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Journal article

Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

01/03/2007

15 pages long

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Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

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Overview

This paper draws attention to the gendered nature of violence in schools. Recent recognition that schools can be violent places has tended to ignore the fact that many such acts originate in unequal and antagonistic gender relations, which are tolerated and ‘normalised’ by everyday school structures and processes. After examining some key concepts and definitions, […]

Briefing paper

Made in Myanmar: Entrenched poverty or decent jobs for garment workers?

09/12/2015

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In Myanmar, the garment industry is booming thanks to an upsurge in investment by international brands, but garment workers are facing tough conditions. According to new research from Oxfam and labour rights groups in Myanmar, garment workers are working up to 11 hours a day, six days a week, but remain trapped in poverty. Following […]

Journal article

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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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

Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

01/07/2009

11 pages long

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Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

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Overview

Within current research on African health worker emigration, relatively few studies have explored how health workers themselves see international migration and its impact on their lives, and how gender norms influence these perceptions. This article draws on research aiming to examine these issues, conducted between June and August 2008. Ghanaian nurses’ views of migration are […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Sexual and gender-based violence on public transport

23/07/2019

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research into discriminatory social norms has identified many ways in which they may curtail the ability of women and girls –and more recently, transgender and gender non-conforming people – to break the cycle of poverty, and access the resources and services they need for empowerment. This Social Norms Diagnostic Tool guidance document sets out participatory exercises […]

Journal article

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

13/07/2017

16 pages long

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No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

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Overview

The provision of sanitation in India has attracted much attention, but research and policies focusing on gender in relation to sanitation often fail to focus on sanitation-related violence against women (VAW). This article focuses on research in Pune (in Maharashtra) and Jaipur (in Rajasthan). It offers evidence of slum-dwelling women’s experiences of harassment and violence […]

Research report

Understanding Wage Issues in the Tea Industry

02/05/2013

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Wage levels are an issue of concern across the globe as individuals, companies and governments wrestle with how wages paid to workers relate to costs of living, corporate and national competitiveness, profitability and broader macroeconomic trends and challenges. The project was co-ordinated by Oxfam and the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) at a global level, and […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Mum’s Magic Hands: A field guide for rapid implementation of handwashing promotion in emergencies

29/06/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is particularly prevalent in emergency situations. Handwashing can reduce the risk of diarrhoeal disease by up to 48%. Oxfam, Unilever’s Lifebuoy soap, and Unilever’s Chief Sustainability Office conducted research with emergency-affected mothers in the Philippines, Pakistan and Nepal in […]

Case study

Food prices and how people are eating: Views from ‘Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility’

26/08/2014

7 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

How do households cope with increases in food prices? How have their eating habits changed in the face of food price volatility? These case studies form part of the second year of Oxfam–IDS research project Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, which examines how food price volatility affects everyday life in 10 low- […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

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Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

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Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

01/03/2007

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

Keywords

Overview

This paper draws attention to the gendered nature of violence in schools. Recent recognition that schools can be violent places has tended to ignore the fact that many such acts originate in unequal and antagonistic gender relations, which are tolerated and ‘normalised’ by everyday school structures and processes. After examining some key concepts and definitions, […]

Briefing paper

Made in Myanmar: Entrenched poverty or decent jobs for garment workers?

09/12/2015

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In Myanmar, the garment industry is booming thanks to an upsurge in investment by international brands, but garment workers are facing tough conditions. According to new research from Oxfam and labour rights groups in Myanmar, garment workers are working up to 11 hours a day, six days a week, but remain trapped in poverty. Following […]

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

Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

Keywords

Overview

Within current research on African health worker emigration, relatively few studies have explored how health workers themselves see international migration and its impact on their lives, and how gender norms influence these perceptions. This article draws on research aiming to examine these issues, conducted between June and August 2008. Ghanaian nurses’ views of migration are […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Sexual and gender-based violence on public transport

23/07/2019

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research into discriminatory social norms has identified many ways in which they may curtail the ability of women and girls –and more recently, transgender and gender non-conforming people – to break the cycle of poverty, and access the resources and services they need for empowerment. This Social Norms Diagnostic Tool guidance document sets out participatory exercises […]

