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Guidelines and toolkits

Shining a Light: How lighting in or around sanitation facilities affects the risk of gender-based violence in camps

21/12/2018

10 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Camps are places of refuge for people fleeing conflict and disaster, but they can be dangerous, especially for women and girls. In their first months, many camps rely on communal sanitation facilities – a quick and cost-effective way of meeting immediate needs and minimizing public health risks until a better solution can be developed. In […]

Research report

Lighting the Way: Lighting, sanitation and the risk of gender-based violence

21/12/2018

3 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Humanitarian agencies strive to provide sanitation facilities which are safe, accessible and afford users privacy and dignity. In reality, women in particular have many concerns which can prevent them from using the facilities, especially after dark. In 2016, the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) set up a research challenge asking: Does lighting in or around sanitation […]

Research report

Working in Marks and Spencer’s Food and Footwear Supply Chains

14/01/2021

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

M&S asked Oxfam to identify human rights and worker wellbeing issues in their supply chains as part of a collaborative research project. Oxfam interviewed 390 workers across food manufacturing sites in the UK and footwear factories in India over a six-month period. The investigation focused on gender equality, worker voice and in-work poverty. The research […]

Journal article

The effects of resource extraction on Inuit women and their families: evidence from Canada

09/11/2017

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of resource extraction on Inuit women and their families: evidence from Canada

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Overview

This article presents the findings from research conducted by Pauktuutit,an Inuit women’s organisation, and the University of British Colombiainto the gendered social impacts of resource extraction inQamani’tuaq, Nunavut Territory, Canada. The research used a range ofdifferent methods and contributes to a growing body of globalevidence on the social impacts of resource extraction on indigenouswomen and […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

Journal article

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

01/07/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

Keywords

Overview

In the province of Ratanakiri in Cambodia, indigenous communities have begun to campaign for more culturally appropriate and easily accessible maternal health services. This initiative follows action-based research conducted by Health Unlimited, a British NGO working in the area. The research analysed the range of barriers and facilitating factors that define the access of indigenous […]

Research report

Missed Again: Making space for partnership in the typhoon Haiyan response

08/12/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This study is the second output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-government organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The report builds on findings from the 2013 report and provides evidence to demonstrate the extent to which partnership working took place in response to typhoon Haiyan […]

Journal article

‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

19/09/2024

26 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

Keywords

Overview

Academic discourse frequently speaks of a gender violence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), suggesting a distinctive gender violence that is tied to a geographic location. Within the framework of a digital ethnography, this research examines whether gender activists operating in digital spaces themselves conceptualise and mobilise around their struggle using a regional lens, combining observations, a […]

Journal article

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

Keywords

Overview

Do gender relations change through conflict? How might conflict itself be fuelled by aspects of gender identity? A recently completed research project that combined oral testimony with more conventional research methods concluded that conflict has undoubtedly given women greater responsibilities, and with them the possibility of exerting greater leverage in decision making and increasing their […]

Research report

Beneath the Dryland: Kenya drought gender analysis

19/12/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties of Kenya, people are experiencing a food security and nutrition crisis as a result of the drought that has worsened since August 2016. The drought has undermined coping capacities and exacerbated vulnerabilities, for example by destroying livelihoods and triggering local conflicts over scare resources. This report draws […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

Shining a Light: How lighting in or around sanitation facilities affects the risk of gender-based violence in camps

21/12/2018

10 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Camps are places of refuge for people fleeing conflict and disaster, but they can be dangerous, especially for women and girls. In their first months, many camps rely on communal sanitation facilities – a quick and cost-effective way of meeting immediate needs and minimizing public health risks until a better solution can be developed. In […]

Research report

Lighting the Way: Lighting, sanitation and the risk of gender-based violence

21/12/2018

3 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Humanitarian agencies strive to provide sanitation facilities which are safe, accessible and afford users privacy and dignity. In reality, women in particular have many concerns which can prevent them from using the facilities, especially after dark. In 2016, the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) set up a research challenge asking: Does lighting in or around sanitation […]

Research report

Working in Marks and Spencer’s Food and Footwear Supply Chains

14/01/2021

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

M&S asked Oxfam to identify human rights and worker wellbeing issues in their supply chains as part of a collaborative research project. Oxfam interviewed 390 workers across food manufacturing sites in the UK and footwear factories in India over a six-month period. The investigation focused on gender equality, worker voice and in-work poverty. The research […]

Journal article

The effects of resource extraction on Inuit women and their families: evidence from Canada

09/11/2017

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of resource extraction on Inuit women and their families: evidence from Canada

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the findings from research conducted by Pauktuutit,an Inuit women’s organisation, and the University of British Colombiainto the gendered social impacts of resource extraction inQamani’tuaq, Nunavut Territory, Canada. The research used a range ofdifferent methods and contributes to a growing body of globalevidence on the social impacts of resource extraction on indigenouswomen and […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

