Gap in the Philippines and Zimbabwe: The Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Project Report, 2016–2019

17/01/2020

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme has been working since 2013 to reignite progress on gender equality by addressing heavy and unequal unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW). In its goal to tackle this issue, the WE-Care partnership between Oxfam, Unilever and its Surf brand tested a comprehensive package of interventions to reduce and […]

Journal article

‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

05/11/2019

16 pages long

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‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

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Overview

This article reflects on insights gathered from doing feminist research during my doctoral studies in international development. My research focused on the lives of women formerly and currently in sex work in Eastern India, and their experiences and resistance of everyday violence. I argue that the adoption of a life-history interviewing method created possibilities to […]

Journal article

Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

01/03/2002

6 pages long

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Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

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Overview

For many people, the word slavery conjures up images from history – of the transatlantic slave trade, the practice of buying and selling people that the modern world is supposed to have left behind, and of the 19th century abolitionist movement. But the reality is that not only does slavery exist today, it is expanding. […]

Case study

Empowering Women Through the Mentorship Programme: The case of the Fisherfolk Enterprise

26/06/2018

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In many communities in Southeast Asia, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are crucial drivers of local development and growth. They can play a key role in improving the livelihoods of smallholders, especially women. However, SMEs often do not survive because of the challenges they face in accessing finance and developing logistics and management systems. To […]

Journal article

Trade unions and women’s NGOs: diverse civil society organisations in Iran

01/02/2004

13 pages long

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A comparison of trade unions and NGOs in Iran demonstrates the diverse nature of their activities. Over the last 90 years, trade unions have played important roles in changing the political system in that country. However, unions are largely male-dominated organisations, which explains why some women have begun to organise women’s trade unions. This article […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

23/03/2021

16 pages long

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COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Pandemics and government-imposed restrictions to control them, such as quarantines and school closures, exacerbate gender-based inequalities and increases exposure of women and girls to genderbased violence (GBV). The impacts of these adverse outcomes are further heightened due to diminished access to comprehensive GBV services, as governments redirect resources towards the emergency and deprioritise services such […]

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 […]

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Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

28/03/2017

17 pages long

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Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

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Overview

This article tackles the conjoined gender impacts of two state-led agendas in the UK – the ‘faith agenda’ and the ‘austerity agenda’. We argue that the faith agenda has revisioned the relationship between the state and its citizens into a communitarian relationship mediated by religious organisations, while the austerity agenda has led to the withdrawal […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

NGO responses to trafficking in women

01/03/2002

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

NGO responses to trafficking in women

Keywords

Overview

As trafficking worldwide has become increasingly more sophisticated and widespread, some governments are implementing new legislation, hosting international conferences, and signing new and existing conventions. The United Nations (UN) and other Inter-Governmental Organisations (IGOs) are dedicating substantial resources to developing more effective solutions. However, the relative absence of government initiatives and assistance for trafficking victims, […]

Journal article

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

01/11/2003

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

Keywords

Overview

This paper evaluates the pertinence of interventions sponsored by aid agencies that seek to meet the security needs of women in post-reconstruction Rwanda. Personal security, economic security, and socio-political security are used as the main methodological reference marks and indicators. The information and data used in the paper were gathered during several visits to Rwanda […]

Evaluation report

Addressing Unpaid Care to Close the Gender Gap in the Philippines and Zimbabwe: The Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Project Report, 2016–2019

17/01/2020

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme has been working since 2013 to reignite progress on gender equality by addressing heavy and unequal unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW). In its goal to tackle this issue, the WE-Care partnership between Oxfam, Unilever and its Surf brand tested a comprehensive package of interventions to reduce and […]

Journal article

‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article reflects on insights gathered from doing feminist research during my doctoral studies in international development. My research focused on the lives of women formerly and currently in sex work in Eastern India, and their experiences and resistance of everyday violence. I argue that the adoption of a life-history interviewing method created possibilities to […]

Journal article

Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

01/03/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

Keywords

Overview

For many people, the word slavery conjures up images from history – of the transatlantic slave trade, the practice of buying and selling people that the modern world is supposed to have left behind, and of the 19th century abolitionist movement. But the reality is that not only does slavery exist today, it is expanding. […]

Case study

Empowering Women Through the Mentorship Programme: The case of the Fisherfolk Enterprise

