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Book

Gender, Development, and Marriage

01/01/2003

1 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Marriage is now acknowledged as an institution of key relevance to development policy, practice, and research. The vast majority of women and men get married at least once, and in many places life outside marriage is almost impossible for either sex to contemplate. Yet marriage as experienced by men is very different from marriage for […]

Discussion paper

Gender Training for Development Policy Implementers

01/01/1999

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The failure of many projects to address gender inequalities has led development organisations to provide gender training courses for staff, as a strategy for addressing the problem. This paper is based on the findings of research commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID) into gender training in some UK-based development organisations. This paper gives […]

Discussion paper

Access to Health and Education Services in Ethiopia: Supply, demand, and government policy

01/01/2001

1 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report analyses the findings of an extensive research project conducted by Oxfam in Ethiopia. In the context of Ethiopia’s rising external debt, and the new decentralised system of regional governance, members of four communities, both rural and urban, were interviewed in depth about the problems that they encounter in trying to access basic health […]

Discussion paper

Measuring Poverty in Nigeria

01/01/2003

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There is no shortage of written materials about the nature and prevalence of poverty in Nigeria, but they are not all easily accessible by civil-society groups. Measuring Poverty in Nigeria was commissioned by Oxfam GB to support the development of its new programme of poverty-alleviation work in a society that is rich in human and […]

Discussion paper

Women’s Rights and Development: Vision and strategy for the twenty-first century

01/01/1995

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This book in the Oxfam Discussion Paper series records the proceedings of a seminar held in Oxford which brought together women’s rights and development specialists and researchers from academic institutions. The seminar was intended to provide an opportunity for creative discussion of policy priorities for the next decade. Papers were presented by Swasti Mitter, Sara […]

Discussion paper

Men’s Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice: Beyond rhetoric

01/01/2001

1 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In what sectors and contexts should work on gender and development involve men as beneficiaries? And what are the issues confronting men who work in development projects that are committed to promoting gender equality? These questions were addressed by contributors to a seminar hosted by Oxfam GB, with the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Book

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province

01/12/1989

6 documents

324 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province gathers together papers written by researchers based in Port Sudan working on nutrition and the measurement of drought and drought recovery in Red Sea Province, Sudan. A key aspect of this work was to provide reliable information on the environment and economy from an historical basis […]

Briefing note

UN Arms Embargoes: An overview of the last ten years

12/03/2006

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Despite the fact that every one of the 13 United Nations arms embargoes imposed in the last decade has been systematically violated, only a handful of the many arms embargo breakers named in UN sanctions reports has been successfully prosecuted. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, between 1990 and 2001 there were 57 […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

Gender, Development, and Marriage

01/01/2003

1 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Marriage is now acknowledged as an institution of key relevance to development policy, practice, and research. The vast majority of women and men get married at least once, and in many places life outside marriage is almost impossible for either sex to contemplate. Yet marriage as experienced by men is very different from marriage for […]

Discussion paper

Gender Training for Development Policy Implementers

01/01/1999

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The failure of many projects to address gender inequalities has led development organisations to provide gender training courses for staff, as a strategy for addressing the problem. This paper is based on the findings of research commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID) into gender training in some UK-based development organisations. This paper gives […]

Discussion paper

Access to Health and Education Services in Ethiopia: Supply, demand, and government policy

01/01/2001

1 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report analyses the findings of an extensive research project conducted by Oxfam in Ethiopia. In the context of Ethiopia’s rising external debt, and the new decentralised system of regional governance, members of four communities, both rural and urban, were interviewed in depth about the problems that they encounter in trying to access basic health […]

Discussion paper

Measuring Poverty in Nigeria

01/01/2003

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There is no shortage of written materials about the nature and prevalence of poverty in Nigeria, but they are not all easily accessible by civil-society groups. Measuring Poverty in Nigeria was commissioned by Oxfam GB to support the development of its new programme of poverty-alleviation work in a society that is rich in human and […]

