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COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

23/03/2021

16 pages long

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COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

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Overview

Pandemics and government-imposed restrictions to control them, such as quarantines and school closures, exacerbate gender-based inequalities and increases exposure of women and girls to genderbased violence (GBV). The impacts of these adverse outcomes are further heightened due to diminished access to comprehensive GBV services, as governments redirect resources towards the emergency and deprioritise services such […]

Journal article

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

23/03/2021

19 pages long

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‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Overview

This paper speaks of the women sanitation workers who are working at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune city, an epicentre of rising COVID-19 cases in India. Prevailing caste and gendered norms of labour roles render the women doubly vulnerable. Within that context, we investigate how the women sanitation workers self-identify their health […]

Journal article

Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

28/03/2017

17 pages long

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Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

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Overview

This article tackles the conjoined gender impacts of two state-led agendas in the UK – the ‘faith agenda’ and the ‘austerity agenda’. We argue that the faith agenda has revisioned the relationship between the state and its citizens into a communitarian relationship mediated by religious organisations, while the austerity agenda has led to the withdrawal […]

Case study

I Care About Her: Building a movement of champions in Zambia to end violence against women and girls

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over half of women in Zambia have experienced physical or sexual violence (Zambia Demographic and Health Survey, 2007). Oxfam is partnering with several local organisations to implement I Care About Her, a programme which works to end violence against women and girls by transforming attitudes and beliefs and mobilising men and boys to champion non-violence. […]

Journal article

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

07/11/2012

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

Keywords

Overview

This article shares some insights from six projects that took part in Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE), a competence-building programme to support gender mainstreaming. WEGE was run by Digni from 2007 to 2010. The projects were run by churches and faith-based organisations in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. WEGE’s goal was to promote women’s […]

Case study

Indigenous Women against Impunity: Challenging discrimination in Guatemala’s legal system

01/11/2008

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Guatemala signed a peace accord in 1997, after 36 years of conflict. But the legacy of violence continues to haunt its population, especially indigenous people and women, who face ethnic and gender-based discrimination. A culture of impunity dominates the government’s legal system. Only 3 per cent of violent deaths are ever investigated. Violence, especially violence […]

Case study

Creating the Space to Empower Women Fishers: Lessons from the Philippines

07/02/2008

4 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB’s Leadership Development Programme for Women works with four partners in the Philippines. The work involves assessing how far gender is mainstreamed into programme work, and developing action plans to ensure that women working in the fishing industry play a more active role in community-based coastal resource management and in designing fisheries policy reforms. […]

Journal article

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

01/11/2003

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

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Overview

This paper evaluates the pertinence of interventions sponsored by aid agencies that seek to meet the security needs of women in post-reconstruction Rwanda. Personal security, economic security, and socio-political security are used as the main methodological reference marks and indicators. The information and data used in the paper were gathered during several visits to Rwanda […]

Journal article

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

01/03/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

Keywords

Overview

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a potentially powerful tool for progress on development and human rights. Women’s human rights activists should recognise and build on the political will mobilised around the MDGs. However, the MDGs reflect problems in the dominant development approach. They seek to use women in their existing social roles to ‘deliver’ […]

Policy position

Violence Against Women and Girls in Emergencies

29/11/2013

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In every humanitarian crisis, humanitarian agencies, donors, and governments should seek to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) and gender-based violence (GBV) in emergencies. This includes reducing risks across humanitarian programmes, increasing access to services for survivors, tackling the root causes of violence, and promoting women’s rights. Oxfam is committed to […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

23/03/2021

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Pandemics and government-imposed restrictions to control them, such as quarantines and school closures, exacerbate gender-based inequalities and increases exposure of women and girls to genderbased violence (GBV). The impacts of these adverse outcomes are further heightened due to diminished access to comprehensive GBV services, as governments redirect resources towards the emergency and deprioritise services such […]

Journal article

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

23/03/2021

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

Keywords

Overview

This paper speaks of the women sanitation workers who are working at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune city, an epicentre of rising COVID-19 cases in India. Prevailing caste and gendered norms of labour roles render the women doubly vulnerable. Within that context, we investigate how the women sanitation workers self-identify their health […]

Journal article

Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

Keywords

Overview

This article tackles the conjoined gender impacts of two state-led agendas in the UK – the ‘faith agenda’ and the ‘austerity agenda’. We argue that the faith agenda has revisioned the relationship between the state and its citizens into a communitarian relationship mediated by religious organisations, while the austerity agenda has led to the withdrawal […]

Case study

I Care About Her: Building a movement of champions in Zambia to end violence against women and girls

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over half of women in Zambia have experienced physical or sexual violence (Zambia Demographic and Health Survey, 2007). Oxfam is partnering with several local organisations to implement I Care About Her, a programme which works to end violence against women and girls by transforming attitudes and beliefs and mobilising men and boys to champion non-violence. […]

Journal article

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

07/11/2012

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

Keywords

Overview

This article shares some insights from six projects that took part in Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE), a competence-building programme to support gender mainstreaming. WEGE was run by Digni from 2007 to 2010. The projects were run by churches and faith-based organisations in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. WEGE’s goal was to promote women’s […]

Case study

Indigenous Women against Impunity: Challenging discrimination in Guatemala’s legal system

