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Citizenship rights and women’s roles in development in post-conflict Nepal

25/11/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Citizenship rights and women’s roles in development in post-conflict Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Despite human rights abuses, the ten-year conflict in Nepal brought aspects of empowerment to women, changing their role in the family and community, as women became active outside the home, challenged the security forces, and began to assert their rights as citizens. Drawing on a research project into the participation of women in community development […]

Case study

Fighting for Women’s Rights in Chile: Supporting women workers and promoting women’s political participation

07/02/2008

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Despite being considered one of the most economically successful countries in Latin America, Chile is marked by high levels of social inequality. Women working in the agricultural and fish-farming sectors are particularly marginalised, and often work in unacceptable conditions, with little opportunity to challenge exploitative practices or to influence political decisions. This paper describes Oxfam […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Indonesia: Evaluation of Papua women’s empowerment

26/03/2015

3 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in October 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Papua women’s empowerment’ (PAWE) project. The overall objective of […]

Research report

Counting on Women’s Work Without Counting Women’s Work: Women’s unpaid work in Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Egypt

31/05/2019

1 documents

101 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the MENA region, care is considered the main responsibility of women, and prioritized over their participation in the labour market. This report is based on an extensive review of existing literature on paid labour, gender-based division of household tasks, unpaid non-economic labour and economic labour, as well as the different contexts within which these […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Strengthening and Linking Women-Led Efforts to Promote Women’s Property and Literacy Rights in Sierra Leone

26/02/2014

4 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Strengthening and Linking Women-Led Efforts to Promote Women’s Property and Literacy Rights in Sierra Leone’ project was carried out by Oxfam and partners in two districts of Sierra Leone from 2010 to 2013. The project had two aims. First, to strengthen the capacity of and improve networking between community-based groups and national women’s networks […]

Evaluation report

Women’s empowerment in Tunisia: Impact evaluation of the project ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ in Tunisia

01/05/2018

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2016/17, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2016 in Tunisia, and intended to evaluate the success of the ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ project in increasing women’s empowerment. The project ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ […]

Journal article

More and More Technology, Women have to go home’: changing skill demands in manufacturing and Caribbean women’s access to training

01/03/2001

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

More and More Technology, Women have to go home’: changing skill demands in manufacturing and Caribbean women’s access to training

Keywords

Overview

Women in the Caribbean region have a history of working in paid employment as well as participating in unpaid work. This article focuses on case studies from Barbados, St Lucia, and Trinidad, where, since the 1970s, many women have been employed in export-processing. In the factories, stereotypes about women’s ‘natural’ abilities have been used to […]

Journal article

Women’s movements’ engagement in the SDGs: lessons learned from the Women’s Major Group

04/03/2016

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s movements’ engagement in the SDGs: lessons learned from the Women’s Major Group

Keywords

Overview

The Women’s Major Group’s role is to assure effective public participation of women’s non-government groups in the United Nations (UN) policy processes on Sustainable Development, the post-2015 development agenda, and environmental matters. It works alongside eight other ‘Major Groups’ representing different elements of civil society. This article focuses on the role of the Women’s Major […]

Journal article

Women’s groups for whom? The colonisation of women’s groups in Papua New Guinea

01/02/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s groups for whom? The colonisation of women’s groups in Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Overview

Women’s groups in Papua New Guinea, often under the influence of colonial and church governance in the past, still have an ambiguous function which serves to isolate women and `women’s issues’ rather than spread gender sensitivity. The author concludes that the existence of these forums for women actually encourages the continued marginalisation of women from […]

Journal article

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

Keywords

Overview

A wide range of development actors play a major role in initiating, supporting, and promoting collective action of various forms, which aims to secure economic and wider benefits to women, through improving their engagement in markets. But there is limited understanding of what works for rural women in terms of their participation in collective action, […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Citizenship rights and women’s roles in development in post-conflict Nepal

25/11/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Citizenship rights and women’s roles in development in post-conflict Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Despite human rights abuses, the ten-year conflict in Nepal brought aspects of empowerment to women, changing their role in the family and community, as women became active outside the home, challenged the security forces, and began to assert their rights as citizens. Drawing on a research project into the participation of women in community development […]

Case study

Fighting for Women’s Rights in Chile: Supporting women workers and promoting women’s political participation

07/02/2008

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Despite being considered one of the most economically successful countries in Latin America, Chile is marked by high levels of social inequality. Women working in the agricultural and fish-farming sectors are particularly marginalised, and often work in unacceptable conditions, with little opportunity to challenge exploitative practices or to influence political decisions. This paper describes Oxfam […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Indonesia: Evaluation of Papua women’s empowerment

26/03/2015

3 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in October 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Papua women’s empowerment’ (PAWE) project. The overall objective of […]

Research report

Counting on Women’s Work Without Counting Women’s Work: Women’s unpaid work in Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Egypt

31/05/2019

1 documents

101 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the MENA region, care is considered the main responsibility of women, and prioritized over their participation in the labour market. This report is based on an extensive review of existing literature on paid labour, gender-based division of household tasks, unpaid non-economic labour and economic labour, as well as the different contexts within which these […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Strengthening and Linking Women-Led Efforts to Promote Women’s Property and Literacy Rights in Sierra Leone

26/02/2014

4 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Strengthening and Linking Women-Led Efforts to Promote Women’s Property and Literacy Rights in Sierra Leone’ project was carried out by Oxfam and partners in two districts of Sierra Leone from 2010 to 2013. The project had two aims. First, to strengthen the capacity of and improve networking between community-based groups and national women’s networks […]

Evaluation report

Women’s empowerment in Tunisia: Impact evaluation of the project ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ in Tunisia

