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The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

08/11/2008

10 pages long

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The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

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In seven short years, Kup Women for Peace, a community organisation in Papua New Guinea, has gone from tribal peacebuilding to ensuring a free, fair, and violence-free election in one small part of Simbu Province. The organisation’s approach was multi-faceted and locally appropriate, enfranchising many women – and educating men – in the process. In […]

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Women, microfinance, and savings: lessons and proposals

01/11/2002

11 pages long

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Women, microfinance, and savings: lessons and proposals

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Microfinance–both credit and savings–has potential to improve the well-being of poor women in developing countries. This paper explores practical ways to achieve that potential. Based on lessons from informal savings mechanisms that women already use, the paper proposes two savings services designed to address the development issues that confront women. The proposals call for safe-deposit […]

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Women’s empowerment in challenging environments: a case study from Balochistan

01/06/2008

10 pages long

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Women’s empowerment in challenging environments: a case study from Balochistan

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This article offers strategies for women’s empowerment in conservative, tribal, and religious environments, based on an innovative programme in Pakistan. Mainstreaming Gender and Development (MGD) encouraged participants to build on their communities’ strengths, minimised resistance among families and communities by including them in the development process, and succeeded in building a cadre of women activists. […]

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Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

24/06/2020

24 pages long

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Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

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The multilateral decision-making enabled by the United Nations (UN), as the world’s only forum for negotiating agreements between almost all countries, has been both fertile and frustrating for advancing women’s rights. The 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women at Beijing, held at a post-Cold War high point in international co-operation, generated a significant political settlement […]

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The Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan (fwMAP): mobilising globally for Beijing +25

24/06/2020

14 pages long

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The Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan (fwMAP): mobilising globally for Beijing +25

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In 2020, the United Nations will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women when 189 countries signed on to the Beijing Platform for Action. This must be a game-changing year, an opportunity for the feminist and women’s movement to produce a transformative framework and new alliances. Soon-Young Yoon and Melissa Upreti, […]

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Investment finance: off limits for women

01/10/1993

2 pages long

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Investment finance: off limits for women

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Only one in ten of Zambians in business are women. Those involved in economic investment have relied upon male connections in the Government and private sector. This articles explores why it is hard for women to access finance, making them dependent on the informal sector, and why the few businesswomen there are have ‘feminine’ lines […]

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Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

01/11/2003

9 pages long

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Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

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This paper evaluates the pertinence of interventions sponsored by aid agencies that seek to meet the security needs of women in post-reconstruction Rwanda. Personal security, economic security, and socio-political security are used as the main methodological reference marks and indicators. The information and data used in the paper were gathered during several visits to Rwanda […]

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New agribusiness investments mean wholesale sell-out for women farmers

10/11/2010

11 pages long

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New agribusiness investments mean wholesale sell-out for women farmers

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Overview

Globalisation impacts on local land markets and land-use; land transaction costs affect food prices; and the combined effect is particularly damaging to women who produce food and who put food on the table for their families. This paper examines three issues: what is attracting investors and market speculators into the farm and land sectors? What […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

08/11/2008

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

Keywords

Overview

In seven short years, Kup Women for Peace, a community organisation in Papua New Guinea, has gone from tribal peacebuilding to ensuring a free, fair, and violence-free election in one small part of Simbu Province. The organisation’s approach was multi-faceted and locally appropriate, enfranchising many women – and educating men – in the process. In […]

Journal article

Women, microfinance, and savings: lessons and proposals

01/11/2002

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, microfinance, and savings: lessons and proposals

Keywords

Overview

Microfinance–both credit and savings–has potential to improve the well-being of poor women in developing countries. This paper explores practical ways to achieve that potential. Based on lessons from informal savings mechanisms that women already use, the paper proposes two savings services designed to address the development issues that confront women. The proposals call for safe-deposit […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment in challenging environments: a case study from Balochistan

01/06/2008

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment in challenging environments: a case study from Balochistan

Keywords

Overview

This article offers strategies for women’s empowerment in conservative, tribal, and religious environments, based on an innovative programme in Pakistan. Mainstreaming Gender and Development (MGD) encouraged participants to build on their communities’ strengths, minimised resistance among families and communities by including them in the development process, and succeeded in building a cadre of women activists. […]

Journal article

Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

24/06/2020

24 pages long

Free access through journal website

Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

Keywords

Overview

The multilateral decision-making enabled by the United Nations (UN), as the world’s only forum for negotiating agreements between almost all countries, has been both fertile and frustrating for advancing women’s rights. The 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women at Beijing, held at a post-Cold War high point in international co-operation, generated a significant political settlement […]

Journal article

The Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan (fwMAP): mobilising globally for Beijing +25