Discussion paper

Women’s Rights and Development: Vision and strategy for the twenty-first century

01/01/1995

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This book in the Oxfam Discussion Paper series records the proceedings of a seminar held in Oxford which brought together women’s rights and development specialists and researchers from academic institutions. The seminar was intended to provide an opportunity for creative discussion of policy priorities for the next decade. Papers were presented by Swasti Mitter, Sara […]

Discussion paper

Men’s Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice: Beyond rhetoric

01/01/2001

1 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In what sectors and contexts should work on gender and development involve men as beneficiaries? And what are the issues confronting men who work in development projects that are committed to promoting gender equality? These questions were addressed by contributors to a seminar hosted by Oxfam GB, with the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Book

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province

01/12/1989

6 documents

324 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province gathers together papers written by researchers based in Port Sudan working on nutrition and the measurement of drought and drought recovery in Red Sea Province, Sudan. A key aspect of this work was to provide reliable information on the environment and economy from an historical basis […]

Briefing note

UN Arms Embargoes: An overview of the last ten years

12/03/2006

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Despite the fact that every one of the 13 United Nations arms embargoes imposed in the last decade has been systematically violated, only a handful of the many arms embargo breakers named in UN sanctions reports has been successfully prosecuted. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, between 1990 and 2001 there were 57 […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

Gender, Development, and Marriage

01/01/2003

1 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Marriage is now acknowledged as an institution of key relevance to development policy, practice, and research. The vast majority of women and men get married at least once, and in many places life outside marriage is almost impossible for either sex to contemplate. Yet marriage as experienced by men is very different from marriage for […]

Discussion paper

Gender Training for Development Policy Implementers

01/01/1999

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The failure of many projects to address gender inequalities has led development organisations to provide gender training courses for staff, as a strategy for addressing the problem. This paper is based on the findings of research commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID) into gender training in some UK-based development organisations. This paper gives […]

Discussion paper

Access to Health and Education Services in Ethiopia: Supply, demand, and government policy

01/01/2001

1 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report analyses the findings of an extensive research project conducted by Oxfam in Ethiopia. In the context of Ethiopia’s rising external debt, and the new decentralised system of regional governance, members of four communities, both rural and urban, were interviewed in depth about the problems that they encounter in trying to access basic health […]

Discussion paper

Measuring Poverty in Nigeria

01/01/2003

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There is no shortage of written materials about the nature and prevalence of poverty in Nigeria, but they are not all easily accessible by civil-society groups. Measuring Poverty in Nigeria was commissioned by Oxfam GB to support the development of its new programme of poverty-alleviation work in a society that is rich in human and […]

Discussion paper

Women’s Rights and Development: Vision and strategy for the twenty-first century

01/01/1995

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This book in the Oxfam Discussion Paper series records the proceedings of a seminar held in Oxford which brought together women’s rights and development specialists and researchers from academic institutions. The seminar was intended to provide an opportunity for creative discussion of policy priorities for the next decade. Papers were presented by Swasti Mitter, Sara […]

Discussion paper

Men’s Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice: Beyond rhetoric

01/01/2001

1 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In what sectors and contexts should work on gender and development involve men as beneficiaries? And what are the issues confronting men who work in development projects that are committed to promoting gender equality? These questions were addressed by contributors to a seminar hosted by Oxfam GB, with the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Book

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province

01/12/1989

6 documents

324 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province gathers together papers written by researchers based in Port Sudan working on nutrition and the measurement of drought and drought recovery in Red Sea Province, Sudan. A key aspect of this work was to provide reliable information on the environment and economy from an historical basis […]

Briefing note

UN Arms Embargoes: An overview of the last ten years

12/03/2006

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Despite the fact that every one of the 13 United Nations arms embargoes imposed in the last decade has been systematically violated, only a handful of the many arms embargo breakers named in UN sanctions reports has been successfully prosecuted. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, between 1990 and 2001 there were 57 […]