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Guidelines and toolkits

The Change Maker’s Toolkit: For raising awareness on gender roles and women’s political participation in the MENA region

01/11/2014

2 documents

63 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This toolkit is intended for the use of Change Makers working with men and women from their communities to support change in knowledge and attitudes on gender equality and women’s political participation. It provides them with a series of tools for facilitating discussion during one-on-one conversations, meetings and awareness-raising events. These tools include information for […]

Journal article

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

01/07/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

Keywords

Overview

Conditional cash transfer programmes provide extremely poor households with a cash subsidy, on condition that children attend school, and mothers and infants undergo health checks. These programmes are generally considered effective social protection mechanisms, and success in meeting children’s nutrition, education, and health targets is reported. However, the impact of these programmes on women’s empowerment […]

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

Investment finance: off limits for women

01/10/1993

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Investment finance: off limits for women

Keywords

Overview

Only one in ten of Zambians in business are women. Those involved in economic investment have relied upon male connections in the Government and private sector. This articles explores why it is hard for women to access finance, making them dependent on the informal sector, and why the few businesswomen there are have ‘feminine’ lines […]

Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and girls: Raising Her Voice in Honduras

16/07/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

One woman is killed every 18 hours in Honduras, but fewer than one in five cases are investigated. Such large-scale human rights abuses and appalling levels of impunity mean that tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is central to the Raising Her Voice Honduras governance programme. This paper is a snapshot of the work […]

Briefing paper

One Year On: Time to put women and girls at the heart of the Rohingya response

11/09/2018

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Beginning on 25 August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh seeking safety and lifesaving assistance. While safe from the violence they were subjected to in Myanmar, Rohingya women continue to face huge protection risks and challenges in Bangladesh. This briefing paper looks at how the humanitarian response, one year on, is […]

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

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

01/11/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we […]

Case study

Social Enterprise, Women’s Empowerment and Access to Finance: MedUP! project, Ramallah, West Bank, OPT

26/03/2020

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Saving and credit cooperatives can be an important financial tool for people on low incomes. However, these cooperatives come with certain challenges that can hinder their usefulness to their members and wider society. The Union of Cooperative Associations for Saving and Credit (UCASC) was established in 2005 to address these issues. Now the national legal […]

Discussion paper

Thorny Transition: Women’s empowerment and exposure to violence in India

01/07/2014

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the relation between women’s empowerment in India and the risk of violence. It starts by situating women’s exposure to violence in the context of a gradual growth in female mobilization and freedom-from-violence rights, yet recognises that this is happening in the context of unfavourable social norms. The two conflicting trends produce a […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

The Change Maker’s Toolkit: For raising awareness on gender roles and women’s political participation in the MENA region

01/11/2014

2 documents

63 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This toolkit is intended for the use of Change Makers working with men and women from their communities to support change in knowledge and attitudes on gender equality and women’s political participation. It provides them with a series of tools for facilitating discussion during one-on-one conversations, meetings and awareness-raising events. These tools include information for […]

Journal article

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

01/07/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

Keywords

Overview

Conditional cash transfer programmes provide extremely poor households with a cash subsidy, on condition that children attend school, and mothers and infants undergo health checks. These programmes are generally considered effective social protection mechanisms, and success in meeting children’s nutrition, education, and health targets is reported. However, the impact of these programmes on women’s empowerment […]

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

Investment finance: off limits for women

01/10/1993

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Investment finance: off limits for women

Keywords

Overview

Only one in ten of Zambians in business are women. Those involved in economic investment have relied upon male connections in the Government and private sector. This articles explores why it is hard for women to access finance, making them dependent on the informal sector, and why the few businesswomen there are have ‘feminine’ lines […]

Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and girls: Raising Her Voice in Honduras

16/07/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

One woman is killed every 18 hours in Honduras, but fewer than one in five cases are investigated. Such large-scale human rights abuses and appalling levels of impunity mean that tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is central to the Raising Her Voice Honduras governance programme. This paper is a snapshot of the work […]

Briefing paper

One Year On: Time to put women and girls at the heart of the Rohingya response

11/09/2018

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Beginning on 25 August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh seeking safety and lifesaving assistance. While safe from the violence they were subjected to in Myanmar, Rohingya women continue to face huge protection risks and challenges in Bangladesh. This briefing paper looks at how the humanitarian response, one year on, is […]

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

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

01/11/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we […]

Case study

Social Enterprise, Women’s Empowerment and Access to Finance: MedUP! project, Ramallah, West Bank, OPT

26/03/2020

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Saving and credit cooperatives can be an important financial tool for people on low incomes. However, these cooperatives come with certain challenges that can hinder their usefulness to their members and wider society. The Union of Cooperative Associations for Saving and Credit (UCASC) was established in 2005 to address these issues. Now the national legal […]

Discussion paper

Thorny Transition: Women’s empowerment and exposure to violence in India

01/07/2014

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the relation between women’s empowerment in India and the risk of violence. It starts by situating women’s exposure to violence in the context of a gradual growth in female mobilization and freedom-from-violence rights, yet recognises that this is happening in the context of unfavourable social norms. The two conflicting trends produce a […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

The Change Maker’s Toolkit: For raising awareness on gender roles and women’s political participation in the MENA region

01/11/2014

2 documents

63 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This toolkit is intended for the use of Change Makers working with men and women from their communities to support change in knowledge and attitudes on gender equality and women’s political participation. It provides them with a series of tools for facilitating discussion during one-on-one conversations, meetings and awareness-raising events. These tools include information for […]

Journal article

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

01/07/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

Keywords

Overview

Conditional cash transfer programmes provide extremely poor households with a cash subsidy, on condition that children attend school, and mothers and infants undergo health checks. These programmes are generally considered effective social protection mechanisms, and success in meeting children’s nutrition, education, and health targets is reported. However, the impact of these programmes on women’s empowerment […]

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

Investment finance: off limits for women

01/10/1993

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Investment finance: off limits for women

Keywords

Overview

Only one in ten of Zambians in business are women. Those involved in economic investment have relied upon male connections in the Government and private sector. This articles explores why it is hard for women to access finance, making them dependent on the informal sector, and why the few businesswomen there are have ‘feminine’ lines […]

Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and girls: Raising Her Voice in Honduras

16/07/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

One woman is killed every 18 hours in Honduras, but fewer than one in five cases are investigated. Such large-scale human rights abuses and appalling levels of impunity mean that tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is central to the Raising Her Voice Honduras governance programme. This paper is a snapshot of the work […]

Briefing paper

One Year On: Time to put women and girls at the heart of the Rohingya response

11/09/2018

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Beginning on 25 August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh seeking safety and lifesaving assistance. While safe from the violence they were subjected to in Myanmar, Rohingya women continue to face huge protection risks and challenges in Bangladesh. This briefing paper looks at how the humanitarian response, one year on, is […]

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

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

01/11/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we […]

Case study

Social Enterprise, Women’s Empowerment and Access to Finance: MedUP! project, Ramallah, West Bank, OPT

26/03/2020

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Saving and credit cooperatives can be an important financial tool for people on low incomes. However, these cooperatives come with certain challenges that can hinder their usefulness to their members and wider society. The Union of Cooperative Associations for Saving and Credit (UCASC) was established in 2005 to address these issues. Now the national legal […]

Discussion paper

Thorny Transition: Women’s empowerment and exposure to violence in India

01/07/2014

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the relation between women’s empowerment in India and the risk of violence. It starts by situating women’s exposure to violence in the context of a gradual growth in female mobilization and freedom-from-violence rights, yet recognises that this is happening in the context of unfavourable social norms. The two conflicting trends produce a […]