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Not ‘women’s burden’: how washing clothes and grinding corn became issues of social justice and development

10/11/2014

18 pages long

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Not ‘women’s burden’: how washing clothes and grinding corn became issues of social justice and development

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Women’s heavy and unequal responsibilities for care, long considered ordinary or insignificant by development workers as well as the wider public, are being reframed as issues of social justice through new methodologies for communities to analyse care work and advocate for change. Oxfam and local partners in the Philippines, Honduras, and Bangladesh are piloting two approaches. The first, Rapid […]

Journal article

What does care have to do with human rights? Analysing the impact on women’s rights and gender equality

10/11/2014

16 pages long

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What does care have to do with human rights? Analysing the impact on women’s rights and gender equality

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Unpaid care work is a critical human rights issue, as well as a major obstacle to gender equality and poverty reduction. This article draws attention to the impact of heavy, intensive, and unequal burdens of unpaid care work on the human rights of women living in poverty, and analyses the relevance of international human rights law to decisions on […]

Discussion paper

Financing Healthcare for All in India: Towards a Common Goal

29/05/2015

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This paper explores available evidence, contextualises and maps the debate in India around financing healthcare for all. While the focus is on healthcare in response to current policy debates, Oxfam India recognises the crucial importance of adopting a holistic approach to health, addressing factors such as nutrition and sanitation, and broader social determinants of health.

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Analysing care policies and practices in times of austerity and conflict: the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

31/08/2022

19 pages long

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Analysing care policies and practices in times of austerity and conflict: the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

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Overview

In fragile and conflict-affected contexts, the COVID-19 pandemic hit communities much harder than elsewhere by adding another layer of vulnerability to their already precarious circumstances. Around the world, many pandemic recovery plans were devoid of gender-sensitivity, such as lacking explicit recognition of, or introduction of, substantive steps, supporting women’s quest for improved care services. In […]

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A feminist-economics analysis of Latin American budgets show an urgent need for redistribution of income and care work

31/08/2022

9 pages long

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A feminist-economics analysis of Latin American budgets show an urgent need for redistribution of income and care work

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Overview

Analysing fiscal policy from the perspective of feminist economics means examining gender equality policies, both in terms of tax revenue and other sources of fund (indebtedness), as well as redistribution and public spending. Finding out the number of resources assigned to these policies, their macroeconomic impact, and their temporality (longevity) is extremely essential. In this […]

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Taking others in: conceptualising hosting with feminist ethics of care and mutual aid

12/02/2025

25 pages long

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Taking others in: conceptualising hosting with feminist ethics of care and mutual aid

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Overview

The practice of hosting or families taking in families displaced by conflict or disaster and providing them with shelter has a long history. Since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which affected countries both in South-East and South Asia, humanitarian agencies and donors have been intentional in adding hosting to their repertoire of short-term accommodation strategies […]

Journal article

Handle with care: engaging with faith-based organisations in development

01/02/2011

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Religious faith has always had an intense but uneasy relationship with development. Donors are currently seeking greater engagement with faith-based organisations (FBOs). This positive shift needs careful consideration. Faith can be a powerful – but flammable – fuel for change. FBOs are highly diverse and complex. Donors therefore need to handle them with understanding and […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Civil Society Development and Access to Health Care, Georgia

10/10/2010

4 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Effective Civil Society Development and Improved Access to Quality Healthcare for Poor People in Georgia’ project aimed to strengthen and broaden the existing NGO coalition ‘Future without Poverty’ and monitor ongoing health care reforms. This included reporting possible negative effects to the responsible authorities and main health service providers and pressing for improvements. This […]

Journal article

Playing broken telephone: assessing faith-inspired health care provision in Africa

01/08/2012

15 pages long

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Overview

In the literature on the religious contribution to health and development, it is commonly stated that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide from 30 to 70 per cent of all health care provision in Africa. This article tracks the sources of such statements back to the 1960s, highlighting a process of ‘broken telephone’ whereby estimates are passed […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of HIV and AIDS Prevention and Care Programme for Rural and Tribal Youth in Orissa and Rajasthan, India

01/05/2008

2 documents

153 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB, with support from the European Commission, implemented the ‘HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Programme for Rural and Tribal Youth’ in four districts of Orissa and two districts of Rajasthan, India. The programme aimed to help out-of-school rural and tribal youth, aged 13-25, access information and services regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), HIV and […]

