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Safe motherhood in the time of AIDS: the illusion of reproductive ‘choice’

01/07/2001

11 pages long

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Safe motherhood in the time of AIDS: the illusion of reproductive ‘choice’

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Using data from research in Zambia, and drawing on the broader literature on HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and gender, this paper examines the difficulties faced by women who wish – or are pressured – to have children, but at the same time want to protect themselves and their children against HIV infection. This article is hosted […]

Journal article

Urban children’s work during and after the 1998 floods in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

12 pages long

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The 1998 floods, which inundated much of Bangladesh, had a major effect on the lives and work of urban slum children. Lack of work opportunities, and beliefs about appropriate roles for young children, meant that the floods did not lead to great increases in workforce entry and in some cases led to a reduction in […]

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Implementing ILO child labour convention 182: lessons from the gold-mining sector in Burkina Faso

01/02/2005

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

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This article explores the implementation of Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the mining sector in Burkina Faso. It highlights key lessons from a project funded by DFID and Save the Children UK and implemented by COBUFADE, a Burkinabe NGO. Children were found to be important and capable actors in the […]

Research report

An Invisible Crisis? Women’s poverty and social exclusion in the European Union at a time of recession – A GenderWorks paper

24/03/2010

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

All over the world, women remain poor in relation to men. This also is true in every member state of the European Union. The persistence of poverty in such a rich region of the world is shocking, even before the impact of recession has been considered.In October 2009, Oxfam and the European Women’s Lobby, commissioned […]

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Insights from Zambian miners for rethinking development policy and the environment

01/06/2008

8 pages long

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The world is at a critical point as humanity contemplates how its own activity is contributing to changes in the earth and atmosphere. Formidable challenges require raising fundamental questions and learning from unlikely sources. Drawing on field research conducted on the Zambian Copperbelt, this article explores how public conversations concerning differing views of reality can […]

Journal article

Cordaid’s experience with impact evaluation

18/02/2013

11 pages long

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In 2007, Cordaid started a pilot on participatory impact assessment, intended to enhance accountability and to improve learning. The methodology was based on quasi-experimental design, complemented with qualitative research. This case study illustrates the challenges INGOs and their partners face in their attempt to find a rigorous yet, relevant, useful, and socially acceptable methodology for […]

Education resource

Go Bananas: Help learners aged 7-11 discover where their food comes from

06/02/2017

14 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

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Updated with new facts, photographs and stories, this cross-curricular resource will help learners aged 7-11 to discover where their food comes from. Learners can gain a vivid insight into the banana supply chain and research the countries where bananas are grown. They will get to grips with Fairtrade and think critically about the enormous impact […]

Journal article

Starting again in rural West China: stories of rural women across generations

01/11/2009

11 pages long

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Starting again in rural West China: stories of rural women across generations

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Rural China is being remade in the wake of a massive exodus of young people to work in the cities and coastal areas. The core rural population is now middle-aged, and is caring for both parents and grandchildren. In this process, women and men are creating new patterns of kinship and social ties across distance […]

Briefing note

Improving Global Governance through Engagement with Civil Society: The case of BRICS

31/03/2016

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This paper presents a set of recommendations to increase the effectiveness of global governance forums by incorporating the experience, views and expertise of civil society. These recommendations are based on a research study, commissioned by Oxfam GB in Russia, which documented and analysed the experience of the Civil BRICS Forum 2015 and the views of […]

Research report

How Decent is Decent Work? Using SenseMaker to understand workers’ experiences

31/05/2018

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Decent work for all is a shared global concern. It is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 8, ‘to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030’. Countless initiatives by companies, governments, CSOs and global aid agencies are dedicated to making this happen. These efforts are labelled as ‘decent […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Safe motherhood in the time of AIDS: the illusion of reproductive ‘choice’

01/07/2001

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Safe motherhood in the time of AIDS: the illusion of reproductive ‘choice’

Keywords

Overview

Using data from research in Zambia, and drawing on the broader literature on HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and gender, this paper examines the difficulties faced by women who wish – or are pressured – to have children, but at the same time want to protect themselves and their children against HIV infection. This article is hosted […]

Journal article

Urban children’s work during and after the 1998 floods in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The 1998 floods, which inundated much of Bangladesh, had a major effect on the lives and work of urban slum children. Lack of work opportunities, and beliefs about appropriate roles for young children, meant that the floods did not lead to great increases in workforce entry and in some cases led to a reduction in […]

Journal article

Implementing ILO child labour convention 182: lessons from the gold-mining sector in Burkina Faso

01/02/2005

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the implementation of Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the mining sector in Burkina Faso. It highlights key lessons from a project funded by DFID and Save the Children UK and implemented by COBUFADE, a Burkinabe NGO. Children were found to be important and capable actors in the […]

Research report

An Invisible Crisis? Women’s poverty and social exclusion in the European Union at a time of recession – A GenderWorks paper

24/03/2010

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

All over the world, women remain poor in relation to men. This also is true in every member state of the European Union. The persistence of poverty in such a rich region of the world is shocking, even before the impact of recession has been considered.In October 2009, Oxfam and the European Women’s Lobby, commissioned […]

Journal article

Insights from Zambian miners for rethinking development policy and the environment

01/06/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The world is at a critical point as humanity contemplates how its own activity is contributing to changes in the earth and atmosphere. Formidable challenges require raising fundamental questions and learning from unlikely sources. Drawing on field research conducted on the Zambian Copperbelt, this article explores how public conversations concerning differing views of reality can […]

