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Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

20/03/2018

16 pages long

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Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

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This article shares insights from research into the economic opportunities and obstacles that Vietnamese transgender men and women face in a fast-growing economy mainly composed of small and medium-sized enterprises. The findings demonstrate that gender norms lead to economic inequality between trans men and women. They also show that small businesses and entrepreneurship play an […]

Evaluation report

Together Against Poverty Phase II Project Learning Review – Advocacy in Action: Stories of Change and Learnings for the Future

10/03/2025

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam, through the four-year, multi-country program Together Against Poverty Project -Phase II (TAP2), has implemented impactful interventions contributing to strategic policy and practice outcomes in agriculture, aid effectiveness, and gender equality. Throughout the project, Oxfam has undertaken continuous learning and adaptation to ensure that our different advocacy and program tactics and strategies, which include research, […]

Journal article

Seeds of change: cultivating feminist leadership in the co-operatives of the MENA region

18/09/2025

27 pages long

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Seeds of change: cultivating feminist leadership in the co-operatives of the MENA region

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This paper examines women’s leadership in local group governance in Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon, highlighting rural co-operatives as key spaces for socioeconomic participation and agency. Based on interviews and focus groups with a total of 917 participants (688 women and 170 men co-operative members, and 59 officials), the study identifies major barriers to women’s leadership, […]

Briefing paper

From Stunt to Substance: An assessment of IMF engagement with civil society

09/01/2023

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is doling out billions of dollars, influencing economies around the world through its finance, and through the policies it expects governments to implement in return for the funds. But who has a say in those decisions? This paper presents case study research from Pakistan, Tunisia, Egypt, Ecuador, Argentina, Zambia and […]

Journal article

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

20/03/2018

16 pages long

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Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

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Overview

This article argues for the need to change the ways in which anti-human trafficking (AT) non-government organisations (NGOs) and their interventions in India frame and address violence in sex work. The article asserts that AT NGOs need to move beyond their ideological allegiances and infuse their interventions with a better understanding of the lived realities […]

Research report

“What will we eat while waiting for the crops to grow?” Case studies on effective early recovery for off-the-radar communities in selected countries in Asia and the Pacific

20/02/2020

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Which elements are likely to facilitate recover from disasters among ‘off-the-radar’ communities in the Asia-Pacific region? This research looked at five disaster risk reduction and early recovery interventions from the Philippines, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. The report highlights the importance of existing relationships between communities and other actors, and of innovation – especially microfinance – in […]

Journal article

A sexual and reproductive health rights approach to menstruation

23/03/2021

19 pages long

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A sexual and reproductive health rights approach to menstruation

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While increased attention to menstruation as a significant health issue for women and girls is positive, some menstrual interventions promoted by Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programmes primarily focus on hygiene, infrastructure, and product provision. This focus fails to challenge the social and cultural stigma surrounding menstruation, as well as interconnected issues of gender discrimination, […]

Journal article

Mapping multilateral development banks’ spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS

01/07/2008

13 pages long

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Mapping multilateral development banks’ spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS

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Overview

This article draws on recent research by Gender Action, presented in a ground-breaking report investigating multilateral development banks’ (MDBs) spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS. Gender Action demonstrates a decline in World Bank loans and grants for reproductive health and HIV and AIDS, and little contribution to this sector from the African Development […]

Case study

Civil society-led Emergency Preparedness for Women with Disabilities in Gaza

25/01/2017

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gaza has long been a place of desperate need, with huge challenges in all areas of civic life. Devastating escalations in violence not only destroy lives and infrastructure, but also hope and aspiration. In the midst of this, the most marginalized people are often ignored or forgotten. As part of the Within and Without the […]

Journal article

Enhancing social accountability through adolescent and youth leadership: a case study on sexual and reproductive health from Gujarat, India

23/03/2021

18 pages long

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Enhancing social accountability through adolescent and youth leadership: a case study on sexual and reproductive health from Gujarat, India

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Overview

This paper describes a collaborative project on building citizenship among adolescents and young people in Gujarat, western India, and describes lessons learned from its approaches and strategies. The conceptual framework on which our work relies includes gender, intersectionality, rights, inclusion, and social accountability. In addition to rural, tribal, Dalit, and urban poor young people, the […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

