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Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

9 pages long

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Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

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A very noticeable feature of economic development in many Asian countries has been the growing employment of young women in industry. Whereas much has been written about the exploitation of the workers, and this is often related to the wider debates about the links between gender relations and globalisation, there has been relatively little analysis […]

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Trafficking and women’s human rights in a globalised world

01/05/2003

8 pages long

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Trafficking and women’s human rights in a globalised world

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According to the United Nations, the global industry of human trafficking generates an estimated 5-7 billion dollars annually, with at least 700,000 victims every year. United Nations figure, quoted in Arlacchi (2000) By all accounts, trafficking in human beings is increasing at staggering rates. Increased economic inequality, with its discriminatory impact on girls and women, […]

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Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

01/05/2004

12 pages long

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Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

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Women with disabilities continue to face significant obstacles to equal participation in economic development initiatives. Microfinance services have been rightly criticised for their failure to deliver poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment. Yet, despite their limitations, these schemes currently dominate the development scene. Disabled women need and want access to credit and associated services, and to […]

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Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

01/11/2004

10 pages long

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Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

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This paper considers the relationship between the concept of participation in development and the concept of sustainable development in the aftermath of a war. For sustainable development to take place after a period of armed conflict, the intended beneficiaries of a reconstruction programme must be supported to take charge of the process, and hence own […]

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Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

01/11/2004

11 pages long

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Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

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In Nicaragua, gender ideologies – and, in particular, discourses of motherhood – have frequently been manipulated by political forces. In the early 1990s, at the end of the civil war, Sandinista and Contra women in Waslala united to form a group which aimed to end the political polarisation within their community and promote development. Aid […]

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Freedom for women: mainstreaming gender in the South African liberation struggle and beyond

01/07/2005

10 pages long

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Freedom for women: mainstreaming gender in the South African liberation struggle and beyond

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The liberation struggle in South Africa highlighted racial and class oppression as key causes of poverty, inequality, and a lack of rights for most South Africans. Drawing on the language of the struggle, women political and trade union activists brought attention to their oppression and exploitation as women, and were able to place non-sexism alongside […]

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Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

01/11/2006

9 pages long

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Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

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In India, religious norms and values play a significant role in regulating the lives of women and girls in many communities. This article looks at how the lives of women and girl beedi (hand rolled cigarette) rollers in a Muslim community in West Bengal are influenced by their religious background, highlighting the complex relationship between […]

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Feminist media coverage of women in war: ‘You are our eyes and ears to the world’

01/11/2007

15 pages long

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Feminist media coverage of women in war: ‘You are our eyes and ears to the world’

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Overview

Mainstream media coverage of war often distorts or ignores women’s perspectives and experiences in armed conflict, and also their efforts to build peace. This article focuses on the work of FIRE (Feminist International Radio Endeavour/Radio Internacional Feminista), a women’s international Internet radio initiative produced by Latin American and Caribbean women in Costa Rica, which ‘uses […]

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Women’s perceptions of land ownership: a case study from Kutch District, Gujarat, India

01/03/2008

13 pages long

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Women’s perceptions of land ownership: a case study from Kutch District, Gujarat, India

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Overview

In August 2005, a campaign was initiated in Kutch District, Gujarat, India, to obtain government land for landless families. Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS), a grassroots collective of rural women, supported women’s land and property rights in the context of the campaign. In this article, we assess the impact of this campaign on women in […]

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Malawian women’s participation in state politics: what are the constraints?

03/11/2008

9 pages long

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Malawian women’s participation in state politics: what are the constraints?

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Overview

Malawian women lead their communities as democratic representatives, by participating with men in state politics – but not to the extent that they could. Contemporary formal state politics is constructed as a masculine domain, and only a small minority of women find space within this sphere. In seeking to explore reasons why this is the […]

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Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

9 pages long

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Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

A very noticeable feature of economic development in many Asian countries has been the growing employment of young women in industry. Whereas much has been written about the exploitation of the workers, and this is often related to the wider debates about the links between gender relations and globalisation, there has been relatively little analysis […]

Journal article

Trafficking and women’s human rights in a globalised world

01/05/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Trafficking and women’s human rights in a globalised world

Keywords

Overview

According to the United Nations, the global industry of human trafficking generates an estimated 5-7 billion dollars annually, with at least 700,000 victims every year. United Nations figure, quoted in Arlacchi (2000) By all accounts, trafficking in human beings is increasing at staggering rates. Increased economic inequality, with its discriminatory impact on girls and women, […]

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Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

01/05/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

Keywords

Overview

Women with disabilities continue to face significant obstacles to equal participation in economic development initiatives. Microfinance services have been rightly criticised for their failure to deliver poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment. Yet, despite their limitations, these schemes currently dominate the development scene. Disabled women need and want access to credit and associated services, and to […]

Journal article

Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

01/11/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

Keywords

Overview

This paper considers the relationship between the concept of participation in development and the concept of sustainable development in the aftermath of a war. For sustainable development to take place after a period of armed conflict, the intended beneficiaries of a reconstruction programme must be supported to take charge of the process, and hence own […]

Journal article

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

01/11/2004

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

In Nicaragua, gender ideologies – and, in particular, discourses of motherhood – have frequently been manipulated by political forces. In the early 1990s, at the end of the civil war, Sandinista and Contra women in Waslala united to form a group which aimed to end the political polarisation within their community and promote development. Aid […]

Journal article

Freedom for women: mainstreaming gender in the South African liberation struggle and beyond

01/07/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Freedom for women: mainstreaming gender in the South African liberation struggle and beyond

Keywords

Overview

The liberation struggle in South Africa highlighted racial and class oppression as key causes of poverty, inequality, and a lack of rights for most South Africans. Drawing on the language of the struggle, women political and trade union activists brought attention to their oppression and exploitation as women, and were able to place non-sexism alongside […]