01/11/2008

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Guatemala signed a peace accord in 1997, after 36 years of conflict. But the legacy of violence continues to haunt its population, especially indigenous people and women, who face ethnic and gender-based discrimination. A culture of impunity dominates the government’s legal system. Only 3 per cent of violent deaths are ever investigated. Violence, especially violence […]

Case study

Creating the Space to Empower Women Fishers: Lessons from the Philippines

07/02/2008

4 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB’s Leadership Development Programme for Women works with four partners in the Philippines. The work involves assessing how far gender is mainstreamed into programme work, and developing action plans to ensure that women working in the fishing industry play a more active role in community-based coastal resource management and in designing fisheries policy reforms. […]

Journal article

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

01/11/2003

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

Keywords

Overview

This paper evaluates the pertinence of interventions sponsored by aid agencies that seek to meet the security needs of women in post-reconstruction Rwanda. Personal security, economic security, and socio-political security are used as the main methodological reference marks and indicators. The information and data used in the paper were gathered during several visits to Rwanda […]

Journal article

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

01/03/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

Keywords

Overview

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a potentially powerful tool for progress on development and human rights. Women’s human rights activists should recognise and build on the political will mobilised around the MDGs. However, the MDGs reflect problems in the dominant development approach. They seek to use women in their existing social roles to ‘deliver’ […]

Policy position

Violence Against Women and Girls in Emergencies

29/11/2013

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In every humanitarian crisis, humanitarian agencies, donors, and governments should seek to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) and gender-based violence (GBV) in emergencies. This includes reducing risks across humanitarian programmes, increasing access to services for survivors, tackling the root causes of violence, and promoting women’s rights. Oxfam is committed to […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

23/03/2021

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Pandemics and government-imposed restrictions to control them, such as quarantines and school closures, exacerbate gender-based inequalities and increases exposure of women and girls to genderbased violence (GBV). The impacts of these adverse outcomes are further heightened due to diminished access to comprehensive GBV services, as governments redirect resources towards the emergency and deprioritise services such […]

Journal article

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

23/03/2021

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘No one understands what we go through’: self-identification of health risks by women sanitation workers in Pune, India during the COVID-19 pandemic

Keywords

Overview

This paper speaks of the women sanitation workers who are working at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune city, an epicentre of rising COVID-19 cases in India. Prevailing caste and gendered norms of labour roles render the women doubly vulnerable. Within that context, we investigate how the women sanitation workers self-identify their health […]

Journal article

Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Desecularisation and the ‘faith agenda’ in an era of austerity: their impact on women’s and girls’ rights in the UK

Keywords

Overview

This article tackles the conjoined gender impacts of two state-led agendas in the UK – the ‘faith agenda’ and the ‘austerity agenda’. We argue that the faith agenda has revisioned the relationship between the state and its citizens into a communitarian relationship mediated by religious organisations, while the austerity agenda has led to the withdrawal […]

Case study

I Care About Her: Building a movement of champions in Zambia to end violence against women and girls

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over half of women in Zambia have experienced physical or sexual violence (Zambia Demographic and Health Survey, 2007). Oxfam is partnering with several local organisations to implement I Care About Her, a programme which works to end violence against women and girls by transforming attitudes and beliefs and mobilising men and boys to champion non-violence. […]

Journal article

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

07/11/2012

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

Keywords

Overview

This article shares some insights from six projects that took part in Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE), a competence-building programme to support gender mainstreaming. WEGE was run by Digni from 2007 to 2010. The projects were run by churches and faith-based organisations in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. WEGE’s goal was to promote women’s […]

Case study

Indigenous Women against Impunity: Challenging discrimination in Guatemala’s legal system

01/11/2008

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Guatemala signed a peace accord in 1997, after 36 years of conflict. But the legacy of violence continues to haunt its population, especially indigenous people and women, who face ethnic and gender-based discrimination. A culture of impunity dominates the government’s legal system. Only 3 per cent of violent deaths are ever investigated. Violence, especially violence […]

Case study

Creating the Space to Empower Women Fishers: Lessons from the Philippines

07/02/2008

4 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB’s Leadership Development Programme for Women works with four partners in the Philippines. The work involves assessing how far gender is mainstreamed into programme work, and developing action plans to ensure that women working in the fishing industry play a more active role in community-based coastal resource management and in designing fisheries policy reforms. […]

Journal article

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

01/11/2003

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

Keywords

Overview

This paper evaluates the pertinence of interventions sponsored by aid agencies that seek to meet the security needs of women in post-reconstruction Rwanda. Personal security, economic security, and socio-political security are used as the main methodological reference marks and indicators. The information and data used in the paper were gathered during several visits to Rwanda […]

Journal article

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

01/03/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

Keywords

Overview

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a potentially powerful tool for progress on development and human rights. Women’s human rights activists should recognise and build on the political will mobilised around the MDGs. However, the MDGs reflect problems in the dominant development approach. They seek to use women in their existing social roles to ‘deliver’ […]

Policy position

Violence Against Women and Girls in Emergencies

29/11/2013

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In every humanitarian crisis, humanitarian agencies, donors, and governments should seek to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) and gender-based violence (GBV) in emergencies. This includes reducing risks across humanitarian programmes, increasing access to services for survivors, tackling the root causes of violence, and promoting women’s rights. Oxfam is committed to […]