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Journal article

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]

Journal article

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

01/07/1998

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

Keywords

Overview

This article is concerned with identifying the main elements in a programme of education for women’s empowerment, by contrasting such education with its opposite: schooling for subordination. It is here argued that education and training for women’s empowerment needs to reverse the values and beliefs which have been inculcated within the conventional school system. This […]

Journal article

Going underground in South African platinum mines to explore women miners’ experiences

09/11/2017

13 pages long

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Going underground in South African platinum mines to explore women miners’ experiences

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Overview

Women have worked underground in South African mines since 2003. Their inclusion has been lauded by some as a step in the right direction – that is, towards gender equality in employment, as well as challenging gender stereotypes about work and women’s abilities. This dominant narrative, however, fails to acknowledge and address the challenges faced […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

25/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

It is generally accepted that women overall are more vulnerable to disaster risk and have specific needs during a crisis. But in Nepal, social taboos and norms restrict women’s freedom to express their needs to humanitarian workers in times of crisis, as these are normally strangers to the community deputed by humanitarian agencies or state […]

Journal article

A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

01/10/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

Keywords

Overview

Latin American women from all walks of life are organising against issues that oppress them, from debt and industrialisation to gender based violence. Entre Mujeres (Among Women) unites women’s NGOs to influence funding agencies and Governments, and to create ties between Southern and European women. This North-South co-operation needs to be extended. The South is […]

Case study

Women Dairy Producers in Colombia: Women and dairy sector enterprises leverage private and public sector investment at scale

30/10/2014

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study explores a partnership between a private company foundation, Oxfam and farmer cooperatives, which combined targeted training for women, finance, a market opportunity and addressing care work, resulting in increased recognition of women as dairy farmers and demonstrating that smallholders could be commercial suppliers. The success of the project has changed government credit […]

Technical briefing

Women’s Menstrual Hygiene Needs in Emergencies

01/03/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Responding appropriately to women’s menstrual hygiene needs in emergencies is an essential component of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programmes. It can help to address: gender equality in considering the different needs of women and men; women’s participation in the sensitive dialogue that is necessary to address this issue; and women’s specific concerns with dignity […]

Journal article

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

01/07/2010

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

Keywords

Overview

Despite immediate promises of economic recovery by some Latin American governments, women in some regions of the continent are feeling the aftermath of the crisis deeply. This is because of both the interconnectedness of their regions to the export market, and pre-existing economic policies and social factors, including gender inequality that strengthens inequalities. These factors […]

Evaluation report

Report of a Baseline Survey of Women Domestic Workers in Mukuru Informal Settlement – Nairobi Kenya

01/08/2013

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Through this project, Oxfam gained insight into the lives of thousands of women in Mukuru informal settlements who work as casual domestic workers and that these women faced serious livelihood challenges which include low and delayed pay, poor working conditions and sexual exploitation as well as physical and psychological abuse. Despite these challenges, they continue […]

Webpage

Private Sector at Oxfam

We are working towards a human economy where businesses play a positive role in overcoming poverty and inequality

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]

Journal article

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

01/07/1998

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

Keywords

Overview

This article is concerned with identifying the main elements in a programme of education for women’s empowerment, by contrasting such education with its opposite: schooling for subordination. It is here argued that education and training for women’s empowerment needs to reverse the values and beliefs which have been inculcated within the conventional school system. This […]

Journal article

Going underground in South African platinum mines to explore women miners’ experiences

09/11/2017

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Going underground in South African platinum mines to explore women miners’ experiences

Keywords

Overview

Women have worked underground in South African mines since 2003. Their inclusion has been lauded by some as a step in the right direction – that is, towards gender equality in employment, as well as challenging gender stereotypes about work and women’s abilities. This dominant narrative, however, fails to acknowledge and address the challenges faced […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

25/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

It is generally accepted that women overall are more vulnerable to disaster risk and have specific needs during a crisis. But in Nepal, social taboos and norms restrict women’s freedom to express their needs to humanitarian workers in times of crisis, as these are normally strangers to the community deputed by humanitarian agencies or state […]

Journal article

A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

01/10/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

Keywords

Overview

Latin American women from all walks of life are organising against issues that oppress them, from debt and industrialisation to gender based violence. Entre Mujeres (Among Women) unites women’s NGOs to influence funding agencies and Governments, and to create ties between Southern and European women. This North-South co-operation needs to be extended. The South is […]

Case study

Women Dairy Producers in Colombia: Women and dairy sector enterprises leverage private and public sector investment at scale

