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Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Engaging with cultural practices in ways that benefit women in northern Nigeria

01/08/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This study explores the intra-household impact of improved dual-purpose cowpea (IDPC) from a gender perspective, in terms of productivity and food, fodder, and income availability, the impact of which is linked to the income thus placed in the women’s hands. Surplus income is important in providing food and nutritional benefits to the home, particularly during […]

Case study

A Model for Women-Led Value Chains in Market System Development in Fragile Contexts

26/11/2019

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment for women is a key component of Oxfam’s Economic Justice programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel (OPTI). The snake cucumber (faqous) value chain provides a good example of an intervention that focuses on women’s economic empowerment (WEE). This value chain is unique in its nature and scope as it is led […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Dairy Farmers in Bangladesh: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Bangladesh

06/12/2019

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Journal article

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

01/11/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

Keywords

Overview

In most countries, state pensions are financed from pay-roll taxes. However, such pensions have a strong male bias, with more men than women accessing them while also receiving higher benefits. Achieving universal pension coverage in developing countries is not possible, with pensions financed by pay-roll taxes due to high levels of informal sector employment. Furthermore, […]

Journal article

Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

01/02/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

Keywords

Overview

While it is recognised that women play fundamental roles in the socio-economic development of their communities, they are often excluded from local decision-making processes because their views are not solicited and their interests are not taken into consideration in the formulation of local development programmes. Drawing on case studies from Ghana, this article identifies the […]

Journal article

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

Keywords

Overview

Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the understanding of discrimination against different people has moved forward considerably. This can be seen in the development of human rights conventions on children, women, disabled people and migrant workers and their families. However, one area still neglected is that of the rights […]

Research report

Our Search for Peace: Women in South Sudan’s National Peace Processes, 2005–2018

30/01/2020

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have played critical roles in efforts to achieve peace in South Sudan, yet their contributions have been under-recognized and under-documented. This paper contributes to remedying this by sharing women’s stories of their roles in peacemaking through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005), the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan […]

Journal article

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

01/03/2010

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

Keywords

Overview

Water is one of the most important natural resources, and its effective management is essential given its scarcity. In rural Sri Lanka, the management of available water resources needs special attention because investment for water resource improvement is hard to obtain, and water itself is relatively scarce in the drier areas of the country. The […]

Journal article

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

01/03/2010

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing access to water for poor women. This paper examines the human right to water and why […]

Briefing paper

Implementing the PWDVA: Safeguarding women from domestic violence

26/10/2015

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, and yet the least recognized, human rights violations across the world. It can manifest in many forms, but the most common form experienced by women globally is physical violence inflicted by an intimate partner. Documenting this continues to be a challenge due to […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Engaging with cultural practices in ways that benefit women in northern Nigeria

01/08/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This study explores the intra-household impact of improved dual-purpose cowpea (IDPC) from a gender perspective, in terms of productivity and food, fodder, and income availability, the impact of which is linked to the income thus placed in the women’s hands. Surplus income is important in providing food and nutritional benefits to the home, particularly during […]

Case study

A Model for Women-Led Value Chains in Market System Development in Fragile Contexts

26/11/2019

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment for women is a key component of Oxfam’s Economic Justice programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel (OPTI). The snake cucumber (faqous) value chain provides a good example of an intervention that focuses on women’s economic empowerment (WEE). This value chain is unique in its nature and scope as it is led […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Dairy Farmers in Bangladesh: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Bangladesh

06/12/2019

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Journal article

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

01/11/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

Keywords

Overview

In most countries, state pensions are financed from pay-roll taxes. However, such pensions have a strong male bias, with more men than women accessing them while also receiving higher benefits. Achieving universal pension coverage in developing countries is not possible, with pensions financed by pay-roll taxes due to high levels of informal sector employment. Furthermore, […]

Journal article

Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

01/02/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

Keywords

Overview

While it is recognised that women play fundamental roles in the socio-economic development of their communities, they are often excluded from local decision-making processes because their views are not solicited and their interests are not taken into consideration in the formulation of local development programmes. Drawing on case studies from Ghana, this article identifies the […]

Journal article

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

Keywords

Overview

Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the understanding of discrimination against different people has moved forward considerably. This can be seen in the development of human rights conventions on children, women, disabled people and migrant workers and their families. However, one area still neglected is that of the rights […]

