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Issue briefing

I Am Alone: Single women and the Nepal earthquake

23/07/2016

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, Nepali

Keywords

Overview

The earthquake and aftershock which struck Nepal in 2015 affected more than 8 million people and severely damaged infrastructure including schools, health centres and homes. Existing gender inequalities in Nepal meant that single women were particularly affected in the aftermath, receiving inadequate assistance and being least able to be heard. This briefing argues that the […]

Journal article

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

01/02/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

Keywords

Overview

Water supply and sanitation provision are key elements in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s participation is considered integral to the sustainability of the projects created to meet these two MDGs. Bringing feminist and geographic critiques to bear on gendered approaches to improving sanitation coverage, the research reported on in this article indicates […]

Journal article

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

08/11/2008

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

Keywords

Overview

In seven short years, Kup Women for Peace, a community organisation in Papua New Guinea, has gone from tribal peacebuilding to ensuring a free, fair, and violence-free election in one small part of Simbu Province. The organisation’s approach was multi-faceted and locally appropriate, enfranchising many women – and educating men – in the process. In […]

Journal article

Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

01/02/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

Keywords

Overview

Adoko’s argument is that projects to protect the environment should not be made the responsibility of poor women, particularly since it is not women – or poor people – who are destroying the environment. In the case of tree planting in Uganda, women are burdened with collecting water for saplings, whilst important gender issues such […]

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

Sexuality, health, and human rights: self-identified priorities of indigenous women in Peru

01/07/2008

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sexuality, health, and human rights: self-identified priorities of indigenous women in Peru

Keywords

Overview

The link between sexuality and development is often not well understood, or it is thought to be a frivolous subject, to be addressed after other, more ‘important’ needs are met. But, from the perspective of indigenous women in Latin America, the right to control sexuality is in fact a crucial element in the improvement of […]

Journal article

Conflict and the women of Chad

01/06/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conflict and the women of Chad

Keywords

Overview

In times of war, the poorest people in communities – usually women and children – are most affected. The 1979 civil war in Chad plunged many women into poverty, especially in urban areas. Yet at the same time the conflict smashed Chad’s patriarchal social order allowing women to move into traditionally male roles. Their contribution […]

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 […]

Case study

Women Producers of ‘Bouquets and Beans’ in Kenya: Exploring the links between international business and poverty reduction

30/10/2014

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case-study explores the findings of a Poverty Footprint study in the horticultural sector in Kenya, published jointly by Oxfam and IPL (International Procurement and Logistics Ltd) in 2013. Key findings were that women make up over 60% of the workforce and whilst the sector provides job opportunities women workers are disempowered, suffer sexual harassment […]

Journal article

Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses

01/06/1993

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses

Keywords

Overview

Relief organisations need to change the way they work with women refugees (and men and child refugees), to allow them a say in their own development. This is important not just in terms of grassroots involvement and a say in policy-making, but also for refugees’ self-respect. Wallace explains why women should be fully represented in […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Issue briefing

I Am Alone: Single women and the Nepal earthquake

23/07/2016

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, Nepali

Keywords

Overview

The earthquake and aftershock which struck Nepal in 2015 affected more than 8 million people and severely damaged infrastructure including schools, health centres and homes. Existing gender inequalities in Nepal meant that single women were particularly affected in the aftermath, receiving inadequate assistance and being least able to be heard. This briefing argues that the […]

Journal article

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

01/02/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

Keywords

Overview

Water supply and sanitation provision are key elements in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s participation is considered integral to the sustainability of the projects created to meet these two MDGs. Bringing feminist and geographic critiques to bear on gendered approaches to improving sanitation coverage, the research reported on in this article indicates […]

Journal article

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

08/11/2008

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

Keywords

Overview

In seven short years, Kup Women for Peace, a community organisation in Papua New Guinea, has gone from tribal peacebuilding to ensuring a free, fair, and violence-free election in one small part of Simbu Province. The organisation’s approach was multi-faceted and locally appropriate, enfranchising many women – and educating men – in the process. In […]

Journal article

Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

01/02/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

Keywords

Overview

Adoko’s argument is that projects to protect the environment should not be made the responsibility of poor women, particularly since it is not women – or poor people – who are destroying the environment. In the case of tree planting in Uganda, women are burdened with collecting water for saplings, whilst important gender issues such […]

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

Sexuality, health, and human rights: self-identified priorities of indigenous women in Peru