30/10/2014

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study explores a partnership between a private company foundation, Oxfam and farmer cooperatives, which combined targeted training for women, finance, a market opportunity and addressing care work, resulting in increased recognition of women as dairy farmers and demonstrating that smallholders could be commercial suppliers. The success of the project has changed government credit […]

Technical briefing

Women’s Menstrual Hygiene Needs in Emergencies

01/03/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Responding appropriately to women’s menstrual hygiene needs in emergencies is an essential component of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programmes. It can help to address: gender equality in considering the different needs of women and men; women’s participation in the sensitive dialogue that is necessary to address this issue; and women’s specific concerns with dignity […]

Journal article

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

01/07/2010

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

Keywords

Overview

Despite immediate promises of economic recovery by some Latin American governments, women in some regions of the continent are feeling the aftermath of the crisis deeply. This is because of both the interconnectedness of their regions to the export market, and pre-existing economic policies and social factors, including gender inequality that strengthens inequalities. These factors […]

Evaluation report

Report of a Baseline Survey of Women Domestic Workers in Mukuru Informal Settlement – Nairobi Kenya

01/08/2013

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Through this project, Oxfam gained insight into the lives of thousands of women in Mukuru informal settlements who work as casual domestic workers and that these women faced serious livelihood challenges which include low and delayed pay, poor working conditions and sexual exploitation as well as physical and psychological abuse. Despite these challenges, they continue […]

Webpage

Private Sector at Oxfam

We are working towards a human economy where businesses play a positive role in overcoming poverty and inequality

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]

Journal article

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

01/07/1998

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

Keywords

Overview

This article is concerned with identifying the main elements in a programme of education for women’s empowerment, by contrasting such education with its opposite: schooling for subordination. It is here argued that education and training for women’s empowerment needs to reverse the values and beliefs which have been inculcated within the conventional school system. This […]

Journal article

Going underground in South African platinum mines to explore women miners’ experiences

09/11/2017

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Going underground in South African platinum mines to explore women miners’ experiences

Keywords

Overview

Women have worked underground in South African mines since 2003. Their inclusion has been lauded by some as a step in the right direction – that is, towards gender equality in employment, as well as challenging gender stereotypes about work and women’s abilities. This dominant narrative, however, fails to acknowledge and address the challenges faced […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

25/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

It is generally accepted that women overall are more vulnerable to disaster risk and have specific needs during a crisis. But in Nepal, social taboos and norms restrict women’s freedom to express their needs to humanitarian workers in times of crisis, as these are normally strangers to the community deputed by humanitarian agencies or state […]

Journal article

A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

01/10/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

Keywords

Overview

Latin American women from all walks of life are organising against issues that oppress them, from debt and industrialisation to gender based violence. Entre Mujeres (Among Women) unites women’s NGOs to influence funding agencies and Governments, and to create ties between Southern and European women. This North-South co-operation needs to be extended. The South is […]

Case study

Women Dairy Producers in Colombia: Women and dairy sector enterprises leverage private and public sector investment at scale

30/10/2014

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study explores a partnership between a private company foundation, Oxfam and farmer cooperatives, which combined targeted training for women, finance, a market opportunity and addressing care work, resulting in increased recognition of women as dairy farmers and demonstrating that smallholders could be commercial suppliers. The success of the project has changed government credit […]

Technical briefing

Women’s Menstrual Hygiene Needs in Emergencies

01/03/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Responding appropriately to women’s menstrual hygiene needs in emergencies is an essential component of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programmes. It can help to address: gender equality in considering the different needs of women and men; women’s participation in the sensitive dialogue that is necessary to address this issue; and women’s specific concerns with dignity […]

Journal article

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

01/07/2010

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru’s Ica valley

Keywords

Overview

Despite immediate promises of economic recovery by some Latin American governments, women in some regions of the continent are feeling the aftermath of the crisis deeply. This is because of both the interconnectedness of their regions to the export market, and pre-existing economic policies and social factors, including gender inequality that strengthens inequalities. These factors […]

Evaluation report

Report of a Baseline Survey of Women Domestic Workers in Mukuru Informal Settlement – Nairobi Kenya

01/08/2013

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Through this project, Oxfam gained insight into the lives of thousands of women in Mukuru informal settlements who work as casual domestic workers and that these women faced serious livelihood challenges which include low and delayed pay, poor working conditions and sexual exploitation as well as physical and psychological abuse. Despite these challenges, they continue […]

Webpage

Private Sector at Oxfam

We are working towards a human economy where businesses play a positive role in overcoming poverty and inequality