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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Women’s Perspectives Matter: Providing an enabling environment for women to be heard in the workplace

20/12/2020

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This briefing aims to share the insights Oxfam gained from interviews conducted with 26 experts in December 2019, on the subject of what works for women to represent themselves effectively. It outlines practical steps that companies can take to enable women to be heard in the workplace and fulfil their potential. The coronavirus pandemic has […]

Journal article

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

23/03/2021

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

Keywords

Overview

Old age often marks a period of changed socioeconomic position and physical infirmity. Older adults make up a large and complex population sub-group where several identities and characteristics coalesce to create intersectional experiences. Visual impairment can be prevented or cured to a large extent. Globally, women’s access to eye care is lower than that for […]

Journal article

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

14/03/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

Keywords

Overview

The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that […]

Journal article

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

01/11/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Development organisations aiming to end violence against women, and to promote women’s empowerment in societies such as Nepal, need to pay attention to the question of women’s citizenship, and its links to empowerment and independence. In Nepal, citizenship rights are still accorded to women through male relatives, rather than in their own right. Many women […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in the Philippines: Impact evaluation of the ‘BASIC START’ project

24/02/2021

3 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2018/19 on women’s empowerment. The BASIC START (Building Autonomous and Stable Institutions and Communities through Socially Cohesive, Transparent, Accountable and Responsive Transition) in the Bangsamoro' project was carried out in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines between April 2015 and August […]

Journal article

Women’s declaration on population policies

01/05/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s declaration on population policies

Keywords

Overview

In September 1992, women’s health advocates representing women’s networks in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Western Europe met to discuss how women’s voices might best be heard during preparations for the 1994 Conference on Population and Development and in the conference itself. The group suggested that a strong positive statement from […]

Research report

Women, Law and Empowerment: Exploring how legal and policy change in Myanmar have impacted rural women’s empowerment and livelihoods in Kachin

23/11/2020

1 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research was carried out in three townships in Kachin State, Myanmar. In those communities, farmland titling, supported under the Farmland Law of 2012, is an essential step in legally securing individual land rights for farmers and enabling access to cheap government loans for agricultural production. This law was the main identifiable legislation, with related […]

Journal article

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

Keywords

Overview

In wealthy countries such as the United States, new genetic and reproductive technologies, including human reproductive cloning, are being developed. To date, the short- and long- term consequences for women of human reproductive cloning have remained largely unexamined. This article analyses ten common misconceptions about new genetic technologies, especially human reproductive cloning, and shows that […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Journal article

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

24/06/2020

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

Keywords

Overview

Italy, as well as other United Nations Member States, took up the global call to end all forms of violence against women and girls (VAW) embraced in the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Through this contribution, we aim to explore the tensions and synergies between the agendas of local women’s rights movement(s) and […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Women’s Perspectives Matter: Providing an enabling environment for women to be heard in the workplace

20/12/2020

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This briefing aims to share the insights Oxfam gained from interviews conducted with 26 experts in December 2019, on the subject of what works for women to represent themselves effectively. It outlines practical steps that companies can take to enable women to be heard in the workplace and fulfil their potential. The coronavirus pandemic has […]

Journal article

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

23/03/2021

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

Keywords

Overview

Old age often marks a period of changed socioeconomic position and physical infirmity. Older adults make up a large and complex population sub-group where several identities and characteristics coalesce to create intersectional experiences. Visual impairment can be prevented or cured to a large extent. Globally, women’s access to eye care is lower than that for […]

Journal article

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

14/03/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

Keywords

Overview

The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that […]

Journal article

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

01/11/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Development organisations aiming to end violence against women, and to promote women’s empowerment in societies such as Nepal, need to pay attention to the question of women’s citizenship, and its links to empowerment and independence. In Nepal, citizenship rights are still accorded to women through male relatives, rather than in their own right. Many women […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in the Philippines: Impact evaluation of the ‘BASIC START’ project

24/02/2021

3 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2018/19 on women’s empowerment. The BASIC START (Building Autonomous and Stable Institutions and Communities through Socially Cohesive, Transparent, Accountable and Responsive Transition) in the Bangsamoro' project was carried out in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines between April 2015 and August […]

Journal article

Women’s declaration on population policies

01/05/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s declaration on population policies

