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War and security, women and gender: an overview of the issues

12/11/2013

19 pages long

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War and security, women and gender: an overview of the issues

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This article addresses the gender division of war and the significance of men and masculinity in processes of militarisation. Three phases of the continuum of war are considered. In periods of war-readiness, societies see a diversion of spending from social provision to the armed forces, accompanied by an increase in patriarchal ideology and authority. The actual waging of […]

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Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

20/03/2014

15 pages long

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Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

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This paper explores how single-sex and co-education affect girls’ and boys’ gender beliefs and relations. Earlier research in sub-Saharan Africa suggests that co-educational schools are sites of male intimidation, violence, and unequal power relations. Meanwhile single-sex education is said to enhance girls’ self-confidence, improve their academic scores, and enable them to act as leaders, in […]

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Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance

01/06/1993

9 pages long

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Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance

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Violence against women is a complex, worldwide, issue of human rights. It has so far been scarcely documented, and this article provides a crucial overview of the key issues. Gender-based violence is one manifestation of unequal power relations between men and women, in the realms of politics, economics, society, and culture. The authors show how […]

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Oxfam GB’s Gender Pay Gap Report for 5 April 2017

28/03/2018

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28 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam GB’s overall median gender pay gap is 12.5%. The national average is 18.4%. We take our gender pay gap seriously and have made a range of commitments to address the issue. The gender pay gap shows the difference in the average pay between all men and women working for an organization, irrespective of their […]

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Globalisation and gender training for the media: challenges and lessons learned

01/03/2000

6 pages long

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Globalisation and gender training for the media: challenges and lessons learned

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The 1995 Beijing Conference on Women identified the media as one of the critical areas of concern for the advancement of women’s equality and development. In an era of globalisation, its role in the struggle for gender equality is critical. This article discusses the author’s experience of developing gender training for media professionals. This article […]

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Gender, conflict, and building sustainable peace: recent lessons from Latin America

01/12/2001

11 pages long

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Gender, conflict, and building sustainable peace: recent lessons from Latin America

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Latin American experiences of conflict and building sustainable peace have tended to show a clear neglect of a gender analysis of the impacts of conflict and the peace negotiations that end it, much to the detriment of many women and men affected by and involved in the civil conflicts that have ravaged the region during […]

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Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

01/11/2004

11 pages long

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Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

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In Nicaragua, gender ideologies – and, in particular, discourses of motherhood – have frequently been manipulated by political forces. In the early 1990s, at the end of the civil war, Sandinista and Contra women in Waslala united to form a group which aimed to end the political polarisation within their community and promote development. Aid […]

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Anyone here been raped and speak English?’: workshops for editors and journalists on gender-based violence and sex-trafficking

01/11/2007

11 pages long

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Anyone here been raped and speak English?’: workshops for editors and journalists on gender-based violence and sex-trafficking

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Editors and journalists who have been trained to understand issues of gender-based violence and human rights can have a positive influence on educating public and political understanding of these issues. This article describes two workshops held recently in Senegal and Albania for male and female editors and journalists. The UNFPA workshop for journalists and editors […]

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The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

01/03/2011

12 pages long

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The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

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Overview

In addition to raising the living standards of loved ones back home, remittances sent by men and women migrants can transform the way spouses, children, and communities left behind interact within the household, including changing culturally accepted roles and opportunities for men, women, boys, and girls. For women senders of remittances, ‘rising’ to become a […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

War and security, women and gender: an overview of the issues

12/11/2013

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

War and security, women and gender: an overview of the issues

Keywords

Overview

This article addresses the gender division of war and the significance of men and masculinity in processes of militarisation. Three phases of the continuum of war are considered. In periods of war-readiness, societies see a diversion of spending from social provision to the armed forces, accompanied by an increase in patriarchal ideology and authority. The actual waging of […]

Journal article

Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

20/03/2014

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores how single-sex and co-education affect girls’ and boys’ gender beliefs and relations. Earlier research in sub-Saharan Africa suggests that co-educational schools are sites of male intimidation, violence, and unequal power relations. Meanwhile single-sex education is said to enhance girls’ self-confidence, improve their academic scores, and enable them to act as leaders, in […]

Journal article

Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance

01/06/1993

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women is a complex, worldwide, issue of human rights. It has so far been scarcely documented, and this article provides a crucial overview of the key issues. Gender-based violence is one manifestation of unequal power relations between men and women, in the realms of politics, economics, society, and culture. The authors show how […]

Webpage

Research at Oxfam

High quality and novel research lays the foundation for our projects, campaigns and advocacy work

Annual report

Oxfam GB’s Gender Pay Gap Report for 5 April 2017

28/03/2018

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB’s overall median gender pay gap is 12.5%. The national average is 18.4%. We take our gender pay gap seriously and have made a range of commitments to address the issue. The gender pay gap shows the difference in the average pay between all men and women working for an organization, irrespective of their […]

Journal article

Globalisation and gender training for the media: challenges and lessons learned

01/03/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Globalisation and gender training for the media: challenges and lessons learned

Keywords

Overview

The 1995 Beijing Conference on Women identified the media as one of the critical areas of concern for the advancement of women’s equality and development. In an era of globalisation, its role in the struggle for gender equality is critical. This article discusses the author’s experience of developing gender training for media professionals. This article […]

