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Measuring progress on gender and agriculture in the 1982 and 2008 World Development Reports

01/03/2008

13 pages long

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Measuring progress on gender and agriculture in the 1982 and 2008 World Development Reports

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More than two decades separate two World Development Reports (WDRs) on agriculture: the first was published in 1982, the second in 2008. In this article, we ask what these documents can tell us about the evolution of gender analysis of the agriculture sector in those 25 years, and find that at the heart of the […]

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Substantive gender mainstreaming and the missing middle: a view from Dutch development agencies

07/11/2012

13 pages long

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Substantive gender mainstreaming and the missing middle: a view from Dutch development agencies

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Dutch development agencies were among the frontrunners and promoters of gender mainstreaming from the mid-1990s. In this article, we reflect on their experiences of mainstreaming gender, and argue that procedural approaches need to be complemented with more substantive approaches. We trace the resourcing of gender mainstreaming policies in Dutch development agencies, and reflect on the […]

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Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals: gender equality at last? An Oxfam perspective

04/03/2016

16 pages long

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Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals: gender equality at last? An Oxfam perspective

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The formulation of the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have involved greater consultation with civil society than their predecessors, the Millennium Development Goals. This has been welcome to many development non-government organisations undertaking advocacy on women’s rights and gender equality, which have engaged with the SDG process in various ways. This article, […]

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‘… the donor community, they are not sensitised about these kind of gender things’: incorporating ‘gender’ into the work of a Ghanaian NGO

07/11/2012

11 pages long

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‘… the donor community, they are not sensitised about these kind of gender things’: incorporating ‘gender’ into the work of a Ghanaian NGO

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Overview

Focusing on a Ghanaian development non-government organisation (NGO), this article outlines the different ways in which gender and/or a focus on women is incorporated into the work of a Southern NGO and explores the various interconnected factors that influence and shape this inclusion. The article highlights that while the organisation in question is indeed influenced […]

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Gender, large-scale development and food insecurity in Lesotho: an analysis of the impact of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project

06/11/2010

11 pages long

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Gender, large-scale development and food insecurity in Lesotho: an analysis of the impact of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project

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This article investigates the effects of development policy on gender and food security. It analyses how one policy instituted by a large-scale multi-dam development project, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), affected women’s food security in the rural highlands of Lesotho, southern Africa. This was a mitigation policy, aiming to ensure that the LHWP did […]

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Agenda 2030: A bold enough framework towards sustainable, gender-just development?

04/03/2016

16 pages long

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Agenda 2030: A bold enough framework towards sustainable, gender-just development?

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This article, from two members of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), aims to provide a perspective from a long-standing south-based network in the global women’s movement on the Sustainable Development framework for the next decades. It starts by highlighting some of the key remaining challenges for the advancement of women’s human […]

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Healing the psychological wounds of gender-related violence in Latin America: a model for gender-sensitive work in post-conflict contexts

01/12/2001

10 pages long

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Healing the psychological wounds of gender-related violence in Latin America: a model for gender-sensitive work in post-conflict contexts

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This article presents a model of healing which conceptualises and addresses the psychological effects on women of gender-related violence in the post-conflict context. The model is drawn from the experience of an El Salvadorian NGO, Las Dignas, and from key insights from gender and development literature. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]

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How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

09/11/2016

20 pages long

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How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

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Overview

New Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) research suggests that effective donor programming on gender in fragile contexts requires doing more and doing things differently. A critical step is to close financing gaps in key sectors through both dedicated funding and gender mainstreaming. Donors can also do more to improve quality of programming, notably […]

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Transforming gender relations through water, sanitation, and hygiene programming and monitoring in Vietnam

13/07/2017

18 pages long

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Transforming gender relations through water, sanitation, and hygiene programming and monitoring in Vietnam

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This article presents the results of empirical research conducted in Central Vietnam in 2016 into water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) initiatives. It uncovered changes in gender relations and power dynamics at both household and community levels, aiming to explore the extent to which both practical and strategic interests of women can be influenced and changed […]

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AFRA confronts gender issues: the process of creating a gender strategy

01/02/1997

6 pages long

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AFRA confronts gender issues: the process of creating a gender strategy

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Overview

The process of incorporating a gender strategy for its work was not without problems for AFRA. In the South African context, the issues of race and gender can interact to cause conflict and misunderstanding. This article describes how the organisation dealt with the difficulties that had to be overcome in order to develop a common […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Measuring progress on gender and agriculture in the 1982 and 2008 World Development Reports

