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Promoting Women’s Economic Leadership In Nepal

05/08/2015

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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Women in rural Nepal face multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantage. As a result of the labour gap created by migration to India by men in search of work, Nepali women are increasingly involved in agricultural work. However, there are few opportunities for women to access the assistance and training they need to support their […]

Case study

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence: Links and lessons for practitioners working with intersectional approaches

30/11/2015

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the intersectional elements of the links between women’s increased market-oriented economic activity and women’s experience of domestic violence. Through a literature review, complemented by perspectives from staff working within the Oxfam confederation working on women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and violence against women (VAW), the research discussed in the paper found that WE […]

Case study

Building Gender Sensitive Resilience Through Women’s Economic Empowerment: Lessons learned from pastoralist women in Ethiopia

30/11/2015

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In addition to ethnicity, age, or disability, gender in the Somali region of Ethiopia strongly intersects with pastoralism, a predominant livelihood in East Africa and the Horn. This paper explores how the overlap of a double marginalized identity produces particular disadvantages for pastoralist women in Ethiopia, and how an Oxfam intervention in the Somali region […]

Journal article

Access to health care among poor elderly women in India: how far do policies respond to women’s realities?

01/11/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Access to health care among poor elderly women in India: how far do policies respond to women’s realities?

Keywords

Overview

In developing countries like India, poor health and inability to access health care are an important part of the experience of ageing, particularly among people living in poverty: access to treatment is governed by public policy, as well as socio-economic characteristics of the elderly people. My research into morbidity among the elderly in an urban […]

Evaluation report

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

06/12/2019

3 documents

43 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

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 […]

Briefing note

Born to Lead: Recommendations on increasing women’s participation in South Sudan’s peace processes

30/01/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have been championing inclusive peace and demanding their meaningful participation at all levels of decision making. However, women continue to confront obstacles to maintaining and increasing space to contribute – particularly in formal decision-making arenas. This brief analyses the modalities of women’s participation and influence in South Sudan’s peace processes that culminated […]

Journal article

Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

A very noticeable feature of economic development in many Asian countries has been the growing employment of young women in industry. Whereas much has been written about the exploitation of the workers, and this is often related to the wider debates about the links between gender relations and globalisation, there has been relatively little analysis […]

Journal article

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

Journal article

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

Keywords

Overview

Currently, women are on the frontlines of violent extremism, as recruiters, propagators, suicide bombers, and targets, as well as leaders working on de-radicalisation, counter-messaging, and peacebuilding. It is crucial that the international community and governments engage with women in preventing violent extremism, and focus on the gender-related reasons why women become involved as protagonists and […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Promoting Women’s Economic Leadership In Nepal

05/08/2015

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in rural Nepal face multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantage. As a result of the labour gap created by migration to India by men in search of work, Nepali women are increasingly involved in agricultural work. However, there are few opportunities for women to access the assistance and training they need to support their […]

Case study

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence: Links and lessons for practitioners working with intersectional approaches

30/11/2015

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the intersectional elements of the links between women’s increased market-oriented economic activity and women’s experience of domestic violence. Through a literature review, complemented by perspectives from staff working within the Oxfam confederation working on women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and violence against women (VAW), the research discussed in the paper found that WE […]

Case study

Building Gender Sensitive Resilience Through Women’s Economic Empowerment: Lessons learned from pastoralist women in Ethiopia

30/11/2015

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In addition to ethnicity, age, or disability, gender in the Somali region of Ethiopia strongly intersects with pastoralism, a predominant livelihood in East Africa and the Horn. This paper explores how the overlap of a double marginalized identity produces particular disadvantages for pastoralist women in Ethiopia, and how an Oxfam intervention in the Somali region […]

Journal article

Access to health care among poor elderly women in India: how far do policies respond to women’s realities?

01/11/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Access to health care among poor elderly women in India: how far do policies respond to women’s realities?

