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Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

01/07/2009

11 pages long

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Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

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Dramatic reductions in trade barriers during the past 10 years have caused unprecedented economic growth in India. Little is known about the impact of globalisation on the informal labour market, especially the impact on women. We interviewed women working in four occupations in Mumbai’s informal labour market, gathering information about their daily lives, job responsibilities, […]

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The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

31/07/2015

18 pages long

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The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

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Poverty and income inequality undermine women’s health in a myriad of ways. This article discusses findings from the Full Plate Project, which addressed women’s experience of food security, obesity, and chronic disease in Atlantic Canada. Through first-hand accounts, it identifies a vicious cycle surrounding the food insecurity–obesity paradox. The cycle’s core elements included experiences of […]

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‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

31/07/2015

16 pages long

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‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

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The principle of ‘leaving no one behind’ is strongly emerging as a defining aspect of the new development framework under negotiation in 2015. This stems from an acknowledgement of the failure of the Millennium Development Goals in securing benefits for the most marginalised groups, those suffering from economic deprivation and discrimination as a result of […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Shea Sector in Mali

27/03/2013

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The shea sector in Mali is fertile ground for women’s collective action (WCA). Shea production, processing and marketing are almost entirely female-dominated activities, and, in the four villages studied for the WCA research, the shea sector has always been exclusively female. Since the late 1990s, formally recognized associations and cooperatives have emerged out of pre-existing […]

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Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

01/12/2001

10 pages long

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Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

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This paper discusses the rationale behind cash transfer strategies as an alternative means of channelling resources to women and men in humanitarian contexts. It highlights key gender-related considerations that contribute to the success of the strategy. Food aid remains the largest part of United Nations appeals, but it is often delayed, inadequate in quantity and […]

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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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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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Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

10/11/2014

19 pages long

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Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

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Overview

This article focuses on policy advocacy programmes in Nepal and Nigeria, instigated by ActionAid International with local women’s rights organisations and non-government organisations, and supported by the Institute of Development Studies, UK. These programmes aimed to challenge women’s unequal responsibility for care work and to influence policymakers to understand the importance of providing services to support them. One of the […]

Case study

Honduras: Analysis of the impact of the Collective of Honduran Women (CODEMUH) on workers’ rights and occupational health, 2002 to 2005

14/06/2008

2 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Collective of Honduran Women (CODEMUH) is a feminist organisation which defends women’s rights in Honduras through capacity building, legal action, and public campaigning. This paper describes CODEMUH’s public campaign in support of women’s labour rights and occupational health, focusing on export garment industries. Efforts to increase Honduran manufacturing productivity in the context of global […]

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Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

01/03/2002

6 pages long

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Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

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Overview

For many people, the word slavery conjures up images from history – of the transatlantic slave trade, the practice of buying and selling people that the modern world is supposed to have left behind, and of the 19th century abolitionist movement. But the reality is that not only does slavery exist today, it is expanding. […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

Keywords

Overview

Dramatic reductions in trade barriers during the past 10 years have caused unprecedented economic growth in India. Little is known about the impact of globalisation on the informal labour market, especially the impact on women. We interviewed women working in four occupations in Mumbai’s informal labour market, gathering information about their daily lives, job responsibilities, […]

Journal article

The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

Keywords

Overview

Poverty and income inequality undermine women’s health in a myriad of ways. This article discusses findings from the Full Plate Project, which addressed women’s experience of food security, obesity, and chronic disease in Atlantic Canada. Through first-hand accounts, it identifies a vicious cycle surrounding the food insecurity–obesity paradox. The cycle’s core elements included experiences of […]

Journal article

‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

31/07/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

Keywords

Overview

The principle of ‘leaving no one behind’ is strongly emerging as a defining aspect of the new development framework under negotiation in 2015. This stems from an acknowledgement of the failure of the Millennium Development Goals in securing benefits for the most marginalised groups, those suffering from economic deprivation and discrimination as a result of […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Shea Sector in Mali

27/03/2013

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The shea sector in Mali is fertile ground for women’s collective action (WCA). Shea production, processing and marketing are almost entirely female-dominated activities, and, in the four villages studied for the WCA research, the shea sector has always been exclusively female. Since the late 1990s, formally recognized associations and cooperatives have emerged out of pre-existing […]