Journal article

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

01/07/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

Keywords

Overview

In the province of Ratanakiri in Cambodia, indigenous communities have begun to campaign for more culturally appropriate and easily accessible maternal health services. This initiative follows action-based research conducted by Health Unlimited, a British NGO working in the area. The research analysed the range of barriers and facilitating factors that define the access of indigenous […]

Research report

Missed Again: Making space for partnership in the typhoon Haiyan response

08/12/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This study is the second output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-government organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The report builds on findings from the 2013 report and provides evidence to demonstrate the extent to which partnership working took place in response to typhoon Haiyan […]

Journal article

‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

19/09/2024

26 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

Keywords

Overview

Academic discourse frequently speaks of a gender violence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), suggesting a distinctive gender violence that is tied to a geographic location. Within the framework of a digital ethnography, this research examines whether gender activists operating in digital spaces themselves conceptualise and mobilise around their struggle using a regional lens, combining observations, a […]

Journal article

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

Keywords

Overview

Do gender relations change through conflict? How might conflict itself be fuelled by aspects of gender identity? A recently completed research project that combined oral testimony with more conventional research methods concluded that conflict has undoubtedly given women greater responsibilities, and with them the possibility of exerting greater leverage in decision making and increasing their […]

Research report

Beneath the Dryland: Kenya drought gender analysis

19/12/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties of Kenya, people are experiencing a food security and nutrition crisis as a result of the drought that has worsened since August 2016. The drought has undermined coping capacities and exacerbated vulnerabilities, for example by destroying livelihoods and triggering local conflicts over scare resources. This report draws […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

Shining a Light: How lighting in or around sanitation facilities affects the risk of gender-based violence in camps

21/12/2018

10 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Camps are places of refuge for people fleeing conflict and disaster, but they can be dangerous, especially for women and girls. In their first months, many camps rely on communal sanitation facilities – a quick and cost-effective way of meeting immediate needs and minimizing public health risks until a better solution can be developed. In […]

Research report

Lighting the Way: Lighting, sanitation and the risk of gender-based violence

21/12/2018

3 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Humanitarian agencies strive to provide sanitation facilities which are safe, accessible and afford users privacy and dignity. In reality, women in particular have many concerns which can prevent them from using the facilities, especially after dark. In 2016, the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) set up a research challenge asking: Does lighting in or around sanitation […]

Research report

Working in Marks and Spencer’s Food and Footwear Supply Chains

14/01/2021

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

M&S asked Oxfam to identify human rights and worker wellbeing issues in their supply chains as part of a collaborative research project. Oxfam interviewed 390 workers across food manufacturing sites in the UK and footwear factories in India over a six-month period. The investigation focused on gender equality, worker voice and in-work poverty. The research […]

Journal article

The effects of resource extraction on Inuit women and their families: evidence from Canada

09/11/2017

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of resource extraction on Inuit women and their families: evidence from Canada

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the findings from research conducted by Pauktuutit,an Inuit women’s organisation, and the University of British Colombiainto the gendered social impacts of resource extraction inQamani’tuaq, Nunavut Territory, Canada. The research used a range ofdifferent methods and contributes to a growing body of globalevidence on the social impacts of resource extraction on indigenouswomen and […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

Journal article

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

01/07/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

Keywords

Overview

In the province of Ratanakiri in Cambodia, indigenous communities have begun to campaign for more culturally appropriate and easily accessible maternal health services. This initiative follows action-based research conducted by Health Unlimited, a British NGO working in the area. The research analysed the range of barriers and facilitating factors that define the access of indigenous […]

Research report

Missed Again: Making space for partnership in the typhoon Haiyan response

08/12/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This study is the second output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-government organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The report builds on findings from the 2013 report and provides evidence to demonstrate the extent to which partnership working took place in response to typhoon Haiyan […]

Journal article

‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

19/09/2024

26 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

Keywords

Overview

Academic discourse frequently speaks of a gender violence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), suggesting a distinctive gender violence that is tied to a geographic location. Within the framework of a digital ethnography, this research examines whether gender activists operating in digital spaces themselves conceptualise and mobilise around their struggle using a regional lens, combining observations, a […]

Journal article

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

Keywords

Overview

Do gender relations change through conflict? How might conflict itself be fuelled by aspects of gender identity? A recently completed research project that combined oral testimony with more conventional research methods concluded that conflict has undoubtedly given women greater responsibilities, and with them the possibility of exerting greater leverage in decision making and increasing their […]

Research report

Beneath the Dryland: Kenya drought gender analysis

19/12/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties of Kenya, people are experiencing a food security and nutrition crisis as a result of the drought that has worsened since August 2016. The drought has undermined coping capacities and exacerbated vulnerabilities, for example by destroying livelihoods and triggering local conflicts over scare resources. This report draws […]