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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Platform work in the domestic and home care sector: new mechanisms of invisibility and exploitation of women migrant workers

07/12/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Platform work in the domestic and home care sector: new mechanisms of invisibility and exploitation of women migrant workers

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Overview

The platform economy is conquering the domestic work and home care sector in countries of the global North as a response to the scarcity of affordable quality care services. Based on in-depth interviews with workers, firms and stakeholders, the objective of our study is to unravel the new mechanisms of exploitation and invisibility of this […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Speaking Up: The role of women in building peace in Yemen

08/03/2023

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This paper brings the voices of Yemeni women forward. Women were active in the 2011 protests, influencing political developments at key junctures. However, subsequent armed conflicts militarized the political environment and pushed forward a more limited religious agenda that saw more and more women systematically marginalized in the process. This paper outlines these major trends and […]

Journal article

The marks of gender in the defence of human rights in Colombia

23/05/2023

18 pages long

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The marks of gender in the defence of human rights in Colombia

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Overview

The role of women human rights defenders in Colombia is fundamental. The conditions of socioeconomic inequality, gender-based inequalities and discrimination, and the armed conflict have been complex scenarios in which women’s leadership in the defence of human rights and peace have played a leading role. The creation of diverse collective processes and social networks at […]

Journal article

‘If You Want Peace, Create Peace’: women’s rights organisations as operatives of hybrid peace in the former Yugoslavia

23/05/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘If You Want Peace, Create Peace’: women’s rights organisations as operatives of hybrid peace in the former Yugoslavia

Keywords

Overview

Gender-based harms experienced in conflict constitute a threat to the right of women and girls to live with dignity. However, transitional justice processes to manage the delicate nexus between peace and justice often do not consider these harms, resulting in adverse outcomes for women and girls in post-conflict societies. At the frontlines of the fight […]

Journal article

Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

19/09/2024

20 pages long

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Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

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Overview

Women around the world experience much higher levels of fear of crime, profoundly impacting their perceptions of safety and influencing their interactions with public spaces. This fear prompts women to alter their behaviour, such as avoiding specific urban areas and public transport, especially after dark. While many amend their habits and limit their exposure to […]

Journal article

COVID-19 Violence and the Re-making of Urban Space Through Solidarity Networks Among Transgender Women in Lima, Peru

19/09/2024

22 pages long

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COVID-19 Violence and the Re-making of Urban Space Through Solidarity Networks Among Transgender Women in Lima, Peru

Keywords

Overview

Extreme instances of COVID-19 policy-related violence against transgender (trans) communities in Latin America highlight the imperative to better understand how gender, power, and rights are entwined within public spaces. Peru is a useful vantage point to explore the intersections between gendered power asymmetries, violence, and access to safe public spaces, given the brief COVID-19 public […]

Journal article

Tiding over socio-ecological vulnerabilities: experiences of two groups of cleaning/domestic women workers from Kerala, India

12/02/2025

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Tiding over socio-ecological vulnerabilities: experiences of two groups of cleaning/domestic women workers from Kerala, India

Keywords

Overview

This paper is a preliminary attempt to examine the experience of two groups of women cleaning/domestic workers in two cities in Kerala grappling with vulnerabilities induced by natural disasters and the pandemic. The groups are similar to each other in several crucial respects, as assetless or asset-poor workers of oppressed caste social origins who perform […]

Journal article

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

12/02/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

Keywords

Overview

The impacts of climate change are not distributed equally around the globe, but in both the global North and South, they disproportionately affect poor and marginalised communities, exacerbating pre-existing intersectional inequalities. Women and marginalised groups have always been active in resilience-building efforts for the survival of their communities, and often at the forefront of place-based […]

Briefing paper

Change the Way You Do Business: Leading with women workers voices

18/03/2025

2 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This second briefing in the Briefings for Business on Valuing Women’s Work series explores how systemic business practices perpetuate gender inequality through informal work, particularly in feminized sectors with large numbers of women workers, like tea and garments. Through women workers’ voices and case studies, the briefing reveals how patriarchal norms and inequitable practices exacerbate […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Platform work in the domestic and home care sector: new mechanisms of invisibility and exploitation of women migrant workers

