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Research report

Gender and LGBTQI+ Policy and Programming in Vanuatu: Opportunities, challenges, capacity, and tools for change

28/09/2020

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2016 the government of Vanuatu introduced a National Gender Equality Policy. A second phase of the policy will be implemented in 2020–2024. Insights from key informants working on gender in Vanuatu reveal that there have been some positive developments in the first policy phase. A number of challenges remain, however, including limited capacity in […]

Research report

Gender and Protection Analysis: Juba, Rumbek and Pibor, South Sudan

13/05/2022

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research was conducted to analyse the distinct gender needs and protection concerns of women, girls, men and boys in order to inform the implementation by Oxfam and its partners of the Sida-funded project, ‘Building resilience through gender- and conflict-sensitive approaches to education, skills development, and sustainable livelihoods in South Sudan’. It explores the gendered […]

Journal article

Platforms of inequality: gender dynamics of digital labour in Africa

07/12/2022

18 pages long

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Platforms of inequality: gender dynamics of digital labour in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Paid work and gender equality are key elements of international development discourse on women’s economic empowerment. New digital technologies are considered to generate paid work opportunities for the marginalised groups in Africa, particularly women. The rise of the platform economy (work digitally mediated via platforms), for example, is framed as a panacea to poverty and […]

Journal article

Conceptual issues in Nigeria’s gender-specific rural poverty alleviation strategy

01/02/2002

5 pages long

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Conceptual issues in Nigeria’s gender-specific rural poverty alleviation strategy

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Overview

Gender-specific strategies have become very popular in efforts to achieve the sustainable alleviation of rural poverty in Africa. However, there is growing concern that this strategy is based upon weak conceptual grounds. Based on insights gleaned from years of involvement with women-only development projects in Nigeria, the authors highlight some key conceptual challenges to this […]

Journal article

Promoting gender sensitivity in local governance in Ghana

01/11/2004

8 pages long

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Promoting gender sensitivity in local governance in Ghana

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Overview

Since Ghana’s decentralisation process began in the early 1990s, government officials as well as international aid agencies and NGOs have engaged in efforts to enhance attention to women’s concerns and improve gender sensitivity in development processes at the local level. This article looks at three collaborative projects between international development organisations and district assemblies throughout […]

Journal article

The gendered experiences of local volunteers in conflicts and emergencies

11/07/2019

17 pages long

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The gendered experiences of local volunteers in conflicts and emergencies

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Overview

This article explores the gendered experiences of local volunteers operating in conflicts and emergencies. Despite decades of progress to integrate gender issues into development and humanitarian research, policy, and practice, the gendered dynamics of volunteering are still little understood. To redress this, this article draws on data collected as part of the Volunteers in Conflicts […]

Research report

Gender and Technology: A rights-based and intersectional analysis of key trends

05/05/2021

1 documents

100 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report employs an intersectional feminist framework to identify and analyze key trends related to gender and technology. It aims to provide a holistic picture of how gender and technology are embedded in and influenced by a myriad of intersecting issues and challenges that complicate how ICT for development (ICT4D) initiatives concretely impact women’s lives. […]

Journal article

Gendered social media communication around mining: patriarchy, diamonds, and seeking feminist solidarity online

07/12/2021

21 pages long

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Gendered social media communication around mining: patriarchy, diamonds, and seeking feminist solidarity online

Keywords

Overview

Although it is increasingly well-known that mining generates a vast array of gendered impacts, less studied is how women in mining zones have turned to online social media to articulate concerns and mobilise for collective action. This article explores how gendered social media communication has conveyed injustices experienced by women in Zimbabwe’s diamond-mining areas and […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Gender within the Livelihoods Programme on Nias Island, Indonesia

01/05/2007

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Since the 2004 tsunami and 2005 earthquake, international agencies have made significant progress rebuilding the island of Nias. However, there is concern that they have paid little attention to ensuring gender equitable access to humanitarian and development programming. Oxfam’s livelihood programme was established on Nias in 2005, and was due to finish at the end […]

Case study

Making it Happen: Political will for gender equality in education

19/12/2005

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Why do some countries succeed in promoting gender parity and equality in education while others do not? The answer often given is ‘political will’. All too often, however, no further explanation is offered. There has been little effort to understand why governments are unwilling or unable to change their policies and priorities to achieve equal […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Gender and LGBTQI+ Policy and Programming in Vanuatu: Opportunities, challenges, capacity, and tools for change