Journal article

Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

01/11/2006

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

Keywords

Overview

In India, religious norms and values play a significant role in regulating the lives of women and girls in many communities. This article looks at how the lives of women and girl beedi (hand rolled cigarette) rollers in a Muslim community in West Bengal are influenced by their religious background, highlighting the complex relationship between […]

Journal article

Feminist media coverage of women in war: ‘You are our eyes and ears to the world’

01/11/2007

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist media coverage of women in war: ‘You are our eyes and ears to the world’

Keywords

Overview

Mainstream media coverage of war often distorts or ignores women’s perspectives and experiences in armed conflict, and also their efforts to build peace. This article focuses on the work of FIRE (Feminist International Radio Endeavour/Radio Internacional Feminista), a women’s international Internet radio initiative produced by Latin American and Caribbean women in Costa Rica, which ‘uses […]

Journal article

Women’s perceptions of land ownership: a case study from Kutch District, Gujarat, India

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s perceptions of land ownership: a case study from Kutch District, Gujarat, India

Keywords

Overview

In August 2005, a campaign was initiated in Kutch District, Gujarat, India, to obtain government land for landless families. Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS), a grassroots collective of rural women, supported women’s land and property rights in the context of the campaign. In this article, we assess the impact of this campaign on women in […]

Journal article

Malawian women’s participation in state politics: what are the constraints?

03/11/2008

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Malawian women’s participation in state politics: what are the constraints?

Keywords

Overview

Malawian women lead their communities as democratic representatives, by participating with men in state politics – but not to the extent that they could. Contemporary formal state politics is constructed as a masculine domain, and only a small minority of women find space within this sphere. In seeking to explore reasons why this is the […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in the garment sector in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

A very noticeable feature of economic development in many Asian countries has been the growing employment of young women in industry. Whereas much has been written about the exploitation of the workers, and this is often related to the wider debates about the links between gender relations and globalisation, there has been relatively little analysis […]

Journal article

Trafficking and women’s human rights in a globalised world

01/05/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Trafficking and women’s human rights in a globalised world

Keywords

Overview

According to the United Nations, the global industry of human trafficking generates an estimated 5-7 billion dollars annually, with at least 700,000 victims every year. United Nations figure, quoted in Arlacchi (2000) By all accounts, trafficking in human beings is increasing at staggering rates. Increased economic inequality, with its discriminatory impact on girls and women, […]

Journal article

Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

01/05/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambia and Zimbabwe

Keywords

Overview

Women with disabilities continue to face significant obstacles to equal participation in economic development initiatives. Microfinance services have been rightly criticised for their failure to deliver poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment. Yet, despite their limitations, these schemes currently dominate the development scene. Disabled women need and want access to credit and associated services, and to […]

Journal article

Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

01/11/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

Keywords

Overview

This paper considers the relationship between the concept of participation in development and the concept of sustainable development in the aftermath of a war. For sustainable development to take place after a period of armed conflict, the intended beneficiaries of a reconstruction programme must be supported to take charge of the process, and hence own […]

Journal article

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

01/11/2004

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Counter-revolutionary women: gender and reconciliation in post-war Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

In Nicaragua, gender ideologies – and, in particular, discourses of motherhood – have frequently been manipulated by political forces. In the early 1990s, at the end of the civil war, Sandinista and Contra women in Waslala united to form a group which aimed to end the political polarisation within their community and promote development. Aid […]

Journal article

Freedom for women: mainstreaming gender in the South African liberation struggle and beyond

01/07/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Freedom for women: mainstreaming gender in the South African liberation struggle and beyond

Keywords

Overview

The liberation struggle in South Africa highlighted racial and class oppression as key causes of poverty, inequality, and a lack of rights for most South Africans. Drawing on the language of the struggle, women political and trade union activists brought attention to their oppression and exploitation as women, and were able to place non-sexism alongside […]

Journal article

Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

01/11/2006

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Faith, work and women in a changing world: the influence of religion in the lives of beedi rollers in West Bengal

Keywords

Overview

In India, religious norms and values play a significant role in regulating the lives of women and girls in many communities. This article looks at how the lives of women and girl beedi (hand rolled cigarette) rollers in a Muslim community in West Bengal are influenced by their religious background, highlighting the complex relationship between […]

Journal article

Feminist media coverage of women in war: ‘You are our eyes and ears to the world’

01/11/2007

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist media coverage of women in war: ‘You are our eyes and ears to the world’

Keywords

Overview

Mainstream media coverage of war often distorts or ignores women’s perspectives and experiences in armed conflict, and also their efforts to build peace. This article focuses on the work of FIRE (Feminist International Radio Endeavour/Radio Internacional Feminista), a women’s international Internet radio initiative produced by Latin American and Caribbean women in Costa Rica, which ‘uses […]

Journal article

Women’s perceptions of land ownership: a case study from Kutch District, Gujarat, India

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s perceptions of land ownership: a case study from Kutch District, Gujarat, India

Keywords

Overview

In August 2005, a campaign was initiated in Kutch District, Gujarat, India, to obtain government land for landless families. Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS), a grassroots collective of rural women, supported women’s land and property rights in the context of the campaign. In this article, we assess the impact of this campaign on women in […]

Journal article

Malawian women’s participation in state politics: what are the constraints?

03/11/2008

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Malawian women’s participation in state politics: what are the constraints?

Keywords

Overview

Malawian women lead their communities as democratic representatives, by participating with men in state politics – but not to the extent that they could. Contemporary formal state politics is constructed as a masculine domain, and only a small minority of women find space within this sphere. In seeking to explore reasons why this is the […]