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Young Couples in Good Times and in Bad: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls among young Tunisians in peri-urban areas

12/07/2017

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Around half of women in Tunisia have experienced some form of violence in their life. Over 90% of the population thinks women should be discreet to avoid violence in public spaces. From the perspective of Oxfam and dozens of women’s rights organisations, social norms that legitimise gender inequality and violence are rooted in the deeply […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia: Evaluation of women’s beekeeping and access to financial services

21/11/2014

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in November 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Facilitating Access to Financial Services for Women Beekeepers in […]

Journal article

A decolonial feminist inquiry into women’s agency in the urban landscape in 19th-century Iran

19/09/2024

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

A decolonial feminist inquiry into women’s agency in the urban landscape in 19th-century Iran

Keywords

Overview

Proposing a socio-historical and decolonial analytical lens, I challenge the current dominant discourses surrounding Iranian women’s agency in emerging public spaces in the late 19th century. I scrutinise the urban landscape in late 19th-century Iran, drawing from a variety of archival data, such as first-hand memoirs, travelogues, and official reports, to situate Iranian women in […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Women’s Economic Leadership in LAC Book 3: Prevention of violence against women in the context of programmes

01/10/2014

2 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This three book series supports the development and delivery of Women’s Economic Leadership (WEL) programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean. It builds on work done by Oxfam GB and Value for Women on the delivery of market-based livelihood programmes with a focus on gender justice. This book, the third in the series, introduces the […]

Journal article

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

23/03/2021

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

Keywords

Overview

Old age often marks a period of changed socioeconomic position and physical infirmity. Older adults make up a large and complex population sub-group where several identities and characteristics coalesce to create intersectional experiences. Visual impairment can be prevented or cured to a large extent. Globally, women’s access to eye care is lower than that for […]

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 entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

06/11/2008

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

Keywords

Overview

Entrepreneurship for women is often seen as a journey out of poverty and a march towards equality. Studies have proven that entrepreneurship, in the form of small and medium sized enterprises, can indeed empower women and through time, fundamentally transform power relations within a society, making it a place where women can lead. However, in […]

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 […]

Journal article

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

14/03/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

Keywords

Overview

The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Young Couples in Good Times and in Bad: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls among young Tunisians in peri-urban areas

12/07/2017

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Around half of women in Tunisia have experienced some form of violence in their life. Over 90% of the population thinks women should be discreet to avoid violence in public spaces. From the perspective of Oxfam and dozens of women’s rights organisations, social norms that legitimise gender inequality and violence are rooted in the deeply […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia: Evaluation of women’s beekeeping and access to financial services

21/11/2014

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in November 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Facilitating Access to Financial Services for Women Beekeepers in […]

Journal article

A decolonial feminist inquiry into women’s agency in the urban landscape in 19th-century Iran

19/09/2024

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

A decolonial feminist inquiry into women’s agency in the urban landscape in 19th-century Iran

Keywords

Overview

Proposing a socio-historical and decolonial analytical lens, I challenge the current dominant discourses surrounding Iranian women’s agency in emerging public spaces in the late 19th century. I scrutinise the urban landscape in late 19th-century Iran, drawing from a variety of archival data, such as first-hand memoirs, travelogues, and official reports, to situate Iranian women in […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Women’s Economic Leadership in LAC Book 3: Prevention of violence against women in the context of programmes

01/10/2014

2 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This three book series supports the development and delivery of Women’s Economic Leadership (WEL) programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean. It builds on work done by Oxfam GB and Value for Women on the delivery of market-based livelihood programmes with a focus on gender justice. This book, the third in the series, introduces the […]

Journal article

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

23/03/2021

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

Keywords

Overview

Old age often marks a period of changed socioeconomic position and physical infirmity. Older adults make up a large and complex population sub-group where several identities and characteristics coalesce to create intersectional experiences. Visual impairment can be prevented or cured to a large extent. Globally, women’s access to eye care is lower than that for […]

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 entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

06/11/2008

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

Keywords

Overview

Entrepreneurship for women is often seen as a journey out of poverty and a march towards equality. Studies have proven that entrepreneurship, in the form of small and medium sized enterprises, can indeed empower women and through time, fundamentally transform power relations within a society, making it a place where women can lead. However, in […]

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 […]

Journal article

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

14/03/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

Keywords

Overview

The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Young Couples in Good Times and in Bad: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls among young Tunisians in peri-urban areas

12/07/2017

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Around half of women in Tunisia have experienced some form of violence in their life. Over 90% of the population thinks women should be discreet to avoid violence in public spaces. From the perspective of Oxfam and dozens of women’s rights organisations, social norms that legitimise gender inequality and violence are rooted in the deeply […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia: Evaluation of women’s beekeeping and access to financial services

21/11/2014

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in November 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Facilitating Access to Financial Services for Women Beekeepers in […]

Journal article

A decolonial feminist inquiry into women’s agency in the urban landscape in 19th-century Iran

19/09/2024

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

A decolonial feminist inquiry into women’s agency in the urban landscape in 19th-century Iran

Keywords

Overview

Proposing a socio-historical and decolonial analytical lens, I challenge the current dominant discourses surrounding Iranian women’s agency in emerging public spaces in the late 19th century. I scrutinise the urban landscape in late 19th-century Iran, drawing from a variety of archival data, such as first-hand memoirs, travelogues, and official reports, to situate Iranian women in […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Women’s Economic Leadership in LAC Book 3: Prevention of violence against women in the context of programmes

01/10/2014

2 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This three book series supports the development and delivery of Women’s Economic Leadership (WEL) programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean. It builds on work done by Oxfam GB and Value for Women on the delivery of market-based livelihood programmes with a focus on gender justice. This book, the third in the series, introduces the […]

Journal article

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

23/03/2021

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

Keywords

Overview

Old age often marks a period of changed socioeconomic position and physical infirmity. Older adults make up a large and complex population sub-group where several identities and characteristics coalesce to create intersectional experiences. Visual impairment can be prevented or cured to a large extent. Globally, women’s access to eye care is lower than that for […]

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 entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

06/11/2008

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

Keywords

Overview

Entrepreneurship for women is often seen as a journey out of poverty and a march towards equality. Studies have proven that entrepreneurship, in the form of small and medium sized enterprises, can indeed empower women and through time, fundamentally transform power relations within a society, making it a place where women can lead. However, in […]

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 […]

Journal article

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

14/03/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

Keywords

Overview

The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that […]