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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 […]

Journal article

Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

24/06/2020

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

Keywords

Overview

Progressive funders played an important role in supporting feminist movements to organise nationally, regionally, and transnationally, create feminist knowledge, research, and analysis, and influence both the official Beijing Conference and NGO Forum. Due to feminist organising both within and outside governments and United Nations bodies, the Beijing Conference was a landmark event for global commitments […]

Journal article

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

24/06/2020

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

Keywords

Overview

This article shares data insights and experiences of Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030), a new global cross-sector initiative that connects advocates and policymakers to easy-to-use data to guide efforts towards gender equality and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2019 EM2030 launched the SDG Gender Index, a tool to track 51 indicators critical to […]

Case study

Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence

17/09/2021

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a profile of the work of African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD) on gender-based violence. It was produced by AWYAD's Executive Director Ritah Nansereko as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses access to services, capacity strengthening, community protection structures, culture, empowerment of women, gender-based violence, material […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Briefing note

Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in Africa: A policy brief for the summit of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2010

01/01/2010

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide. The Summit’s theme ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development’ […]

Research report

A Fair Chance: Attaining gender equality in basic education by 2005

02/04/2003

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Girls' education

Overview

The main purpose of this report is to inform campaigning and advocacy work in the North and South on girls’ education. The report highlights the progress that has been made in reducing gender gaps in education in the developing world and the size of the challenge that remains. It has been coordinated by three member […]

Book

Gender and Poverty in the North

01/01/1997

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Livelihoods

Overview

International development policy-makers and practitioners are becoming increasingly involved in debates with governments and NGOs in the industrialised countries of the North, focusing on appropriate methods of understanding and tackling Northern poverty. The articles in this collection examine the phenomenon of the globalisation of poverty and unemployment as it relates to gender identity.

Showing 347 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

24/06/2020

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

Keywords

Overview

Progressive funders played an important role in supporting feminist movements to organise nationally, regionally, and transnationally, create feminist knowledge, research, and analysis, and influence both the official Beijing Conference and NGO Forum. Due to feminist organising both within and outside governments and United Nations bodies, the Beijing Conference was a landmark event for global commitments […]

Journal article

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

24/06/2020

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

Keywords

Overview

This article shares data insights and experiences of Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030), a new global cross-sector initiative that connects advocates and policymakers to easy-to-use data to guide efforts towards gender equality and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2019 EM2030 launched the SDG Gender Index, a tool to track 51 indicators critical to […]

Case study

Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence

17/09/2021

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a profile of the work of African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD) on gender-based violence. It was produced by AWYAD's Executive Director Ritah Nansereko as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses access to services, capacity strengthening, community protection structures, culture, empowerment of women, gender-based violence, material […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Briefing note

Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in Africa: A policy brief for the summit of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2010

01/01/2010

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide. The Summit’s theme ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development’ […]

Research report

A Fair Chance: Attaining gender equality in basic education by 2005

02/04/2003

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Girls' education

Overview

The main purpose of this report is to inform campaigning and advocacy work in the North and South on girls’ education. The report highlights the progress that has been made in reducing gender gaps in education in the developing world and the size of the challenge that remains. It has been coordinated by three member […]

Book

Gender and Poverty in the North

01/01/1997

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Livelihoods

Overview

International development policy-makers and practitioners are becoming increasingly involved in debates with governments and NGOs in the industrialised countries of the North, focusing on appropriate methods of understanding and tackling Northern poverty. The articles in this collection examine the phenomenon of the globalisation of poverty and unemployment as it relates to gender identity.

Showing 347 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

24/06/2020

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Financing for gender equality and women’s rights: the role of feminist funds

Keywords

Overview

Progressive funders played an important role in supporting feminist movements to organise nationally, regionally, and transnationally, create feminist knowledge, research, and analysis, and influence both the official Beijing Conference and NGO Forum. Due to feminist organising both within and outside governments and United Nations bodies, the Beijing Conference was a landmark event for global commitments […]

Journal article

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

24/06/2020

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal Measures 2030: a new approach for advocacy and influencing beyond Beijing +25

Keywords

Overview

This article shares data insights and experiences of Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030), a new global cross-sector initiative that connects advocates and policymakers to easy-to-use data to guide efforts towards gender equality and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2019 EM2030 launched the SDG Gender Index, a tool to track 51 indicators critical to […]

Case study

Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence

17/09/2021

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a profile of the work of African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD) on gender-based violence. It was produced by AWYAD's Executive Director Ritah Nansereko as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses access to services, capacity strengthening, community protection structures, culture, empowerment of women, gender-based violence, material […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Briefing note

Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in Africa: A policy brief for the summit of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2010

01/01/2010

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide. The Summit’s theme ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development’ […]

Research report

A Fair Chance: Attaining gender equality in basic education by 2005

02/04/2003

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Girls' education

Overview

The main purpose of this report is to inform campaigning and advocacy work in the North and South on girls’ education. The report highlights the progress that has been made in reducing gender gaps in education in the developing world and the size of the challenge that remains. It has been coordinated by three member […]

Book

Gender and Poverty in the North

01/01/1997

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Livelihoods

Overview

International development policy-makers and practitioners are becoming increasingly involved in debates with governments and NGOs in the industrialised countries of the North, focusing on appropriate methods of understanding and tackling Northern poverty. The articles in this collection examine the phenomenon of the globalisation of poverty and unemployment as it relates to gender identity.