Research report

Our Search for Peace: Women in South Sudan’s National Peace Processes, 2005–2018

30/01/2020

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have played critical roles in efforts to achieve peace in South Sudan, yet their contributions have been under-recognized and under-documented. This paper contributes to remedying this by sharing women’s stories of their roles in peacemaking through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005), the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan […]

Journal article

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

01/03/2010

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

Keywords

Overview

Water is one of the most important natural resources, and its effective management is essential given its scarcity. In rural Sri Lanka, the management of available water resources needs special attention because investment for water resource improvement is hard to obtain, and water itself is relatively scarce in the drier areas of the country. The […]

Journal article

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

01/03/2010

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing access to water for poor women. This paper examines the human right to water and why […]

Briefing paper

Implementing the PWDVA: Safeguarding women from domestic violence

26/10/2015

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, and yet the least recognized, human rights violations across the world. It can manifest in many forms, but the most common form experienced by women globally is physical violence inflicted by an intimate partner. Documenting this continues to be a challenge due to […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Engaging with cultural practices in ways that benefit women in northern Nigeria

01/08/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This study explores the intra-household impact of improved dual-purpose cowpea (IDPC) from a gender perspective, in terms of productivity and food, fodder, and income availability, the impact of which is linked to the income thus placed in the women’s hands. Surplus income is important in providing food and nutritional benefits to the home, particularly during […]

Case study

A Model for Women-Led Value Chains in Market System Development in Fragile Contexts

26/11/2019

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Economic empowerment for women is a key component of Oxfam’s Economic Justice programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel (OPTI). The snake cucumber (faqous) value chain provides a good example of an intervention that focuses on women’s economic empowerment (WEE). This value chain is unique in its nature and scope as it is led […]

Evaluation report

Making Market Systems Work for Women Dairy Farmers in Bangladesh: A final evaluation of Oxfam’s Gendered Enterprise and Markets programme in Bangladesh

06/12/2019

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gendered Enterprise and Markets (GEM) is Oxfam GB’s approach to market systems development. The GEM approach facilitates change in market systems and social norms, with the aim of ensuring more sustainable livelihood opportunities for marginalized women and men. The GEM DFID AidMatch Programme (June 2014–February 2018) worked within the soya, milk and vegetable value chains […]

Journal article

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

01/11/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Equal pensions, equal rights: achieving universal pension coverage for older women and men in developing countries

Keywords

Overview

In most countries, state pensions are financed from pay-roll taxes. However, such pensions have a strong male bias, with more men than women accessing them while also receiving higher benefits. Achieving universal pension coverage in developing countries is not possible, with pensions financed by pay-roll taxes due to high levels of informal sector employment. Furthermore, […]

Journal article

Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

01/02/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

Keywords

Overview

While it is recognised that women play fundamental roles in the socio-economic development of their communities, they are often excluded from local decision-making processes because their views are not solicited and their interests are not taken into consideration in the formulation of local development programmes. Drawing on case studies from Ghana, this article identifies the […]

Journal article

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using human rights accountability mechanisms to promote and protect older women’s rights

Keywords

Overview

Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the understanding of discrimination against different people has moved forward considerably. This can be seen in the development of human rights conventions on children, women, disabled people and migrant workers and their families. However, one area still neglected is that of the rights […]

Research report

Our Search for Peace: Women in South Sudan’s National Peace Processes, 2005–2018

30/01/2020

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have played critical roles in efforts to achieve peace in South Sudan, yet their contributions have been under-recognized and under-documented. This paper contributes to remedying this by sharing women’s stories of their roles in peacemaking through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005), the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan […]

Journal article

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

01/03/2010

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustainable development, water resources management and women’s empowerment: the Wanaraniya Water Project in Sri Lanka

Keywords

Overview

Water is one of the most important natural resources, and its effective management is essential given its scarcity. In rural Sri Lanka, the management of available water resources needs special attention because investment for water resource improvement is hard to obtain, and water itself is relatively scarce in the drier areas of the country. The […]

Journal article

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

01/03/2010

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing access to water for poor women. This paper examines the human right to water and why […]

Briefing paper

Implementing the PWDVA: Safeguarding women from domestic violence

26/10/2015

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, and yet the least recognized, human rights violations across the world. It can manifest in many forms, but the most common form experienced by women globally is physical violence inflicted by an intimate partner. Documenting this continues to be a challenge due to […]