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Measuring progress on gender and agriculture in the 1982 and 2008 World Development Reports

Keywords

Overview

More than two decades separate two World Development Reports (WDRs) on agriculture: the first was published in 1982, the second in 2008. In this article, we ask what these documents can tell us about the evolution of gender analysis of the agriculture sector in those 25 years, and find that at the heart of the […]

Journal article

Substantive gender mainstreaming and the missing middle: a view from Dutch development agencies

07/11/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Substantive gender mainstreaming and the missing middle: a view from Dutch development agencies

Keywords

Overview

Dutch development agencies were among the frontrunners and promoters of gender mainstreaming from the mid-1990s. In this article, we reflect on their experiences of mainstreaming gender, and argue that procedural approaches need to be complemented with more substantive approaches. We trace the resourcing of gender mainstreaming policies in Dutch development agencies, and reflect on the […]

Journal article

Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals: gender equality at last? An Oxfam perspective

04/03/2016

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals: gender equality at last? An Oxfam perspective

Keywords

Overview

The formulation of the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have involved greater consultation with civil society than their predecessors, the Millennium Development Goals. This has been welcome to many development non-government organisations undertaking advocacy on women’s rights and gender equality, which have engaged with the SDG process in various ways. This article, […]

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‘… the donor community, they are not sensitised about these kind of gender things’: incorporating ‘gender’ into the work of a Ghanaian NGO

07/11/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘… the donor community, they are not sensitised about these kind of gender things’: incorporating ‘gender’ into the work of a Ghanaian NGO

Keywords

Overview

Focusing on a Ghanaian development non-government organisation (NGO), this article outlines the different ways in which gender and/or a focus on women is incorporated into the work of a Southern NGO and explores the various interconnected factors that influence and shape this inclusion. The article highlights that while the organisation in question is indeed influenced […]

Journal article

Gender, large-scale development and food insecurity in Lesotho: an analysis of the impact of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project

06/11/2010

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, large-scale development and food insecurity in Lesotho: an analysis of the impact of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Keywords

Overview

This article investigates the effects of development policy on gender and food security. It analyses how one policy instituted by a large-scale multi-dam development project, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), affected women’s food security in the rural highlands of Lesotho, southern Africa. This was a mitigation policy, aiming to ensure that the LHWP did […]

Journal article

Agenda 2030: A bold enough framework towards sustainable, gender-just development?

04/03/2016

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agenda 2030: A bold enough framework towards sustainable, gender-just development?

Keywords

Overview

This article, from two members of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), aims to provide a perspective from a long-standing south-based network in the global women’s movement on the Sustainable Development framework for the next decades. It starts by highlighting some of the key remaining challenges for the advancement of women’s human […]

Journal article

Healing the psychological wounds of gender-related violence in Latin America: a model for gender-sensitive work in post-conflict contexts

01/12/2001

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Healing the psychological wounds of gender-related violence in Latin America: a model for gender-sensitive work in post-conflict contexts

Keywords

Overview

This article presents a model of healing which conceptualises and addresses the psychological effects on women of gender-related violence in the post-conflict context. The model is drawn from the experience of an El Salvadorian NGO, Las Dignas, and from key insights from gender and development literature. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]

Journal article

How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

09/11/2016

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

Keywords

Overview

New Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) research suggests that effective donor programming on gender in fragile contexts requires doing more and doing things differently. A critical step is to close financing gaps in key sectors through both dedicated funding and gender mainstreaming. Donors can also do more to improve quality of programming, notably […]

Journal article

Transforming gender relations through water, sanitation, and hygiene programming and monitoring in Vietnam

13/07/2017

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transforming gender relations through water, sanitation, and hygiene programming and monitoring in Vietnam

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the results of empirical research conducted in Central Vietnam in 2016 into water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) initiatives. It uncovered changes in gender relations and power dynamics at both household and community levels, aiming to explore the extent to which both practical and strategic interests of women can be influenced and changed […]

Journal article

AFRA confronts gender issues: the process of creating a gender strategy

01/02/1997

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

AFRA confronts gender issues: the process of creating a gender strategy

Keywords

Overview

The process of incorporating a gender strategy for its work was not without problems for AFRA. In the South African context, the issues of race and gender can interact to cause conflict and misunderstanding. This article describes how the organisation dealt with the difficulties that had to be overcome in order to develop a common […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Measuring progress on gender and agriculture in the 1982 and 2008 World Development Reports