07/12/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Platform work in the domestic and home care sector: new mechanisms of invisibility and exploitation of women migrant workers

Keywords

Overview

The platform economy is conquering the domestic work and home care sector in countries of the global North as a response to the scarcity of affordable quality care services. Based on in-depth interviews with workers, firms and stakeholders, the objective of our study is to unravel the new mechanisms of exploitation and invisibility of this […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Speaking Up: The role of women in building peace in Yemen

08/03/2023

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This paper brings the voices of Yemeni women forward. Women were active in the 2011 protests, influencing political developments at key junctures. However, subsequent armed conflicts militarized the political environment and pushed forward a more limited religious agenda that saw more and more women systematically marginalized in the process. This paper outlines these major trends and […]

Journal article

The marks of gender in the defence of human rights in Colombia

23/05/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

The marks of gender in the defence of human rights in Colombia

Keywords

Overview

The role of women human rights defenders in Colombia is fundamental. The conditions of socioeconomic inequality, gender-based inequalities and discrimination, and the armed conflict have been complex scenarios in which women’s leadership in the defence of human rights and peace have played a leading role. The creation of diverse collective processes and social networks at […]

Journal article

‘If You Want Peace, Create Peace’: women’s rights organisations as operatives of hybrid peace in the former Yugoslavia

23/05/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘If You Want Peace, Create Peace’: women’s rights organisations as operatives of hybrid peace in the former Yugoslavia

Keywords

Overview

Gender-based harms experienced in conflict constitute a threat to the right of women and girls to live with dignity. However, transitional justice processes to manage the delicate nexus between peace and justice often do not consider these harms, resulting in adverse outcomes for women and girls in post-conflict societies. At the frontlines of the fight […]

Journal article

Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

19/09/2024

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

Keywords

Overview

Women around the world experience much higher levels of fear of crime, profoundly impacting their perceptions of safety and influencing their interactions with public spaces. This fear prompts women to alter their behaviour, such as avoiding specific urban areas and public transport, especially after dark. While many amend their habits and limit their exposure to […]

Journal article

COVID-19 Violence and the Re-making of Urban Space Through Solidarity Networks Among Transgender Women in Lima, Peru

19/09/2024

22 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 Violence and the Re-making of Urban Space Through Solidarity Networks Among Transgender Women in Lima, Peru

Keywords

Overview

Extreme instances of COVID-19 policy-related violence against transgender (trans) communities in Latin America highlight the imperative to better understand how gender, power, and rights are entwined within public spaces. Peru is a useful vantage point to explore the intersections between gendered power asymmetries, violence, and access to safe public spaces, given the brief COVID-19 public […]

Journal article

Tiding over socio-ecological vulnerabilities: experiences of two groups of cleaning/domestic women workers from Kerala, India

12/02/2025

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Tiding over socio-ecological vulnerabilities: experiences of two groups of cleaning/domestic women workers from Kerala, India

Keywords

Overview

This paper is a preliminary attempt to examine the experience of two groups of women cleaning/domestic workers in two cities in Kerala grappling with vulnerabilities induced by natural disasters and the pandemic. The groups are similar to each other in several crucial respects, as assetless or asset-poor workers of oppressed caste social origins who perform […]

Journal article

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

12/02/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

Keywords

Overview

The impacts of climate change are not distributed equally around the globe, but in both the global North and South, they disproportionately affect poor and marginalised communities, exacerbating pre-existing intersectional inequalities. Women and marginalised groups have always been active in resilience-building efforts for the survival of their communities, and often at the forefront of place-based […]

Briefing paper

Change the Way You Do Business: Leading with women workers voices

18/03/2025

2 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This second briefing in the Briefings for Business on Valuing Women’s Work series explores how systemic business practices perpetuate gender inequality through informal work, particularly in feminized sectors with large numbers of women workers, like tea and garments. Through women workers’ voices and case studies, the briefing reveals how patriarchal norms and inequitable practices exacerbate […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Platform work in the domestic and home care sector: new mechanisms of invisibility and exploitation of women migrant workers