Keywords

Overview

This article shares insights from research into the economic opportunities and obstacles that Vietnamese transgender men and women face in a fast-growing economy mainly composed of small and medium-sized enterprises. The findings demonstrate that gender norms lead to economic inequality between trans men and women. They also show that small businesses and entrepreneurship play an […]

Evaluation report

Together Against Poverty Phase II Project Learning Review – Advocacy in Action: Stories of Change and Learnings for the Future

10/03/2025

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam, through the four-year, multi-country program Together Against Poverty Project -Phase II (TAP2), has implemented impactful interventions contributing to strategic policy and practice outcomes in agriculture, aid effectiveness, and gender equality. Throughout the project, Oxfam has undertaken continuous learning and adaptation to ensure that our different advocacy and program tactics and strategies, which include research, […]

Journal article

Seeds of change: cultivating feminist leadership in the co-operatives of the MENA region

18/09/2025

27 pages long

Free access through journal website

Seeds of change: cultivating feminist leadership in the co-operatives of the MENA region

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines women’s leadership in local group governance in Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon, highlighting rural co-operatives as key spaces for socioeconomic participation and agency. Based on interviews and focus groups with a total of 917 participants (688 women and 170 men co-operative members, and 59 officials), the study identifies major barriers to women’s leadership, […]

Briefing paper

From Stunt to Substance: An assessment of IMF engagement with civil society

09/01/2023

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is doling out billions of dollars, influencing economies around the world through its finance, and through the policies it expects governments to implement in return for the funds. But who has a say in those decisions? This paper presents case study research from Pakistan, Tunisia, Egypt, Ecuador, Argentina, Zambia and […]

Journal article

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article argues for the need to change the ways in which anti-human trafficking (AT) non-government organisations (NGOs) and their interventions in India frame and address violence in sex work. The article asserts that AT NGOs need to move beyond their ideological allegiances and infuse their interventions with a better understanding of the lived realities […]

Research report

“What will we eat while waiting for the crops to grow?” Case studies on effective early recovery for off-the-radar communities in selected countries in Asia and the Pacific

20/02/2020

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Which elements are likely to facilitate recover from disasters among ‘off-the-radar’ communities in the Asia-Pacific region? This research looked at five disaster risk reduction and early recovery interventions from the Philippines, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. The report highlights the importance of existing relationships between communities and other actors, and of innovation – especially microfinance – in […]

Journal article

A sexual and reproductive health rights approach to menstruation

23/03/2021

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

A sexual and reproductive health rights approach to menstruation

Keywords

Overview

While increased attention to menstruation as a significant health issue for women and girls is positive, some menstrual interventions promoted by Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programmes primarily focus on hygiene, infrastructure, and product provision. This focus fails to challenge the social and cultural stigma surrounding menstruation, as well as interconnected issues of gender discrimination, […]

Journal article

Mapping multilateral development banks’ spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS

01/07/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mapping multilateral development banks’ spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on recent research by Gender Action, presented in a ground-breaking report investigating multilateral development banks’ (MDBs) spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS. Gender Action demonstrates a decline in World Bank loans and grants for reproductive health and HIV and AIDS, and little contribution to this sector from the African Development […]

Case study

Civil society-led Emergency Preparedness for Women with Disabilities in Gaza

25/01/2017

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gaza has long been a place of desperate need, with huge challenges in all areas of civic life. Devastating escalations in violence not only destroy lives and infrastructure, but also hope and aspiration. In the midst of this, the most marginalized people are often ignored or forgotten. As part of the Within and Without the […]

Journal article

Enhancing social accountability through adolescent and youth leadership: a case study on sexual and reproductive health from Gujarat, India

23/03/2021

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Enhancing social accountability through adolescent and youth leadership: a case study on sexual and reproductive health from Gujarat, India

Keywords

Overview

This paper describes a collaborative project on building citizenship among adolescents and young people in Gujarat, western India, and describes lessons learned from its approaches and strategies. The conceptual framework on which our work relies includes gender, intersectionality, rights, inclusion, and social accountability. In addition to rural, tribal, Dalit, and urban poor young people, the […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

