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Journal article

Leading learning and change from the middle: reconceptualising strategy’s purpose, content, and measures

01/08/2002

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

When implementing a transformational global vision and mission, three problems typically confront international NGOs: aligning different levels of planning and strategy; balancing global analysis and priorities against local realities; and identifying measures that both indicate progress and promote and encourage innovation. This article reports on the efforts of CARE International’s Latin America Regional Management Unit […]

Case study

Women Dairy Producers in Colombia: Women and dairy sector enterprises leverage private and public sector investment at scale

30/10/2014

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study explores a partnership between a private company foundation, Oxfam and farmer cooperatives, which combined targeted training for women, finance, a market opportunity and addressing care work, resulting in increased recognition of women as dairy farmers and demonstrating that smallholders could be commercial suppliers. The success of the project has changed government credit […]

Briefing paper

Towards Durable Solutions for Displaced Ivoirians

11/10/2011

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Six months after the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo and the end of major post-electoral conflict in Cote d’Ivoire, Oxfam International, CARE International, and the Danish Refugee Council have launched a report outlining the key remaining humanitarian and protection needs in the west of the country – the area worst affected by violence. Based on interviews […]

Research report

Shifting Narratives to Value Unpaid and Informal Work in Kenya

05/04/2024

2 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Unpaid Care and Domestic Work (UCDW) and Paid Domestic Work (PDW) are essential to societal wellbeing. However, these activities often carry negative perceptions, attitudes and beliefs when performed by men and boys. As a result, women and girls typically shoulder the primary responsibility for performing UCDW. Similarly, society often undervalues PDW by perceiving it as […]

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 […]

Briefing note

Power to the People? Reactions to the EU’s response to the Arab Spring

14/11/2011

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In response to the Arab Spring the EU has promised to shift away from business as usual to ensure that support for human rights and democracy are central to its cooperation policy with the Arab neighbourhood. Enabling civil society to function and advocate for citizen’s priorities and rights and hold governments and donors to account […]

Research report

Consolidated Gender Analysis for the Ethiopian Drought Response

16/09/2016

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is the first to be published by the project ‘Institutionalising Gender in Emergencies’, which is funded by the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) and implemented by Oxfam in Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It is a gender analysis developed in collaboration with CARE Ethiopia and combines a desk review with […]

Book

Disabled Children in a Society at War: A casebook from Bosnia

01/01/1997

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This casebook analyzes the lessons for working with disabled children learned from a programme initiated by Oxfam at the height of the civil war in Bosnia. Disabled children in Former Yugoslavia were traditionally cared for in centralized institutions which were run by State-paid ‘defectologists’. When State services began to break down under pressure of war, […]

Research report

Tourism’s Dirty Secret: The exploitation of hotel housekeepers

17/10/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Tourism is booming and generates millions of jobs for women around the world. Yet the hotel industry exemplifies the vast inequality of today’s world. The women who make hotel beds and clean hotel toilets labour long hours for meagre pay, face sexual harassment and intimidation, are exposed daily to toxic chemicals and live in fear […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Best Practice Guide: For community organisations working with sanctuary-seeking women in Wales

01/11/2011

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There are roughly 12,500 refugees and asylum seekers in Wales. Life can be extremely tough for sanctuary seeking women. Many are forced to flee their homes because they have been subjected to serious human rights abuses related to their gender, such as rape, threats of honour killing and domestic violence. This suffering is compounded, once […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Leading learning and change from the middle: reconceptualising strategy’s purpose, content, and measures

01/08/2002

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

When implementing a transformational global vision and mission, three problems typically confront international NGOs: aligning different levels of planning and strategy; balancing global analysis and priorities against local realities; and identifying measures that both indicate progress and promote and encourage innovation. This article reports on the efforts of CARE International’s Latin America Regional Management Unit […]

Case study

Women Dairy Producers in Colombia: Women and dairy sector enterprises leverage private and public sector investment at scale

30/10/2014

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study explores a partnership between a private company foundation, Oxfam and farmer cooperatives, which combined targeted training for women, finance, a market opportunity and addressing care work, resulting in increased recognition of women as dairy farmers and demonstrating that smallholders could be commercial suppliers. The success of the project has changed government credit […]

Briefing paper

Towards Durable Solutions for Displaced Ivoirians

11/10/2011

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Six months after the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo and the end of major post-electoral conflict in Cote d’Ivoire, Oxfam International, CARE International, and the Danish Refugee Council have launched a report outlining the key remaining humanitarian and protection needs in the west of the country – the area worst affected by violence. Based on interviews […]

Research report

Shifting Narratives to Value Unpaid and Informal Work in Kenya

05/04/2024

2 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Unpaid Care and Domestic Work (UCDW) and Paid Domestic Work (PDW) are essential to societal wellbeing. However, these activities often carry negative perceptions, attitudes and beliefs when performed by men and boys. As a result, women and girls typically shoulder the primary responsibility for performing UCDW. Similarly, society often undervalues PDW by perceiving it as […]

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 […]