07/12/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Platform work in the domestic and home care sector: new mechanisms of invisibility and exploitation of women migrant workers

Keywords

Overview

The platform economy is conquering the domestic work and home care sector in countries of the global North as a response to the scarcity of affordable quality care services. Based on in-depth interviews with workers, firms and stakeholders, the objective of our study is to unravel the new mechanisms of exploitation and invisibility of this […]

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 […]

Briefing paper

Speaking Up: The role of women in building peace in Yemen

08/03/2023

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This paper brings the voices of Yemeni women forward. Women were active in the 2011 protests, influencing political developments at key junctures. However, subsequent armed conflicts militarized the political environment and pushed forward a more limited religious agenda that saw more and more women systematically marginalized in the process. This paper outlines these major trends and […]

Journal article

The marks of gender in the defence of human rights in Colombia

23/05/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

The marks of gender in the defence of human rights in Colombia

Keywords

Overview

The role of women human rights defenders in Colombia is fundamental. The conditions of socioeconomic inequality, gender-based inequalities and discrimination, and the armed conflict have been complex scenarios in which women’s leadership in the defence of human rights and peace have played a leading role. The creation of diverse collective processes and social networks at […]

Journal article

‘If You Want Peace, Create Peace’: women’s rights organisations as operatives of hybrid peace in the former Yugoslavia

23/05/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘If You Want Peace, Create Peace’: women’s rights organisations as operatives of hybrid peace in the former Yugoslavia

Keywords

Overview

Gender-based harms experienced in conflict constitute a threat to the right of women and girls to live with dignity. However, transitional justice processes to manage the delicate nexus between peace and justice often do not consider these harms, resulting in adverse outcomes for women and girls in post-conflict societies. At the frontlines of the fight […]

Journal article

Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

19/09/2024

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Navigating the City: Gendered work experiences in urban spaces

Keywords

Overview

Women around the world experience much higher levels of fear of crime, profoundly impacting their perceptions of safety and influencing their interactions with public spaces. This fear prompts women to alter their behaviour, such as avoiding specific urban areas and public transport, especially after dark. While many amend their habits and limit their exposure to […]

Journal article

COVID-19 Violence and the Re-making of Urban Space Through Solidarity Networks Among Transgender Women in Lima, Peru

19/09/2024

22 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 Violence and the Re-making of Urban Space Through Solidarity Networks Among Transgender Women in Lima, Peru

Keywords

Overview

Extreme instances of COVID-19 policy-related violence against transgender (trans) communities in Latin America highlight the imperative to better understand how gender, power, and rights are entwined within public spaces. Peru is a useful vantage point to explore the intersections between gendered power asymmetries, violence, and access to safe public spaces, given the brief COVID-19 public […]

Journal article

Tiding over socio-ecological vulnerabilities: experiences of two groups of cleaning/domestic women workers from Kerala, India

12/02/2025

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Tiding over socio-ecological vulnerabilities: experiences of two groups of cleaning/domestic women workers from Kerala, India

Keywords

Overview

This paper is a preliminary attempt to examine the experience of two groups of women cleaning/domestic workers in two cities in Kerala grappling with vulnerabilities induced by natural disasters and the pandemic. The groups are similar to each other in several crucial respects, as assetless or asset-poor workers of oppressed caste social origins who perform […]

Journal article

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

12/02/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

Keywords

Overview

The impacts of climate change are not distributed equally around the globe, but in both the global North and South, they disproportionately affect poor and marginalised communities, exacerbating pre-existing intersectional inequalities. Women and marginalised groups have always been active in resilience-building efforts for the survival of their communities, and often at the forefront of place-based […]

Briefing paper

Change the Way You Do Business: Leading with women workers voices

18/03/2025

2 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This second briefing in the Briefings for Business on Valuing Women’s Work series explores how systemic business practices perpetuate gender inequality through informal work, particularly in feminized sectors with large numbers of women workers, like tea and garments. Through women workers’ voices and case studies, the briefing reveals how patriarchal norms and inequitable practices exacerbate […]