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Case study

Strengthening Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan

24/11/2020

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Strengthening Women’s Political participation initiative built on a long struggle for women’s rights in Pakistan. Raising Her Voice (RHV) was one of the first global campaigns to address both invisible and visible structural causes of gender injustice. It sought to challenge social norms, empower women, increase their political participation and change government policy. In […]

Evaluation report

Oxfam Strategic Plan Evaluation: Sustainable Food (CG4) Outcome Area

08/02/2016

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This review asks how Oxfam is doing in terms of its intended shift from service delivery to influencing strategies, and how much progress has been made so far in terms of achieving greater food security, income, prosperity and resilience at a large scale (the expected income of CG4). This review also analyses Oxfam Country Strategies […]

Case study

Oxfam in Ghana: Improved fiscal governance through active citizenship

19/03/2019

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In Ghana, citizen engagement is central to improving the government’s transparency and accountability. To get young citizens to engage in influencing policy change, the key to success has been music and culture. Through conversations online and offline, including with Ghanaian musicians and celebrities, youth are informed and encouraged to vote in a government that would […]

Annual report

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) – Oxfam: Phase 1 final report

02/11/2016

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The eradication of poverty and injustice depends on women’s equal enjoyment of their human rights. Oxfam has invested significantly in women’s economic leadership, and affirms that economic empowerment requires parallel progress in women’s political, social and personal empowerment. Women’s control over their own time and labour is increasingly recognized as a precondition for, and component […]

Webpage

Gender Justice & Women’s Rights

If we are to end poverty we must tackle intersecting systems of oppression to realise gender equality and to protect, promote and realise the rights of women

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Home

Access knowledge, evidence and ideas from the work of Oxfam and communities and organisations we partner with around the world

Research report

Unseen Work, Unmet Needs: Exploring the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity in unpaid care labor and paid labor in the U.S.

25/04/2024

2 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam America and Prosperity Now have embarked on a comprehensive joint research project to explore the dynamics of women’s paid and unpaid labor in the US, particularly for women of color, who are disproportionately affected by the dual impact of paid work and unpaid care responsibilities. This report adopts an intersectional lens to delve into […]

Research report

What Drives Active Citizens? Testing our assumptions through a comparative analysis of citizen data from seven countries

30/06/2021

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report investigates the characteristics of active citizens who raise their voices towards duty-bearers. First, we look at the demographics of people who raise their voices towards duty-bearers. Then, we investigate the various types of citizens' actions and which attitudes and norms active citizens hold. Supporting citizens in raising their voices is one of the […]

Journal article

NGOs and social change: Agents or facilitators?

01/11/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The author discusses issues about the role of NGOs and their relations with the state and the community. The term NGO does not help us to distinguish between grassroots groups, intermediary organisations, and international organisations and the author feels such distinctions would be useful. Claims are currently being made about the potential of NGOs to […]

Journal article

Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

18/09/2025

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the significant role of Bolivian women’s social movements in shaping political alternatives to foreign policy and domestic governance through the lens of depatriarchalisation. The early 21st century has seen women’s movements as pivotal actors in a critical transformation in Bolivia’s political landscape, challenging entrenched patriarchal norms and advocating for gender justice within […]

Showing 115 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Strengthening Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan

24/11/2020

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Strengthening Women’s Political participation initiative built on a long struggle for women’s rights in Pakistan. Raising Her Voice (RHV) was one of the first global campaigns to address both invisible and visible structural causes of gender injustice. It sought to challenge social norms, empower women, increase their political participation and change government policy. In […]

Evaluation report

Oxfam Strategic Plan Evaluation: Sustainable Food (CG4) Outcome Area

08/02/2016

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This review asks how Oxfam is doing in terms of its intended shift from service delivery to influencing strategies, and how much progress has been made so far in terms of achieving greater food security, income, prosperity and resilience at a large scale (the expected income of CG4). This review also analyses Oxfam Country Strategies […]

Case study

Oxfam in Ghana: Improved fiscal governance through active citizenship

19/03/2019

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In Ghana, citizen engagement is central to improving the government’s transparency and accountability. To get young citizens to engage in influencing policy change, the key to success has been music and culture. Through conversations online and offline, including with Ghanaian musicians and celebrities, youth are informed and encouraged to vote in a government that would […]

Annual report

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) – Oxfam: Phase 1 final report

02/11/2016

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The eradication of poverty and injustice depends on women’s equal enjoyment of their human rights. Oxfam has invested significantly in women’s economic leadership, and affirms that economic empowerment requires parallel progress in women’s political, social and personal empowerment. Women’s control over their own time and labour is increasingly recognized as a precondition for, and component […]

Webpage

Gender Justice & Women’s Rights

If we are to end poverty we must tackle intersecting systems of oppression to realise gender equality and to protect, promote and realise the rights of women

Webpage

Home

Access knowledge, evidence and ideas from the work of Oxfam and communities and organisations we partner with around the world

Research report

Unseen Work, Unmet Needs: Exploring the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity in unpaid care labor and paid labor in the U.S.

