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COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

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COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

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From participation to power – Pacific approaches to women’s economic empowerment

31/08/2022

24 pages long

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From participation to power – Pacific approaches to women’s economic empowerment

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Pacific women’s unique economic experiences are under-represented in Pacific development initiatives. Economic empowerment initiatives typically focus on economic participation, without consideration for women’s household labour and the unequal social and economic dynamics within their homes and communities. Within the context of COVID-19, these inequalities have become more pronounced and the need to address them more […]

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Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

31/08/2022

16 pages long

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Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

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In South Korea, the state has played a minimal role in social provisioning, and as such, care provisions have been dependent on women's unpaid labour. Women's unpaid labour, especially in terms of voluntary activities, has played an important role in the sustenance of the community. However, women's voluntary work is often devalued as a free […]

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Breaking new ground: women’s employment in India’s NREGA, the pandemic lifeline

31/08/2022

31 pages long

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Breaking new ground: women’s employment in India’s NREGA, the pandemic lifeline

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Overview

India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), in the last 15 years, has evolved as the world’s largest employer of the last resort. This social protection, specifically designed as a demand-driven automatic employment stabiliser to enable households to cope with livelihood shocks, offers 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to all […]

Evaluation report

Oxfam Bangladesh Economic Justice and Resilience Pillar: Integrated impact evaluation report

17/11/2022

1 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Economic Justice and Resilience Pillar of the Oxfam Bangladesh Country Strategy 2016–19 was an ambitious and far-reaching portfolio of initiatives conducted across widely varying contexts and with a large cast of partners. This integrated evaluation report is the result of a rich study process that captured this ambitious complexity through a careful sequencing of […]

Journal article

Navigating the digital informal economy during the COVID-19 pandemic: vignettes of Sri Lankan micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs

07/12/2022

19 pages long

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Navigating the digital informal economy during the COVID-19 pandemic: vignettes of Sri Lankan micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs

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Overview

Globally, women have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the impact has varied between groups of women, women in the informal sector, mainly those managing micro- and small-scale businesses, have been severely affected. Drawing on the case of urban Sri Lanka, this paper explores the challenges that women owners of micro- and small-scale […]

Journal article

Food delivery workers in Mexico City: a gender perspective on the gig economy

07/12/2022

17 pages long

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Food delivery workers in Mexico City: a gender perspective on the gig economy

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This article analyses the working conditions of women on food delivery digital platforms given that women’s experiences and gender inequality in this sector has been under-explored. Drawing on original survey and interview data on platform-based food delivery workers, we deploy an intersectional lens to explore the ways in which women, especially mothers and other caregivers, […]

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Labouring (on) the app: agency and organisation of work in the platform economy

07/12/2022

20 pages long

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Labouring (on) the app: agency and organisation of work in the platform economy

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Overview

Women have a long history of organising in the informal economy, despite facing several challenges around geographical dispersion, time poverty, and lack of recognition. These challenges persist in the platform economy which pose similar concerns around precarious irregular work. Recent literature has documented the adoption of traditional and novel strategies to resist platform exploitation, through […]

Journal article

Gendering platform co-operativism: the rise of women-owned rider co-operatives in Brazil and Spain

07/12/2022

18 pages long

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Gendering platform co-operativism: the rise of women-owned rider co-operatives in Brazil and Spain

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Overview

This article analyses the process of gendering platform co-operativism through a case study of two rider co-operatives owned and managed by women: Señoritas Courier in São Paulo, Brazil and Les Mercedes in Barcelona, Spain. While both co-operatives arose in response to similar concerns and have adopted a common approach, one is located in the global […]

Discussion paper

Price Interventions as a Part of Living Income Strategies: Lessons learned from piloting a price premium mechanism for basmati rice farmers in Pakistan

06/03/2023

1 documents

49 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Small-scale farmers produce many globally important products such as rice, cocoa, cotton and vanilla. Poverty is widespread among these farmers, and there is an urgent need to increase their incomes. A living income – what a household needs to afford a decent standard of living for all its members – is a human right. It […]