Briefing note

Power to the People? Reactions to the EU’s response to the Arab Spring

14/11/2011

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In response to the Arab Spring the EU has promised to shift away from business as usual to ensure that support for human rights and democracy are central to its cooperation policy with the Arab neighbourhood. Enabling civil society to function and advocate for citizen’s priorities and rights and hold governments and donors to account […]

Research report

Consolidated Gender Analysis for the Ethiopian Drought Response

16/09/2016

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is the first to be published by the project ‘Institutionalising Gender in Emergencies’, which is funded by the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) and implemented by Oxfam in Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It is a gender analysis developed in collaboration with CARE Ethiopia and combines a desk review with […]

Book

Disabled Children in a Society at War: A casebook from Bosnia

01/01/1997

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This casebook analyzes the lessons for working with disabled children learned from a programme initiated by Oxfam at the height of the civil war in Bosnia. Disabled children in Former Yugoslavia were traditionally cared for in centralized institutions which were run by State-paid ‘defectologists’. When State services began to break down under pressure of war, […]

Research report

Tourism’s Dirty Secret: The exploitation of hotel housekeepers

17/10/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Tourism is booming and generates millions of jobs for women around the world. Yet the hotel industry exemplifies the vast inequality of today’s world. The women who make hotel beds and clean hotel toilets labour long hours for meagre pay, face sexual harassment and intimidation, are exposed daily to toxic chemicals and live in fear […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Best Practice Guide: For community organisations working with sanctuary-seeking women in Wales

01/11/2011

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There are roughly 12,500 refugees and asylum seekers in Wales. Life can be extremely tough for sanctuary seeking women. Many are forced to flee their homes because they have been subjected to serious human rights abuses related to their gender, such as rape, threats of honour killing and domestic violence. This suffering is compounded, once […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Leading learning and change from the middle: reconceptualising strategy’s purpose, content, and measures

01/08/2002

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

When implementing a transformational global vision and mission, three problems typically confront international NGOs: aligning different levels of planning and strategy; balancing global analysis and priorities against local realities; and identifying measures that both indicate progress and promote and encourage innovation. This article reports on the efforts of CARE International’s Latin America Regional Management Unit […]

Case study

Women Dairy Producers in Colombia: Women and dairy sector enterprises leverage private and public sector investment at scale

30/10/2014

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study explores a partnership between a private company foundation, Oxfam and farmer cooperatives, which combined targeted training for women, finance, a market opportunity and addressing care work, resulting in increased recognition of women as dairy farmers and demonstrating that smallholders could be commercial suppliers. The success of the project has changed government credit […]

Briefing paper

Towards Durable Solutions for Displaced Ivoirians

11/10/2011

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Six months after the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo and the end of major post-electoral conflict in Cote d’Ivoire, Oxfam International, CARE International, and the Danish Refugee Council have launched a report outlining the key remaining humanitarian and protection needs in the west of the country – the area worst affected by violence. Based on interviews […]

Research report

Shifting Narratives to Value Unpaid and Informal Work in Kenya

05/04/2024

2 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Unpaid Care and Domestic Work (UCDW) and Paid Domestic Work (PDW) are essential to societal wellbeing. However, these activities often carry negative perceptions, attitudes and beliefs when performed by men and boys. As a result, women and girls typically shoulder the primary responsibility for performing UCDW. Similarly, society often undervalues PDW by perceiving it as […]

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 […]

Briefing note

Power to the People? Reactions to the EU’s response to the Arab Spring

14/11/2011

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In response to the Arab Spring the EU has promised to shift away from business as usual to ensure that support for human rights and democracy are central to its cooperation policy with the Arab neighbourhood. Enabling civil society to function and advocate for citizen’s priorities and rights and hold governments and donors to account […]

Research report

Consolidated Gender Analysis for the Ethiopian Drought Response

16/09/2016

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is the first to be published by the project ‘Institutionalising Gender in Emergencies’, which is funded by the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) and implemented by Oxfam in Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It is a gender analysis developed in collaboration with CARE Ethiopia and combines a desk review with […]

Book

Disabled Children in a Society at War: A casebook from Bosnia

01/01/1997

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This casebook analyzes the lessons for working with disabled children learned from a programme initiated by Oxfam at the height of the civil war in Bosnia. Disabled children in Former Yugoslavia were traditionally cared for in centralized institutions which were run by State-paid ‘defectologists’. When State services began to break down under pressure of war, […]

Research report

Tourism’s Dirty Secret: The exploitation of hotel housekeepers

17/10/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Tourism is booming and generates millions of jobs for women around the world. Yet the hotel industry exemplifies the vast inequality of today’s world. The women who make hotel beds and clean hotel toilets labour long hours for meagre pay, face sexual harassment and intimidation, are exposed daily to toxic chemicals and live in fear […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Best Practice Guide: For community organisations working with sanctuary-seeking women in Wales

01/11/2011

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There are roughly 12,500 refugees and asylum seekers in Wales. Life can be extremely tough for sanctuary seeking women. Many are forced to flee their homes because they have been subjected to serious human rights abuses related to their gender, such as rape, threats of honour killing and domestic violence. This suffering is compounded, once […]