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Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia: Evaluation of women’s beekeeping and access to financial services

21/11/2014

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in November 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Facilitating Access to Financial Services for Women Beekeepers in […]

Book

Women and Economic Policy

01/01/1993

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The articles in Women and Economic Policy are centred around two main themes: macroeconomic policy and gender relations; and income generation projects and women’s empowerment. In many countries of the South, the introduction of structural adjustment policies to address the problem of mounting international debt has had a profoundly damaging effect on poor women and […]

Journal article

Building capacity to measure long-term impact on women’s empowerment: CARE’s Women’s Empowerment Impact Measurement Initiative

09/07/2014

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building capacity to measure long-term impact on women’s empowerment: CARE’s Women’s Empowerment Impact Measurement Initiative

Keywords

Overview

From 2010 to 2012, CARE USA implemented the Women’s Empowerment Impact Measurement Initiative (WEIMI) to develop the necessary capacity, tools, guidance, and practice to measure and demonstrate the impact of its work on women’s empowerment. The lessons and experiences from this initiative have been transformed into an online guidance tool being utilised throughout CARE to […]

Book

Women and Leadership

01/01/2000

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender mainstreaming

Overview

As a given, in no country do Women participate in political leadership on a par with men. This collection of writings explores women’s own strategies for developing or initiating leadership by women around the world. Women have created thousands of vibrant, visionary organisations of their own, yet they remain absent from the key political and […]

Journal article

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

01/11/2000

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women’s political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women’s increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political positions; and secondly, that governments are genuinely committed to leading national programmes of action for women’s advancement. Both of these assumptions are […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Journal article

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

Keywords

Overview

In wealthy countries such as the United States, new genetic and reproductive technologies, including human reproductive cloning, are being developed. To date, the short- and long- term consequences for women of human reproductive cloning have remained largely unexamined. This article analyses ten common misconceptions about new genetic technologies, especially human reproductive cloning, and shows that […]

Journal article

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

19/09/2024

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Using feminist approaches, I explore the relationship between safe/r spaces and young women’s civic participation in Kenya. Young women’s standpoints enable us to understand how young women are positioned in relation to institutions, structures, and resources and, in turn, how those relations shape their lives. Using this approach, for example, we can interrogate how power […]

Discussion paper

Why is Women’s Work Low-Paid? Establishing a framework for understanding the causes of low pay among professions traditionally dominated by women

10/11/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to understand why certain occupations in the UK labour market, traditionally dominated by women, are low-paid. The paper argues that jobs associated with traditional and outdated notions of ‘women’s role in the home’ extends into the jobs market. This affects attitudes towards remuneration in professions such […]

Annual report

Oxfam GB’s Gender Pay Gap Report for 5 April 2017

28/03/2018

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB’s overall median gender pay gap is 12.5%. The national average is 18.4%. We take our gender pay gap seriously and have made a range of commitments to address the issue. The gender pay gap shows the difference in the average pay between all men and women working for an organization, irrespective of their […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia: Evaluation of women’s beekeeping and access to financial services

21/11/2014

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in November 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Facilitating Access to Financial Services for Women Beekeepers in […]

Book

Women and Economic Policy

01/01/1993

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The articles in Women and Economic Policy are centred around two main themes: macroeconomic policy and gender relations; and income generation projects and women’s empowerment. In many countries of the South, the introduction of structural adjustment policies to address the problem of mounting international debt has had a profoundly damaging effect on poor women and […]

Journal article

Building capacity to measure long-term impact on women’s empowerment: CARE’s Women’s Empowerment Impact Measurement Initiative

09/07/2014

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building capacity to measure long-term impact on women’s empowerment: CARE’s Women’s Empowerment Impact Measurement Initiative

Keywords

Overview

From 2010 to 2012, CARE USA implemented the Women’s Empowerment Impact Measurement Initiative (WEIMI) to develop the necessary capacity, tools, guidance, and practice to measure and demonstrate the impact of its work on women’s empowerment. The lessons and experiences from this initiative have been transformed into an online guidance tool being utilised throughout CARE to […]

Book

Women and Leadership

01/01/2000

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender mainstreaming

Overview

As a given, in no country do Women participate in political leadership on a par with men. This collection of writings explores women’s own strategies for developing or initiating leadership by women around the world. Women have created thousands of vibrant, visionary organisations of their own, yet they remain absent from the key political and […]

Journal article

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

01/11/2000

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women’s political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women’s increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political positions; and secondly, that governments are genuinely committed to leading national programmes of action for women’s advancement. Both of these assumptions are […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Journal article

