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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

Implementing the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: Analysing the compliance of Kenya’s legal framework

01/03/2014

1 documents

132 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is a joint initiative between the Lawyers’ Circle and Oxfam. It analyses the implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol in Kenya. The Maputo Protocol guarantees comprehensive rights to women. The report analyses the […]

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 […]

Journal article

Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

20/07/2016

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how women’s movements in China, India, and Indonesia have mobilised to influence processes of legal reform on violence against women and girls (VAWG). Legal change is a complex and iterative process, in which both state and non-state actors negotiate and bargain over the content of law in the ‘policy space’, bringing different […]

Journal article

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

Keywords

Overview

Women comprise the majority of the workforce in many non-traditional agricultural export (NTAE) industries, which international lending and aid agencies espouse as a development solution for rural poor people. In the Peruvian asparagus industry and the Colombian cut-flower plantations, however, women workers endure unsafe and substandard conditions. Local organisations creatively employ various strategies, ranging from […]

Journal article

Relations of tolerance: Syrian women, internal boundaries, and public space

19/09/2024

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Relations of tolerance: Syrian women, internal boundaries, and public space

Keywords

Overview

Since the early days of the Syrian Civil War, the presence of Syrians in Turkey has garnered considerable attention. Together with the European Union’s efforts to externalise the perceived problem of incoming Syrians and the consequential positioning of Syrians as unwanted, Turkish official policy labelling Syrians as temporary guests has had profound implications in society. […]

Journal article

Development practice and violence against women

01/11/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Development practice and violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Development practitioners and organisations are increasingly addressing violence against women, partly because it is seen to hinder development- constraining the efficiency of projects, limiting women’s participation, and denying them their human rights. However, it is wrong to simply portray gender-based violence as an aspect of underdevelopment, Sen argues, and stresses the need for strong, visible […]

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 […]

Journal article

Debt and climate: entangled emergencies derailing women’s rights and gender justice

10/12/2020

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Debt and climate: entangled emergencies derailing women’s rights and gender justice

Keywords

Overview

As a new debt crisis is hitting the global South, aggravated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and economies will face growing difficulties and challenges to deal with climate emergencies, adaptation, and mitigation. As we have seen in the past, debt crises tend to have a negative impact on women’s rights and […]

Case study

Resilience-Building and Women’s Leadership in Bangladesh

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The REE-CALL programme aims to strengthen community resilience to climate change by fostering economic empowerment and inclusive leadership. The programme targets highly vulnerable people: 225,000 households in 14 of the worst-affected districts of the three most vulnerable agro-ecological regions of the country – Haor, Char and the south-west and south-central coastal regions. The programme recognizes […]

Briefing note

When Women Farm India’s Land: How to increase ownership?

30/10/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women have long played a crucial role in India’s agricultural production, and the trend that sees men shifting to non-farm activities further increases their responsibility. The situation of women cultivators is one of tremendous vulnerability: without land titles, they are not recognised as farmers, and thus are not able to access credits and government benefits. […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

Implementing the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: Analysing the compliance of Kenya’s legal framework

01/03/2014

1 documents

132 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is a joint initiative between the Lawyers’ Circle and Oxfam. It analyses the implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol in Kenya. The Maputo Protocol guarantees comprehensive rights to women. The report analyses the […]

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 […]

Journal article

Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

20/07/2016

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how women’s movements in China, India, and Indonesia have mobilised to influence processes of legal reform on violence against women and girls (VAWG). Legal change is a complex and iterative process, in which both state and non-state actors negotiate and bargain over the content of law in the ‘policy space’, bringing different […]

Journal article

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

Keywords

Overview

Women comprise the majority of the workforce in many non-traditional agricultural export (NTAE) industries, which international lending and aid agencies espouse as a development solution for rural poor people. In the Peruvian asparagus industry and the Colombian cut-flower plantations, however, women workers endure unsafe and substandard conditions. Local organisations creatively employ various strategies, ranging from […]

Journal article

Relations of tolerance: Syrian women, internal boundaries, and public space

19/09/2024

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Relations of tolerance: Syrian women, internal boundaries, and public space

Keywords

Overview

Since the early days of the Syrian Civil War, the presence of Syrians in Turkey has garnered considerable attention. Together with the European Union’s efforts to externalise the perceived problem of incoming Syrians and the consequential positioning of Syrians as unwanted, Turkish official policy labelling Syrians as temporary guests has had profound implications in society. […]