28/09/2020

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2016 the government of Vanuatu introduced a National Gender Equality Policy. A second phase of the policy will be implemented in 2020–2024. Insights from key informants working on gender in Vanuatu reveal that there have been some positive developments in the first policy phase. A number of challenges remain, however, including limited capacity in […]

Research report

Gender and Protection Analysis: Juba, Rumbek and Pibor, South Sudan

13/05/2022

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research was conducted to analyse the distinct gender needs and protection concerns of women, girls, men and boys in order to inform the implementation by Oxfam and its partners of the Sida-funded project, ‘Building resilience through gender- and conflict-sensitive approaches to education, skills development, and sustainable livelihoods in South Sudan’. It explores the gendered […]

Journal article

Platforms of inequality: gender dynamics of digital labour in Africa

07/12/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Platforms of inequality: gender dynamics of digital labour in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Paid work and gender equality are key elements of international development discourse on women’s economic empowerment. New digital technologies are considered to generate paid work opportunities for the marginalised groups in Africa, particularly women. The rise of the platform economy (work digitally mediated via platforms), for example, is framed as a panacea to poverty and […]

Journal article

Conceptual issues in Nigeria’s gender-specific rural poverty alleviation strategy

01/02/2002

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conceptual issues in Nigeria’s gender-specific rural poverty alleviation strategy

Keywords

Overview

Gender-specific strategies have become very popular in efforts to achieve the sustainable alleviation of rural poverty in Africa. However, there is growing concern that this strategy is based upon weak conceptual grounds. Based on insights gleaned from years of involvement with women-only development projects in Nigeria, the authors highlight some key conceptual challenges to this […]

Journal article

Promoting gender sensitivity in local governance in Ghana

01/11/2004

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting gender sensitivity in local governance in Ghana

Keywords

Overview

Since Ghana’s decentralisation process began in the early 1990s, government officials as well as international aid agencies and NGOs have engaged in efforts to enhance attention to women’s concerns and improve gender sensitivity in development processes at the local level. This article looks at three collaborative projects between international development organisations and district assemblies throughout […]

Journal article

The gendered experiences of local volunteers in conflicts and emergencies

11/07/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

The gendered experiences of local volunteers in conflicts and emergencies

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the gendered experiences of local volunteers operating in conflicts and emergencies. Despite decades of progress to integrate gender issues into development and humanitarian research, policy, and practice, the gendered dynamics of volunteering are still little understood. To redress this, this article draws on data collected as part of the Volunteers in Conflicts […]

Research report

Gender and Technology: A rights-based and intersectional analysis of key trends

05/05/2021

1 documents

100 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report employs an intersectional feminist framework to identify and analyze key trends related to gender and technology. It aims to provide a holistic picture of how gender and technology are embedded in and influenced by a myriad of intersecting issues and challenges that complicate how ICT for development (ICT4D) initiatives concretely impact women’s lives. […]

Journal article

Gendered social media communication around mining: patriarchy, diamonds, and seeking feminist solidarity online

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered social media communication around mining: patriarchy, diamonds, and seeking feminist solidarity online

Keywords

Overview

Although it is increasingly well-known that mining generates a vast array of gendered impacts, less studied is how women in mining zones have turned to online social media to articulate concerns and mobilise for collective action. This article explores how gendered social media communication has conveyed injustices experienced by women in Zimbabwe’s diamond-mining areas and […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Gender within the Livelihoods Programme on Nias Island, Indonesia

01/05/2007

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Since the 2004 tsunami and 2005 earthquake, international agencies have made significant progress rebuilding the island of Nias. However, there is concern that they have paid little attention to ensuring gender equitable access to humanitarian and development programming. Oxfam’s livelihood programme was established on Nias in 2005, and was due to finish at the end […]

Case study

Making it Happen: Political will for gender equality in education

19/12/2005

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Why do some countries succeed in promoting gender parity and equality in education while others do not? The answer often given is ‘political will’. All too often, however, no further explanation is offered. There has been little effort to understand why governments are unwilling or unable to change their policies and priorities to achieve equal […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Gender and LGBTQI+ Policy and Programming in Vanuatu: Opportunities, challenges, capacity, and tools for change