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

Keywords

Overview

In wealthy countries such as the United States, new genetic and reproductive technologies, including human reproductive cloning, are being developed. To date, the short- and long- term consequences for women of human reproductive cloning have remained largely unexamined. This article analyses ten common misconceptions about new genetic technologies, especially human reproductive cloning, and shows that […]

Journal article

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

19/09/2024

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Using feminist approaches, I explore the relationship between safe/r spaces and young women’s civic participation in Kenya. Young women’s standpoints enable us to understand how young women are positioned in relation to institutions, structures, and resources and, in turn, how those relations shape their lives. Using this approach, for example, we can interrogate how power […]

Discussion paper

Why is Women’s Work Low-Paid? Establishing a framework for understanding the causes of low pay among professions traditionally dominated by women

10/11/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to understand why certain occupations in the UK labour market, traditionally dominated by women, are low-paid. The paper argues that jobs associated with traditional and outdated notions of ‘women’s role in the home’ extends into the jobs market. This affects attitudes towards remuneration in professions such […]

Annual report

Oxfam GB’s Gender Pay Gap Report for 5 April 2017

28/03/2018

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB’s overall median gender pay gap is 12.5%. The national average is 18.4%. We take our gender pay gap seriously and have made a range of commitments to address the issue. The gender pay gap shows the difference in the average pay between all men and women working for an organization, irrespective of their […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia: Evaluation of women’s beekeeping and access to financial services

21/11/2014

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in November 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Facilitating Access to Financial Services for Women Beekeepers in […]

Book

Women and Economic Policy

01/01/1993

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The articles in Women and Economic Policy are centred around two main themes: macroeconomic policy and gender relations; and income generation projects and women’s empowerment. In many countries of the South, the introduction of structural adjustment policies to address the problem of mounting international debt has had a profoundly damaging effect on poor women and […]

Journal article

Building capacity to measure long-term impact on women’s empowerment: CARE’s Women’s Empowerment Impact Measurement Initiative

09/07/2014

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building capacity to measure long-term impact on women’s empowerment: CARE’s Women’s Empowerment Impact Measurement Initiative

Keywords

Overview

From 2010 to 2012, CARE USA implemented the Women’s Empowerment Impact Measurement Initiative (WEIMI) to develop the necessary capacity, tools, guidance, and practice to measure and demonstrate the impact of its work on women’s empowerment. The lessons and experiences from this initiative have been transformed into an online guidance tool being utilised throughout CARE to […]

Book

Women and Leadership

01/01/2000

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender mainstreaming

Overview

As a given, in no country do Women participate in political leadership on a par with men. This collection of writings explores women’s own strategies for developing or initiating leadership by women around the world. Women have created thousands of vibrant, visionary organisations of their own, yet they remain absent from the key political and […]

Journal article

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

01/11/2000

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women’s political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women’s increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political positions; and secondly, that governments are genuinely committed to leading national programmes of action for women’s advancement. Both of these assumptions are […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Journal article

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

Keywords

Overview

In wealthy countries such as the United States, new genetic and reproductive technologies, including human reproductive cloning, are being developed. To date, the short- and long- term consequences for women of human reproductive cloning have remained largely unexamined. This article analyses ten common misconceptions about new genetic technologies, especially human reproductive cloning, and shows that […]

Journal article

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

19/09/2024

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Articulating a Framework for Safe/r Spaces with Young Women in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Using feminist approaches, I explore the relationship between safe/r spaces and young women’s civic participation in Kenya. Young women’s standpoints enable us to understand how young women are positioned in relation to institutions, structures, and resources and, in turn, how those relations shape their lives. Using this approach, for example, we can interrogate how power […]

Discussion paper

Why is Women’s Work Low-Paid? Establishing a framework for understanding the causes of low pay among professions traditionally dominated by women

10/11/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to understand why certain occupations in the UK labour market, traditionally dominated by women, are low-paid. The paper argues that jobs associated with traditional and outdated notions of ‘women’s role in the home’ extends into the jobs market. This affects attitudes towards remuneration in professions such […]

Annual report

Oxfam GB’s Gender Pay Gap Report for 5 April 2017

28/03/2018

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB’s overall median gender pay gap is 12.5%. The national average is 18.4%. We take our gender pay gap seriously and have made a range of commitments to address the issue. The gender pay gap shows the difference in the average pay between all men and women working for an organization, irrespective of their […]