Journal article

Gender, conflict, and building sustainable peace: recent lessons from Latin America

01/12/2001

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, conflict, and building sustainable peace: recent lessons from Latin America

Keywords

Overview

Latin American experiences of conflict and building sustainable peace have tended to show a clear neglect of a gender analysis of the impacts of conflict and the peace negotiations that end it, much to the detriment of many women and men affected by and involved in the civil conflicts that have ravaged the region during […]

Journal article

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

01/11/2004

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

In Nicaragua, gender ideologies – and, in particular, discourses of motherhood – have frequently been manipulated by political forces. In the early 1990s, at the end of the civil war, Sandinista and Contra women in Waslala united to form a group which aimed to end the political polarisation within their community and promote development. Aid […]

Journal article

Anyone here been raped and speak English?’: workshops for editors and journalists on gender-based violence and sex-trafficking

01/11/2007

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Anyone here been raped and speak English?’: workshops for editors and journalists on gender-based violence and sex-trafficking

Keywords

Overview

Editors and journalists who have been trained to understand issues of gender-based violence and human rights can have a positive influence on educating public and political understanding of these issues. This article describes two workshops held recently in Senegal and Albania for male and female editors and journalists. The UNFPA workshop for journalists and editors […]

Journal article

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

01/03/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

Keywords

Overview

In addition to raising the living standards of loved ones back home, remittances sent by men and women migrants can transform the way spouses, children, and communities left behind interact within the household, including changing culturally accepted roles and opportunities for men, women, boys, and girls. For women senders of remittances, ‘rising’ to become a […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

War and security, women and gender: an overview of the issues

12/11/2013

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

War and security, women and gender: an overview of the issues

Keywords

Overview

This article addresses the gender division of war and the significance of men and masculinity in processes of militarisation. Three phases of the continuum of war are considered. In periods of war-readiness, societies see a diversion of spending from social provision to the armed forces, accompanied by an increase in patriarchal ideology and authority. The actual waging of […]

Journal article

Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

20/03/2014

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores how single-sex and co-education affect girls’ and boys’ gender beliefs and relations. Earlier research in sub-Saharan Africa suggests that co-educational schools are sites of male intimidation, violence, and unequal power relations. Meanwhile single-sex education is said to enhance girls’ self-confidence, improve their academic scores, and enable them to act as leaders, in […]

Journal article

Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance

01/06/1993

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender-related violence: its scope and relevance

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women is a complex, worldwide, issue of human rights. It has so far been scarcely documented, and this article provides a crucial overview of the key issues. Gender-based violence is one manifestation of unequal power relations between men and women, in the realms of politics, economics, society, and culture. The authors show how […]

Webpage

Research at Oxfam

High quality and novel research lays the foundation for our projects, campaigns and advocacy work

Annual report

Oxfam GB’s Gender Pay Gap Report for 5 April 2017

28/03/2018

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB’s overall median gender pay gap is 12.5%. The national average is 18.4%. We take our gender pay gap seriously and have made a range of commitments to address the issue. The gender pay gap shows the difference in the average pay between all men and women working for an organization, irrespective of their […]

Journal article

Globalisation and gender training for the media: challenges and lessons learned

01/03/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Globalisation and gender training for the media: challenges and lessons learned

Keywords

Overview

The 1995 Beijing Conference on Women identified the media as one of the critical areas of concern for the advancement of women’s equality and development. In an era of globalisation, its role in the struggle for gender equality is critical. This article discusses the author’s experience of developing gender training for media professionals. This article […]

Journal article

Gender, conflict, and building sustainable peace: recent lessons from Latin America

01/12/2001

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, conflict, and building sustainable peace: recent lessons from Latin America

Keywords

Overview

Latin American experiences of conflict and building sustainable peace have tended to show a clear neglect of a gender analysis of the impacts of conflict and the peace negotiations that end it, much to the detriment of many women and men affected by and involved in the civil conflicts that have ravaged the region during […]

Journal article

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

01/11/2004

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

In Nicaragua, gender ideologies – and, in particular, discourses of motherhood – have frequently been manipulated by political forces. In the early 1990s, at the end of the civil war, Sandinista and Contra women in Waslala united to form a group which aimed to end the political polarisation within their community and promote development. Aid […]

Journal article

Anyone here been raped and speak English?’: workshops for editors and journalists on gender-based violence and sex-trafficking

01/11/2007

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Anyone here been raped and speak English?’: workshops for editors and journalists on gender-based violence and sex-trafficking

Keywords

Overview

Editors and journalists who have been trained to understand issues of gender-based violence and human rights can have a positive influence on educating public and political understanding of these issues. This article describes two workshops held recently in Senegal and Albania for male and female editors and journalists. The UNFPA workshop for journalists and editors […]

Journal article

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

01/03/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

Keywords

Overview

In addition to raising the living standards of loved ones back home, remittances sent by men and women migrants can transform the way spouses, children, and communities left behind interact within the household, including changing culturally accepted roles and opportunities for men, women, boys, and girls. For women senders of remittances, ‘rising’ to become a […]