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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

01/07/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

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Overview

This article focuses on trafficking of young Nepalese girls and women. Trafficking is an integral part of the social and economic fabric of Nepal, as in other parts of the world. The practice causes intolerable degradation and suffering for the girls and young women involved, who are treated as a commodity. It presents a risk […]

Journal article

Lesbian and bisexual women in Cuba: family, rights, and policy

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on interviews with 17 self-identified lesbian and bisexual women living in Havana, Cuba, focusing on state support for their family relationships. It examines some of the tensions and contradictions between international and national policy, and societal norms, some of which support LGBT people, and some of which do not. In many ways, […]

Research report

Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights (TLWR): Lessons and recommendations from Oxfam’s experiences

30/04/2018

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The aim of promoting gender equality and women’s rights as integral parts of development efforts is enshrined in the key strategies and plans of many organizations. This is the case for the individual affiliates that comprise Oxfam International (OI), and the Oxfam confederation as a whole. This report sets out to assist Oxfam to better […]

Journal article

Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

Keywords

Overview

Dramatic reductions in trade barriers during the past 10 years have caused unprecedented economic growth in India. Little is known about the impact of globalisation on the informal labour market, especially the impact on women. We interviewed women working in four occupations in Mumbai’s informal labour market, gathering information about their daily lives, job responsibilities, […]

Journal article

‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

31/07/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

Keywords

Overview

The principle of ‘leaving no one behind’ is strongly emerging as a defining aspect of the new development framework under negotiation in 2015. This stems from an acknowledgement of the failure of the Millennium Development Goals in securing benefits for the most marginalised groups, those suffering from economic deprivation and discrimination as a result of […]

Briefing note

Our Country, Our Peace: Why women must be included in Yemen’s peace process

11/12/2015

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Yemen conflict has had a catastrophic effect on its people, with specific impacts on already-vulnerable women and girls. But political talks about Yemen’s future have almost exclusively been conducted by male politicians and combatants. This contrasts with the 2011 uprising, when women helped set Yemen on a path towards political reform. However, the 2011 […]

Journal article

Violence against women: the international legal response

01/06/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Violence against women: the international legal response

Keywords

Overview

In demanding the right to be free from violence, women are claiming what they are entitled to. Violence against women must be seen as a human-rights issue, and legal instruments created and enforced to guarantee protection for women. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

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

Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

01/10/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

Keywords

Overview

Currently, Algerian women are facing a major crisis. In a complex and changing political environment, the status of women is at stake, threatened by conservative forces associated with Islam, which are likely to win in Algeria’s forthcoming multi-party elections. How are women involving themselves in politics to determine the course of the election. This article […]

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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

01/07/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on trafficking of young Nepalese girls and women. Trafficking is an integral part of the social and economic fabric of Nepal, as in other parts of the world. The practice causes intolerable degradation and suffering for the girls and young women involved, who are treated as a commodity. It presents a risk […]

Journal article

Lesbian and bisexual women in Cuba: family, rights, and policy

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on interviews with 17 self-identified lesbian and bisexual women living in Havana, Cuba, focusing on state support for their family relationships. It examines some of the tensions and contradictions between international and national policy, and societal norms, some of which support LGBT people, and some of which do not. In many ways, […]

Research report

Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights (TLWR): Lessons and recommendations from Oxfam’s experiences

30/04/2018

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The aim of promoting gender equality and women’s rights as integral parts of development efforts is enshrined in the key strategies and plans of many organizations. This is the case for the individual affiliates that comprise Oxfam International (OI), and the Oxfam confederation as a whole. This report sets out to assist Oxfam to better […]

Journal article

Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

Keywords

Overview

Dramatic reductions in trade barriers during the past 10 years have caused unprecedented economic growth in India. Little is known about the impact of globalisation on the informal labour market, especially the impact on women. We interviewed women working in four occupations in Mumbai’s informal labour market, gathering information about their daily lives, job responsibilities, […]

