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Giving women the credit

01/11/1997

6 pages long

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Giving women the credit

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Overview

The Full Circle Project is a response by a women’s organisation to the dynamics of women’s poverty and economic exclusion in contemporary Britain. The authors emphasise the need for credit provision for women to be seen as only one part of an integrated strategy for poverty reduction. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor […]

Briefing note

Our Country, Our Peace: Why women must be included in Yemen’s peace process

11/12/2015

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Yemen conflict has had a catastrophic effect on its people, with specific impacts on already-vulnerable women and girls. But political talks about Yemen’s future have almost exclusively been conducted by male politicians and combatants. This contrasts with the 2011 uprising, when women helped set Yemen on a path towards political reform. However, the 2011 […]

Briefing paper

Failing Women, Withholding Protection: 15 lost years in making the female condom accessible

06/08/2008

3 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Policy makers lament women’s vulnerability to HIV infection, yet for 15 years they have failed to utilise a technology which can help women to protect and empower themselves. The female condom is the only female-initiated method which provides protection from HIV infection; it also prevents unwanted pregnancy. Studies have shown it is acceptable to users, […]

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Lesbian and bisexual women in Cuba: family, rights, and policy

20/03/2018

16 pages long

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Overview

This article draws on interviews with 17 self-identified lesbian and bisexual women living in Havana, Cuba, focusing on state support for their family relationships. It examines some of the tensions and contradictions between international and national policy, and societal norms, some of which support LGBT people, and some of which do not. In many ways, […]

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The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

01/05/2003

7 pages long

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The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

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Overview

This article is based on an inter-generational dialogue between younger and older women regarding the future direction of the women’s movement. Like other social movements, the women’s movement is currently experiencing tensions as feminists of different ages negotiate their place within it. In this article, we will highlight some of the issues raised in this […]

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Religious values and beliefs and education for women in Pakistan

01/08/2012

13 pages long

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Religious values and beliefs and education for women in Pakistan

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Overview

This paper explores the hypothesis that Islamic religious values and beliefs are antithetical to women’s education in two cities in Pakistan: Lahore, generally believed to be a socially liberal city, and Peshawar, often regarded as the bastion of conservative values and norms. Leaders and members of selected religious organisations, and some members of women’s rights […]

Journal article

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

01/08/2012

15 pages long

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The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

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Overview

Legal reform is necessary but not sufficient to realise women’s rights. This paper compares two campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria: attempts to domesticate the UN Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in federal law, which resulted in defeat of the bill in 2007, and a successful campaign to […]

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Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

01/10/1996

7 pages long

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Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

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Overview

In a study of women’s income-generating groups and individual women entrepreneurs in Uganda, the individual women were found to be more economically successful than the groups. This article argues that the need to maintain relationships, and observe bureaucratic procedures may contribute to the relative ineffectiveness of groups. This finding has important implications for development funders. […]

Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: Learning from Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice programme

16/07/2012

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Forty-five Raising Her Voice partners seeking to promote women’s political participation in 17 countries across the world have had to come to grips with tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), both as a structural barrier to women’s participation in political life and as a consequence of effective governance work. This paper shares the strategies […]

Journal article

Trade unions and women’s NGOs: diverse civil society organisations in Iran

01/02/2004

13 pages long

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Overview

A comparison of trade unions and NGOs in Iran demonstrates the diverse nature of their activities. Over the last 90 years, trade unions have played important roles in changing the political system in that country. However, unions are largely male-dominated organisations, which explains why some women have begun to organise women’s trade unions. This article […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Giving women the credit

01/11/1997

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Giving women the credit

Keywords

Overview

The Full Circle Project is a response by a women’s organisation to the dynamics of women’s poverty and economic exclusion in contemporary Britain. The authors emphasise the need for credit provision for women to be seen as only one part of an integrated strategy for poverty reduction. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor […]

Briefing note

Our Country, Our Peace: Why women must be included in Yemen’s peace process

11/12/2015

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Yemen conflict has had a catastrophic effect on its people, with specific impacts on already-vulnerable women and girls. But political talks about Yemen’s future have almost exclusively been conducted by male politicians and combatants. This contrasts with the 2011 uprising, when women helped set Yemen on a path towards political reform. However, the 2011 […]

Briefing paper

Failing Women, Withholding Protection: 15 lost years in making the female condom accessible

06/08/2008

3 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Policy makers lament women’s vulnerability to HIV infection, yet for 15 years they have failed to utilise a technology which can help women to protect and empower themselves. The female condom is the only female-initiated method which provides protection from HIV infection; it also prevents unwanted pregnancy. Studies have shown it is acceptable to users, […]

Journal article

Lesbian and bisexual women in Cuba: family, rights, and policy

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on interviews with 17 self-identified lesbian and bisexual women living in Havana, Cuba, focusing on state support for their family relationships. It examines some of the tensions and contradictions between international and national policy, and societal norms, some of which support LGBT people, and some of which do not. In many ways, […]

Journal article

The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

01/05/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on an inter-generational dialogue between younger and older women regarding the future direction of the women’s movement. Like other social movements, the women’s movement is currently experiencing tensions as feminists of different ages negotiate their place within it. In this article, we will highlight some of the issues raised in this […]

