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Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

01/06/2004

10 pages long

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Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

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Overview

Throughout the world, deeply entrenched barriers exclude women from meaningful participation in socio-economic and political activities. This is not merely an issue of fairness and equality. It has been argued that by expanding women’s opportunities, society as a whole would simultaneously be strengthened and this would enhance broader development prospects. Recently, a wide variety of […]

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Unpacking Bangladesh’s ‘women’s leadership paradox’ through the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act of 2010

07/12/2021

16 pages long

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Unpacking Bangladesh’s ‘women’s leadership paradox’ through the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act of 2010

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This article unpacks the ‘women’s leadership paradox’ through the case of the adoption and implementation of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) (DVPP) Act 2010 of Bangladesh. It looks at two forms of women’s leadership, one at the civil society/women’s movement level and the other at the female elected representatives at the parliament and executive […]

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High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

20/07/2016

14 pages long

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High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

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Violence against women in El Salvador – a country made fragile by a vicious Civil War and the subsequent burgeoning of murderous youth gangs – has been described as lying on the knife’s edge between public and private (Hume 2009). Women’s experiences of violence are often invalidated by wider society for violating a normalised culture […]

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Sustainable development: women as partners

01/02/1993

5 pages long

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Sustainable development: women as partners

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Dem explores how Oxfam’s work in rural areas can adapt its approach to meet the needs of urban women. She uses the example of Senegal’s economic crisis of the 1980s that plunged many women in urban areas into poverty. Sustainable development in this case meant women organising themselves and working together to actively determine their […]

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The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

01/02/2011

10 pages long

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The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

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This article examines the experiences of women occupying reserved seats on the suku councils of Timor-Leste (each of which represents a number of small villages). The limited political participation of these women is often ascribed to patriarchal ideas within rural areas, and the need for capacity development. This article argues, however, that there are further […]

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Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

20/07/2016

15 pages long

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Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

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Overview

The Philippines has developed a range of national laws, policies, and programmes in response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, as elsewhere, the needs and experiences of women with disabilities are rarely considered in government policies or development activities. Yet women with disabilities are more likely to experience violence than their peers without […]

Briefing note

Women’s Right to Agricultural Land: Removing Legal Barriers for Achieving Gender Equality

07/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s land rights (WLR) have been and continue to be a live agenda in social development discourse of India. The importance of WLR has been discussed in the context of agriculture; poverty reduction; reduction in gender-based violence; women’s well-being and agency. There now exists a vast academic literature and experience of collective action to point […]

Discussion paper

Work In Life: How an anti-poverty approach to employment support could be transformational for women

24/08/2016

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to evaluate the employability support currently available to women, changes in the structure of the labour market, and the shape of current and future funding. It makes recommendations for programmatic responses to support women into decent work – and to contribute to, and develop, the wider […]

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‘Localising’ humanitarian action: reflections on delivering women’s rights-based and feminist services in an ongoing crisis

11/07/2019

15 pages long

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‘Localising’ humanitarian action: reflections on delivering women’s rights-based and feminist services in an ongoing crisis

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Overview

This article shares the experiences of Women Now for Development, a women’s organisation working with Syrian women in Syria and neighbouring countries. The key questions under consideration are whether important policy commitments to empower local actors are bearing fruit in practice and identify some of the challenges that still frustrate working with women and girls […]

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Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

01/07/2013

16 pages long

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Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

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Overview

Some national governments have adopted a wide variety of measures to address violence against women, including legal reform, public education campaigns, and support for shelters and rape crisis centres, but other governments have done little to confront the problem. What accounts for these differences in policy? To answer this question, we analysed policies on violence against women in 70 […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

01/06/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Keywords

Overview

Throughout the world, deeply entrenched barriers exclude women from meaningful participation in socio-economic and political activities. This is not merely an issue of fairness and equality. It has been argued that by expanding women’s opportunities, society as a whole would simultaneously be strengthened and this would enhance broader development prospects. Recently, a wide variety of […]

Journal article

Unpacking Bangladesh’s ‘women’s leadership paradox’ through the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act of 2010

07/12/2021

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Unpacking Bangladesh’s ‘women’s leadership paradox’ through the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act of 2010

Keywords

Overview

This article unpacks the ‘women’s leadership paradox’ through the case of the adoption and implementation of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) (DVPP) Act 2010 of Bangladesh. It looks at two forms of women’s leadership, one at the civil society/women’s movement level and the other at the female elected representatives at the parliament and executive […]

Journal article

High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

20/07/2016

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women in El Salvador – a country made fragile by a vicious Civil War and the subsequent burgeoning of murderous youth gangs – has been described as lying on the knife’s edge between public and private (Hume 2009). Women’s experiences of violence are often invalidated by wider society for violating a normalised culture […]

Journal article

Sustainable development: women as partners

01/02/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustainable development: women as partners

Keywords

Overview

Dem explores how Oxfam’s work in rural areas can adapt its approach to meet the needs of urban women. She uses the example of Senegal’s economic crisis of the 1980s that plunged many women in urban areas into poverty. Sustainable development in this case meant women organising themselves and working together to actively determine their […]

Journal article

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

01/02/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the experiences of women occupying reserved seats on the suku councils of Timor-Leste (each of which represents a number of small villages). The limited political participation of these women is often ascribed to patriarchal ideas within rural areas, and the need for capacity development. This article argues, however, that there are further […]