28/09/2020

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2016 the government of Vanuatu introduced a National Gender Equality Policy. A second phase of the policy will be implemented in 2020–2024. Insights from key informants working on gender in Vanuatu reveal that there have been some positive developments in the first policy phase. A number of challenges remain, however, including limited capacity in […]

Research report

Gender and Protection Analysis: Juba, Rumbek and Pibor, South Sudan

13/05/2022

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research was conducted to analyse the distinct gender needs and protection concerns of women, girls, men and boys in order to inform the implementation by Oxfam and its partners of the Sida-funded project, ‘Building resilience through gender- and conflict-sensitive approaches to education, skills development, and sustainable livelihoods in South Sudan’. It explores the gendered […]

Journal article

Platforms of inequality: gender dynamics of digital labour in Africa

07/12/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Platforms of inequality: gender dynamics of digital labour in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Paid work and gender equality are key elements of international development discourse on women’s economic empowerment. New digital technologies are considered to generate paid work opportunities for the marginalised groups in Africa, particularly women. The rise of the platform economy (work digitally mediated via platforms), for example, is framed as a panacea to poverty and […]

Journal article

Conceptual issues in Nigeria’s gender-specific rural poverty alleviation strategy

01/02/2002

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conceptual issues in Nigeria’s gender-specific rural poverty alleviation strategy

Keywords

Overview

Gender-specific strategies have become very popular in efforts to achieve the sustainable alleviation of rural poverty in Africa. However, there is growing concern that this strategy is based upon weak conceptual grounds. Based on insights gleaned from years of involvement with women-only development projects in Nigeria, the authors highlight some key conceptual challenges to this […]

Journal article

Promoting gender sensitivity in local governance in Ghana

01/11/2004

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting gender sensitivity in local governance in Ghana

Keywords

Overview

Since Ghana’s decentralisation process began in the early 1990s, government officials as well as international aid agencies and NGOs have engaged in efforts to enhance attention to women’s concerns and improve gender sensitivity in development processes at the local level. This article looks at three collaborative projects between international development organisations and district assemblies throughout […]

Journal article

The gendered experiences of local volunteers in conflicts and emergencies

11/07/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

The gendered experiences of local volunteers in conflicts and emergencies

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the gendered experiences of local volunteers operating in conflicts and emergencies. Despite decades of progress to integrate gender issues into development and humanitarian research, policy, and practice, the gendered dynamics of volunteering are still little understood. To redress this, this article draws on data collected as part of the Volunteers in Conflicts […]

Research report

Gender and Technology: A rights-based and intersectional analysis of key trends

05/05/2021

1 documents

100 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report employs an intersectional feminist framework to identify and analyze key trends related to gender and technology. It aims to provide a holistic picture of how gender and technology are embedded in and influenced by a myriad of intersecting issues and challenges that complicate how ICT for development (ICT4D) initiatives concretely impact women’s lives. […]

Journal article

Gendered social media communication around mining: patriarchy, diamonds, and seeking feminist solidarity online

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered social media communication around mining: patriarchy, diamonds, and seeking feminist solidarity online

Keywords

Overview

Although it is increasingly well-known that mining generates a vast array of gendered impacts, less studied is how women in mining zones have turned to online social media to articulate concerns and mobilise for collective action. This article explores how gendered social media communication has conveyed injustices experienced by women in Zimbabwe’s diamond-mining areas and […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Gender within the Livelihoods Programme on Nias Island, Indonesia

01/05/2007

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Since the 2004 tsunami and 2005 earthquake, international agencies have made significant progress rebuilding the island of Nias. However, there is concern that they have paid little attention to ensuring gender equitable access to humanitarian and development programming. Oxfam’s livelihood programme was established on Nias in 2005, and was due to finish at the end […]

Case study

Making it Happen: Political will for gender equality in education

19/12/2005

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Why do some countries succeed in promoting gender parity and equality in education while others do not? The answer often given is ‘political will’. All too often, however, no further explanation is offered. There has been little effort to understand why governments are unwilling or unable to change their policies and priorities to achieve equal […]