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Lucha Castro: a women’s rights defender’s strength in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico

23/05/2023

17 pages long

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Lucha Castro: a women’s rights defender’s strength in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico

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Overview

Numerous studies from North- and South-based scholars have examined the femicides and disappearances/abductions of women and girls in Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico. The Campo Algodonero ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2009), where the Court held Mexico responsible for the handling of disappearances and murders of women, whose bodies, like tens of other women, […]

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Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

01/02/1995

2 pages long

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Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

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This article argues that for the human rights movement to become international, it must start by appreciating local and national contexts. The expectations and experiences of Muslim women are hugely diverse, depending on the culture they are born into. ‘Women Living Under Muslin Law’ unites women from different countries to organise for change according to […]

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Promoting a gender-just peace: the roles of women teachers in peacebuilding and reconstruction

01/11/2004

10 pages long

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Promoting a gender-just peace: the roles of women teachers in peacebuilding and reconstruction

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Overview

Schools – however temporary and improvised they may be – are often among the first community organisations to start functioning after a crisis. It is important that they set a high standard in encouraging the active participation of women in reconstruction and peacebuilding after conflict. This article examines the potential of women teachers for significant […]

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

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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

Grassroots responses to violence against women and girls in post-earthquake Nepal: lessons from the field

20/07/2016

17 pages long

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Grassroots responses to violence against women and girls in post-earthquake Nepal: lessons from the field

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls (VAWG), including sexual violence, can increase after natural disasters. This article provides evidence from Nepal, a country where progress has been made on gender equality but VAWG remains an endemic problem. Research since the earthquakes involving women activists and non-government organisations indicates the continuing challenges facing disaster response efforts to […]

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

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

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

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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 […]

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‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

19/09/2024

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

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Public space and youth

Overview

This paper addresses girls and young women’s experiences of spatial forms of judgement in the public spaces of their local areas. It posits the feminist question: what is the relationship between judgement, gender, youth, and the material realities that make up the public realm? Findings are derived from two seven-week long peer research projects on public space […]

Journal article

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

01/10/1994

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

Keywords

Overview

This article outlines why the ‘Women’s Environment and Development Organisation’ (WEDO) was formed, in the context of the end of the Cold War and worsening environmental degradation. WEDO organises women’s caucuses to ensure that the UN addresses the needs of women worldwide. Another major success of caucuses is their inclusion of grassroots women and newly […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Lucha Castro: a women’s rights defender’s strength in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico

23/05/2023

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Lucha Castro: a women’s rights defender’s strength in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico

Keywords

Overview

Numerous studies from North- and South-based scholars have examined the femicides and disappearances/abductions of women and girls in Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico. The Campo Algodonero ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2009), where the Court held Mexico responsible for the handling of disappearances and murders of women, whose bodies, like tens of other women, […]

Journal article

Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

01/02/1995

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

Keywords

Overview

This article argues that for the human rights movement to become international, it must start by appreciating local and national contexts. The expectations and experiences of Muslim women are hugely diverse, depending on the culture they are born into. ‘Women Living Under Muslin Law’ unites women from different countries to organise for change according to […]

Journal article

Promoting a gender-just peace: the roles of women teachers in peacebuilding and reconstruction

01/11/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting a gender-just peace: the roles of women teachers in peacebuilding and reconstruction

Keywords

Overview

Schools – however temporary and improvised they may be – are often among the first community organisations to start functioning after a crisis. It is important that they set a high standard in encouraging the active participation of women in reconstruction and peacebuilding after conflict. This article examines the potential of women teachers for significant […]

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

Grassroots responses to violence against women and girls in post-earthquake Nepal: lessons from the field

20/07/2016

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Grassroots responses to violence against women and girls in post-earthquake Nepal: lessons from the field

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls (VAWG), including sexual violence, can increase after natural disasters. This article provides evidence from Nepal, a country where progress has been made on gender equality but VAWG remains an endemic problem. Research since the earthquakes involving women activists and non-government organisations indicates the continuing challenges facing disaster response efforts to […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

19/09/2024

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

Keywords

Public space and youth

Overview

This paper addresses girls and young women’s experiences of spatial forms of judgement in the public spaces of their local areas. It posits the feminist question: what is the relationship between judgement, gender, youth, and the material realities that make up the public realm? Findings are derived from two seven-week long peer research projects on public space […]

Journal article

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

01/10/1994

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

Keywords

Overview

This article outlines why the ‘Women’s Environment and Development Organisation’ (WEDO) was formed, in the context of the end of the Cold War and worsening environmental degradation. WEDO organises women’s caucuses to ensure that the UN addresses the needs of women worldwide. Another major success of caucuses is their inclusion of grassroots women and newly […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Lucha Castro: a women’s rights defender’s strength in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico

23/05/2023

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Lucha Castro: a women’s rights defender’s strength in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico

Keywords

Overview

Numerous studies from North- and South-based scholars have examined the femicides and disappearances/abductions of women and girls in Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico. The Campo Algodonero ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2009), where the Court held Mexico responsible for the handling of disappearances and murders of women, whose bodies, like tens of other women, […]

Journal article

Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

01/02/1995

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Culture and the law in Islam women living under Muslim law

Keywords

Overview

This article argues that for the human rights movement to become international, it must start by appreciating local and national contexts. The expectations and experiences of Muslim women are hugely diverse, depending on the culture they are born into. ‘Women Living Under Muslin Law’ unites women from different countries to organise for change according to […]

Journal article

Promoting a gender-just peace: the roles of women teachers in peacebuilding and reconstruction

01/11/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting a gender-just peace: the roles of women teachers in peacebuilding and reconstruction

Keywords

Overview

Schools – however temporary and improvised they may be – are often among the first community organisations to start functioning after a crisis. It is important that they set a high standard in encouraging the active participation of women in reconstruction and peacebuilding after conflict. This article examines the potential of women teachers for significant […]

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

Grassroots responses to violence against women and girls in post-earthquake Nepal: lessons from the field

20/07/2016

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Grassroots responses to violence against women and girls in post-earthquake Nepal: lessons from the field

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls (VAWG), including sexual violence, can increase after natural disasters. This article provides evidence from Nepal, a country where progress has been made on gender equality but VAWG remains an endemic problem. Research since the earthquakes involving women activists and non-government organisations indicates the continuing challenges facing disaster response efforts to […]

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

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 […]

Journal article

‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

19/09/2024

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

Keywords

Public space and youth

Overview

This paper addresses girls and young women’s experiences of spatial forms of judgement in the public spaces of their local areas. It posits the feminist question: what is the relationship between judgement, gender, youth, and the material realities that make up the public realm? Findings are derived from two seven-week long peer research projects on public space […]

Journal article

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

01/10/1994

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Facilitating women’s participation in UN conferences

Keywords

Overview

This article outlines why the ‘Women’s Environment and Development Organisation’ (WEDO) was formed, in the context of the end of the Cold War and worsening environmental degradation. WEDO organises women’s caucuses to ensure that the UN addresses the needs of women worldwide. Another major success of caucuses is their inclusion of grassroots women and newly […]