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Measuring progress on gender and agriculture in the 1982 and 2008 World Development Reports

Keywords

Overview

More than two decades separate two World Development Reports (WDRs) on agriculture: the first was published in 1982, the second in 2008. In this article, we ask what these documents can tell us about the evolution of gender analysis of the agriculture sector in those 25 years, and find that at the heart of the […]

Journal article

Substantive gender mainstreaming and the missing middle: a view from Dutch development agencies

07/11/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Substantive gender mainstreaming and the missing middle: a view from Dutch development agencies

Keywords

Overview

Dutch development agencies were among the frontrunners and promoters of gender mainstreaming from the mid-1990s. In this article, we reflect on their experiences of mainstreaming gender, and argue that procedural approaches need to be complemented with more substantive approaches. We trace the resourcing of gender mainstreaming policies in Dutch development agencies, and reflect on the […]

Journal article

Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals: gender equality at last? An Oxfam perspective

04/03/2016

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals: gender equality at last? An Oxfam perspective

Keywords

Overview

The formulation of the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have involved greater consultation with civil society than their predecessors, the Millennium Development Goals. This has been welcome to many development non-government organisations undertaking advocacy on women’s rights and gender equality, which have engaged with the SDG process in various ways. This article, […]

Journal article

‘… the donor community, they are not sensitised about these kind of gender things’: incorporating ‘gender’ into the work of a Ghanaian NGO

07/11/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘… the donor community, they are not sensitised about these kind of gender things’: incorporating ‘gender’ into the work of a Ghanaian NGO

Keywords

Overview

Focusing on a Ghanaian development non-government organisation (NGO), this article outlines the different ways in which gender and/or a focus on women is incorporated into the work of a Southern NGO and explores the various interconnected factors that influence and shape this inclusion. The article highlights that while the organisation in question is indeed influenced […]

Journal article

Gender, large-scale development and food insecurity in Lesotho: an analysis of the impact of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project

06/11/2010

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, large-scale development and food insecurity in Lesotho: an analysis of the impact of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Keywords

Overview

This article investigates the effects of development policy on gender and food security. It analyses how one policy instituted by a large-scale multi-dam development project, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), affected women’s food security in the rural highlands of Lesotho, southern Africa. This was a mitigation policy, aiming to ensure that the LHWP did […]

Journal article

Agenda 2030: A bold enough framework towards sustainable, gender-just development?

04/03/2016

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agenda 2030: A bold enough framework towards sustainable, gender-just development?

Keywords

Overview

This article, from two members of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), aims to provide a perspective from a long-standing south-based network in the global women’s movement on the Sustainable Development framework for the next decades. It starts by highlighting some of the key remaining challenges for the advancement of women’s human […]

Journal article

Healing the psychological wounds of gender-related violence in Latin America: a model for gender-sensitive work in post-conflict contexts

01/12/2001

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Healing the psychological wounds of gender-related violence in Latin America: a model for gender-sensitive work in post-conflict contexts

Keywords

Overview

This article presents a model of healing which conceptualises and addresses the psychological effects on women of gender-related violence in the post-conflict context. The model is drawn from the experience of an El Salvadorian NGO, Las Dignas, and from key insights from gender and development literature. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]

Journal article

How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

09/11/2016

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

Keywords

Overview

New Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) research suggests that effective donor programming on gender in fragile contexts requires doing more and doing things differently. A critical step is to close financing gaps in key sectors through both dedicated funding and gender mainstreaming. Donors can also do more to improve quality of programming, notably […]

Journal article

Transforming gender relations through water, sanitation, and hygiene programming and monitoring in Vietnam

13/07/2017

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transforming gender relations through water, sanitation, and hygiene programming and monitoring in Vietnam

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the results of empirical research conducted in Central Vietnam in 2016 into water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) initiatives. It uncovered changes in gender relations and power dynamics at both household and community levels, aiming to explore the extent to which both practical and strategic interests of women can be influenced and changed […]

Journal article

AFRA confronts gender issues: the process of creating a gender strategy

01/02/1997

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

AFRA confronts gender issues: the process of creating a gender strategy

Keywords

Overview

The process of incorporating a gender strategy for its work was not without problems for AFRA. In the South African context, the issues of race and gender can interact to cause conflict and misunderstanding. This article describes how the organisation dealt with the difficulties that had to be overcome in order to develop a common […]