Journal article

Development practice and violence against women

01/11/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Development practice and violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Development practitioners and organisations are increasingly addressing violence against women, partly because it is seen to hinder development- constraining the efficiency of projects, limiting women’s participation, and denying them their human rights. However, it is wrong to simply portray gender-based violence as an aspect of underdevelopment, Sen argues, and stresses the need for strong, visible […]

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 […]

Journal article

Debt and climate: entangled emergencies derailing women’s rights and gender justice

10/12/2020

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Debt and climate: entangled emergencies derailing women’s rights and gender justice

Keywords

Overview

As a new debt crisis is hitting the global South, aggravated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and economies will face growing difficulties and challenges to deal with climate emergencies, adaptation, and mitigation. As we have seen in the past, debt crises tend to have a negative impact on women’s rights and […]

Case study

Resilience-Building and Women’s Leadership in Bangladesh

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The REE-CALL programme aims to strengthen community resilience to climate change by fostering economic empowerment and inclusive leadership. The programme targets highly vulnerable people: 225,000 households in 14 of the worst-affected districts of the three most vulnerable agro-ecological regions of the country – Haor, Char and the south-west and south-central coastal regions. The programme recognizes […]

Briefing note

When Women Farm India’s Land: How to increase ownership?

30/10/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women have long played a crucial role in India’s agricultural production, and the trend that sees men shifting to non-farm activities further increases their responsibility. The situation of women cultivators is one of tremendous vulnerability: without land titles, they are not recognised as farmers, and thus are not able to access credits and government benefits. […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

Implementing the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: Analysing the compliance of Kenya’s legal framework

01/03/2014

1 documents

132 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is a joint initiative between the Lawyers’ Circle and Oxfam. It analyses the implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol in Kenya. The Maputo Protocol guarantees comprehensive rights to women. The report analyses the […]

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 […]

Journal article

Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

20/07/2016

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how women’s movements in China, India, and Indonesia have mobilised to influence processes of legal reform on violence against women and girls (VAWG). Legal change is a complex and iterative process, in which both state and non-state actors negotiate and bargain over the content of law in the ‘policy space’, bringing different […]

Journal article

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Non-traditional agricultural export industries: conditions for women workers in Colombia and Peru

Keywords

Overview

Women comprise the majority of the workforce in many non-traditional agricultural export (NTAE) industries, which international lending and aid agencies espouse as a development solution for rural poor people. In the Peruvian asparagus industry and the Colombian cut-flower plantations, however, women workers endure unsafe and substandard conditions. Local organisations creatively employ various strategies, ranging from […]

Journal article

Relations of tolerance: Syrian women, internal boundaries, and public space

19/09/2024

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Relations of tolerance: Syrian women, internal boundaries, and public space

Keywords

Overview

Since the early days of the Syrian Civil War, the presence of Syrians in Turkey has garnered considerable attention. Together with the European Union’s efforts to externalise the perceived problem of incoming Syrians and the consequential positioning of Syrians as unwanted, Turkish official policy labelling Syrians as temporary guests has had profound implications in society. […]

Journal article

Development practice and violence against women

01/11/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Development practice and violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Development practitioners and organisations are increasingly addressing violence against women, partly because it is seen to hinder development- constraining the efficiency of projects, limiting women’s participation, and denying them their human rights. However, it is wrong to simply portray gender-based violence as an aspect of underdevelopment, Sen argues, and stresses the need for strong, visible […]

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 […]

Journal article

Debt and climate: entangled emergencies derailing women’s rights and gender justice

10/12/2020

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Debt and climate: entangled emergencies derailing women’s rights and gender justice

Keywords

Overview

As a new debt crisis is hitting the global South, aggravated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and economies will face growing difficulties and challenges to deal with climate emergencies, adaptation, and mitigation. As we have seen in the past, debt crises tend to have a negative impact on women’s rights and […]

Case study

Resilience-Building and Women’s Leadership in Bangladesh

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The REE-CALL programme aims to strengthen community resilience to climate change by fostering economic empowerment and inclusive leadership. The programme targets highly vulnerable people: 225,000 households in 14 of the worst-affected districts of the three most vulnerable agro-ecological regions of the country – Haor, Char and the south-west and south-central coastal regions. The programme recognizes […]

Briefing note

When Women Farm India’s Land: How to increase ownership?

30/10/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women have long played a crucial role in India’s agricultural production, and the trend that sees men shifting to non-farm activities further increases their responsibility. The situation of women cultivators is one of tremendous vulnerability: without land titles, they are not recognised as farmers, and thus are not able to access credits and government benefits. […]