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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Leadership for women’s health in Africa: the parliamentarians for women’s health project

01/11/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Leadership for women’s health in Africa: the parliamentarians for women’s health project

Keywords

Overview

This article describes the achievements, challenges, and lessons emerging from the Parliamentarians for Women’s Health (PWH) project. This ground-breaking pilot project has been implemented in Southern and East Africa. It attempted to support a different expression, or redefinition, of leadership – at the level of both parliamentarians and community members. It did this through facilitating […]

Issue briefing

Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Factsheet

17/02/2016

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Political upheaval, instability and conflict have been on the rise in the Middle East and North Africa following the uprisings that swept the region in 2011. Women and girls face particular challenges to their basic human rights. This factsheet gives an overview of the status of women in the region, focusing on two key themes: […]

Journal article

Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

31/08/2022

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

Keywords

Overview

In South Korea, the state has played a minimal role in social provisioning, and as such, care provisions have been dependent on women's unpaid labour. Women's unpaid labour, especially in terms of voluntary activities, has played an important role in the sustenance of the community. However, women's voluntary work is often devalued as a free […]

Discussion paper

Women’s Rights in the Cocoa Sector: Examples of emerging good practice

10/03/2016

2 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Women cocoa farmers are central to the sustainability of the cocoa supply chain and cocoa-growing communities. Too often unrecognized and undervalued, women’s labor makes significant contributions to the amount of cocoa produced, which is under increasing demand. Empowering women cocoa farmers not only has a positive impact on the lives of women, men and communities, […]

Evaluation report

Resilience in Iraq: Impact Evaluation of the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project

06/04/2022

3 documents

72 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Between May 2016 and March 2018, Oxfam in Iraq, together with the Iraqi Al Amal Association (IAA), collaborated on the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project. Funded by UN Women, the project marked the first collaboration between Oxfam and IAA (a women’s rights organization working in Kirkuk). The […]

Journal article

The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

01/07/2006

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

Keywords

Overview

The assertion of Dalit interests has posed new challenges for the women’s movement in India, which has been criticised for its lack of engagement with Dalit women and their interests. Some women’s activists have begun to respond to this critique. Yet this article argues that caste identity still determines the place that women activists – […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Vegetable Sector in Tanzania

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s collective action (WCA) has provided significant opportunities for women to increase their role in vegetable markets in Tanzania, and enhances the benefits which they derive from this sector. Women already perform much of the labour needed to grow vegetables, whether in their own households or as casual labourers. However, men own most of the […]

Journal article

When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

07/12/2021

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

Keywords

Overview

Trade unions exist to harness workers’ collective action as a means of challenging the dominant power structures that seek to exploit their labour. This article highlights the experiences of Black women trade unionists in different parts of the world who were motivated to join trade unions in order to defend workers’ rights and to advance […]

Journal article

A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

01/11/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

Keywords

Overview

Women with disability do not generally benefit from international human-rights laws and agreements, or from development discourse and practice. The interconnection between disability and gender identity is largely invisible within women’s rights, disability rights, and development agendas. For women with disability in the Asia and Pacific region, this is particularly evident for Pacific women; within […]

Briefing note

Close the Gap: How to eliminate violence against women beyond 2015

11/03/2014

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At least one in three women worldwide will experience some form of violence during their lifetime, often perpetrated by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a fundamental human rights issue and a central challenge to development, democracy and peace. Oxfam is very concerned that efforts to eliminate violence against women do not […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Leadership for women’s health in Africa: the parliamentarians for women’s health project

01/11/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Leadership for women’s health in Africa: the parliamentarians for women’s health project

Keywords

Overview

This article describes the achievements, challenges, and lessons emerging from the Parliamentarians for Women’s Health (PWH) project. This ground-breaking pilot project has been implemented in Southern and East Africa. It attempted to support a different expression, or redefinition, of leadership – at the level of both parliamentarians and community members. It did this through facilitating […]

Issue briefing

Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Factsheet

17/02/2016

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Political upheaval, instability and conflict have been on the rise in the Middle East and North Africa following the uprisings that swept the region in 2011. Women and girls face particular challenges to their basic human rights. This factsheet gives an overview of the status of women in the region, focusing on two key themes: […]

Journal article

Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

31/08/2022

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

Keywords

Overview

In South Korea, the state has played a minimal role in social provisioning, and as such, care provisions have been dependent on women's unpaid labour. Women's unpaid labour, especially in terms of voluntary activities, has played an important role in the sustenance of the community. However, women's voluntary work is often devalued as a free […]

Discussion paper

Women’s Rights in the Cocoa Sector: Examples of emerging good practice

10/03/2016

2 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Women cocoa farmers are central to the sustainability of the cocoa supply chain and cocoa-growing communities. Too often unrecognized and undervalued, women’s labor makes significant contributions to the amount of cocoa produced, which is under increasing demand. Empowering women cocoa farmers not only has a positive impact on the lives of women, men and communities, […]

Evaluation report

Resilience in Iraq: Impact Evaluation of the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project

06/04/2022

3 documents

72 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Between May 2016 and March 2018, Oxfam in Iraq, together with the Iraqi Al Amal Association (IAA), collaborated on the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project. Funded by UN Women, the project marked the first collaboration between Oxfam and IAA (a women’s rights organization working in Kirkuk). The […]

