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Book

Gender, Education, and Training

01/01/2004

1 documents

83 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This collection of articles by development workers and researchers focuses on learning opportunities for women offered by education and training. There is a continuing imbalance in educational participation – women make up an estimated two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people – and writers reflect on the causes and consequences of this. While this lack of […]

Journal article

Gender and the environment: Traps and opportunities

01/03/1992

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A growing debate about gender and the environment highlights women’s roles in the use and management of natural resources, opening up important opportunities for development analysis and action. But there are traps in conceiving of women’s roles in relation to the environment in a partial, narrow, or static way; of isolating them from men’s roles; […]

Journal article

The evaporation of gender policies in the patriarchal cooking pot

01/05/1997

9 pages long

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The evaporation of gender policies in the patriarchal cooking pot

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Overview

This article suggests that gender-oriented policies tend to evaporate within the bureaucracy of the typical international development agency. An agency is here represented as a ‘patriarchal cooking pot’, in which gender policies are likely to evaporate because they threaten the internal patriarchal tradition of the agency, and also because such policies would upset the cosy […]

Journal article

Training the uniforms: gender and peacekeeping operations

01/05/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Training the uniforms: gender and peacekeeping operations

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Overview

The fact that war changes roles and responsibilities within society, while exposing men and women of all ages and classes to new threats and opportunities, has become increasingly recognised. Civil wars disrupt and destroy civilian life. Men leave, die in combat, are brutalised, lose employment, or resort to despair, violence, or apathy. Women assume enormous […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Test Your Organisation with the 12 Boxes Framework: A facilitators’ guide to support NGOs in self-assessing their response to HIV and AIDS in their workplace and in their work using a gender perspective

01/01/2007

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This guide is written for development NGOs that are concerned about the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and how they can improve their response to it. Based on Oxfam Novib’s experiences of gender mainstreaming the guide is aimed at NGO managers looking to do a self-assessment. Two lessons learned were crucial and form the basis for […]

Case study

Learning the Meaning of HIV and AIDS and Gender – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

20/06/2005

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Gender AIDS Forum (GAF) is a Durban based South African Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) committed to enabling a deeper consciousness in women and men about the links between gender and HIV and AIDS. GAF is an activist organisation, a learning organisation and a knowledge creating organisation. This case study outlines the development of the organisation, […]

Journal article

Youth and ICTs in a ‘new’ India: exploring changing gendered online relationships among young urban men and women

11/07/2018

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Youth and ICTs in a ‘new’ India: exploring changing gendered online relationships among young urban men and women

Keywords

Overview

Like many countries in the global South, the rise and widespread accessibility of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in India have profoundly changed the lives of young people and impacted the dynamics of their gendered relationships. Millions of young people in India now have access to new opportunities and novel ways of communicating and interacting […]

Research report

Gender and Resilience in Chad: A study on KANEM, LAC and BEG provinces

12/12/2018

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study of gender aspects of resilience is part of the project 'employment, resilience and social cohesion in the Sahelian belt and the Lake Chad zone' – ‘RESTE/Trust Fund’. The project aims to contribute to the stability in the Sahelian region of Chad by strengthening resilience, sustainable local development and increasing economic opportunities. This report […]

Research report

Gendered Patterns of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work in the Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from a Household Care Survey – 2019

19/11/2019

4 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is essential for individuals, society and the economy. However, it is overwhelmingly done by women and girls, which restricts their ability to participate in education, paid work, politics and community life. In low-resource settings, fetching water or preparing food can be particularly burdensome. In 2018–2019, Oxfam's Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Farmers in Tajikistan: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Tajikistan

06/12/2019

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

Gender, Education, and Training

01/01/2004

1 documents

83 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This collection of articles by development workers and researchers focuses on learning opportunities for women offered by education and training. There is a continuing imbalance in educational participation – women make up an estimated two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people – and writers reflect on the causes and consequences of this. While this lack of […]

Journal article

Gender and the environment: Traps and opportunities

01/03/1992

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A growing debate about gender and the environment highlights women’s roles in the use and management of natural resources, opening up important opportunities for development analysis and action. But there are traps in conceiving of women’s roles in relation to the environment in a partial, narrow, or static way; of isolating them from men’s roles; […]

Journal article

The evaporation of gender policies in the patriarchal cooking pot

01/05/1997

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

The evaporation of gender policies in the patriarchal cooking pot

Keywords

Overview

This article suggests that gender-oriented policies tend to evaporate within the bureaucracy of the typical international development agency. An agency is here represented as a ‘patriarchal cooking pot’, in which gender policies are likely to evaporate because they threaten the internal patriarchal tradition of the agency, and also because such policies would upset the cosy […]

Journal article

Training the uniforms: gender and peacekeeping operations

01/05/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Training the uniforms: gender and peacekeeping operations

Keywords

Overview

The fact that war changes roles and responsibilities within society, while exposing men and women of all ages and classes to new threats and opportunities, has become increasingly recognised. Civil wars disrupt and destroy civilian life. Men leave, die in combat, are brutalised, lose employment, or resort to despair, violence, or apathy. Women assume enormous […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Test Your Organisation with the 12 Boxes Framework: A facilitators’ guide to support NGOs in self-assessing their response to HIV and AIDS in their workplace and in their work using a gender perspective