Keywords

Overview

This article shares insights from research into the economic opportunities and obstacles that Vietnamese transgender men and women face in a fast-growing economy mainly composed of small and medium-sized enterprises. The findings demonstrate that gender norms lead to economic inequality between trans men and women. They also show that small businesses and entrepreneurship play an […]

Evaluation report

Together Against Poverty Phase II Project Learning Review – Advocacy in Action: Stories of Change and Learnings for the Future

10/03/2025

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam, through the four-year, multi-country program Together Against Poverty Project -Phase II (TAP2), has implemented impactful interventions contributing to strategic policy and practice outcomes in agriculture, aid effectiveness, and gender equality. Throughout the project, Oxfam has undertaken continuous learning and adaptation to ensure that our different advocacy and program tactics and strategies, which include research, […]

Journal article

Seeds of change: cultivating feminist leadership in the co-operatives of the MENA region

18/09/2025

27 pages long

Free access through journal website

Seeds of change: cultivating feminist leadership in the co-operatives of the MENA region

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines women’s leadership in local group governance in Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon, highlighting rural co-operatives as key spaces for socioeconomic participation and agency. Based on interviews and focus groups with a total of 917 participants (688 women and 170 men co-operative members, and 59 officials), the study identifies major barriers to women’s leadership, […]

Briefing paper

From Stunt to Substance: An assessment of IMF engagement with civil society

09/01/2023

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is doling out billions of dollars, influencing economies around the world through its finance, and through the policies it expects governments to implement in return for the funds. But who has a say in those decisions? This paper presents case study research from Pakistan, Tunisia, Egypt, Ecuador, Argentina, Zambia and […]

Journal article

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article argues for the need to change the ways in which anti-human trafficking (AT) non-government organisations (NGOs) and their interventions in India frame and address violence in sex work. The article asserts that AT NGOs need to move beyond their ideological allegiances and infuse their interventions with a better understanding of the lived realities […]

Research report

“What will we eat while waiting for the crops to grow?” Case studies on effective early recovery for off-the-radar communities in selected countries in Asia and the Pacific

20/02/2020

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Which elements are likely to facilitate recover from disasters among ‘off-the-radar’ communities in the Asia-Pacific region? This research looked at five disaster risk reduction and early recovery interventions from the Philippines, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. The report highlights the importance of existing relationships between communities and other actors, and of innovation – especially microfinance – in […]

Journal article

A sexual and reproductive health rights approach to menstruation

23/03/2021

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

A sexual and reproductive health rights approach to menstruation

Keywords

Overview

While increased attention to menstruation as a significant health issue for women and girls is positive, some menstrual interventions promoted by Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programmes primarily focus on hygiene, infrastructure, and product provision. This focus fails to challenge the social and cultural stigma surrounding menstruation, as well as interconnected issues of gender discrimination, […]

Journal article

Mapping multilateral development banks’ spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS

01/07/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mapping multilateral development banks’ spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on recent research by Gender Action, presented in a ground-breaking report investigating multilateral development banks’ (MDBs) spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS. Gender Action demonstrates a decline in World Bank loans and grants for reproductive health and HIV and AIDS, and little contribution to this sector from the African Development […]

Case study

Civil society-led Emergency Preparedness for Women with Disabilities in Gaza

25/01/2017

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gaza has long been a place of desperate need, with huge challenges in all areas of civic life. Devastating escalations in violence not only destroy lives and infrastructure, but also hope and aspiration. In the midst of this, the most marginalized people are often ignored or forgotten. As part of the Within and Without the […]

Journal article

Enhancing social accountability through adolescent and youth leadership: a case study on sexual and reproductive health from Gujarat, India

23/03/2021

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Enhancing social accountability through adolescent and youth leadership: a case study on sexual and reproductive health from Gujarat, India

Keywords

Overview

This paper describes a collaborative project on building citizenship among adolescents and young people in Gujarat, western India, and describes lessons learned from its approaches and strategies. The conceptual framework on which our work relies includes gender, intersectionality, rights, inclusion, and social accountability. In addition to rural, tribal, Dalit, and urban poor young people, the […]