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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. […]

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Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

01/07/2003

10 pages long

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Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

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This article explores the connections between poverty and the early marriage of girls. These links are rarely acknowledged in development research, policy and practice, despite the fact that in parts of sub- Saharan Africa, where women form the majority of the poor, it is estimated that over 60 per cent of girls under 19 are […]

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TRIPS and biodiversity: a gender perspective

01/07/2004

8 pages long

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TRIPS and biodiversity: a gender perspective

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Gene Campaign is a movement involving organisations across Asia, working towards food and livelihood security for rural and tribal communities. It is deeply concerned about the negative impacts of privatisation on genetic resources through patenting and intellectual property rights. Biological resources are the mainstay of the livelihoods and local economies of communities in developing countries. […]

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Sustaining peace, re-building livelihoods: the Gujarat harmony project

01/11/2004

9 pages long

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Sustaining peace, re-building livelihoods: the Gujarat harmony project

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In February 2002, a burning train carriage set off some of the worst communal riots in the prosperous state of Gujarat that post-Independence India has ever witnessed. Civil society remained largely silent, partly out of fear, and institutional response was limited. This paper describes how the Gujarat Harmony Project is attempting to reconcile Hindu and […]

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Advocacy training by the international community of women living with HIV/AIDS

01/11/2005

10 pages long

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Advocacy training by the international community of women living with HIV/AIDS

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The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS joined forces with the POLICY project with the aim of developing an advocacy agenda on sexual and reproductive health rights, and access to care, treatment, and support for women living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Swaziland. The process began with an assessment of the concerns and […]

Showing 436 matching results from Policy & Practice

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

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

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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

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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 […]

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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

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

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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. […]

Journal article

Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

01/07/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the connections between poverty and the early marriage of girls. These links are rarely acknowledged in development research, policy and practice, despite the fact that in parts of sub- Saharan Africa, where women form the majority of the poor, it is estimated that over 60 per cent of girls under 19 are […]

Journal article

TRIPS and biodiversity: a gender perspective

01/07/2004

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

TRIPS and biodiversity: a gender perspective

Keywords

Overview

Gene Campaign is a movement involving organisations across Asia, working towards food and livelihood security for rural and tribal communities. It is deeply concerned about the negative impacts of privatisation on genetic resources through patenting and intellectual property rights. Biological resources are the mainstay of the livelihoods and local economies of communities in developing countries. […]

Journal article

Sustaining peace, re-building livelihoods: the Gujarat harmony project

01/11/2004

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustaining peace, re-building livelihoods: the Gujarat harmony project

Keywords

Overview

In February 2002, a burning train carriage set off some of the worst communal riots in the prosperous state of Gujarat that post-Independence India has ever witnessed. Civil society remained largely silent, partly out of fear, and institutional response was limited. This paper describes how the Gujarat Harmony Project is attempting to reconcile Hindu and […]

Journal article

Advocacy training by the international community of women living with HIV/AIDS

01/11/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Advocacy training by the international community of women living with HIV/AIDS

Keywords

Overview

The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS joined forces with the POLICY project with the aim of developing an advocacy agenda on sexual and reproductive health rights, and access to care, treatment, and support for women living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Swaziland. The process began with an assessment of the concerns and […]

Showing 436 matching results from Policy & Practice

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. […]

Journal article

Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

01/07/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the connections between poverty and the early marriage of girls. These links are rarely acknowledged in development research, policy and practice, despite the fact that in parts of sub- Saharan Africa, where women form the majority of the poor, it is estimated that over 60 per cent of girls under 19 are […]

Journal article

TRIPS and biodiversity: a gender perspective

01/07/2004

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

TRIPS and biodiversity: a gender perspective

Keywords

Overview

Gene Campaign is a movement involving organisations across Asia, working towards food and livelihood security for rural and tribal communities. It is deeply concerned about the negative impacts of privatisation on genetic resources through patenting and intellectual property rights. Biological resources are the mainstay of the livelihoods and local economies of communities in developing countries. […]

Journal article

Sustaining peace, re-building livelihoods: the Gujarat harmony project

01/11/2004

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustaining peace, re-building livelihoods: the Gujarat harmony project

Keywords

Overview

In February 2002, a burning train carriage set off some of the worst communal riots in the prosperous state of Gujarat that post-Independence India has ever witnessed. Civil society remained largely silent, partly out of fear, and institutional response was limited. This paper describes how the Gujarat Harmony Project is attempting to reconcile Hindu and […]

Journal article

Advocacy training by the international community of women living with HIV/AIDS

01/11/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Advocacy training by the international community of women living with HIV/AIDS

Keywords

Overview

The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS joined forces with the POLICY project with the aim of developing an advocacy agenda on sexual and reproductive health rights, and access to care, treatment, and support for women living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Swaziland. The process began with an assessment of the concerns and […]