Journal article

Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

01/12/2001

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses the rationale behind cash transfer strategies as an alternative means of channelling resources to women and men in humanitarian contexts. It highlights key gender-related considerations that contribute to the success of the strategy. Food aid remains the largest part of United Nations appeals, but it is often delayed, inadequate in quantity and […]

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

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

Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

10/11/2014

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on policy advocacy programmes in Nepal and Nigeria, instigated by ActionAid International with local women’s rights organisations and non-government organisations, and supported by the Institute of Development Studies, UK. These programmes aimed to challenge women’s unequal responsibility for care work and to influence policymakers to understand the importance of providing services to support them. One of the […]

Case study

Honduras: Analysis of the impact of the Collective of Honduran Women (CODEMUH) on workers’ rights and occupational health, 2002 to 2005

14/06/2008

2 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Collective of Honduran Women (CODEMUH) is a feminist organisation which defends women’s rights in Honduras through capacity building, legal action, and public campaigning. This paper describes CODEMUH’s public campaign in support of women’s labour rights and occupational health, focusing on export garment industries. Efforts to increase Honduran manufacturing productivity in the context of global […]

Journal article

Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

01/03/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

Keywords

Overview

For many people, the word slavery conjures up images from history – of the transatlantic slave trade, the practice of buying and selling people that the modern world is supposed to have left behind, and of the 19th century abolitionist movement. But the reality is that not only does slavery exist today, it is expanding. […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Exploring women’s daily lives and participation in the informal labour market in Mumbai, India

Keywords

Overview

Dramatic reductions in trade barriers during the past 10 years have caused unprecedented economic growth in India. Little is known about the impact of globalisation on the informal labour market, especially the impact on women. We interviewed women working in four occupations in Mumbai’s informal labour market, gathering information about their daily lives, job responsibilities, […]

Journal article

The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

31/07/2015

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health

Keywords

Overview

Poverty and income inequality undermine women’s health in a myriad of ways. This article discusses findings from the Full Plate Project, which addressed women’s experience of food security, obesity, and chronic disease in Atlantic Canada. Through first-hand accounts, it identifies a vicious cycle surrounding the food insecurity–obesity paradox. The cycle’s core elements included experiences of […]

Journal article

‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

31/07/2015

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Leave no one behind’ and the challenge of intersectionality: Christian Aid’s experience of working with single and Dalit women in India

Keywords

Overview

The principle of ‘leaving no one behind’ is strongly emerging as a defining aspect of the new development framework under negotiation in 2015. This stems from an acknowledgement of the failure of the Millennium Development Goals in securing benefits for the most marginalised groups, those suffering from economic deprivation and discrimination as a result of […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Shea Sector in Mali

27/03/2013

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The shea sector in Mali is fertile ground for women’s collective action (WCA). Shea production, processing and marketing are almost entirely female-dominated activities, and, in the four villages studied for the WCA research, the shea sector has always been exclusively female. Since the late 1990s, formally recognized associations and cooperatives have emerged out of pre-existing […]

Journal article

Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

01/12/2001

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses the rationale behind cash transfer strategies as an alternative means of channelling resources to women and men in humanitarian contexts. It highlights key gender-related considerations that contribute to the success of the strategy. Food aid remains the largest part of United Nations appeals, but it is often delayed, inadequate in quantity and […]

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

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

Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

10/11/2014

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Policy advocacy for women’s unpaid care work: comparing approaches and strategies in Nepal and Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on policy advocacy programmes in Nepal and Nigeria, instigated by ActionAid International with local women’s rights organisations and non-government organisations, and supported by the Institute of Development Studies, UK. These programmes aimed to challenge women’s unequal responsibility for care work and to influence policymakers to understand the importance of providing services to support them. One of the […]

Case study

Honduras: Analysis of the impact of the Collective of Honduran Women (CODEMUH) on workers’ rights and occupational health, 2002 to 2005

14/06/2008

2 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Collective of Honduran Women (CODEMUH) is a feminist organisation which defends women’s rights in Honduras through capacity building, legal action, and public campaigning. This paper describes CODEMUH’s public campaign in support of women’s labour rights and occupational health, focusing on export garment industries. Efforts to increase Honduran manufacturing productivity in the context of global […]

Journal article

Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

01/03/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

Keywords

Overview

For many people, the word slavery conjures up images from history – of the transatlantic slave trade, the practice of buying and selling people that the modern world is supposed to have left behind, and of the 19th century abolitionist movement. But the reality is that not only does slavery exist today, it is expanding. […]