Keywords

Overview

In developing countries like India, poor health and inability to access health care are an important part of the experience of ageing, particularly among people living in poverty: access to treatment is governed by public policy, as well as socio-economic characteristics of the elderly people. My research into morbidity among the elderly in an urban […]

Evaluation report

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

06/12/2019

3 documents

43 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

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 […]

Briefing note

Born to Lead: Recommendations on increasing women’s participation in South Sudan’s peace processes

30/01/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have been championing inclusive peace and demanding their meaningful participation at all levels of decision making. However, women continue to confront obstacles to maintaining and increasing space to contribute – particularly in formal decision-making arenas. This brief analyses the modalities of women’s participation and influence in South Sudan’s peace processes that culminated […]

Journal article

Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

A very noticeable feature of economic development in many Asian countries has been the growing employment of young women in industry. Whereas much has been written about the exploitation of the workers, and this is often related to the wider debates about the links between gender relations and globalisation, there has been relatively little analysis […]

Journal article

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

Journal article

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

Keywords

Overview

Currently, women are on the frontlines of violent extremism, as recruiters, propagators, suicide bombers, and targets, as well as leaders working on de-radicalisation, counter-messaging, and peacebuilding. It is crucial that the international community and governments engage with women in preventing violent extremism, and focus on the gender-related reasons why women become involved as protagonists and […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Promoting Women’s Economic Leadership In Nepal

05/08/2015

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in rural Nepal face multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantage. As a result of the labour gap created by migration to India by men in search of work, Nepali women are increasingly involved in agricultural work. However, there are few opportunities for women to access the assistance and training they need to support their […]

Case study

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence: Links and lessons for practitioners working with intersectional approaches

30/11/2015

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the intersectional elements of the links between women’s increased market-oriented economic activity and women’s experience of domestic violence. Through a literature review, complemented by perspectives from staff working within the Oxfam confederation working on women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and violence against women (VAW), the research discussed in the paper found that WE […]

Case study

Building Gender Sensitive Resilience Through Women’s Economic Empowerment: Lessons learned from pastoralist women in Ethiopia

30/11/2015

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In addition to ethnicity, age, or disability, gender in the Somali region of Ethiopia strongly intersects with pastoralism, a predominant livelihood in East Africa and the Horn. This paper explores how the overlap of a double marginalized identity produces particular disadvantages for pastoralist women in Ethiopia, and how an Oxfam intervention in the Somali region […]

Journal article

Access to health care among poor elderly women in India: how far do policies respond to women’s realities?

01/11/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Access to health care among poor elderly women in India: how far do policies respond to women’s realities?

Keywords

Overview

In developing countries like India, poor health and inability to access health care are an important part of the experience of ageing, particularly among people living in poverty: access to treatment is governed by public policy, as well as socio-economic characteristics of the elderly people. My research into morbidity among the elderly in an urban […]

Evaluation report

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

06/12/2019

3 documents

43 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

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 […]

Briefing note

Born to Lead: Recommendations on increasing women’s participation in South Sudan’s peace processes

30/01/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

South Sudanese women have been championing inclusive peace and demanding their meaningful participation at all levels of decision making. However, women continue to confront obstacles to maintaining and increasing space to contribute – particularly in formal decision-making arenas. This brief analyses the modalities of women’s participation and influence in South Sudan’s peace processes that culminated […]

Journal article

Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

A very noticeable feature of economic development in many Asian countries has been the growing employment of young women in industry. Whereas much has been written about the exploitation of the workers, and this is often related to the wider debates about the links between gender relations and globalisation, there has been relatively little analysis […]

Journal article

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

Journal article

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

Keywords

Overview

Currently, women are on the frontlines of violent extremism, as recruiters, propagators, suicide bombers, and targets, as well as leaders working on de-radicalisation, counter-messaging, and peacebuilding. It is crucial that the international community and governments engage with women in preventing violent extremism, and focus on the gender-related reasons why women become involved as protagonists and […]