01/07/2008

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sexuality, health, and human rights: self-identified priorities of indigenous women in Peru

Keywords

Overview

The link between sexuality and development is often not well understood, or it is thought to be a frivolous subject, to be addressed after other, more ‘important’ needs are met. But, from the perspective of indigenous women in Latin America, the right to control sexuality is in fact a crucial element in the improvement of […]

Journal article

Conflict and the women of Chad

01/06/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conflict and the women of Chad

Keywords

Overview

In times of war, the poorest people in communities – usually women and children – are most affected. The 1979 civil war in Chad plunged many women into poverty, especially in urban areas. Yet at the same time the conflict smashed Chad’s patriarchal social order allowing women to move into traditionally male roles. Their contribution […]

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 […]

Case study

Women Producers of ‘Bouquets and Beans’ in Kenya: Exploring the links between international business and poverty reduction

30/10/2014

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case-study explores the findings of a Poverty Footprint study in the horticultural sector in Kenya, published jointly by Oxfam and IPL (International Procurement and Logistics Ltd) in 2013. Key findings were that women make up over 60% of the workforce and whilst the sector provides job opportunities women workers are disempowered, suffer sexual harassment […]

Journal article

Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses

01/06/1993

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses

Keywords

Overview

Relief organisations need to change the way they work with women refugees (and men and child refugees), to allow them a say in their own development. This is important not just in terms of grassroots involvement and a say in policy-making, but also for refugees’ self-respect. Wallace explains why women should be fully represented in […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Issue briefing

I Am Alone: Single women and the Nepal earthquake

23/07/2016

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, Nepali

Keywords

Overview

The earthquake and aftershock which struck Nepal in 2015 affected more than 8 million people and severely damaged infrastructure including schools, health centres and homes. Existing gender inequalities in Nepal meant that single women were particularly affected in the aftermath, receiving inadequate assistance and being least able to be heard. This briefing argues that the […]

Journal article

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

01/02/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

Keywords

Overview

Water supply and sanitation provision are key elements in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s participation is considered integral to the sustainability of the projects created to meet these two MDGs. Bringing feminist and geographic critiques to bear on gendered approaches to improving sanitation coverage, the research reported on in this article indicates […]

Journal article

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

08/11/2008

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

Keywords

Overview

In seven short years, Kup Women for Peace, a community organisation in Papua New Guinea, has gone from tribal peacebuilding to ensuring a free, fair, and violence-free election in one small part of Simbu Province. The organisation’s approach was multi-faceted and locally appropriate, enfranchising many women – and educating men – in the process. In […]

Journal article

Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

01/02/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

Keywords

Overview

Adoko’s argument is that projects to protect the environment should not be made the responsibility of poor women, particularly since it is not women – or poor people – who are destroying the environment. In the case of tree planting in Uganda, women are burdened with collecting water for saplings, whilst important gender issues such […]

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

Sexuality, health, and human rights: self-identified priorities of indigenous women in Peru

01/07/2008

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sexuality, health, and human rights: self-identified priorities of indigenous women in Peru

Keywords

Overview

The link between sexuality and development is often not well understood, or it is thought to be a frivolous subject, to be addressed after other, more ‘important’ needs are met. But, from the perspective of indigenous women in Latin America, the right to control sexuality is in fact a crucial element in the improvement of […]

Journal article

Conflict and the women of Chad

01/06/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conflict and the women of Chad

Keywords

Overview

In times of war, the poorest people in communities – usually women and children – are most affected. The 1979 civil war in Chad plunged many women into poverty, especially in urban areas. Yet at the same time the conflict smashed Chad’s patriarchal social order allowing women to move into traditionally male roles. Their contribution […]

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 […]

Case study

Women Producers of ‘Bouquets and Beans’ in Kenya: Exploring the links between international business and poverty reduction

30/10/2014

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case-study explores the findings of a Poverty Footprint study in the horticultural sector in Kenya, published jointly by Oxfam and IPL (International Procurement and Logistics Ltd) in 2013. Key findings were that women make up over 60% of the workforce and whilst the sector provides job opportunities women workers are disempowered, suffer sexual harassment […]

Journal article

Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses

01/06/1993

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses

Keywords

Overview

Relief organisations need to change the way they work with women refugees (and men and child refugees), to allow them a say in their own development. This is important not just in terms of grassroots involvement and a say in policy-making, but also for refugees’ self-respect. Wallace explains why women should be fully represented in […]