Journal article

Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

20/07/2016

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

Keywords

Overview

The Philippines has developed a range of national laws, policies, and programmes in response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, as elsewhere, the needs and experiences of women with disabilities are rarely considered in government policies or development activities. Yet women with disabilities are more likely to experience violence than their peers without […]

Briefing note

Women’s Right to Agricultural Land: Removing Legal Barriers for Achieving Gender Equality

07/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s land rights (WLR) have been and continue to be a live agenda in social development discourse of India. The importance of WLR has been discussed in the context of agriculture; poverty reduction; reduction in gender-based violence; women’s well-being and agency. There now exists a vast academic literature and experience of collective action to point […]

Discussion paper

Work In Life: How an anti-poverty approach to employment support could be transformational for women

24/08/2016

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to evaluate the employability support currently available to women, changes in the structure of the labour market, and the shape of current and future funding. It makes recommendations for programmatic responses to support women into decent work – and to contribute to, and develop, the wider […]

Journal article

‘Localising’ humanitarian action: reflections on delivering women’s rights-based and feminist services in an ongoing crisis

11/07/2019

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Localising’ humanitarian action: reflections on delivering women’s rights-based and feminist services in an ongoing crisis

Keywords

Overview

This article shares the experiences of Women Now for Development, a women’s organisation working with Syrian women in Syria and neighbouring countries. The key questions under consideration are whether important policy commitments to empower local actors are bearing fruit in practice and identify some of the challenges that still frustrate working with women and girls […]

Journal article

Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Some national governments have adopted a wide variety of measures to address violence against women, including legal reform, public education campaigns, and support for shelters and rape crisis centres, but other governments have done little to confront the problem. What accounts for these differences in policy? To answer this question, we analysed policies on violence against women in 70 […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

01/06/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Expanding women’s opportunities: the potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Keywords

Overview

Throughout the world, deeply entrenched barriers exclude women from meaningful participation in socio-economic and political activities. This is not merely an issue of fairness and equality. It has been argued that by expanding women’s opportunities, society as a whole would simultaneously be strengthened and this would enhance broader development prospects. Recently, a wide variety of […]

Journal article

Unpacking Bangladesh’s ‘women’s leadership paradox’ through the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act of 2010

07/12/2021

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Unpacking Bangladesh’s ‘women’s leadership paradox’ through the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act of 2010

Keywords

Overview

This article unpacks the ‘women’s leadership paradox’ through the case of the adoption and implementation of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) (DVPP) Act 2010 of Bangladesh. It looks at two forms of women’s leadership, one at the civil society/women’s movement level and the other at the female elected representatives at the parliament and executive […]

Journal article

High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

20/07/2016

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women in El Salvador – a country made fragile by a vicious Civil War and the subsequent burgeoning of murderous youth gangs – has been described as lying on the knife’s edge between public and private (Hume 2009). Women’s experiences of violence are often invalidated by wider society for violating a normalised culture […]

Journal article

Sustainable development: women as partners

01/02/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sustainable development: women as partners

Keywords

Overview

Dem explores how Oxfam’s work in rural areas can adapt its approach to meet the needs of urban women. She uses the example of Senegal’s economic crisis of the 1980s that plunged many women in urban areas into poverty. Sustainable development in this case meant women organising themselves and working together to actively determine their […]

Journal article

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

01/02/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the experiences of women occupying reserved seats on the suku councils of Timor-Leste (each of which represents a number of small villages). The limited political participation of these women is often ascribed to patriarchal ideas within rural areas, and the need for capacity development. This article argues, however, that there are further […]

Journal article

Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

20/07/2016

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

Keywords

Overview

The Philippines has developed a range of national laws, policies, and programmes in response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, as elsewhere, the needs and experiences of women with disabilities are rarely considered in government policies or development activities. Yet women with disabilities are more likely to experience violence than their peers without […]

Briefing note

Women’s Right to Agricultural Land: Removing Legal Barriers for Achieving Gender Equality

07/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s land rights (WLR) have been and continue to be a live agenda in social development discourse of India. The importance of WLR has been discussed in the context of agriculture; poverty reduction; reduction in gender-based violence; women’s well-being and agency. There now exists a vast academic literature and experience of collective action to point […]

Discussion paper

Work In Life: How an anti-poverty approach to employment support could be transformational for women

24/08/2016

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to evaluate the employability support currently available to women, changes in the structure of the labour market, and the shape of current and future funding. It makes recommendations for programmatic responses to support women into decent work – and to contribute to, and develop, the wider […]

Journal article

‘Localising’ humanitarian action: reflections on delivering women’s rights-based and feminist services in an ongoing crisis

11/07/2019

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Localising’ humanitarian action: reflections on delivering women’s rights-based and feminist services in an ongoing crisis

Keywords

Overview

This article shares the experiences of Women Now for Development, a women’s organisation working with Syrian women in Syria and neighbouring countries. The key questions under consideration are whether important policy commitments to empower local actors are bearing fruit in practice and identify some of the challenges that still frustrate working with women and girls […]

Journal article

Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist mobilisation and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Some national governments have adopted a wide variety of measures to address violence against women, including legal reform, public education campaigns, and support for shelters and rape crisis centres, but other governments have done little to confront the problem. What accounts for these differences in policy? To answer this question, we analysed policies on violence against women in 70 […]