Journal article

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

13/07/2017

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

Keywords

Overview

The provision of sanitation in India has attracted much attention, but research and policies focusing on gender in relation to sanitation often fail to focus on sanitation-related violence against women (VAW). This article focuses on research in Pune (in Maharashtra) and Jaipur (in Rajasthan). It offers evidence of slum-dwelling women’s experiences of harassment and violence […]

Research report

Understanding Wage Issues in the Tea Industry

02/05/2013

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Wage levels are an issue of concern across the globe as individuals, companies and governments wrestle with how wages paid to workers relate to costs of living, corporate and national competitiveness, profitability and broader macroeconomic trends and challenges. The project was co-ordinated by Oxfam and the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) at a global level, and […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Mum’s Magic Hands: A field guide for rapid implementation of handwashing promotion in emergencies

29/06/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is particularly prevalent in emergency situations. Handwashing can reduce the risk of diarrhoeal disease by up to 48%. Oxfam, Unilever’s Lifebuoy soap, and Unilever’s Chief Sustainability Office conducted research with emergency-affected mothers in the Philippines, Pakistan and Nepal in […]

Case study

Food prices and how people are eating: Views from ‘Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility’

26/08/2014

7 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

How do households cope with increases in food prices? How have their eating habits changed in the face of food price volatility? These case studies form part of the second year of Oxfam–IDS research project Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, which examines how food price volatility affects everyday life in 10 low- […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

01/03/2007

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

Keywords

Overview

This paper draws attention to the gendered nature of violence in schools. Recent recognition that schools can be violent places has tended to ignore the fact that many such acts originate in unequal and antagonistic gender relations, which are tolerated and ‘normalised’ by everyday school structures and processes. After examining some key concepts and definitions, […]

Briefing paper

Made in Myanmar: Entrenched poverty or decent jobs for garment workers?

09/12/2015

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In Myanmar, the garment industry is booming thanks to an upsurge in investment by international brands, but garment workers are facing tough conditions. According to new research from Oxfam and labour rights groups in Myanmar, garment workers are working up to 11 hours a day, six days a week, but remain trapped in poverty. Following […]

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

Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

Keywords

Overview

Within current research on African health worker emigration, relatively few studies have explored how health workers themselves see international migration and its impact on their lives, and how gender norms influence these perceptions. This article draws on research aiming to examine these issues, conducted between June and August 2008. Ghanaian nurses’ views of migration are […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Sexual and gender-based violence on public transport

23/07/2019

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research into discriminatory social norms has identified many ways in which they may curtail the ability of women and girls –and more recently, transgender and gender non-conforming people – to break the cycle of poverty, and access the resources and services they need for empowerment. This Social Norms Diagnostic Tool guidance document sets out participatory exercises […]

Journal article

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

13/07/2017

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

Keywords

Overview

The provision of sanitation in India has attracted much attention, but research and policies focusing on gender in relation to sanitation often fail to focus on sanitation-related violence against women (VAW). This article focuses on research in Pune (in Maharashtra) and Jaipur (in Rajasthan). It offers evidence of slum-dwelling women’s experiences of harassment and violence […]

Research report

Understanding Wage Issues in the Tea Industry

02/05/2013

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Wage levels are an issue of concern across the globe as individuals, companies and governments wrestle with how wages paid to workers relate to costs of living, corporate and national competitiveness, profitability and broader macroeconomic trends and challenges. The project was co-ordinated by Oxfam and the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) at a global level, and […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Mum’s Magic Hands: A field guide for rapid implementation of handwashing promotion in emergencies

29/06/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is particularly prevalent in emergency situations. Handwashing can reduce the risk of diarrhoeal disease by up to 48%. Oxfam, Unilever’s Lifebuoy soap, and Unilever’s Chief Sustainability Office conducted research with emergency-affected mothers in the Philippines, Pakistan and Nepal in […]

Case study

Food prices and how people are eating: Views from ‘Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility’

26/08/2014

7 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

How do households cope with increases in food prices? How have their eating habits changed in the face of food price volatility? These case studies form part of the second year of Oxfam–IDS research project Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, which examines how food price volatility affects everyday life in 10 low- […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]