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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 entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

06/11/2008

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

Keywords

Overview

Entrepreneurship for women is often seen as a journey out of poverty and a march towards equality. Studies have proven that entrepreneurship, in the form of small and medium sized enterprises, can indeed empower women and through time, fundamentally transform power relations within a society, making it a place where women can lead. However, in […]

Journal article

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Overview

The Integrated Agriculture Training Program (IATP) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) aimed to improve the livelihoods of rural communities in the East New Britain Province, by providing targeted training and information services to both men and women. While this AusAID-funded project is now complete, the programme has continued on a self-funding basis. This article describes […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Women’s Economic Leadership in LAC Book 3: Prevention of violence against women in the context of programmes

01/10/2014

2 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This three book series supports the development and delivery of Women’s Economic Leadership (WEL) programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean. It builds on work done by Oxfam GB and Value for Women on the delivery of market-based livelihood programmes with a focus on gender justice. This book, the third in the series, introduces the […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

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

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment of poor households is a key entry point for development organisations concerned with economic inequality. Over the decades, gender inequality has emerged as a key concern, and the result has been women’s economic empowerment (WEE) programming. This article is a study of the impact of WEE programming on domestic violence (DV) against women. […]

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 […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

06/11/2008

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

Keywords

Overview

Entrepreneurship for women is often seen as a journey out of poverty and a march towards equality. Studies have proven that entrepreneurship, in the form of small and medium sized enterprises, can indeed empower women and through time, fundamentally transform power relations within a society, making it a place where women can lead. However, in […]

Journal article

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Overview

The Integrated Agriculture Training Program (IATP) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) aimed to improve the livelihoods of rural communities in the East New Britain Province, by providing targeted training and information services to both men and women. While this AusAID-funded project is now complete, the programme has continued on a self-funding basis. This article describes […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Women’s Economic Leadership in LAC Book 3: Prevention of violence against women in the context of programmes

01/10/2014

2 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This three book series supports the development and delivery of Women’s Economic Leadership (WEL) programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean. It builds on work done by Oxfam GB and Value for Women on the delivery of market-based livelihood programmes with a focus on gender justice. This book, the third in the series, introduces the […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

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

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment of poor households is a key entry point for development organisations concerned with economic inequality. Over the decades, gender inequality has emerged as a key concern, and the result has been women’s economic empowerment (WEE) programming. This article is a study of the impact of WEE programming on domestic violence (DV) against women. […]

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 […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

06/11/2008

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

Keywords

Overview

Entrepreneurship for women is often seen as a journey out of poverty and a march towards equality. Studies have proven that entrepreneurship, in the form of small and medium sized enterprises, can indeed empower women and through time, fundamentally transform power relations within a society, making it a place where women can lead. However, in […]

Journal article

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and rural livelihood training: a case study from Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Overview

The Integrated Agriculture Training Program (IATP) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) aimed to improve the livelihoods of rural communities in the East New Britain Province, by providing targeted training and information services to both men and women. While this AusAID-funded project is now complete, the programme has continued on a self-funding basis. This article describes […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Women’s Economic Leadership in LAC Book 3: Prevention of violence against women in the context of programmes

01/10/2014

2 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This three book series supports the development and delivery of Women’s Economic Leadership (WEL) programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean. It builds on work done by Oxfam GB and Value for Women on the delivery of market-based livelihood programmes with a focus on gender justice. This book, the third in the series, introduces the […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

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

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment of poor households is a key entry point for development organisations concerned with economic inequality. Over the decades, gender inequality has emerged as a key concern, and the result has been women’s economic empowerment (WEE) programming. This article is a study of the impact of WEE programming on domestic violence (DV) against women. […]

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 […]