Showing 440 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keywords

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Journal article

From participation to power – Pacific approaches to women’s economic empowerment

31/08/2022

24 pages long

Free access through journal website

From participation to power – Pacific approaches to women’s economic empowerment

Keywords

Overview

Pacific women’s unique economic experiences are under-represented in Pacific development initiatives. Economic empowerment initiatives typically focus on economic participation, without consideration for women’s household labour and the unequal social and economic dynamics within their homes and communities. Within the context of COVID-19, these inequalities have become more pronounced and the need to address them more […]

Journal article

Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

31/08/2022

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

Keywords

Overview

In South Korea, the state has played a minimal role in social provisioning, and as such, care provisions have been dependent on women's unpaid labour. Women's unpaid labour, especially in terms of voluntary activities, has played an important role in the sustenance of the community. However, women's voluntary work is often devalued as a free […]

Journal article

Breaking new ground: women’s employment in India’s NREGA, the pandemic lifeline

31/08/2022

31 pages long

Free access through journal website

Breaking new ground: women’s employment in India’s NREGA, the pandemic lifeline

Keywords

Overview

India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), in the last 15 years, has evolved as the world’s largest employer of the last resort. This social protection, specifically designed as a demand-driven automatic employment stabiliser to enable households to cope with livelihood shocks, offers 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to all […]

Evaluation report

Oxfam Bangladesh Economic Justice and Resilience Pillar: Integrated impact evaluation report

17/11/2022

1 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Economic Justice and Resilience Pillar of the Oxfam Bangladesh Country Strategy 2016–19 was an ambitious and far-reaching portfolio of initiatives conducted across widely varying contexts and with a large cast of partners. This integrated evaluation report is the result of a rich study process that captured this ambitious complexity through a careful sequencing of […]

Journal article

Navigating the digital informal economy during the COVID-19 pandemic: vignettes of Sri Lankan micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs

07/12/2022

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Navigating the digital informal economy during the COVID-19 pandemic: vignettes of Sri Lankan micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs

Keywords

Overview

Globally, women have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the impact has varied between groups of women, women in the informal sector, mainly those managing micro- and small-scale businesses, have been severely affected. Drawing on the case of urban Sri Lanka, this paper explores the challenges that women owners of micro- and small-scale […]

Journal article

Food delivery workers in Mexico City: a gender perspective on the gig economy

07/12/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Food delivery workers in Mexico City: a gender perspective on the gig economy

Keywords

Overview

This article analyses the working conditions of women on food delivery digital platforms given that women’s experiences and gender inequality in this sector has been under-explored. Drawing on original survey and interview data on platform-based food delivery workers, we deploy an intersectional lens to explore the ways in which women, especially mothers and other caregivers, […]

Journal article

Labouring (on) the app: agency and organisation of work in the platform economy

07/12/2022

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Labouring (on) the app: agency and organisation of work in the platform economy

Keywords

Overview

Women have a long history of organising in the informal economy, despite facing several challenges around geographical dispersion, time poverty, and lack of recognition. These challenges persist in the platform economy which pose similar concerns around precarious irregular work. Recent literature has documented the adoption of traditional and novel strategies to resist platform exploitation, through […]

Journal article

Gendering platform co-operativism: the rise of women-owned rider co-operatives in Brazil and Spain

07/12/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendering platform co-operativism: the rise of women-owned rider co-operatives in Brazil and Spain

Keywords

Overview

This article analyses the process of gendering platform co-operativism through a case study of two rider co-operatives owned and managed by women: Señoritas Courier in São Paulo, Brazil and Les Mercedes in Barcelona, Spain. While both co-operatives arose in response to similar concerns and have adopted a common approach, one is located in the global […]

Discussion paper

Price Interventions as a Part of Living Income Strategies: Lessons learned from piloting a price premium mechanism for basmati rice farmers in Pakistan

06/03/2023

1 documents

49 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Small-scale farmers produce many globally important products such as rice, cocoa, cotton and vanilla. Poverty is widespread among these farmers, and there is an urgent need to increase their incomes. A living income – what a household needs to afford a decent standard of living for all its members – is a human right. It […]