01/05/2018

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2016/17, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2016 in Tunisia, and intended to evaluate the success of the ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ project in increasing women’s empowerment. The project ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ […]

Journal article

More and More Technology, Women have to go home’: changing skill demands in manufacturing and Caribbean women’s access to training

01/03/2001

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

More and More Technology, Women have to go home’: changing skill demands in manufacturing and Caribbean women’s access to training

Keywords

Overview

Women in the Caribbean region have a history of working in paid employment as well as participating in unpaid work. This article focuses on case studies from Barbados, St Lucia, and Trinidad, where, since the 1970s, many women have been employed in export-processing. In the factories, stereotypes about women’s ‘natural’ abilities have been used to […]

Journal article

Women’s movements’ engagement in the SDGs: lessons learned from the Women’s Major Group

04/03/2016

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s movements’ engagement in the SDGs: lessons learned from the Women’s Major Group

Keywords

Overview

The Women’s Major Group’s role is to assure effective public participation of women’s non-government groups in the United Nations (UN) policy processes on Sustainable Development, the post-2015 development agenda, and environmental matters. It works alongside eight other ‘Major Groups’ representing different elements of civil society. This article focuses on the role of the Women’s Major […]

Journal article

Women’s groups for whom? The colonisation of women’s groups in Papua New Guinea

01/02/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s groups for whom? The colonisation of women’s groups in Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Overview

Women’s groups in Papua New Guinea, often under the influence of colonial and church governance in the past, still have an ambiguous function which serves to isolate women and `women’s issues’ rather than spread gender sensitivity. The author concludes that the existence of these forums for women actually encourages the continued marginalisation of women from […]

Journal article

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

Keywords

Overview

A wide range of development actors play a major role in initiating, supporting, and promoting collective action of various forms, which aims to secure economic and wider benefits to women, through improving their engagement in markets. But there is limited understanding of what works for rural women in terms of their participation in collective action, […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Citizenship rights and women’s roles in development in post-conflict Nepal

25/11/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Citizenship rights and women’s roles in development in post-conflict Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Despite human rights abuses, the ten-year conflict in Nepal brought aspects of empowerment to women, changing their role in the family and community, as women became active outside the home, challenged the security forces, and began to assert their rights as citizens. Drawing on a research project into the participation of women in community development […]

Case study

Fighting for Women’s Rights in Chile: Supporting women workers and promoting women’s political participation

07/02/2008

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Despite being considered one of the most economically successful countries in Latin America, Chile is marked by high levels of social inequality. Women working in the agricultural and fish-farming sectors are particularly marginalised, and often work in unacceptable conditions, with little opportunity to challenge exploitative practices or to influence political decisions. This paper describes Oxfam […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Indonesia: Evaluation of Papua women’s empowerment

26/03/2015

3 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in October 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Papua women’s empowerment’ (PAWE) project. The overall objective of […]

Research report

Counting on Women’s Work Without Counting Women’s Work: Women’s unpaid work in Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Egypt

31/05/2019

1 documents

101 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the MENA region, care is considered the main responsibility of women, and prioritized over their participation in the labour market. This report is based on an extensive review of existing literature on paid labour, gender-based division of household tasks, unpaid non-economic labour and economic labour, as well as the different contexts within which these […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Strengthening and Linking Women-Led Efforts to Promote Women’s Property and Literacy Rights in Sierra Leone

26/02/2014

4 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Strengthening and Linking Women-Led Efforts to Promote Women’s Property and Literacy Rights in Sierra Leone’ project was carried out by Oxfam and partners in two districts of Sierra Leone from 2010 to 2013. The project had two aims. First, to strengthen the capacity of and improve networking between community-based groups and national women’s networks […]

Evaluation report

Women’s empowerment in Tunisia: Impact evaluation of the project ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ in Tunisia

01/05/2018

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2016/17, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2016 in Tunisia, and intended to evaluate the success of the ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ project in increasing women’s empowerment. The project ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ […]

Journal article

More and More Technology, Women have to go home’: changing skill demands in manufacturing and Caribbean women’s access to training

01/03/2001

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

More and More Technology, Women have to go home’: changing skill demands in manufacturing and Caribbean women’s access to training

Keywords

Overview

Women in the Caribbean region have a history of working in paid employment as well as participating in unpaid work. This article focuses on case studies from Barbados, St Lucia, and Trinidad, where, since the 1970s, many women have been employed in export-processing. In the factories, stereotypes about women’s ‘natural’ abilities have been used to […]

Journal article

Women’s movements’ engagement in the SDGs: lessons learned from the Women’s Major Group

04/03/2016

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s movements’ engagement in the SDGs: lessons learned from the Women’s Major Group

Keywords

Overview

The Women’s Major Group’s role is to assure effective public participation of women’s non-government groups in the United Nations (UN) policy processes on Sustainable Development, the post-2015 development agenda, and environmental matters. It works alongside eight other ‘Major Groups’ representing different elements of civil society. This article focuses on the role of the Women’s Major […]

Journal article

Women’s groups for whom? The colonisation of women’s groups in Papua New Guinea

01/02/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s groups for whom? The colonisation of women’s groups in Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Overview

Women’s groups in Papua New Guinea, often under the influence of colonial and church governance in the past, still have an ambiguous function which serves to isolate women and `women’s issues’ rather than spread gender sensitivity. The author concludes that the existence of these forums for women actually encourages the continued marginalisation of women from […]

Journal article

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

01/07/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s collective action in African agricultural markets: the limits of current development practice for rural women’s empowerment

Keywords

Overview

A wide range of development actors play a major role in initiating, supporting, and promoting collective action of various forms, which aims to secure economic and wider benefits to women, through improving their engagement in markets. But there is limited understanding of what works for rural women in terms of their participation in collective action, […]