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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

11/07/2019

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terrain, short of space and with high population density. All these factors present numerous challenges to agencies seeking to provide latrines, water points, and bathing facilities. Feedback gathered from women and girls highlighted significant […]

Journal article

Leveraging blockchain technology in humanitarian settings – opportunities and risks for women and girls

11/07/2019

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Leveraging blockchain technology in humanitarian settings – opportunities and risks for women and girls

Keywords

Overview

There is an increasing acknowledgement among policymakers and private-sector partners that we cannot overcome the challenges of our time without harnessing the potential of emerging technologies. As blockchain technology is rapidly being introduced to support work across a wide number of areas of humanitarian action, this article considers its potential impact on women and girls. […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Farmers in Tajikistan: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Tajikistan

06/12/2019

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Briefing note

Born to Lead: Recommendations on increasing women’s participation in South Sudan’s peace processes

30/01/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have been championing inclusive peace and demanding their meaningful participation at all levels of decision making. However, women continue to confront obstacles to maintaining and increasing space to contribute – particularly in formal decision-making arenas. This brief analyses the modalities of women’s participation and influence in South Sudan’s peace processes that culminated […]

Case study

Strengthening Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan

24/11/2020

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Strengthening Women’s Political participation initiative built on a long struggle for women’s rights in Pakistan. Raising Her Voice (RHV) was one of the first global campaigns to address both invisible and visible structural causes of gender injustice. It sought to challenge social norms, empower women, increase their political participation and change government policy. In […]

Research report

“Do Our Voices Matter?”: An analysis of women civil society representatives’ meaningful participation at the UN Security Council

17/12/2020

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Peace is made at home, in the streets, in our communities – and on the world stage. In all these spaces, women in all their diversity work to forge the conditions that make peace possible. Perhaps nowhere is this clearer than in conflict-affected countries, where diverse women’s organizations draw attention to human rights violations happening […]

Research report

Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Agriculture in Ethiopia

29/12/2021

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The gender division of labor in Ethiopia hinders women smallholders’ efforts to improve productivity to close the gap with men’s farms. There is substantial evidence that where women have access to the same inputs and training as men, they can close that gap. The government’s national development plan identifies agriculture as the main driver of […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

07/12/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

Keywords

Overview

This paper aims to understand how women’s work tends to be particularly affected by the new wave of Industry 4.0 technologies in Brazil and how public policies could actuate to reduce work gender inequalities throughout this process. We examine the 20 largest occupations for women and cross-check with estimates of automation for the Brazilian labour […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

11/07/2019

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terrain, short of space and with high population density. All these factors present numerous challenges to agencies seeking to provide latrines, water points, and bathing facilities. Feedback gathered from women and girls highlighted significant […]

Journal article

Leveraging blockchain technology in humanitarian settings – opportunities and risks for women and girls

11/07/2019

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Leveraging blockchain technology in humanitarian settings – opportunities and risks for women and girls

Keywords

Overview

There is an increasing acknowledgement among policymakers and private-sector partners that we cannot overcome the challenges of our time without harnessing the potential of emerging technologies. As blockchain technology is rapidly being introduced to support work across a wide number of areas of humanitarian action, this article considers its potential impact on women and girls. […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Farmers in Tajikistan: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Tajikistan

06/12/2019

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Briefing note

Born to Lead: Recommendations on increasing women’s participation in South Sudan’s peace processes

30/01/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have been championing inclusive peace and demanding their meaningful participation at all levels of decision making. However, women continue to confront obstacles to maintaining and increasing space to contribute – particularly in formal decision-making arenas. This brief analyses the modalities of women’s participation and influence in South Sudan’s peace processes that culminated […]

Case study

Strengthening Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan

24/11/2020

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Strengthening Women’s Political participation initiative built on a long struggle for women’s rights in Pakistan. Raising Her Voice (RHV) was one of the first global campaigns to address both invisible and visible structural causes of gender injustice. It sought to challenge social norms, empower women, increase their political participation and change government policy. In […]

Research report

“Do Our Voices Matter?”: An analysis of women civil society representatives’ meaningful participation at the UN Security Council

17/12/2020

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Peace is made at home, in the streets, in our communities – and on the world stage. In all these spaces, women in all their diversity work to forge the conditions that make peace possible. Perhaps nowhere is this clearer than in conflict-affected countries, where diverse women’s organizations draw attention to human rights violations happening […]

Research report

Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Agriculture in Ethiopia

29/12/2021

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The gender division of labor in Ethiopia hinders women smallholders’ efforts to improve productivity to close the gap with men’s farms. There is substantial evidence that where women have access to the same inputs and training as men, they can close that gap. The government’s national development plan identifies agriculture as the main driver of […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

07/12/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

Keywords

Overview

This paper aims to understand how women’s work tends to be particularly affected by the new wave of Industry 4.0 technologies in Brazil and how public policies could actuate to reduce work gender inequalities throughout this process. We examine the 20 largest occupations for women and cross-check with estimates of automation for the Brazilian labour […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

11/07/2019

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Social and feminist design in emergency contexts: the Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terrain, short of space and with high population density. All these factors present numerous challenges to agencies seeking to provide latrines, water points, and bathing facilities. Feedback gathered from women and girls highlighted significant […]

Journal article

Leveraging blockchain technology in humanitarian settings – opportunities and risks for women and girls

11/07/2019

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Leveraging blockchain technology in humanitarian settings – opportunities and risks for women and girls

Keywords

Overview

There is an increasing acknowledgement among policymakers and private-sector partners that we cannot overcome the challenges of our time without harnessing the potential of emerging technologies. As blockchain technology is rapidly being introduced to support work across a wide number of areas of humanitarian action, this article considers its potential impact on women and girls. […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Farmers in Tajikistan: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Tajikistan

06/12/2019

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Briefing note

Born to Lead: Recommendations on increasing women’s participation in South Sudan’s peace processes

30/01/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have been championing inclusive peace and demanding their meaningful participation at all levels of decision making. However, women continue to confront obstacles to maintaining and increasing space to contribute – particularly in formal decision-making arenas. This brief analyses the modalities of women’s participation and influence in South Sudan’s peace processes that culminated […]

Case study

Strengthening Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan

24/11/2020

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Strengthening Women’s Political participation initiative built on a long struggle for women’s rights in Pakistan. Raising Her Voice (RHV) was one of the first global campaigns to address both invisible and visible structural causes of gender injustice. It sought to challenge social norms, empower women, increase their political participation and change government policy. In […]

Research report

“Do Our Voices Matter?”: An analysis of women civil society representatives’ meaningful participation at the UN Security Council

17/12/2020

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Peace is made at home, in the streets, in our communities – and on the world stage. In all these spaces, women in all their diversity work to forge the conditions that make peace possible. Perhaps nowhere is this clearer than in conflict-affected countries, where diverse women’s organizations draw attention to human rights violations happening […]

Research report

Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Agriculture in Ethiopia

29/12/2021

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The gender division of labor in Ethiopia hinders women smallholders’ efforts to improve productivity to close the gap with men’s farms. There is substantial evidence that where women have access to the same inputs and training as men, they can close that gap. The government’s national development plan identifies agriculture as the main driver of […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

07/12/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

Keywords

Overview

This paper aims to understand how women’s work tends to be particularly affected by the new wave of Industry 4.0 technologies in Brazil and how public policies could actuate to reduce work gender inequalities throughout this process. We examine the 20 largest occupations for women and cross-check with estimates of automation for the Brazilian labour […]