26/06/2018

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In many communities in Southeast Asia, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are crucial drivers of local development and growth. They can play a key role in improving the livelihoods of smallholders, especially women. However, SMEs often do not survive because of the challenges they face in accessing finance and developing logistics and management systems. To […]

Journal article

Trade unions and women’s NGOs: diverse civil society organisations in Iran

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A comparison of trade unions and NGOs in Iran demonstrates the diverse nature of their activities. Over the last 90 years, trade unions have played important roles in changing the political system in that country. However, unions are largely male-dominated organisations, which explains why some women have begun to organise women’s trade unions. This article […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

23/03/2021

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Pandemics and government-imposed restrictions to control them, such as quarantines and school closures, exacerbate gender-based inequalities and increases exposure of women and girls to genderbased violence (GBV). The impacts of these adverse outcomes are further heightened due to diminished access to comprehensive GBV services, as governments redirect resources towards the emergency and deprioritise services such […]

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 […]

Journal article

Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

Keywords

Overview

This article tackles the conjoined gender impacts of two state-led agendas in the UK – the ‘faith agenda’ and the ‘austerity agenda’. We argue that the faith agenda has revisioned the relationship between the state and its citizens into a communitarian relationship mediated by religious organisations, while the austerity agenda has led to the withdrawal […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

NGO responses to trafficking in women

01/03/2002

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

NGO responses to trafficking in women

Keywords

Overview

As trafficking worldwide has become increasingly more sophisticated and widespread, some governments are implementing new legislation, hosting international conferences, and signing new and existing conventions. The United Nations (UN) and other Inter-Governmental Organisations (IGOs) are dedicating substantial resources to developing more effective solutions. However, the relative absence of government initiatives and assistance for trafficking victims, […]

Journal article

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

01/11/2003

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

Keywords

Overview

This paper evaluates the pertinence of interventions sponsored by aid agencies that seek to meet the security needs of women in post-reconstruction Rwanda. Personal security, economic security, and socio-political security are used as the main methodological reference marks and indicators. The information and data used in the paper were gathered during several visits to Rwanda […]

Evaluation report

Addressing Unpaid Care to Close the Gender Gap in the Philippines and Zimbabwe: The Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Project Report, 2016–2019

17/01/2020

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme has been working since 2013 to reignite progress on gender equality by addressing heavy and unequal unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW). In its goal to tackle this issue, the WE-Care partnership between Oxfam, Unilever and its Surf brand tested a comprehensive package of interventions to reduce and […]

Journal article

‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article reflects on insights gathered from doing feminist research during my doctoral studies in international development. My research focused on the lives of women formerly and currently in sex work in Eastern India, and their experiences and resistance of everyday violence. I argue that the adoption of a life-history interviewing method created possibilities to […]

Journal article

Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

01/03/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

Keywords

Overview

For many people, the word slavery conjures up images from history – of the transatlantic slave trade, the practice of buying and selling people that the modern world is supposed to have left behind, and of the 19th century abolitionist movement. But the reality is that not only does slavery exist today, it is expanding. […]

Case study

Empowering Women Through the Mentorship Programme: The case of the Fisherfolk Enterprise

26/06/2018

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In many communities in Southeast Asia, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are crucial drivers of local development and growth. They can play a key role in improving the livelihoods of smallholders, especially women. However, SMEs often do not survive because of the challenges they face in accessing finance and developing logistics and management systems. To […]

Journal article

Trade unions and women’s NGOs: diverse civil society organisations in Iran

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A comparison of trade unions and NGOs in Iran demonstrates the diverse nature of their activities. Over the last 90 years, trade unions have played important roles in changing the political system in that country. However, unions are largely male-dominated organisations, which explains why some women have begun to organise women’s trade unions. This article […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

23/03/2021

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Pandemics and government-imposed restrictions to control them, such as quarantines and school closures, exacerbate gender-based inequalities and increases exposure of women and girls to genderbased violence (GBV). The impacts of these adverse outcomes are further heightened due to diminished access to comprehensive GBV services, as governments redirect resources towards the emergency and deprioritise services such […]

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 […]

Journal article

Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

Keywords

Overview

This article tackles the conjoined gender impacts of two state-led agendas in the UK – the ‘faith agenda’ and the ‘austerity agenda’. We argue that the faith agenda has revisioned the relationship between the state and its citizens into a communitarian relationship mediated by religious organisations, while the austerity agenda has led to the withdrawal […]