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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Discussion paper

Why is Women’s Work Low-Paid? Establishing a framework for understanding the causes of low pay among professions traditionally dominated by women

10/11/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to understand why certain occupations in the UK labour market, traditionally dominated by women, are low-paid. The paper argues that jobs associated with traditional and outdated notions of ‘women’s role in the home’ extends into the jobs market. This affects attitudes towards remuneration in professions such […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in the Philippines: Impact evaluation of the ‘BASIC START’ project

24/02/2021

3 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2018/19 on women’s empowerment. The BASIC START (Building Autonomous and Stable Institutions and Communities through Socially Cohesive, Transparent, Accountable and Responsive Transition) in the Bangsamoro' project was carried out in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines between April 2015 and August […]

Journal article

Women’s declaration on population policies

01/05/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s declaration on population policies

Keywords

Overview

In September 1992, women’s health advocates representing women’s networks in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Western Europe met to discuss how women’s voices might best be heard during preparations for the 1994 Conference on Population and Development and in the conference itself. The group suggested that a strong positive statement from […]

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. […]

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

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 […]

Evaluation report

Women’s empowerment in Honduras: Impact evaluation of the ‘Promoting Women’s Engagement in Governance’ project

22/10/2018

3 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2016/17, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The Effectiveness Review took place in June 2016 in Honduras. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Promoting Women’s Engagement in Government in Honduras’ project in achieving its objective of strengthening women’s political […]

Journal article

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

01/11/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Development organisations aiming to end violence against women, and to promote women’s empowerment in societies such as Nepal, need to pay attention to the question of women’s citizenship, and its links to empowerment and independence. In Nepal, citizenship rights are still accorded to women through male relatives, rather than in their own right. Many women […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Discussion paper

Why is Women’s Work Low-Paid? Establishing a framework for understanding the causes of low pay among professions traditionally dominated by women

10/11/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to understand why certain occupations in the UK labour market, traditionally dominated by women, are low-paid. The paper argues that jobs associated with traditional and outdated notions of ‘women’s role in the home’ extends into the jobs market. This affects attitudes towards remuneration in professions such […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in the Philippines: Impact evaluation of the ‘BASIC START’ project

24/02/2021

3 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2018/19 on women’s empowerment. The BASIC START (Building Autonomous and Stable Institutions and Communities through Socially Cohesive, Transparent, Accountable and Responsive Transition) in the Bangsamoro' project was carried out in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines between April 2015 and August […]

Journal article

Women’s declaration on population policies

01/05/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s declaration on population policies

Keywords

Overview

In September 1992, women’s health advocates representing women’s networks in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Western Europe met to discuss how women’s voices might best be heard during preparations for the 1994 Conference on Population and Development and in the conference itself. The group suggested that a strong positive statement from […]

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. […]

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

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 […]

Evaluation report

Women’s empowerment in Honduras: Impact evaluation of the ‘Promoting Women’s Engagement in Governance’ project

22/10/2018

3 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2016/17, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The Effectiveness Review took place in June 2016 in Honduras. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Promoting Women’s Engagement in Government in Honduras’ project in achieving its objective of strengthening women’s political […]

Journal article

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

01/11/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Development organisations aiming to end violence against women, and to promote women’s empowerment in societies such as Nepal, need to pay attention to the question of women’s citizenship, and its links to empowerment and independence. In Nepal, citizenship rights are still accorded to women through male relatives, rather than in their own right. Many women […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Discussion paper

Why is Women’s Work Low-Paid? Establishing a framework for understanding the causes of low pay among professions traditionally dominated by women

10/11/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to understand why certain occupations in the UK labour market, traditionally dominated by women, are low-paid. The paper argues that jobs associated with traditional and outdated notions of ‘women’s role in the home’ extends into the jobs market. This affects attitudes towards remuneration in professions such […]

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 […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in the Philippines: Impact evaluation of the ‘BASIC START’ project

24/02/2021

3 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2018/19 on women’s empowerment. The BASIC START (Building Autonomous and Stable Institutions and Communities through Socially Cohesive, Transparent, Accountable and Responsive Transition) in the Bangsamoro' project was carried out in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines between April 2015 and August […]

Journal article

Women’s declaration on population policies

01/05/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s declaration on population policies

Keywords

Overview

In September 1992, women’s health advocates representing women’s networks in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Western Europe met to discuss how women’s voices might best be heard during preparations for the 1994 Conference on Population and Development and in the conference itself. The group suggested that a strong positive statement from […]

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. […]

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

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 […]

Evaluation report

Women’s empowerment in Honduras: Impact evaluation of the ‘Promoting Women’s Engagement in Governance’ project

22/10/2018

3 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2016/17, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The Effectiveness Review took place in June 2016 in Honduras. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Promoting Women’s Engagement in Government in Honduras’ project in achieving its objective of strengthening women’s political […]

Journal article

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

01/11/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Development organisations aiming to end violence against women, and to promote women’s empowerment in societies such as Nepal, need to pay attention to the question of women’s citizenship, and its links to empowerment and independence. In Nepal, citizenship rights are still accorded to women through male relatives, rather than in their own right. Many women […]