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Making the human development index (HDI) gender-sensitive

01/02/1997

2 pages long

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Making the human development index (HDI) gender-sensitive

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The Human Development Index (HDI) has become a widely used measure for understanding patterns of socio-economic development. This article argues that it could be greatly improved by incorporating sex-disaggregated data, to reveal the different socio-economic contributions and situations of men and women within each country. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. […]

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Gendering remittances in Albania: a human and social development perspective

01/03/2011

13 pages long

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Gendering remittances in Albania: a human and social development perspective

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Gender issues are of central importance to both migration and development. The study of migrant remittances has been at the heart of the fast-growing literature on migration and development. And yet, surprisingly, remittances and gender issues have rarely been brought together as a subject of inquiry. Based on recent research in south-east Albania, our paper […]

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Mainstreaming gender in conflict reduction: from challenge to opportunity

01/11/2004

9 pages long

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Mainstreaming gender in conflict reduction: from challenge to opportunity

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This paper draws on the author’s experience of leading the work of Oxfam GB on conflict reduction and attempting to mainstream a commitment to gender equality into it. It highlights the difficulties faced and reflects on what did and did not work along the way. Finally, the author draws out some wider lessons about leading […]

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Reflecting on gender equality in Muslim contexts in Oxfam GB

01/11/2006

13 pages long

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Reflecting on gender equality in Muslim contexts in Oxfam GB

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Gender inequality, faith and development are intrinsically linked, and the impact of religious beliefs and practices on gender inequality is an issue that cannot be ignored in development work. This article summarises the key discussions and findings of two workshops, held by Oxfam GB, on the challenges of working on gender equality issues in Muslim […]

Journal article

Lessons learnt from gender impact assessments of hydropower projects in Laos and Vietnam

09/11/2017

15 pages long

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Lessons learnt from gender impact assessments of hydropower projects in Laos and Vietnam

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The World Commission on Dams’ influential final report linked equitable and sustainable water and energy development, and the need for hydropower dam proponents to recognise rights, address risks, and safeguard the entitlements of all groups of affected people, including women. Yet since the report’s publication in 2000, very limited attention has been given to the […]

Discussion paper

Development in Conflict: The Gender Dimension

01/01/1999

1 documents

106 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This report arose out of a workshop held in Thailand in February 1993. The participants were drawn from Oxfam (UK and Ireland) staff in Asia and the Middle East, and from the Gender and Development Unit, and from other sister organisations in the region. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to share experience and […]

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Men, masculinity and ‘Gender in Development’

01/06/1997

6 pages long

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Men, masculinity and ‘Gender in Development’

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This article focuses on the implications of recent work in feminist theory, and on questions of masculinity, stressing the need to take account of the complex and variable nature of gender identities, and to work with men on exploring the constraints of dominant models of masculinity. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]

Journal article

Rural development in Brazil: are we practising feminism or gender?

01/11/1999

11 pages long

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Rural development in Brazil: are we practising feminism or gender?

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In the past two decades, the concept of gender has become central to feminist scholarship and activism. It is a powerful instrument towards the empowerment of women, but with the mass use of the term, its political meaning is being lost, which may lead to women becoming invisible once more. This article is hosted by […]

Journal article

Climate change vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation: why does gender matter?

01/07/2002

11 pages long

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Climate change vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation: why does gender matter?

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Overview

Gender-related inequalities are pervasive in the developing world. Although women account for almost 80 per cent of the agricultural sector in Africa, they remain vulnerable and poor. Seventy per cent of the 1.3 billion people in the developing world living below the threshold of poverty are women. It is important that the consequences of climate […]

Journal article

Gender biases in finance

01/03/2001

9 pages long

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Gender biases in finance

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This paper discusses some of the relationships between gender relations and finance, particularly at the meso- and macro-levels of financial transactions and trends. I focus on gender-based inequalities in finance, and the gender-based inefficiencies in finance that are created as a result. I argue that these gender biases in finance perpetuate both inequalities between women […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Making the human development index (HDI) gender-sensitive