25/04/2024

2 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam America and Prosperity Now have embarked on a comprehensive joint research project to explore the dynamics of women’s paid and unpaid labor in the US, particularly for women of color, who are disproportionately affected by the dual impact of paid work and unpaid care responsibilities. This report adopts an intersectional lens to delve into […]

Research report

What Drives Active Citizens? Testing our assumptions through a comparative analysis of citizen data from seven countries

30/06/2021

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report investigates the characteristics of active citizens who raise their voices towards duty-bearers. First, we look at the demographics of people who raise their voices towards duty-bearers. Then, we investigate the various types of citizens' actions and which attitudes and norms active citizens hold. Supporting citizens in raising their voices is one of the […]

Journal article

NGOs and social change: Agents or facilitators?

01/11/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author discusses issues about the role of NGOs and their relations with the state and the community. The term NGO does not help us to distinguish between grassroots groups, intermediary organisations, and international organisations and the author feels such distinctions would be useful. Claims are currently being made about the potential of NGOs to […]

Journal article

Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

18/09/2025

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the significant role of Bolivian women’s social movements in shaping political alternatives to foreign policy and domestic governance through the lens of depatriarchalisation. The early 21st century has seen women’s movements as pivotal actors in a critical transformation in Bolivia’s political landscape, challenging entrenched patriarchal norms and advocating for gender justice within […]

Showing 115 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Strengthening Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan

24/11/2020

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Strengthening Women’s Political participation initiative built on a long struggle for women’s rights in Pakistan. Raising Her Voice (RHV) was one of the first global campaigns to address both invisible and visible structural causes of gender injustice. It sought to challenge social norms, empower women, increase their political participation and change government policy. In […]

Evaluation report

Oxfam Strategic Plan Evaluation: Sustainable Food (CG4) Outcome Area

08/02/2016

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This review asks how Oxfam is doing in terms of its intended shift from service delivery to influencing strategies, and how much progress has been made so far in terms of achieving greater food security, income, prosperity and resilience at a large scale (the expected income of CG4). This review also analyses Oxfam Country Strategies […]

Case study

Oxfam in Ghana: Improved fiscal governance through active citizenship

19/03/2019

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In Ghana, citizen engagement is central to improving the government’s transparency and accountability. To get young citizens to engage in influencing policy change, the key to success has been music and culture. Through conversations online and offline, including with Ghanaian musicians and celebrities, youth are informed and encouraged to vote in a government that would […]

Annual report

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) – Oxfam: Phase 1 final report

02/11/2016

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The eradication of poverty and injustice depends on women’s equal enjoyment of their human rights. Oxfam has invested significantly in women’s economic leadership, and affirms that economic empowerment requires parallel progress in women’s political, social and personal empowerment. Women’s control over their own time and labour is increasingly recognized as a precondition for, and component […]

Webpage

Gender Justice & Women’s Rights

If we are to end poverty we must tackle intersecting systems of oppression to realise gender equality and to protect, promote and realise the rights of women

Webpage

Home

Access knowledge, evidence and ideas from the work of Oxfam and communities and organisations we partner with around the world

Research report

Unseen Work, Unmet Needs: Exploring the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity in unpaid care labor and paid labor in the U.S.

25/04/2024

2 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam America and Prosperity Now have embarked on a comprehensive joint research project to explore the dynamics of women’s paid and unpaid labor in the US, particularly for women of color, who are disproportionately affected by the dual impact of paid work and unpaid care responsibilities. This report adopts an intersectional lens to delve into […]

Research report

What Drives Active Citizens? Testing our assumptions through a comparative analysis of citizen data from seven countries

30/06/2021

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report investigates the characteristics of active citizens who raise their voices towards duty-bearers. First, we look at the demographics of people who raise their voices towards duty-bearers. Then, we investigate the various types of citizens' actions and which attitudes and norms active citizens hold. Supporting citizens in raising their voices is one of the […]

Journal article

NGOs and social change: Agents or facilitators?

01/11/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author discusses issues about the role of NGOs and their relations with the state and the community. The term NGO does not help us to distinguish between grassroots groups, intermediary organisations, and international organisations and the author feels such distinctions would be useful. Claims are currently being made about the potential of NGOs to […]

Journal article

Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

18/09/2025

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the significant role of Bolivian women’s social movements in shaping political alternatives to foreign policy and domestic governance through the lens of depatriarchalisation. The early 21st century has seen women’s movements as pivotal actors in a critical transformation in Bolivia’s political landscape, challenging entrenched patriarchal norms and advocating for gender justice within […]