24/06/2020

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan (fwMAP): mobilising globally for Beijing +25

Keywords

Overview

In 2020, the United Nations will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women when 189 countries signed on to the Beijing Platform for Action. This must be a game-changing year, an opportunity for the feminist and women’s movement to produce a transformative framework and new alliances. Soon-Young Yoon and Melissa Upreti, […]

Journal article

Investment finance: off limits for women

01/10/1993

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Investment finance: off limits for women

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Overview

Only one in ten of Zambians in business are women. Those involved in economic investment have relied upon male connections in the Government and private sector. This articles explores why it is hard for women to access finance, making them dependent on the informal sector, and why the few businesswomen there are have ‘feminine’ lines […]

Journal article

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

01/11/2003

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

Keywords

Overview

This paper evaluates the pertinence of interventions sponsored by aid agencies that seek to meet the security needs of women in post-reconstruction Rwanda. Personal security, economic security, and socio-political security are used as the main methodological reference marks and indicators. The information and data used in the paper were gathered during several visits to Rwanda […]

Journal article

New agribusiness investments mean wholesale sell-out for women farmers

10/11/2010

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

New agribusiness investments mean wholesale sell-out for women farmers

Keywords

Overview

Globalisation impacts on local land markets and land-use; land transaction costs affect food prices; and the combined effect is particularly damaging to women who produce food and who put food on the table for their families. This paper examines three issues: what is attracting investors and market speculators into the farm and land sectors? What […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

08/11/2008

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Kup women for peace approach to peacebuilding: taking the lead in the Papua New Guinea national elections

Keywords

Overview

In seven short years, Kup Women for Peace, a community organisation in Papua New Guinea, has gone from tribal peacebuilding to ensuring a free, fair, and violence-free election in one small part of Simbu Province. The organisation’s approach was multi-faceted and locally appropriate, enfranchising many women – and educating men – in the process. In […]

Journal article

Women, microfinance, and savings: lessons and proposals

01/11/2002

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women, microfinance, and savings: lessons and proposals

Keywords

Overview

Microfinance–both credit and savings–has potential to improve the well-being of poor women in developing countries. This paper explores practical ways to achieve that potential. Based on lessons from informal savings mechanisms that women already use, the paper proposes two savings services designed to address the development issues that confront women. The proposals call for safe-deposit […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment in challenging environments: a case study from Balochistan

01/06/2008

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment in challenging environments: a case study from Balochistan

Keywords

Overview

This article offers strategies for women’s empowerment in conservative, tribal, and religious environments, based on an innovative programme in Pakistan. Mainstreaming Gender and Development (MGD) encouraged participants to build on their communities’ strengths, minimised resistance among families and communities by including them in the development process, and succeeded in building a cadre of women activists. […]

Journal article

Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

24/06/2020

24 pages long

Free access through journal website

Can the United Nations deliver a feminist future?

Keywords

Overview

The multilateral decision-making enabled by the United Nations (UN), as the world’s only forum for negotiating agreements between almost all countries, has been both fertile and frustrating for advancing women’s rights. The 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women at Beijing, held at a post-Cold War high point in international co-operation, generated a significant political settlement […]

Journal article

The Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan (fwMAP): mobilising globally for Beijing +25

24/06/2020

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan (fwMAP): mobilising globally for Beijing +25

Keywords

Overview

In 2020, the United Nations will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women when 189 countries signed on to the Beijing Platform for Action. This must be a game-changing year, an opportunity for the feminist and women’s movement to produce a transformative framework and new alliances. Soon-Young Yoon and Melissa Upreti, […]

Journal article

Investment finance: off limits for women

01/10/1993

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Investment finance: off limits for women

Keywords

Overview

Only one in ten of Zambians in business are women. Those involved in economic investment have relied upon male connections in the Government and private sector. This articles explores why it is hard for women to access finance, making them dependent on the informal sector, and why the few businesswomen there are have ‘feminine’ lines […]

Journal article

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

01/11/2003

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Human security and reconstruction efforts in Rwanda: impact on the lives of women

Keywords

Overview

This paper evaluates the pertinence of interventions sponsored by aid agencies that seek to meet the security needs of women in post-reconstruction Rwanda. Personal security, economic security, and socio-political security are used as the main methodological reference marks and indicators. The information and data used in the paper were gathered during several visits to Rwanda […]

Journal article

New agribusiness investments mean wholesale sell-out for women farmers

10/11/2010

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

New agribusiness investments mean wholesale sell-out for women farmers

Keywords

Overview

Globalisation impacts on local land markets and land-use; land transaction costs affect food prices; and the combined effect is particularly damaging to women who produce food and who put food on the table for their families. This paper examines three issues: what is attracting investors and market speculators into the farm and land sectors? What […]