01/02/1997

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Making the human development index (HDI) gender-sensitive

Keywords

Overview

The Human Development Index (HDI) has become a widely used measure for understanding patterns of socio-economic development. This article argues that it could be greatly improved by incorporating sex-disaggregated data, to reveal the different socio-economic contributions and situations of men and women within each country. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. […]

Journal article

Gendering remittances in Albania: a human and social development perspective

01/03/2011

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendering remittances in Albania: a human and social development perspective

Keywords

Overview

Gender issues are of central importance to both migration and development. The study of migrant remittances has been at the heart of the fast-growing literature on migration and development. And yet, surprisingly, remittances and gender issues have rarely been brought together as a subject of inquiry. Based on recent research in south-east Albania, our paper […]

Journal article

Mainstreaming gender in conflict reduction: from challenge to opportunity

01/11/2004

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mainstreaming gender in conflict reduction: from challenge to opportunity

Keywords

Overview

This paper draws on the author’s experience of leading the work of Oxfam GB on conflict reduction and attempting to mainstream a commitment to gender equality into it. It highlights the difficulties faced and reflects on what did and did not work along the way. Finally, the author draws out some wider lessons about leading […]

Journal article

Reflecting on gender equality in Muslim contexts in Oxfam GB

01/11/2006

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reflecting on gender equality in Muslim contexts in Oxfam GB

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Overview

Gender inequality, faith and development are intrinsically linked, and the impact of religious beliefs and practices on gender inequality is an issue that cannot be ignored in development work. This article summarises the key discussions and findings of two workshops, held by Oxfam GB, on the challenges of working on gender equality issues in Muslim […]

Journal article

Lessons learnt from gender impact assessments of hydropower projects in Laos and Vietnam

09/11/2017

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Lessons learnt from gender impact assessments of hydropower projects in Laos and Vietnam

Keywords

Overview

The World Commission on Dams’ influential final report linked equitable and sustainable water and energy development, and the need for hydropower dam proponents to recognise rights, address risks, and safeguard the entitlements of all groups of affected people, including women. Yet since the report’s publication in 2000, very limited attention has been given to the […]

Discussion paper

Development in Conflict: The Gender Dimension

01/01/1999

1 documents

106 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report arose out of a workshop held in Thailand in February 1993. The participants were drawn from Oxfam (UK and Ireland) staff in Asia and the Middle East, and from the Gender and Development Unit, and from other sister organisations in the region. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to share experience and […]

Journal article

Men, masculinity and ‘Gender in Development’

01/06/1997

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Men, masculinity and ‘Gender in Development’

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on the implications of recent work in feminist theory, and on questions of masculinity, stressing the need to take account of the complex and variable nature of gender identities, and to work with men on exploring the constraints of dominant models of masculinity. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]

Journal article

Rural development in Brazil: are we practising feminism or gender?

01/11/1999

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rural development in Brazil: are we practising feminism or gender?

Keywords

Overview

In the past two decades, the concept of gender has become central to feminist scholarship and activism. It is a powerful instrument towards the empowerment of women, but with the mass use of the term, its political meaning is being lost, which may lead to women becoming invisible once more. This article is hosted by […]

Journal article

Climate change vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation: why does gender matter?

01/07/2002

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Climate change vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation: why does gender matter?

Keywords

Overview

Gender-related inequalities are pervasive in the developing world. Although women account for almost 80 per cent of the agricultural sector in Africa, they remain vulnerable and poor. Seventy per cent of the 1.3 billion people in the developing world living below the threshold of poverty are women. It is important that the consequences of climate […]

Journal article

Gender biases in finance

01/03/2001

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender biases in finance

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses some of the relationships between gender relations and finance, particularly at the meso- and macro-levels of financial transactions and trends. I focus on gender-based inequalities in finance, and the gender-based inefficiencies in finance that are created as a result. I argue that these gender biases in finance perpetuate both inequalities between women […]

