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Research report

Gender Profile – Iraq: A situation analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iraq

13/12/2018

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in Iraq have endured many years of repression, as a result of a strong conservative culture, economic sanctions and armed conflicts. Iraqi women today suffer from insufficient educational opportunities and healthcare and limited access to the labor market, as well as high levels of violence and inequality. The country is currently in a phase […]

Journal article

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

01/02/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

Keywords

Overview

CEPAM is an Ecuadorian women’s NGO, which has an integrated approach to work with poor urban women on health issues, legal advice, and group formation, based on a gender analysis of life in the area. This account of its work in a poor urban settlement in Guayaquil describes how women came to understand that their […]

Research report

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security

15/03/2012

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The question of ‘what changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security?’ has been asked repeatedly. But transformational changes in both public policy and practice have been few and far between, although increasing access to resources and opportunities for women farmers could substantially reduce the number of hungry people in the […]

Journal article

Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

31/07/2015

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on women’s rights organisations and their role in challenging inequality within the development process. Women in poverty are excluded as a result of their unequal societal position, geographic location, and the predominance of ‘topdown’ and piecemeal policymaking processes carried out by donor governments. We argue that in-country women’s rights organisations provide the […]

Journal article

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

28/03/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

Keywords

Overview

Migrant women are often described as victims of the global economy: accounts of human rights abuses and economic exploitation have eclipsed more positive accounts of the impact of migrant work on women’s lives. Some migrant women are positioned to make use of new opportunities which they see as empowering, in contrast to earlier experiences in […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

Journal article

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment of poor households is a key entry point for development organisations concerned with economic inequality. Over the decades, gender inequality has emerged as a key concern, and the result has been women’s economic empowerment (WEE) programming. This article is a study of the impact of WEE programming on domestic violence (DV) against women. […]

Journal article

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

19/09/2024

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Using feminist approaches, I explore the relationship between safe/r spaces and young women’s civic participation in Kenya. Young women’s standpoints enable us to understand how young women are positioned in relation to institutions, structures, and resources and, in turn, how those relations shape their lives. Using this approach, for example, we can interrogate how power […]

Journal article

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

01/11/2000

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women’s political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women’s increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political positions; and secondly, that governments are genuinely committed to leading national programmes of action for women’s advancement. Both of these assumptions are […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Gender Profile – Iraq: A situation analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iraq

13/12/2018

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in Iraq have endured many years of repression, as a result of a strong conservative culture, economic sanctions and armed conflicts. Iraqi women today suffer from insufficient educational opportunities and healthcare and limited access to the labor market, as well as high levels of violence and inequality. The country is currently in a phase […]

Journal article

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

01/02/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

Keywords

Overview

CEPAM is an Ecuadorian women’s NGO, which has an integrated approach to work with poor urban women on health issues, legal advice, and group formation, based on a gender analysis of life in the area. This account of its work in a poor urban settlement in Guayaquil describes how women came to understand that their […]

Research report

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security

15/03/2012

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The question of ‘what changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security?’ has been asked repeatedly. But transformational changes in both public policy and practice have been few and far between, although increasing access to resources and opportunities for women farmers could substantially reduce the number of hungry people in the […]

Journal article

Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

31/07/2015

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on women’s rights organisations and their role in challenging inequality within the development process. Women in poverty are excluded as a result of their unequal societal position, geographic location, and the predominance of ‘topdown’ and piecemeal policymaking processes carried out by donor governments. We argue that in-country women’s rights organisations provide the […]

Journal article

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

28/03/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

Keywords

Overview

Migrant women are often described as victims of the global economy: accounts of human rights abuses and economic exploitation have eclipsed more positive accounts of the impact of migrant work on women’s lives. Some migrant women are positioned to make use of new opportunities which they see as empowering, in contrast to earlier experiences in […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

Journal article

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment of poor households is a key entry point for development organisations concerned with economic inequality. Over the decades, gender inequality has emerged as a key concern, and the result has been women’s economic empowerment (WEE) programming. This article is a study of the impact of WEE programming on domestic violence (DV) against women. […]

Journal article

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

19/09/2024

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Using feminist approaches, I explore the relationship between safe/r spaces and young women’s civic participation in Kenya. Young women’s standpoints enable us to understand how young women are positioned in relation to institutions, structures, and resources and, in turn, how those relations shape their lives. Using this approach, for example, we can interrogate how power […]

Journal article

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

01/11/2000

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women’s political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women’s increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political positions; and secondly, that governments are genuinely committed to leading national programmes of action for women’s advancement. Both of these assumptions are […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Gender Profile – Iraq: A situation analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iraq

13/12/2018

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in Iraq have endured many years of repression, as a result of a strong conservative culture, economic sanctions and armed conflicts. Iraqi women today suffer from insufficient educational opportunities and healthcare and limited access to the labor market, as well as high levels of violence and inequality. The country is currently in a phase […]

Journal article

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

01/02/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

Keywords

Overview

CEPAM is an Ecuadorian women’s NGO, which has an integrated approach to work with poor urban women on health issues, legal advice, and group formation, based on a gender analysis of life in the area. This account of its work in a poor urban settlement in Guayaquil describes how women came to understand that their […]

Research report

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security

15/03/2012

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The question of ‘what changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security?’ has been asked repeatedly. But transformational changes in both public policy and practice have been few and far between, although increasing access to resources and opportunities for women farmers could substantially reduce the number of hungry people in the […]

Journal article

Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

31/07/2015

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on women’s rights organisations and their role in challenging inequality within the development process. Women in poverty are excluded as a result of their unequal societal position, geographic location, and the predominance of ‘topdown’ and piecemeal policymaking processes carried out by donor governments. We argue that in-country women’s rights organisations provide the […]

Journal article

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

28/03/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

Keywords

Overview

Migrant women are often described as victims of the global economy: accounts of human rights abuses and economic exploitation have eclipsed more positive accounts of the impact of migrant work on women’s lives. Some migrant women are positioned to make use of new opportunities which they see as empowering, in contrast to earlier experiences in […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

Journal article

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment of poor households is a key entry point for development organisations concerned with economic inequality. Over the decades, gender inequality has emerged as a key concern, and the result has been women’s economic empowerment (WEE) programming. This article is a study of the impact of WEE programming on domestic violence (DV) against women. […]

Journal article

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

19/09/2024

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Using feminist approaches, I explore the relationship between safe/r spaces and young women’s civic participation in Kenya. Young women’s standpoints enable us to understand how young women are positioned in relation to institutions, structures, and resources and, in turn, how those relations shape their lives. Using this approach, for example, we can interrogate how power […]

Journal article

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

01/11/2000

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women’s political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women’s increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political positions; and secondly, that governments are genuinely committed to leading national programmes of action for women’s advancement. Both of these assumptions are […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]