Journal article

The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

01/07/2006

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

Keywords

Overview

The assertion of Dalit interests has posed new challenges for the women’s movement in India, which has been criticised for its lack of engagement with Dalit women and their interests. Some women’s activists have begun to respond to this critique. Yet this article argues that caste identity still determines the place that women activists – […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Vegetable Sector in Tanzania

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s collective action (WCA) has provided significant opportunities for women to increase their role in vegetable markets in Tanzania, and enhances the benefits which they derive from this sector. Women already perform much of the labour needed to grow vegetables, whether in their own households or as casual labourers. However, men own most of the […]

Journal article

When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

07/12/2021

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

Keywords

Overview

Trade unions exist to harness workers’ collective action as a means of challenging the dominant power structures that seek to exploit their labour. This article highlights the experiences of Black women trade unionists in different parts of the world who were motivated to join trade unions in order to defend workers’ rights and to advance […]

Journal article

A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

01/11/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

Keywords

Overview

Women with disability do not generally benefit from international human-rights laws and agreements, or from development discourse and practice. The interconnection between disability and gender identity is largely invisible within women’s rights, disability rights, and development agendas. For women with disability in the Asia and Pacific region, this is particularly evident for Pacific women; within […]

Briefing note

Close the Gap: How to eliminate violence against women beyond 2015

11/03/2014

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At least one in three women worldwide will experience some form of violence during their lifetime, often perpetrated by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a fundamental human rights issue and a central challenge to development, democracy and peace. Oxfam is very concerned that efforts to eliminate violence against women do not […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Leadership for women’s health in Africa: the parliamentarians for women’s health project

01/11/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Leadership for women’s health in Africa: the parliamentarians for women’s health project

Keywords

Overview

This article describes the achievements, challenges, and lessons emerging from the Parliamentarians for Women’s Health (PWH) project. This ground-breaking pilot project has been implemented in Southern and East Africa. It attempted to support a different expression, or redefinition, of leadership – at the level of both parliamentarians and community members. It did this through facilitating […]

Issue briefing

Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Factsheet

17/02/2016

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Political upheaval, instability and conflict have been on the rise in the Middle East and North Africa following the uprisings that swept the region in 2011. Women and girls face particular challenges to their basic human rights. This factsheet gives an overview of the status of women in the region, focusing on two key themes: […]

Journal article

Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

31/08/2022

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s voluntary work in the community: a question of recognition and rewards

Keywords

Overview

In South Korea, the state has played a minimal role in social provisioning, and as such, care provisions have been dependent on women's unpaid labour. Women's unpaid labour, especially in terms of voluntary activities, has played an important role in the sustenance of the community. However, women's voluntary work is often devalued as a free […]

Discussion paper

Women’s Rights in the Cocoa Sector: Examples of emerging good practice

10/03/2016

2 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Women cocoa farmers are central to the sustainability of the cocoa supply chain and cocoa-growing communities. Too often unrecognized and undervalued, women’s labor makes significant contributions to the amount of cocoa produced, which is under increasing demand. Empowering women cocoa farmers not only has a positive impact on the lives of women, men and communities, […]

Evaluation report

Resilience in Iraq: Impact Evaluation of the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project

06/04/2022

3 documents

72 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Between May 2016 and March 2018, Oxfam in Iraq, together with the Iraqi Al Amal Association (IAA), collaborated on the ‘Safe access to resilient livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Kirkuk’ project. Funded by UN Women, the project marked the first collaboration between Oxfam and IAA (a women’s rights organization working in Kirkuk). The […]

Journal article

The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

01/07/2006

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

Keywords

Overview

The assertion of Dalit interests has posed new challenges for the women’s movement in India, which has been criticised for its lack of engagement with Dalit women and their interests. Some women’s activists have begun to respond to this critique. Yet this article argues that caste identity still determines the place that women activists – […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Vegetable Sector in Tanzania

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s collective action (WCA) has provided significant opportunities for women to increase their role in vegetable markets in Tanzania, and enhances the benefits which they derive from this sector. Women already perform much of the labour needed to grow vegetables, whether in their own households or as casual labourers. However, men own most of the […]

Journal article

When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

07/12/2021

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

When a movement moves within a movement: Black women’s feminist activism within trade unions

Keywords

Overview

Trade unions exist to harness workers’ collective action as a means of challenging the dominant power structures that seek to exploit their labour. This article highlights the experiences of Black women trade unionists in different parts of the world who were motivated to join trade unions in order to defend workers’ rights and to advance […]

Journal article

A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

01/11/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

Keywords

Overview

Women with disability do not generally benefit from international human-rights laws and agreements, or from development discourse and practice. The interconnection between disability and gender identity is largely invisible within women’s rights, disability rights, and development agendas. For women with disability in the Asia and Pacific region, this is particularly evident for Pacific women; within […]

Briefing note

Close the Gap: How to eliminate violence against women beyond 2015

11/03/2014

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At least one in three women worldwide will experience some form of violence during their lifetime, often perpetrated by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a fundamental human rights issue and a central challenge to development, democracy and peace. Oxfam is very concerned that efforts to eliminate violence against women do not […]