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Case study

SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: The women of Lokichar, Turkana, gain access to clean, reliable water

01/04/2016

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The women of Nakalale Naduat-Lokichar village used to face long journeys to collect water from ‘scoop holes’ in riverbeds. They could carry just enough back with them for drinking and watering their goats, and had little time to look for food or work. Under the SWIFT programme, Oxfam worked with the women to install a […]

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

The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

Keywords

Overview

Poverty and income inequality undermine women’s health in a myriad of ways. This article discusses findings from the Full Plate Project, which addressed women’s experience of food security, obesity, and chronic disease in Atlantic Canada. Through first-hand accounts, it identifies a vicious cycle surrounding the food insecurity–obesity paradox. The cycle’s core elements included experiences of […]

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

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

23/03/2021

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

Keywords

Overview

This paper speaks of the women sanitation workers who are working at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune city, an epicentre of rising COVID-19 cases in India. Prevailing caste and gendered norms of labour roles render the women doubly vulnerable. Within that context, we investigate how the women sanitation workers self-identify their health […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Not in This Together: How supermarkets became pandemic winners while women workers are losing out

22/06/2021

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French, Urdu

Keywords

Overview

Inequality is worsening and exploitation of women is endemic across the global economy. While inequality of power and value was already deeply unfair before the pandemic, it has now reached shocking proportions. COVID-19 has cost global workers $3.7 trillion in lost income, and women and young workers have been hardest hit, as they are often […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: The women of Lokichar, Turkana, gain access to clean, reliable water

01/04/2016

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The women of Nakalale Naduat-Lokichar village used to face long journeys to collect water from ‘scoop holes’ in riverbeds. They could carry just enough back with them for drinking and watering their goats, and had little time to look for food or work. Under the SWIFT programme, Oxfam worked with the women to install a […]

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

The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

Keywords

Overview

Poverty and income inequality undermine women’s health in a myriad of ways. This article discusses findings from the Full Plate Project, which addressed women’s experience of food security, obesity, and chronic disease in Atlantic Canada. Through first-hand accounts, it identifies a vicious cycle surrounding the food insecurity–obesity paradox. The cycle’s core elements included experiences of […]

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

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

23/03/2021

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

Keywords

Overview

This paper speaks of the women sanitation workers who are working at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune city, an epicentre of rising COVID-19 cases in India. Prevailing caste and gendered norms of labour roles render the women doubly vulnerable. Within that context, we investigate how the women sanitation workers self-identify their health […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Not in This Together: How supermarkets became pandemic winners while women workers are losing out

22/06/2021

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French, Urdu

Keywords

Overview

Inequality is worsening and exploitation of women is endemic across the global economy. While inequality of power and value was already deeply unfair before the pandemic, it has now reached shocking proportions. COVID-19 has cost global workers $3.7 trillion in lost income, and women and young workers have been hardest hit, as they are often […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: The women of Lokichar, Turkana, gain access to clean, reliable water

01/04/2016

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The women of Nakalale Naduat-Lokichar village used to face long journeys to collect water from ‘scoop holes’ in riverbeds. They could carry just enough back with them for drinking and watering their goats, and had little time to look for food or work. Under the SWIFT programme, Oxfam worked with the women to install a […]

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

The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

Keywords

Overview

Poverty and income inequality undermine women’s health in a myriad of ways. This article discusses findings from the Full Plate Project, which addressed women’s experience of food security, obesity, and chronic disease in Atlantic Canada. Through first-hand accounts, it identifies a vicious cycle surrounding the food insecurity–obesity paradox. The cycle’s core elements included experiences of […]

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

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

23/03/2021

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

Keywords

Overview

This paper speaks of the women sanitation workers who are working at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune city, an epicentre of rising COVID-19 cases in India. Prevailing caste and gendered norms of labour roles render the women doubly vulnerable. Within that context, we investigate how the women sanitation workers self-identify their health […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Not in This Together: How supermarkets became pandemic winners while women workers are losing out

22/06/2021

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French, Urdu

Keywords

Overview

Inequality is worsening and exploitation of women is endemic across the global economy. While inequality of power and value was already deeply unfair before the pandemic, it has now reached shocking proportions. COVID-19 has cost global workers $3.7 trillion in lost income, and women and young workers have been hardest hit, as they are often […]