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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

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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

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

24/06/2020

15 pages long

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Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

Keywords

Overview

Italy, as well as other United Nations Member States, took up the global call to end all forms of violence against women and girls (VAW) embraced in the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Through this contribution, we aim to explore the tensions and synergies between the agendas of local women’s rights movement(s) and […]

Briefing paper

Women’s Perspectives Matter: Providing an enabling environment for women to be heard in the workplace

20/12/2020

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This briefing aims to share the insights Oxfam gained from interviews conducted with 26 experts in December 2019, on the subject of what works for women to represent themselves effectively. It outlines practical steps that companies can take to enable women to be heard in the workplace and fulfil their potential. The coronavirus pandemic has […]

Journal article

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

07/12/2022

23 pages long

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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 […]

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

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

31/07/2015

18 pages long

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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 […]

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

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Overview

The Integrated Agriculture Training Program (IATP) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) aimed to improve the livelihoods of rural communities in the East New Britain Province, by providing targeted training and information services to both men and women. While this AusAID-funded project is now complete, the programme has continued on a self-funding basis. This article describes […]

Journal article

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

24/06/2020

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

Keywords

Overview

Italy, as well as other United Nations Member States, took up the global call to end all forms of violence against women and girls (VAW) embraced in the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Through this contribution, we aim to explore the tensions and synergies between the agendas of local women’s rights movement(s) and […]

Briefing paper

Women’s Perspectives Matter: Providing an enabling environment for women to be heard in the workplace

20/12/2020

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This briefing aims to share the insights Oxfam gained from interviews conducted with 26 experts in December 2019, on the subject of what works for women to represent themselves effectively. It outlines practical steps that companies can take to enable women to be heard in the workplace and fulfil their potential. The coronavirus pandemic has […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Overview

The Integrated Agriculture Training Program (IATP) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) aimed to improve the livelihoods of rural communities in the East New Britain Province, by providing targeted training and information services to both men and women. While this AusAID-funded project is now complete, the programme has continued on a self-funding basis. This article describes […]

Journal article

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

24/06/2020

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

Keywords

Overview

Italy, as well as other United Nations Member States, took up the global call to end all forms of violence against women and girls (VAW) embraced in the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Through this contribution, we aim to explore the tensions and synergies between the agendas of local women’s rights movement(s) and […]

Briefing paper

Women’s Perspectives Matter: Providing an enabling environment for women to be heard in the workplace

20/12/2020

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This briefing aims to share the insights Oxfam gained from interviews conducted with 26 experts in December 2019, on the subject of what works for women to represent themselves effectively. It outlines practical steps that companies can take to enable women to be heard in the workplace and fulfil their potential. The coronavirus pandemic has […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Overview

The Integrated Agriculture Training Program (IATP) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) aimed to improve the livelihoods of rural communities in the East New Britain Province, by providing targeted training and information services to both men and women. While this AusAID-funded project is now complete, the programme has continued on a self-funding basis. This article describes […]

Journal article

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]