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Journal article

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

23/03/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

Keywords

Overview

This article summarises the findings of an action research project examining the experience of women producers in various collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement, in seven countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the benefits of collective enterprise for women producers? The study found that participating in collective forms of […]

Book

Violence Against Women

01/01/1998

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

This collection of articles from development practitioners and feminist activists places violence against women, both direct and indirect, in the context of development. Violence is both a human-rights issue and an obstacle to women’s participation in development. Writers here focus on campaigning and advocacy as well as on work with women who have experienced violence, […]

Journal article

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibucá, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together the women of each area as well as other less privileged women from nearby regions. The […]

Book

Women and the Family

01/01/1996

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Maternal and child health

Overview

Looking at factors as diverse as the pervasiveness of patriarchy, changing family forms, female infanticide, and land reform policies, this collection of articles considers the family from a gender perspective, and how the socially prescribed roles of men and women within the family can constrain women’s opportunities. Women are usually responsible for domestic tasks and […]

Journal article

Do women’s rights organisations need ‘femocrats’? The negotiation of the Peruvian–Spanish agreement for development co-operation 2013–2016

07/12/2021

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Do women’s rights organisations need ‘femocrats’? The negotiation of the Peruvian–Spanish agreement for development co-operation 2013–2016

Keywords

Overview

In 2005, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) approved the aid effectiveness principles for improving the impact of Official Development Assistance (ODA). Donor countries such as Spain understood this agenda as an opportunity to promote gender equality in their development co-operation policy. However, gender equality almost disappeared as a priority in most of […]

Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

Keywords

Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

Journal article

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

Keywords

Overview

This article analyses how women governors, mayors, and local elected officials promoted public health and social protection in countries where men chief executives failed to take steps to contain the virus. We focus on adverse circumstances in six cases: Brazil, the United States, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, and India. While individual women may not see […]

Journal article

‘Nenhum passo atrás’ (Not a step back): Brazilian Black women’s resistance in the era of Bolsonaro’s far-right government

07/12/2021

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Nenhum passo atrás’ (Not a step back): Brazilian Black women’s resistance in the era of Bolsonaro’s far-right government

Keywords

Overview

Since 2010, the far-right in Brazil has led the backlash to feminism, sexual and gender diversity, racial equality, and other human rights agendas. In this article, we shed light on the devastating impact of the comeback of conservatism and Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency on the lives of Black women. Next, we draw from the interviews conducted […]

Briefing paper

Speaking Up: The role of women in building peace in Yemen

08/03/2023

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This paper brings the voices of Yemeni women forward. Women were active in the 2011 protests, influencing political developments at key junctures. However, subsequent armed conflicts militarized the political environment and pushed forward a more limited religious agenda that saw more and more women systematically marginalized in the process. This paper outlines these major trends and […]

Case study

Hidden Voices: Including Ethnic Minority Women in Policy Making

08/04/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam knows that ethnic minority women’s organisations are proud, persistent, and passionate. Activists, members of management committees, staff, and volunteers bring a range of commitment, knowledge, and skills. They know their community and the women they work with, and the issues particular to both. This knowledge is vital to their organisations’ success. And, using it, […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

23/03/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

Keywords

Overview

This article summarises the findings of an action research project examining the experience of women producers in various collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement, in seven countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the benefits of collective enterprise for women producers? The study found that participating in collective forms of […]

Book

Violence Against Women

01/01/1998

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

This collection of articles from development practitioners and feminist activists places violence against women, both direct and indirect, in the context of development. Violence is both a human-rights issue and an obstacle to women’s participation in development. Writers here focus on campaigning and advocacy as well as on work with women who have experienced violence, […]

Journal article

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibucá, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together the women of each area as well as other less privileged women from nearby regions. The […]

Book

Women and the Family

01/01/1996

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Maternal and child health

Overview

Looking at factors as diverse as the pervasiveness of patriarchy, changing family forms, female infanticide, and land reform policies, this collection of articles considers the family from a gender perspective, and how the socially prescribed roles of men and women within the family can constrain women’s opportunities. Women are usually responsible for domestic tasks and […]

Journal article

Do women’s rights organisations need ‘femocrats’? The negotiation of the Peruvian–Spanish agreement for development co-operation 2013–2016

07/12/2021

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Do women’s rights organisations need ‘femocrats’? The negotiation of the Peruvian–Spanish agreement for development co-operation 2013–2016

Keywords

Overview

In 2005, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) approved the aid effectiveness principles for improving the impact of Official Development Assistance (ODA). Donor countries such as Spain understood this agenda as an opportunity to promote gender equality in their development co-operation policy. However, gender equality almost disappeared as a priority in most of […]

Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

Keywords

Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

Journal article

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

Keywords

Overview

This article analyses how women governors, mayors, and local elected officials promoted public health and social protection in countries where men chief executives failed to take steps to contain the virus. We focus on adverse circumstances in six cases: Brazil, the United States, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, and India. While individual women may not see […]

Journal article

‘Nenhum passo atrás’ (Not a step back): Brazilian Black women’s resistance in the era of Bolsonaro’s far-right government

07/12/2021

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Nenhum passo atrás’ (Not a step back): Brazilian Black women’s resistance in the era of Bolsonaro’s far-right government

Keywords

Overview

Since 2010, the far-right in Brazil has led the backlash to feminism, sexual and gender diversity, racial equality, and other human rights agendas. In this article, we shed light on the devastating impact of the comeback of conservatism and Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency on the lives of Black women. Next, we draw from the interviews conducted […]

Briefing paper

Speaking Up: The role of women in building peace in Yemen

08/03/2023

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This paper brings the voices of Yemeni women forward. Women were active in the 2011 protests, influencing political developments at key junctures. However, subsequent armed conflicts militarized the political environment and pushed forward a more limited religious agenda that saw more and more women systematically marginalized in the process. This paper outlines these major trends and […]

Case study

Hidden Voices: Including Ethnic Minority Women in Policy Making

08/04/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam knows that ethnic minority women’s organisations are proud, persistent, and passionate. Activists, members of management committees, staff, and volunteers bring a range of commitment, knowledge, and skills. They know their community and the women they work with, and the issues particular to both. This knowledge is vital to their organisations’ success. And, using it, […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

23/03/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

Keywords

Overview

This article summarises the findings of an action research project examining the experience of women producers in various collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement, in seven countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the benefits of collective enterprise for women producers? The study found that participating in collective forms of […]

Book

Violence Against Women

01/01/1998

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

This collection of articles from development practitioners and feminist activists places violence against women, both direct and indirect, in the context of development. Violence is both a human-rights issue and an obstacle to women’s participation in development. Writers here focus on campaigning and advocacy as well as on work with women who have experienced violence, […]

Journal article

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibucá, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together the women of each area as well as other less privileged women from nearby regions. The […]

Book

Women and the Family

01/01/1996

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Maternal and child health

Overview

Looking at factors as diverse as the pervasiveness of patriarchy, changing family forms, female infanticide, and land reform policies, this collection of articles considers the family from a gender perspective, and how the socially prescribed roles of men and women within the family can constrain women’s opportunities. Women are usually responsible for domestic tasks and […]

Journal article

Do women’s rights organisations need ‘femocrats’? The negotiation of the Peruvian–Spanish agreement for development co-operation 2013–2016

07/12/2021

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Do women’s rights organisations need ‘femocrats’? The negotiation of the Peruvian–Spanish agreement for development co-operation 2013–2016

Keywords

Overview

In 2005, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) approved the aid effectiveness principles for improving the impact of Official Development Assistance (ODA). Donor countries such as Spain understood this agenda as an opportunity to promote gender equality in their development co-operation policy. However, gender equality almost disappeared as a priority in most of […]

Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

Keywords

Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

Journal article

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Protecting public health in adverse circumstances: subnational women leaders and feminist policymaking during COVID-19

Keywords

Overview

This article analyses how women governors, mayors, and local elected officials promoted public health and social protection in countries where men chief executives failed to take steps to contain the virus. We focus on adverse circumstances in six cases: Brazil, the United States, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, and India. While individual women may not see […]

Journal article

‘Nenhum passo atrás’ (Not a step back): Brazilian Black women’s resistance in the era of Bolsonaro’s far-right government

07/12/2021

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Nenhum passo atrás’ (Not a step back): Brazilian Black women’s resistance in the era of Bolsonaro’s far-right government

Keywords

Overview

Since 2010, the far-right in Brazil has led the backlash to feminism, sexual and gender diversity, racial equality, and other human rights agendas. In this article, we shed light on the devastating impact of the comeback of conservatism and Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency on the lives of Black women. Next, we draw from the interviews conducted […]

Briefing paper

Speaking Up: The role of women in building peace in Yemen

08/03/2023

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This paper brings the voices of Yemeni women forward. Women were active in the 2011 protests, influencing political developments at key junctures. However, subsequent armed conflicts militarized the political environment and pushed forward a more limited religious agenda that saw more and more women systematically marginalized in the process. This paper outlines these major trends and […]

Case study

Hidden Voices: Including Ethnic Minority Women in Policy Making

08/04/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam knows that ethnic minority women’s organisations are proud, persistent, and passionate. Activists, members of management committees, staff, and volunteers bring a range of commitment, knowledge, and skills. They know their community and the women they work with, and the issues particular to both. This knowledge is vital to their organisations’ success. And, using it, […]