Showing 352 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Making the human development index (HDI) gender-sensitive

01/02/1997

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Making the human development index (HDI) gender-sensitive

Keywords

Overview

The Human Development Index (HDI) has become a widely used measure for understanding patterns of socio-economic development. This article argues that it could be greatly improved by incorporating sex-disaggregated data, to reveal the different socio-economic contributions and situations of men and women within each country. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. […]

Journal article

Gendering remittances in Albania: a human and social development perspective

01/03/2011

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendering remittances in Albania: a human and social development perspective

Keywords

Overview

Gender issues are of central importance to both migration and development. The study of migrant remittances has been at the heart of the fast-growing literature on migration and development. And yet, surprisingly, remittances and gender issues have rarely been brought together as a subject of inquiry. Based on recent research in south-east Albania, our paper […]

Journal article

Mainstreaming gender in conflict reduction: from challenge to opportunity

01/11/2004

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mainstreaming gender in conflict reduction: from challenge to opportunity

Keywords

Overview

This paper draws on the author’s experience of leading the work of Oxfam GB on conflict reduction and attempting to mainstream a commitment to gender equality into it. It highlights the difficulties faced and reflects on what did and did not work along the way. Finally, the author draws out some wider lessons about leading […]

Journal article

Reflecting on gender equality in Muslim contexts in Oxfam GB

01/11/2006

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reflecting on gender equality in Muslim contexts in Oxfam GB

Keywords

Overview

Gender inequality, faith and development are intrinsically linked, and the impact of religious beliefs and practices on gender inequality is an issue that cannot be ignored in development work. This article summarises the key discussions and findings of two workshops, held by Oxfam GB, on the challenges of working on gender equality issues in Muslim […]

Journal article

Lessons learnt from gender impact assessments of hydropower projects in Laos and Vietnam

09/11/2017

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Lessons learnt from gender impact assessments of hydropower projects in Laos and Vietnam

Keywords

Overview

The World Commission on Dams’ influential final report linked equitable and sustainable water and energy development, and the need for hydropower dam proponents to recognise rights, address risks, and safeguard the entitlements of all groups of affected people, including women. Yet since the report’s publication in 2000, very limited attention has been given to the […]

Discussion paper

Development in Conflict: The Gender Dimension

01/01/1999

1 documents

106 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report arose out of a workshop held in Thailand in February 1993. The participants were drawn from Oxfam (UK and Ireland) staff in Asia and the Middle East, and from the Gender and Development Unit, and from other sister organisations in the region. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to share experience and […]

Journal article

Men, masculinity and ‘Gender in Development’

01/06/1997

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Men, masculinity and ‘Gender in Development’

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on the implications of recent work in feminist theory, and on questions of masculinity, stressing the need to take account of the complex and variable nature of gender identities, and to work with men on exploring the constraints of dominant models of masculinity. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]

Journal article

Rural development in Brazil: are we practising feminism or gender?

01/11/1999

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rural development in Brazil: are we practising feminism or gender?

Keywords

Overview

In the past two decades, the concept of gender has become central to feminist scholarship and activism. It is a powerful instrument towards the empowerment of women, but with the mass use of the term, its political meaning is being lost, which may lead to women becoming invisible once more. This article is hosted by […]

Journal article

Climate change vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation: why does gender matter?

01/07/2002

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Climate change vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation: why does gender matter?

Keywords

Overview

Gender-related inequalities are pervasive in the developing world. Although women account for almost 80 per cent of the agricultural sector in Africa, they remain vulnerable and poor. Seventy per cent of the 1.3 billion people in the developing world living below the threshold of poverty are women. It is important that the consequences of climate […]

Journal article

Gender biases in finance

01/03/2001

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender biases in finance

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses some of the relationships between gender relations and finance, particularly at the meso- and macro-levels of financial transactions and trends. I focus on gender-based inequalities in finance, and the gender-based inefficiencies in finance that are created as a result. I argue that these gender biases in finance perpetuate both inequalities between women […]