Journal article

Cordaid’s experience with impact evaluation

18/02/2013

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In 2007, Cordaid started a pilot on participatory impact assessment, intended to enhance accountability and to improve learning. The methodology was based on quasi-experimental design, complemented with qualitative research. This case study illustrates the challenges INGOs and their partners face in their attempt to find a rigorous yet, relevant, useful, and socially acceptable methodology for […]

Education resource

Go Bananas: Help learners aged 7-11 discover where their food comes from

06/02/2017

14 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

Keywords

Overview

Updated with new facts, photographs and stories, this cross-curricular resource will help learners aged 7-11 to discover where their food comes from. Learners can gain a vivid insight into the banana supply chain and research the countries where bananas are grown. They will get to grips with Fairtrade and think critically about the enormous impact […]

Journal article

Starting again in rural West China: stories of rural women across generations

01/11/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Starting again in rural West China: stories of rural women across generations

Keywords

Overview

Rural China is being remade in the wake of a massive exodus of young people to work in the cities and coastal areas. The core rural population is now middle-aged, and is caring for both parents and grandchildren. In this process, women and men are creating new patterns of kinship and social ties across distance […]

Briefing note

Improving Global Governance through Engagement with Civil Society: The case of BRICS

31/03/2016

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper presents a set of recommendations to increase the effectiveness of global governance forums by incorporating the experience, views and expertise of civil society. These recommendations are based on a research study, commissioned by Oxfam GB in Russia, which documented and analysed the experience of the Civil BRICS Forum 2015 and the views of […]

Research report

How Decent is Decent Work? Using SenseMaker to understand workers’ experiences

31/05/2018

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Decent work for all is a shared global concern. It is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 8, ‘to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030’. Countless initiatives by companies, governments, CSOs and global aid agencies are dedicated to making this happen. These efforts are labelled as ‘decent […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Safe motherhood in the time of AIDS: the illusion of reproductive ‘choice’

01/07/2001

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Safe motherhood in the time of AIDS: the illusion of reproductive ‘choice’

Keywords

Overview

Using data from research in Zambia, and drawing on the broader literature on HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and gender, this paper examines the difficulties faced by women who wish – or are pressured – to have children, but at the same time want to protect themselves and their children against HIV infection. This article is hosted […]

Journal article

Urban children’s work during and after the 1998 floods in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The 1998 floods, which inundated much of Bangladesh, had a major effect on the lives and work of urban slum children. Lack of work opportunities, and beliefs about appropriate roles for young children, meant that the floods did not lead to great increases in workforce entry and in some cases led to a reduction in […]

Journal article

Implementing ILO child labour convention 182: lessons from the gold-mining sector in Burkina Faso

01/02/2005

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the implementation of Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the mining sector in Burkina Faso. It highlights key lessons from a project funded by DFID and Save the Children UK and implemented by COBUFADE, a Burkinabe NGO. Children were found to be important and capable actors in the […]

Research report

An Invisible Crisis? Women’s poverty and social exclusion in the European Union at a time of recession – A GenderWorks paper

24/03/2010

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

All over the world, women remain poor in relation to men. This also is true in every member state of the European Union. The persistence of poverty in such a rich region of the world is shocking, even before the impact of recession has been considered.In October 2009, Oxfam and the European Women’s Lobby, commissioned […]

Journal article

Insights from Zambian miners for rethinking development policy and the environment

01/06/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The world is at a critical point as humanity contemplates how its own activity is contributing to changes in the earth and atmosphere. Formidable challenges require raising fundamental questions and learning from unlikely sources. Drawing on field research conducted on the Zambian Copperbelt, this article explores how public conversations concerning differing views of reality can […]

Journal article

Cordaid’s experience with impact evaluation

18/02/2013

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In 2007, Cordaid started a pilot on participatory impact assessment, intended to enhance accountability and to improve learning. The methodology was based on quasi-experimental design, complemented with qualitative research. This case study illustrates the challenges INGOs and their partners face in their attempt to find a rigorous yet, relevant, useful, and socially acceptable methodology for […]

Education resource

Go Bananas: Help learners aged 7-11 discover where their food comes from

06/02/2017

14 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

Keywords

Overview

Updated with new facts, photographs and stories, this cross-curricular resource will help learners aged 7-11 to discover where their food comes from. Learners can gain a vivid insight into the banana supply chain and research the countries where bananas are grown. They will get to grips with Fairtrade and think critically about the enormous impact […]

Journal article

Starting again in rural West China: stories of rural women across generations

01/11/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Starting again in rural West China: stories of rural women across generations

Keywords

Overview

Rural China is being remade in the wake of a massive exodus of young people to work in the cities and coastal areas. The core rural population is now middle-aged, and is caring for both parents and grandchildren. In this process, women and men are creating new patterns of kinship and social ties across distance […]

Briefing note

Improving Global Governance through Engagement with Civil Society: The case of BRICS

31/03/2016

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper presents a set of recommendations to increase the effectiveness of global governance forums by incorporating the experience, views and expertise of civil society. These recommendations are based on a research study, commissioned by Oxfam GB in Russia, which documented and analysed the experience of the Civil BRICS Forum 2015 and the views of […]

Research report

How Decent is Decent Work? Using SenseMaker to understand workers’ experiences

31/05/2018

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Decent work for all is a shared global concern. It is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 8, ‘to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030’. Countless initiatives by companies, governments, CSOs and global aid agencies are dedicated to making this happen. These efforts are labelled as ‘decent […]