Showing 436 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Not ‘women’s burden’: how washing clothes and grinding corn became issues of social justice and development

10/11/2014

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Not ‘women’s burden’: how washing clothes and grinding corn became issues of social justice and development

Keywords

Overview

Women’s heavy and unequal responsibilities for care, long considered ordinary or insignificant by development workers as well as the wider public, are being reframed as issues of social justice through new methodologies for communities to analyse care work and advocate for change. Oxfam and local partners in the Philippines, Honduras, and Bangladesh are piloting two approaches. The first, Rapid […]

Journal article

What does care have to do with human rights? Analysing the impact on women’s rights and gender equality

10/11/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

What does care have to do with human rights? Analysing the impact on women’s rights and gender equality

Keywords

Overview

Unpaid care work is a critical human rights issue, as well as a major obstacle to gender equality and poverty reduction. This article draws attention to the impact of heavy, intensive, and unequal burdens of unpaid care work on the human rights of women living in poverty, and analyses the relevance of international human rights law to decisions on […]

Discussion paper

Financing Healthcare for All in India: Towards a Common Goal

29/05/2015

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores available evidence, contextualises and maps the debate in India around financing healthcare for all. While the focus is on healthcare in response to current policy debates, Oxfam India recognises the crucial importance of adopting a holistic approach to health, addressing factors such as nutrition and sanitation, and broader social determinants of health.

Journal article

Analysing care policies and practices in times of austerity and conflict: the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

31/08/2022

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Analysing care policies and practices in times of austerity and conflict: the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

Keywords

Overview

In fragile and conflict-affected contexts, the COVID-19 pandemic hit communities much harder than elsewhere by adding another layer of vulnerability to their already precarious circumstances. Around the world, many pandemic recovery plans were devoid of gender-sensitivity, such as lacking explicit recognition of, or introduction of, substantive steps, supporting women’s quest for improved care services. In […]

Journal article

A feminist-economics analysis of Latin American budgets show an urgent need for redistribution of income and care work

31/08/2022

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

A feminist-economics analysis of Latin American budgets show an urgent need for redistribution of income and care work

Keywords

Overview

Analysing fiscal policy from the perspective of feminist economics means examining gender equality policies, both in terms of tax revenue and other sources of fund (indebtedness), as well as redistribution and public spending. Finding out the number of resources assigned to these policies, their macroeconomic impact, and their temporality (longevity) is extremely essential. In this […]

Journal article

Taking others in: conceptualising hosting with feminist ethics of care and mutual aid

12/02/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

Taking others in: conceptualising hosting with feminist ethics of care and mutual aid

Keywords

Overview

The practice of hosting or families taking in families displaced by conflict or disaster and providing them with shelter has a long history. Since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which affected countries both in South-East and South Asia, humanitarian agencies and donors have been intentional in adding hosting to their repertoire of short-term accommodation strategies […]

Journal article

Handle with care: engaging with faith-based organisations in development

01/02/2011

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Religious faith has always had an intense but uneasy relationship with development. Donors are currently seeking greater engagement with faith-based organisations (FBOs). This positive shift needs careful consideration. Faith can be a powerful – but flammable – fuel for change. FBOs are highly diverse and complex. Donors therefore need to handle them with understanding and […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Civil Society Development and Access to Health Care, Georgia

10/10/2010

4 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Effective Civil Society Development and Improved Access to Quality Healthcare for Poor People in Georgia’ project aimed to strengthen and broaden the existing NGO coalition ‘Future without Poverty’ and monitor ongoing health care reforms. This included reporting possible negative effects to the responsible authorities and main health service providers and pressing for improvements. This […]

Journal article

Playing broken telephone: assessing faith-inspired health care provision in Africa

01/08/2012

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In the literature on the religious contribution to health and development, it is commonly stated that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide from 30 to 70 per cent of all health care provision in Africa. This article tracks the sources of such statements back to the 1960s, highlighting a process of ‘broken telephone’ whereby estimates are passed […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of HIV and AIDS Prevention and Care Programme for Rural and Tribal Youth in Orissa and Rajasthan, India

01/05/2008

2 documents

153 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB, with support from the European Commission, implemented the ‘HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Programme for Rural and Tribal Youth’ in four districts of Orissa and two districts of Rajasthan, India. The programme aimed to help out-of-school rural and tribal youth, aged 13-25, access information and services regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), HIV and […]