Keywords

Overview

In September 1992, women’s health advocates representing women’s networks in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Western Europe met to discuss how women’s voices might best be heard during preparations for the 1994 Conference on Population and Development and in the conference itself. The group suggested that a strong positive statement from […]

Research report

Women, Law and Empowerment: Exploring how legal and policy change in Myanmar have impacted rural women’s empowerment and livelihoods in Kachin

23/11/2020

1 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research was carried out in three townships in Kachin State, Myanmar. In those communities, farmland titling, supported under the Farmland Law of 2012, is an essential step in legally securing individual land rights for farmers and enabling access to cheap government loans for agricultural production. This law was the main identifiable legislation, with related […]

Journal article

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

Keywords

Overview

In wealthy countries such as the United States, new genetic and reproductive technologies, including human reproductive cloning, are being developed. To date, the short- and long- term consequences for women of human reproductive cloning have remained largely unexamined. This article analyses ten common misconceptions about new genetic technologies, especially human reproductive cloning, and shows that […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Journal article

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

24/06/2020

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

Keywords

Overview

Italy, as well as other United Nations Member States, took up the global call to end all forms of violence against women and girls (VAW) embraced in the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Through this contribution, we aim to explore the tensions and synergies between the agendas of local women’s rights movement(s) and […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Women’s Perspectives Matter: Providing an enabling environment for women to be heard in the workplace

20/12/2020

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This briefing aims to share the insights Oxfam gained from interviews conducted with 26 experts in December 2019, on the subject of what works for women to represent themselves effectively. It outlines practical steps that companies can take to enable women to be heard in the workplace and fulfil their potential. The coronavirus pandemic has […]

Journal article

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

23/03/2021

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

How is eye care seeking affected by intersectional experiences? A study of ageing women in the Indian Sundarbans

Keywords

Overview

Old age often marks a period of changed socioeconomic position and physical infirmity. Older adults make up a large and complex population sub-group where several identities and characteristics coalesce to create intersectional experiences. Visual impairment can be prevented or cured to a large extent. Globally, women’s access to eye care is lower than that for […]

Journal article

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

14/03/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

Keywords

Overview

The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that […]

Journal article

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

01/11/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Deprived of an individual identity: citizenship and women in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Development organisations aiming to end violence against women, and to promote women’s empowerment in societies such as Nepal, need to pay attention to the question of women’s citizenship, and its links to empowerment and independence. In Nepal, citizenship rights are still accorded to women through male relatives, rather than in their own right. Many women […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in the Philippines: Impact evaluation of the ‘BASIC START’ project

24/02/2021

3 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2018/19 on women’s empowerment. The BASIC START (Building Autonomous and Stable Institutions and Communities through Socially Cohesive, Transparent, Accountable and Responsive Transition) in the Bangsamoro' project was carried out in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines between April 2015 and August […]

Journal article

Women’s declaration on population policies

01/05/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s declaration on population policies

Keywords

Overview

In September 1992, women’s health advocates representing women’s networks in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Western Europe met to discuss how women’s voices might best be heard during preparations for the 1994 Conference on Population and Development and in the conference itself. The group suggested that a strong positive statement from […]

Research report

Women, Law and Empowerment: Exploring how legal and policy change in Myanmar have impacted rural women’s empowerment and livelihoods in Kachin

23/11/2020

1 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research was carried out in three townships in Kachin State, Myanmar. In those communities, farmland titling, supported under the Farmland Law of 2012, is an essential step in legally securing individual land rights for farmers and enabling access to cheap government loans for agricultural production. This law was the main identifiable legislation, with related […]

Journal article

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

Keywords

Overview

In wealthy countries such as the United States, new genetic and reproductive technologies, including human reproductive cloning, are being developed. To date, the short- and long- term consequences for women of human reproductive cloning have remained largely unexamined. This article analyses ten common misconceptions about new genetic technologies, especially human reproductive cloning, and shows that […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Journal article

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

24/06/2020

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Violence against women in Italy after Beijing 1995: the relationship between women’s movement(s), feminist practices and state policies

Keywords

Overview

Italy, as well as other United Nations Member States, took up the global call to end all forms of violence against women and girls (VAW) embraced in the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Through this contribution, we aim to explore the tensions and synergies between the agendas of local women’s rights movement(s) and […]