Journal article

Religious values and beliefs and education for women in Pakistan

01/08/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Religious values and beliefs and education for women in Pakistan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the hypothesis that Islamic religious values and beliefs are antithetical to women’s education in two cities in Pakistan: Lahore, generally believed to be a socially liberal city, and Peshawar, often regarded as the bastion of conservative values and norms. Leaders and members of selected religious organisations, and some members of women’s rights […]

Journal article

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

01/08/2012

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

Legal reform is necessary but not sufficient to realise women’s rights. This paper compares two campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria: attempts to domesticate the UN Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in federal law, which resulted in defeat of the bill in 2007, and a successful campaign to […]

Journal article

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

01/10/1996

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

Keywords

Overview

In a study of women’s income-generating groups and individual women entrepreneurs in Uganda, the individual women were found to be more economically successful than the groups. This article argues that the need to maintain relationships, and observe bureaucratic procedures may contribute to the relative ineffectiveness of groups. This finding has important implications for development funders. […]

Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: Learning from Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice programme

16/07/2012

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Forty-five Raising Her Voice partners seeking to promote women’s political participation in 17 countries across the world have had to come to grips with tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), both as a structural barrier to women’s participation in political life and as a consequence of effective governance work. This paper shares the strategies […]

Journal article

Trade unions and women’s NGOs: diverse civil society organisations in Iran

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A comparison of trade unions and NGOs in Iran demonstrates the diverse nature of their activities. Over the last 90 years, trade unions have played important roles in changing the political system in that country. However, unions are largely male-dominated organisations, which explains why some women have begun to organise women’s trade unions. This article […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Giving women the credit

01/11/1997

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Giving women the credit

Keywords

Overview

The Full Circle Project is a response by a women’s organisation to the dynamics of women’s poverty and economic exclusion in contemporary Britain. The authors emphasise the need for credit provision for women to be seen as only one part of an integrated strategy for poverty reduction. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor […]

Briefing note

Our Country, Our Peace: Why women must be included in Yemen’s peace process

11/12/2015

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Yemen conflict has had a catastrophic effect on its people, with specific impacts on already-vulnerable women and girls. But political talks about Yemen’s future have almost exclusively been conducted by male politicians and combatants. This contrasts with the 2011 uprising, when women helped set Yemen on a path towards political reform. However, the 2011 […]

Briefing paper

Failing Women, Withholding Protection: 15 lost years in making the female condom accessible

06/08/2008

3 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Policy makers lament women’s vulnerability to HIV infection, yet for 15 years they have failed to utilise a technology which can help women to protect and empower themselves. The female condom is the only female-initiated method which provides protection from HIV infection; it also prevents unwanted pregnancy. Studies have shown it is acceptable to users, […]

Journal article

Lesbian and bisexual women in Cuba: family, rights, and policy

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on interviews with 17 self-identified lesbian and bisexual women living in Havana, Cuba, focusing on state support for their family relationships. It examines some of the tensions and contradictions between international and national policy, and societal norms, some of which support LGBT people, and some of which do not. In many ways, […]

Journal article

The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

01/05/2003

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

The women’s movement in the era of globalisation: does it face extinction?

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on an inter-generational dialogue between younger and older women regarding the future direction of the women’s movement. Like other social movements, the women’s movement is currently experiencing tensions as feminists of different ages negotiate their place within it. In this article, we will highlight some of the issues raised in this […]

Journal article

Religious values and beliefs and education for women in Pakistan

01/08/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Religious values and beliefs and education for women in Pakistan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the hypothesis that Islamic religious values and beliefs are antithetical to women’s education in two cities in Pakistan: Lahore, generally believed to be a socially liberal city, and Peshawar, often regarded as the bastion of conservative values and norms. Leaders and members of selected religious organisations, and some members of women’s rights […]

Journal article

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

01/08/2012

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of religion in women’s campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria

Keywords

Overview

Legal reform is necessary but not sufficient to realise women’s rights. This paper compares two campaigns for legal reform in Nigeria: attempts to domesticate the UN Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in federal law, which resulted in defeat of the bill in 2007, and a successful campaign to […]

Journal article

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

01/10/1996

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

Keywords

Overview

In a study of women’s income-generating groups and individual women entrepreneurs in Uganda, the individual women were found to be more economically successful than the groups. This article argues that the need to maintain relationships, and observe bureaucratic procedures may contribute to the relative ineffectiveness of groups. This finding has important implications for development funders. […]

Case study

Strengthening Governance Programming Through Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: Learning from Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice programme

16/07/2012

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Forty-five Raising Her Voice partners seeking to promote women’s political participation in 17 countries across the world have had to come to grips with tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), both as a structural barrier to women’s participation in political life and as a consequence of effective governance work. This paper shares the strategies […]

Journal article

Trade unions and women’s NGOs: diverse civil society organisations in Iran

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A comparison of trade unions and NGOs in Iran demonstrates the diverse nature of their activities. Over the last 90 years, trade unions have played important roles in changing the political system in that country. However, unions are largely male-dominated organisations, which explains why some women have begun to organise women’s trade unions. This article […]