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Introduction

01/06/1994

3 pages long

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Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150,000 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

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Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

01/06/1994

6 pages long

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Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

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The authors make their case for safe, legal, accessible, affordable abortion, as one part of reproductive health services that make all the choices, and information, available to women. Abortion is, they argue, about women’s rights and empowerment, and would reduce incidences of poor health and maternal mortality. Among the arguments are poor availability and reliability […]

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From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

01/06/1994

7 pages long

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From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

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Development programmes are shifting from family planning and maternal and child health programmes to reproductive health care. Increasing numbers of NGOs are adopting this approach, and its positive effects are set to continue into the future. Policy recommendations from the 1994 Cairo conference are set in the broader context of gender equity and development. Mosses’ […]

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Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

01/02/1995

6 pages long

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Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

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Those seeking gender equality must take care when challenging harmful cultural practices not to damage practices that are neutral or constructive for women. This article suggests ways to do this. Local cultural contexts must always be understood, and ways sought to empower women long term, particularly by changing patriarchal attitudes. Local women’s groups can achieve […]

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Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

01/10/1995

5 pages long

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Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

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Susan Cueva is a member of Lingap (‘to care’), a grassroots organisation of Filipina migrants to the UK. Migration for work, either to a different region or to another country, is a transition faced by increasing numbers of women and men throughout the world. Currently, an estimated 1.5 million Filipina women are migrant workers overseas. […]

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Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

01/11/2000

8 pages long

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Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

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At the close of the millennium, there is a wave of invigorating air sweeping across the African continent. The refreshing breeze can be felt in the form of women smashing the gendered ‘glass ceiling’ in a bid to overcome the cultural and structural barriers that impede their political careers. In this short article, I examine […]

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Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

01/07/2002

6 pages long

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Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

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This paper argues that the ability of women to adapt to climate change pressures will be enhanced by using the ‘capabilities approach’ to direct development efforts. By using this approach, women will improve their well-being, and act more readily as agents of change within their communities. This argument is supported by previous research on gender […]

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Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

01/11/2002

8 pages long

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Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

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This article examines how poverty and inequality increase girls’ vulnerability to HIV, and affect the ability of older women to care for AIDS sufferers. It outlines the responses of health providers and development organisations to the crisis, and recommends that gender and age analysis be integrated into health and development policy and practice. This article […]

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If I were Minister of Finance…: gaining understanding of financial crisis through a simulation workshop

01/05/2003

7 pages long

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If I were Minister of Finance…: gaining understanding of financial crisis through a simulation workshop

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Financial crises (also known as debt crises, currency crises or balance of payments crises) have become endemic in the modern world. The countries at greatest risk have been developing countries. This article discusses a workshop, ‘If I were Minister of Finance…’, which we ran at the Association for Women in Development (AWID) conference in Guadalajara […]

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Negotiating violence and non-violence in Cambodian marriages

01/07/2003

12 pages long

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Negotiating violence and non-violence in Cambodian marriages

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Domestic violence is a pressing issue in Cambodia. Combating it requires an understanding of the social meanings behind it. As such, policy makers and planners need to start from a careful picture of the cultural terrain upon which this violence is played out. This will equip them to recognise potential points of entry for interventions. […]

Showing 436 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Introduction

01/06/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150,000 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

Journal article

Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

01/06/1994

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

Keywords

Overview

The authors make their case for safe, legal, accessible, affordable abortion, as one part of reproductive health services that make all the choices, and information, available to women. Abortion is, they argue, about women’s rights and empowerment, and would reduce incidences of poor health and maternal mortality. Among the arguments are poor availability and reliability […]

Journal article

From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

01/06/1994

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

Keywords

Overview

Development programmes are shifting from family planning and maternal and child health programmes to reproductive health care. Increasing numbers of NGOs are adopting this approach, and its positive effects are set to continue into the future. Policy recommendations from the 1994 Cairo conference are set in the broader context of gender equity and development. Mosses’ […]

Journal article

Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

01/02/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

Keywords

Overview

Those seeking gender equality must take care when challenging harmful cultural practices not to damage practices that are neutral or constructive for women. This article suggests ways to do this. Local cultural contexts must always be understood, and ways sought to empower women long term, particularly by changing patriarchal attitudes. Local women’s groups can achieve […]

Journal article

Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

01/10/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

Keywords

Overview

Susan Cueva is a member of Lingap (‘to care’), a grassroots organisation of Filipina migrants to the UK. Migration for work, either to a different region or to another country, is a transition faced by increasing numbers of women and men throughout the world. Currently, an estimated 1.5 million Filipina women are migrant workers overseas. […]

Journal article

Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

01/11/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

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Overview

At the close of the millennium, there is a wave of invigorating air sweeping across the African continent. The refreshing breeze can be felt in the form of women smashing the gendered ‘glass ceiling’ in a bid to overcome the cultural and structural barriers that impede their political careers. In this short article, I examine […]