Showing 440 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keywords

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Journal article

From participation to power – Pacific approaches to women’s economic empowerment

31/08/2022

24 pages long

Free access through journal website

From participation to power – Pacific approaches to women’s economic empowerment

Keywords

Overview

Pacific women’s unique economic experiences are under-represented in Pacific development initiatives. Economic empowerment initiatives typically focus on economic participation, without consideration for women’s household labour and the unequal social and economic dynamics within their homes and communities. Within the context of COVID-19, these inequalities have become more pronounced and the need to address them more […]

Journal article

Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

31/08/2022

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

Keywords

Overview

In South Korea, the state has played a minimal role in social provisioning, and as such, care provisions have been dependent on women's unpaid labour. Women's unpaid labour, especially in terms of voluntary activities, has played an important role in the sustenance of the community. However, women's voluntary work is often devalued as a free […]

Journal article

Breaking new ground: women’s employment in India’s NREGA, the pandemic lifeline

31/08/2022

31 pages long

Free access through journal website

Breaking new ground: women’s employment in India’s NREGA, the pandemic lifeline

Keywords

Overview

India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), in the last 15 years, has evolved as the world’s largest employer of the last resort. This social protection, specifically designed as a demand-driven automatic employment stabiliser to enable households to cope with livelihood shocks, offers 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to all […]

Evaluation report

Oxfam Bangladesh Economic Justice and Resilience Pillar: Integrated impact evaluation report

17/11/2022

1 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Economic Justice and Resilience Pillar of the Oxfam Bangladesh Country Strategy 2016–19 was an ambitious and far-reaching portfolio of initiatives conducted across widely varying contexts and with a large cast of partners. This integrated evaluation report is the result of a rich study process that captured this ambitious complexity through a careful sequencing of […]

Journal article

Navigating the digital informal economy during the COVID-19 pandemic: vignettes of Sri Lankan micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs

07/12/2022

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Navigating the digital informal economy during the COVID-19 pandemic: vignettes of Sri Lankan micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs

Keywords

Overview

Globally, women have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the impact has varied between groups of women, women in the informal sector, mainly those managing micro- and small-scale businesses, have been severely affected. Drawing on the case of urban Sri Lanka, this paper explores the challenges that women owners of micro- and small-scale […]

Journal article

Food delivery workers in Mexico City: a gender perspective on the gig economy

07/12/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Food delivery workers in Mexico City: a gender perspective on the gig economy

Keywords

Overview

This article analyses the working conditions of women on food delivery digital platforms given that women’s experiences and gender inequality in this sector has been under-explored. Drawing on original survey and interview data on platform-based food delivery workers, we deploy an intersectional lens to explore the ways in which women, especially mothers and other caregivers, […]

Journal article

Labouring (on) the app: agency and organisation of work in the platform economy

07/12/2022

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Labouring (on) the app: agency and organisation of work in the platform economy

Keywords

Overview

Women have a long history of organising in the informal economy, despite facing several challenges around geographical dispersion, time poverty, and lack of recognition. These challenges persist in the platform economy which pose similar concerns around precarious irregular work. Recent literature has documented the adoption of traditional and novel strategies to resist platform exploitation, through […]

Journal article

Gendering platform co-operativism: the rise of women-owned rider co-operatives in Brazil and Spain

07/12/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendering platform co-operativism: the rise of women-owned rider co-operatives in Brazil and Spain

Keywords

Overview

This article analyses the process of gendering platform co-operativism through a case study of two rider co-operatives owned and managed by women: Señoritas Courier in São Paulo, Brazil and Les Mercedes in Barcelona, Spain. While both co-operatives arose in response to similar concerns and have adopted a common approach, one is located in the global […]

Discussion paper

Price Interventions as a Part of Living Income Strategies: Lessons learned from piloting a price premium mechanism for basmati rice farmers in Pakistan

06/03/2023

1 documents

49 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Small-scale farmers produce many globally important products such as rice, cocoa, cotton and vanilla. Poverty is widespread among these farmers, and there is an urgent need to increase their incomes. A living income – what a household needs to afford a decent standard of living for all its members – is a human right. It […]