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Men’s violence against women in rural Bangladesh: undermined or exacerbated by microcredit programmes?

01/05/1998

10 pages long

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Men’s violence against women in rural Bangladesh: undermined or exacerbated by microcredit programmes?

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Using data from a recent ethnographic study in rural Bangladesh to explore relationships between men’s violence against women in the home, women’s economic and social dependence on men, and microcredit programmes, this paper suggests that microcredit programmes have a varied effect on men’s violence against women. They can reduce women’s vulnerability to men’s violence by […]

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Trading and trade-offs: women’s livelihoods in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

01/05/2002

15 pages long

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Trading and trade-offs: women’s livelihoods in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

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Development methods

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This paper is based on a small micro-level study carried out to assess the impact of recent socio-economic changes in Tajikistan on the livelihoods and well-being of women in Gorno-Badakhshan. It examines the recent involvement of women in trading and informal economic activity with a focus on the trade-offs that women have faced as a […]

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Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

01/08/2003

13 pages long

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Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

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In Northeast Thailand, women are heavily involved in small-scale aquaculture. However, as aquaculture becomes more intensive, women are in charge of less. Women’s decision-making power in aquaculture and in the household is stronger when women have greater material resources and knowledge than their husbands; and the case studies on which the article draws show that […]

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Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

01/05/2003

14 pages long

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Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

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At first glance it would appear that despite women’s vital participation in peace-making processes, they are for the most part marginalised or belittled. However, moving away from the idea of women as outsiders and/or victims, we find evidence of their involvement in projects initiated and driven by them and/or in activities in which they work […]

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Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

01/05/2003

11 pages long

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Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

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This paper seeks to explode a number of myths about women’s absence from wars and conflict; it considers some problems about their vulnerabilities in these circumstances; and offers some feminist perspectives for addressing these problems. The paper considers the conflicting demands made on women in periods of war and revolution, and argues that differing historical […]

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Women’s inheritance rights in Malawi: the role of District Assemblies

01/02/2005

7 pages long

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Legal reforms are increasingly seen as essential in combating various constraints women face in relation to property and inheritance. These efforts are reinforced by commitments countries have made by adopting such treaties as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and by the incorporation into their constitutions of various […]

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A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

01/10/1994

5 pages long

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A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

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Latin American women from all walks of life are organising against issues that oppress them, from debt and industrialisation to gender based violence. Entre Mujeres (Among Women) unites women’s NGOs to influence funding agencies and Governments, and to create ties between Southern and European women. This North-South co-operation needs to be extended. The South is […]

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Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

01/07/1998

8 pages long

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Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

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This article is concerned with identifying the main elements in a programme of education for women’s empowerment, by contrasting such education with its opposite: schooling for subordination. It is here argued that education and training for women’s empowerment needs to reverse the values and beliefs which have been inculcated within the conventional school system. This […]

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A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

01/11/2005

12 pages long

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A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

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Overview

Women with disability do not generally benefit from international human-rights laws and agreements, or from development discourse and practice. The interconnection between disability and gender identity is largely invisible within women’s rights, disability rights, and development agendas. For women with disability in the Asia and Pacific region, this is particularly evident for Pacific women; within […]

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The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

01/07/2006

10 pages long

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The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

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Overview

The assertion of Dalit interests has posed new challenges for the women’s movement in India, which has been criticised for its lack of engagement with Dalit women and their interests. Some women’s activists have begun to respond to this critique. Yet this article argues that caste identity still determines the place that women activists – […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

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Men’s violence against women in rural Bangladesh: undermined or exacerbated by microcredit programmes?

01/05/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Men’s violence against women in rural Bangladesh: undermined or exacerbated by microcredit programmes?

Keywords

Overview

Using data from a recent ethnographic study in rural Bangladesh to explore relationships between men’s violence against women in the home, women’s economic and social dependence on men, and microcredit programmes, this paper suggests that microcredit programmes have a varied effect on men’s violence against women. They can reduce women’s vulnerability to men’s violence by […]

Journal article

Trading and trade-offs: women’s livelihoods in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

01/05/2002

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Trading and trade-offs: women’s livelihoods in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This paper is based on a small micro-level study carried out to assess the impact of recent socio-economic changes in Tajikistan on the livelihoods and well-being of women in Gorno-Badakhshan. It examines the recent involvement of women in trading and informal economic activity with a focus on the trade-offs that women have faced as a […]

Journal article

Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

01/08/2003

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

Keywords

Overview

In Northeast Thailand, women are heavily involved in small-scale aquaculture. However, as aquaculture becomes more intensive, women are in charge of less. Women’s decision-making power in aquaculture and in the household is stronger when women have greater material resources and knowledge than their husbands; and the case studies on which the article draws show that […]

Journal article

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

Keywords

Overview

At first glance it would appear that despite women’s vital participation in peace-making processes, they are for the most part marginalised or belittled. However, moving away from the idea of women as outsiders and/or victims, we find evidence of their involvement in projects initiated and driven by them and/or in activities in which they work […]

Journal article

Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

Keywords

Overview

This paper seeks to explode a number of myths about women’s absence from wars and conflict; it considers some problems about their vulnerabilities in these circumstances; and offers some feminist perspectives for addressing these problems. The paper considers the conflicting demands made on women in periods of war and revolution, and argues that differing historical […]