Journal article

‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

31/07/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

Keywords

Overview

The principle of ‘leaving no one behind’ is strongly emerging as a defining aspect of the new development framework under negotiation in 2015. This stems from an acknowledgement of the failure of the Millennium Development Goals in securing benefits for the most marginalised groups, those suffering from economic deprivation and discrimination as a result of […]

Briefing note

Our Country, Our Peace: Why women must be included in Yemen’s peace process

11/12/2015

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Yemen conflict has had a catastrophic effect on its people, with specific impacts on already-vulnerable women and girls. But political talks about Yemen’s future have almost exclusively been conducted by male politicians and combatants. This contrasts with the 2011 uprising, when women helped set Yemen on a path towards political reform. However, the 2011 […]

Journal article

Violence against women: the international legal response

01/06/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Violence against women: the international legal response

Keywords

Overview

In demanding the right to be free from violence, women are claiming what they are entitled to. Violence against women must be seen as a human-rights issue, and legal instruments created and enforced to guarantee protection for women. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

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

Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

01/10/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

Keywords

Overview

Currently, Algerian women are facing a major crisis. In a complex and changing political environment, the status of women is at stake, threatened by conservative forces associated with Islam, which are likely to win in Algeria’s forthcoming multi-party elections. How are women involving themselves in politics to determine the course of the election. This article […]

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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

01/07/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on trafficking of young Nepalese girls and women. Trafficking is an integral part of the social and economic fabric of Nepal, as in other parts of the world. The practice causes intolerable degradation and suffering for the girls and young women involved, who are treated as a commodity. It presents a risk […]

Journal article

Lesbian and bisexual women in Cuba: family, rights, and policy

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on interviews with 17 self-identified lesbian and bisexual women living in Havana, Cuba, focusing on state support for their family relationships. It examines some of the tensions and contradictions between international and national policy, and societal norms, some of which support LGBT people, and some of which do not. In many ways, […]

Research report

Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights (TLWR): Lessons and recommendations from Oxfam’s experiences

30/04/2018

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The aim of promoting gender equality and women’s rights as integral parts of development efforts is enshrined in the key strategies and plans of many organizations. This is the case for the individual affiliates that comprise Oxfam International (OI), and the Oxfam confederation as a whole. This report sets out to assist Oxfam to better […]

Journal article

Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

Keywords

Overview

Dramatic reductions in trade barriers during the past 10 years have caused unprecedented economic growth in India. Little is known about the impact of globalisation on the informal labour market, especially the impact on women. We interviewed women working in four occupations in Mumbai’s informal labour market, gathering information about their daily lives, job responsibilities, […]

Journal article

‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

31/07/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

Keywords

Overview

The principle of ‘leaving no one behind’ is strongly emerging as a defining aspect of the new development framework under negotiation in 2015. This stems from an acknowledgement of the failure of the Millennium Development Goals in securing benefits for the most marginalised groups, those suffering from economic deprivation and discrimination as a result of […]

Briefing note

Our Country, Our Peace: Why women must be included in Yemen’s peace process

11/12/2015

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Yemen conflict has had a catastrophic effect on its people, with specific impacts on already-vulnerable women and girls. But political talks about Yemen’s future have almost exclusively been conducted by male politicians and combatants. This contrasts with the 2011 uprising, when women helped set Yemen on a path towards political reform. However, the 2011 […]

Journal article

Violence against women: the international legal response

01/06/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Violence against women: the international legal response

Keywords

Overview

In demanding the right to be free from violence, women are claiming what they are entitled to. Violence against women must be seen as a human-rights issue, and legal instruments created and enforced to guarantee protection for women. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

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

Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

01/10/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

Keywords

Overview

Currently, Algerian women are facing a major crisis. In a complex and changing political environment, the status of women is at stake, threatened by conservative forces associated with Islam, which are likely to win in Algeria’s forthcoming multi-party elections. How are women involving themselves in politics to determine the course of the election. This article […]

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 […]