Showing 436 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Not ‘women’s burden’: how washing clothes and grinding corn became issues of social justice and development

10/11/2014

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Not ‘women’s burden’: how washing clothes and grinding corn became issues of social justice and development

Keywords

Overview

Women’s heavy and unequal responsibilities for care, long considered ordinary or insignificant by development workers as well as the wider public, are being reframed as issues of social justice through new methodologies for communities to analyse care work and advocate for change. Oxfam and local partners in the Philippines, Honduras, and Bangladesh are piloting two approaches. The first, Rapid […]

Journal article

What does care have to do with human rights? Analysing the impact on women’s rights and gender equality

10/11/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

What does care have to do with human rights? Analysing the impact on women’s rights and gender equality

Keywords

Overview

Unpaid care work is a critical human rights issue, as well as a major obstacle to gender equality and poverty reduction. This article draws attention to the impact of heavy, intensive, and unequal burdens of unpaid care work on the human rights of women living in poverty, and analyses the relevance of international human rights law to decisions on […]

Discussion paper

Financing Healthcare for All in India: Towards a Common Goal

29/05/2015

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores available evidence, contextualises and maps the debate in India around financing healthcare for all. While the focus is on healthcare in response to current policy debates, Oxfam India recognises the crucial importance of adopting a holistic approach to health, addressing factors such as nutrition and sanitation, and broader social determinants of health.

Journal article

Analysing care policies and practices in times of austerity and conflict: the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

31/08/2022

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Analysing care policies and practices in times of austerity and conflict: the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

Keywords

Overview

In fragile and conflict-affected contexts, the COVID-19 pandemic hit communities much harder than elsewhere by adding another layer of vulnerability to their already precarious circumstances. Around the world, many pandemic recovery plans were devoid of gender-sensitivity, such as lacking explicit recognition of, or introduction of, substantive steps, supporting women’s quest for improved care services. In […]

Journal article

A feminist-economics analysis of Latin American budgets show an urgent need for redistribution of income and care work

31/08/2022

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

A feminist-economics analysis of Latin American budgets show an urgent need for redistribution of income and care work

Keywords

Overview

Analysing fiscal policy from the perspective of feminist economics means examining gender equality policies, both in terms of tax revenue and other sources of fund (indebtedness), as well as redistribution and public spending. Finding out the number of resources assigned to these policies, their macroeconomic impact, and their temporality (longevity) is extremely essential. In this […]

Journal article

Taking others in: conceptualising hosting with feminist ethics of care and mutual aid

12/02/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

Taking others in: conceptualising hosting with feminist ethics of care and mutual aid

Keywords

Overview

The practice of hosting or families taking in families displaced by conflict or disaster and providing them with shelter has a long history. Since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which affected countries both in South-East and South Asia, humanitarian agencies and donors have been intentional in adding hosting to their repertoire of short-term accommodation strategies […]

Journal article

Handle with care: engaging with faith-based organisations in development

01/02/2011

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Religious faith has always had an intense but uneasy relationship with development. Donors are currently seeking greater engagement with faith-based organisations (FBOs). This positive shift needs careful consideration. Faith can be a powerful – but flammable – fuel for change. FBOs are highly diverse and complex. Donors therefore need to handle them with understanding and […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Civil Society Development and Access to Health Care, Georgia

10/10/2010

4 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Effective Civil Society Development and Improved Access to Quality Healthcare for Poor People in Georgia’ project aimed to strengthen and broaden the existing NGO coalition ‘Future without Poverty’ and monitor ongoing health care reforms. This included reporting possible negative effects to the responsible authorities and main health service providers and pressing for improvements. This […]

Journal article

Playing broken telephone: assessing faith-inspired health care provision in Africa

01/08/2012

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In the literature on the religious contribution to health and development, it is commonly stated that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide from 30 to 70 per cent of all health care provision in Africa. This article tracks the sources of such statements back to the 1960s, highlighting a process of ‘broken telephone’ whereby estimates are passed […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of HIV and AIDS Prevention and Care Programme for Rural and Tribal Youth in Orissa and Rajasthan, India

01/05/2008

2 documents

153 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB, with support from the European Commission, implemented the ‘HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Programme for Rural and Tribal Youth’ in four districts of Orissa and two districts of Rajasthan, India. The programme aimed to help out-of-school rural and tribal youth, aged 13-25, access information and services regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), HIV and […]