Journal article

Women’s inheritance rights in Malawi: the role of District Assemblies

01/02/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Legal reforms are increasingly seen as essential in combating various constraints women face in relation to property and inheritance. These efforts are reinforced by commitments countries have made by adopting such treaties as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and by the incorporation into their constitutions of various […]

Journal article

A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

01/10/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

Keywords

Overview

Latin American women from all walks of life are organising against issues that oppress them, from debt and industrialisation to gender based violence. Entre Mujeres (Among Women) unites women’s NGOs to influence funding agencies and Governments, and to create ties between Southern and European women. This North-South co-operation needs to be extended. The South is […]

Journal article

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

01/07/1998

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

Keywords

Overview

This article is concerned with identifying the main elements in a programme of education for women’s empowerment, by contrasting such education with its opposite: schooling for subordination. It is here argued that education and training for women’s empowerment needs to reverse the values and beliefs which have been inculcated within the conventional school system. This […]

Journal article

A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

01/11/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

Keywords

Overview

Women with disability do not generally benefit from international human-rights laws and agreements, or from development discourse and practice. The interconnection between disability and gender identity is largely invisible within women’s rights, disability rights, and development agendas. For women with disability in the Asia and Pacific region, this is particularly evident for Pacific women; within […]

Journal article

The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

01/07/2006

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

Keywords

Overview

The assertion of Dalit interests has posed new challenges for the women’s movement in India, which has been criticised for its lack of engagement with Dalit women and their interests. Some women’s activists have begun to respond to this critique. Yet this article argues that caste identity still determines the place that women activists – […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Men’s violence against women in rural Bangladesh: undermined or exacerbated by microcredit programmes?

01/05/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Men’s violence against women in rural Bangladesh: undermined or exacerbated by microcredit programmes?

Keywords

Overview

Using data from a recent ethnographic study in rural Bangladesh to explore relationships between men’s violence against women in the home, women’s economic and social dependence on men, and microcredit programmes, this paper suggests that microcredit programmes have a varied effect on men’s violence against women. They can reduce women’s vulnerability to men’s violence by […]

Journal article

Trading and trade-offs: women’s livelihoods in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

01/05/2002

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Trading and trade-offs: women’s livelihoods in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This paper is based on a small micro-level study carried out to assess the impact of recent socio-economic changes in Tajikistan on the livelihoods and well-being of women in Gorno-Badakhshan. It examines the recent involvement of women in trading and informal economic activity with a focus on the trade-offs that women have faced as a […]

Journal article

Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

01/08/2003

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s involvement in small-scale aquaculture in Northeast Thailand

Keywords

Overview

In Northeast Thailand, women are heavily involved in small-scale aquaculture. However, as aquaculture becomes more intensive, women are in charge of less. Women’s decision-making power in aquaculture and in the household is stronger when women have greater material resources and knowledge than their husbands; and the case studies on which the article draws show that […]

Journal article

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

Keywords

Overview

At first glance it would appear that despite women’s vital participation in peace-making processes, they are for the most part marginalised or belittled. However, moving away from the idea of women as outsiders and/or victims, we find evidence of their involvement in projects initiated and driven by them and/or in activities in which they work […]

Journal article

Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and wars: some trajectories towards a feminist peace

Keywords

Overview

This paper seeks to explode a number of myths about women’s absence from wars and conflict; it considers some problems about their vulnerabilities in these circumstances; and offers some feminist perspectives for addressing these problems. The paper considers the conflicting demands made on women in periods of war and revolution, and argues that differing historical […]

Journal article

Women’s inheritance rights in Malawi: the role of District Assemblies

01/02/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Legal reforms are increasingly seen as essential in combating various constraints women face in relation to property and inheritance. These efforts are reinforced by commitments countries have made by adopting such treaties as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and by the incorporation into their constitutions of various […]

Journal article

A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

01/10/1994

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

A women’s approach to north-south co-operation

Keywords

Overview

Latin American women from all walks of life are organising against issues that oppress them, from debt and industrialisation to gender based violence. Entre Mujeres (Among Women) unites women’s NGOs to influence funding agencies and Governments, and to create ties between Southern and European women. This North-South co-operation needs to be extended. The South is […]

Journal article

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

01/07/1998

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

Keywords

Overview

This article is concerned with identifying the main elements in a programme of education for women’s empowerment, by contrasting such education with its opposite: schooling for subordination. It is here argued that education and training for women’s empowerment needs to reverse the values and beliefs which have been inculcated within the conventional school system. This […]

Journal article

A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

01/11/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

A voice of our own: advocacy by women with disability in Australia and the Pacific

Keywords

Overview

Women with disability do not generally benefit from international human-rights laws and agreements, or from development discourse and practice. The interconnection between disability and gender identity is largely invisible within women’s rights, disability rights, and development agendas. For women with disability in the Asia and Pacific region, this is particularly evident for Pacific women; within […]

Journal article

The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

01/07/2006

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

The politics of the marginalised: dalits and women’s activism in India

Keywords

Overview

The assertion of Dalit interests has posed new challenges for the women’s movement in India, which has been criticised for its lack of engagement with Dalit women and their interests. Some women’s activists have begun to respond to this critique. Yet this article argues that caste identity still determines the place that women activists – […]