01/01/2007

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This guide is written for development NGOs that are concerned about the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and how they can improve their response to it. Based on Oxfam Novib’s experiences of gender mainstreaming the guide is aimed at NGO managers looking to do a self-assessment. Two lessons learned were crucial and form the basis for […]

Case study

Learning the Meaning of HIV and AIDS and Gender – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

20/06/2005

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Gender AIDS Forum (GAF) is a Durban based South African Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) committed to enabling a deeper consciousness in women and men about the links between gender and HIV and AIDS. GAF is an activist organisation, a learning organisation and a knowledge creating organisation. This case study outlines the development of the organisation, […]

Journal article

Youth and ICTs in a ‘new’ India: exploring changing gendered online relationships among young urban men and women

11/07/2018

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Youth and ICTs in a ‘new’ India: exploring changing gendered online relationships among young urban men and women

Keywords

Overview

Like many countries in the global South, the rise and widespread accessibility of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in India have profoundly changed the lives of young people and impacted the dynamics of their gendered relationships. Millions of young people in India now have access to new opportunities and novel ways of communicating and interacting […]

Research report

Gender and Resilience in Chad: A study on KANEM, LAC and BEG provinces

12/12/2018

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study of gender aspects of resilience is part of the project 'employment, resilience and social cohesion in the Sahelian belt and the Lake Chad zone' – ‘RESTE/Trust Fund’. The project aims to contribute to the stability in the Sahelian region of Chad by strengthening resilience, sustainable local development and increasing economic opportunities. This report […]

Research report

Gendered Patterns of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work in the Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from a Household Care Survey – 2019

19/11/2019

4 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is essential for individuals, society and the economy. However, it is overwhelmingly done by women and girls, which restricts their ability to participate in education, paid work, politics and community life. In low-resource settings, fetching water or preparing food can be particularly burdensome. In 2018–2019, Oxfam's Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Farmers in Tajikistan: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Tajikistan

06/12/2019

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

Gender, Education, and Training

01/01/2004

1 documents

83 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This collection of articles by development workers and researchers focuses on learning opportunities for women offered by education and training. There is a continuing imbalance in educational participation – women make up an estimated two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people – and writers reflect on the causes and consequences of this. While this lack of […]

Journal article

Gender and the environment: Traps and opportunities

01/03/1992

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A growing debate about gender and the environment highlights women’s roles in the use and management of natural resources, opening up important opportunities for development analysis and action. But there are traps in conceiving of women’s roles in relation to the environment in a partial, narrow, or static way; of isolating them from men’s roles; […]

Journal article

The evaporation of gender policies in the patriarchal cooking pot

01/05/1997

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

The evaporation of gender policies in the patriarchal cooking pot

Keywords

Overview

This article suggests that gender-oriented policies tend to evaporate within the bureaucracy of the typical international development agency. An agency is here represented as a ‘patriarchal cooking pot’, in which gender policies are likely to evaporate because they threaten the internal patriarchal tradition of the agency, and also because such policies would upset the cosy […]

Journal article

Training the uniforms: gender and peacekeeping operations

01/05/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Training the uniforms: gender and peacekeeping operations

Keywords

Overview

The fact that war changes roles and responsibilities within society, while exposing men and women of all ages and classes to new threats and opportunities, has become increasingly recognised. Civil wars disrupt and destroy civilian life. Men leave, die in combat, are brutalised, lose employment, or resort to despair, violence, or apathy. Women assume enormous […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Test Your Organisation with the 12 Boxes Framework: A facilitators’ guide to support NGOs in self-assessing their response to HIV and AIDS in their workplace and in their work using a gender perspective

01/01/2007

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This guide is written for development NGOs that are concerned about the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and how they can improve their response to it. Based on Oxfam Novib’s experiences of gender mainstreaming the guide is aimed at NGO managers looking to do a self-assessment. Two lessons learned were crucial and form the basis for […]

Case study

Learning the Meaning of HIV and AIDS and Gender – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

20/06/2005

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Gender AIDS Forum (GAF) is a Durban based South African Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) committed to enabling a deeper consciousness in women and men about the links between gender and HIV and AIDS. GAF is an activist organisation, a learning organisation and a knowledge creating organisation. This case study outlines the development of the organisation, […]

Journal article

Youth and ICTs in a ‘new’ India: exploring changing gendered online relationships among young urban men and women

11/07/2018

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Youth and ICTs in a ‘new’ India: exploring changing gendered online relationships among young urban men and women

Keywords

Overview

Like many countries in the global South, the rise and widespread accessibility of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in India have profoundly changed the lives of young people and impacted the dynamics of their gendered relationships. Millions of young people in India now have access to new opportunities and novel ways of communicating and interacting […]

Research report

Gender and Resilience in Chad: A study on KANEM, LAC and BEG provinces

12/12/2018

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study of gender aspects of resilience is part of the project 'employment, resilience and social cohesion in the Sahelian belt and the Lake Chad zone' – ‘RESTE/Trust Fund’. The project aims to contribute to the stability in the Sahelian region of Chad by strengthening resilience, sustainable local development and increasing economic opportunities. This report […]

Research report

Gendered Patterns of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work in the Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from a Household Care Survey – 2019

19/11/2019

4 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is essential for individuals, society and the economy. However, it is overwhelmingly done by women and girls, which restricts their ability to participate in education, paid work, politics and community life. In low-resource settings, fetching water or preparing food can be particularly burdensome. In 2018–2019, Oxfam's Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Farmers in Tajikistan: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Tajikistan

06/12/2019

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]