Journal article

Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

01/07/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

Keywords

Overview

This paper argues that the ability of women to adapt to climate change pressures will be enhanced by using the ‘capabilities approach’ to direct development efforts. By using this approach, women will improve their well-being, and act more readily as agents of change within their communities. This argument is supported by previous research on gender […]

Journal article

Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

01/11/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

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Overview

This article examines how poverty and inequality increase girls’ vulnerability to HIV, and affect the ability of older women to care for AIDS sufferers. It outlines the responses of health providers and development organisations to the crisis, and recommends that gender and age analysis be integrated into health and development policy and practice. This article […]

Journal article

If I were Minister of Finance…: gaining understanding of financial crisis through a simulation workshop

01/05/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

If I were Minister of Finance…: gaining understanding of financial crisis through a simulation workshop

Keywords

Overview

Financial crises (also known as debt crises, currency crises or balance of payments crises) have become endemic in the modern world. The countries at greatest risk have been developing countries. This article discusses a workshop, ‘If I were Minister of Finance…’, which we ran at the Association for Women in Development (AWID) conference in Guadalajara […]

Journal article

Negotiating violence and non-violence in Cambodian marriages

01/07/2003

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Negotiating violence and non-violence in Cambodian marriages

Keywords

Overview

Domestic violence is a pressing issue in Cambodia. Combating it requires an understanding of the social meanings behind it. As such, policy makers and planners need to start from a careful picture of the cultural terrain upon which this violence is played out. This will equip them to recognise potential points of entry for interventions. […]

Showing 436 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Introduction

01/06/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150,000 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

Journal article

Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

01/06/1994

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

Keywords

Overview

The authors make their case for safe, legal, accessible, affordable abortion, as one part of reproductive health services that make all the choices, and information, available to women. Abortion is, they argue, about women’s rights and empowerment, and would reduce incidences of poor health and maternal mortality. Among the arguments are poor availability and reliability […]

Journal article

From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

01/06/1994

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

Keywords

Overview

Development programmes are shifting from family planning and maternal and child health programmes to reproductive health care. Increasing numbers of NGOs are adopting this approach, and its positive effects are set to continue into the future. Policy recommendations from the 1994 Cairo conference are set in the broader context of gender equity and development. Mosses’ […]

Journal article

Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

01/02/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

Keywords

Overview

Those seeking gender equality must take care when challenging harmful cultural practices not to damage practices that are neutral or constructive for women. This article suggests ways to do this. Local cultural contexts must always be understood, and ways sought to empower women long term, particularly by changing patriarchal attitudes. Local women’s groups can achieve […]

Journal article

Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

01/10/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

Keywords

Overview

Susan Cueva is a member of Lingap (‘to care’), a grassroots organisation of Filipina migrants to the UK. Migration for work, either to a different region or to another country, is a transition faced by increasing numbers of women and men throughout the world. Currently, an estimated 1.5 million Filipina women are migrant workers overseas. […]

Journal article

Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

01/11/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

Keywords

Overview

At the close of the millennium, there is a wave of invigorating air sweeping across the African continent. The refreshing breeze can be felt in the form of women smashing the gendered ‘glass ceiling’ in a bid to overcome the cultural and structural barriers that impede their political careers. In this short article, I examine […]

Journal article

Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

01/07/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

Keywords

Overview

This paper argues that the ability of women to adapt to climate change pressures will be enhanced by using the ‘capabilities approach’ to direct development efforts. By using this approach, women will improve their well-being, and act more readily as agents of change within their communities. This argument is supported by previous research on gender […]

Journal article

Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

01/11/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

Keywords

Overview

This article examines how poverty and inequality increase girls’ vulnerability to HIV, and affect the ability of older women to care for AIDS sufferers. It outlines the responses of health providers and development organisations to the crisis, and recommends that gender and age analysis be integrated into health and development policy and practice. This article […]

Journal article

If I were Minister of Finance…: gaining understanding of financial crisis through a simulation workshop

01/05/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

If I were Minister of Finance…: gaining understanding of financial crisis through a simulation workshop

Keywords

Overview

Financial crises (also known as debt crises, currency crises or balance of payments crises) have become endemic in the modern world. The countries at greatest risk have been developing countries. This article discusses a workshop, ‘If I were Minister of Finance…’, which we ran at the Association for Women in Development (AWID) conference in Guadalajara […]

Journal article

Negotiating violence and non-violence in Cambodian marriages

01/07/2003

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Negotiating violence and non-violence in Cambodian marriages

Keywords

Overview

Domestic violence is a pressing issue in Cambodia. Combating it requires an understanding of the social meanings behind it. As such, policy makers and planners need to start from a careful picture of the cultural terrain upon which this violence is played out. This will equip them to recognise potential points of entry for interventions. […]