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Planning from below: using feminist participatory methods to increase women’s participation in urban planning

27/03/2015

13 pages long

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Planning from below: using feminist participatory methods to increase women’s participation in urban planning

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Overview

Women have been often invisible in urban planning. Col·lectiu Punt 6, a feminist organisation of women architects and urban planners based in Barcelona, Spain, has developed planning techniques and tools to include women both as objects and subjects of urban planning, and as experts of everyday life. The article focuses on the participatory tools that […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Case study

Women’s Political Participation in the Niger Delta: A case from Nigeria

01/03/2014

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study describes the work of the Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre. Women’s leadership and political participation is a priority in the Oxfam in Nigeria Country Analysis and Strategy 2011–2015. The Strategy has a clear target of increasing the space for women to assume leadership positions in social, economic and political spheres for […]

Journal article

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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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

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

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

Keywords

Overview

Currently, women are on the frontlines of violent extremism, as recruiters, propagators, suicide bombers, and targets, as well as leaders working on de-radicalisation, counter-messaging, and peacebuilding. It is crucial that the international community and governments engage with women in preventing violent extremism, and focus on the gender-related reasons why women become involved as protagonists and […]

Journal article

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

13/07/2017

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

Keywords

Overview

The provision of sanitation in India has attracted much attention, but research and policies focusing on gender in relation to sanitation often fail to focus on sanitation-related violence against women (VAW). This article focuses on research in Pune (in Maharashtra) and Jaipur (in Rajasthan). It offers evidence of slum-dwelling women’s experiences of harassment and violence […]

Journal article

Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

13/07/2017

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on women’s grassroots organisations and their role in confronting waste-induced water, health, and development challenges in low-lying tropical coastal areas. As a case study, the article will focus on women’s waste management and plastics recycling organisations in Yucatán, Mexico and their role in preventing water-borne diseases and educating the community on the […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Planning from below: using feminist participatory methods to increase women’s participation in urban planning

27/03/2015

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Planning from below: using feminist participatory methods to increase women’s participation in urban planning

Keywords

Overview

Women have been often invisible in urban planning. Col·lectiu Punt 6, a feminist organisation of women architects and urban planners based in Barcelona, Spain, has developed planning techniques and tools to include women both as objects and subjects of urban planning, and as experts of everyday life. The article focuses on the participatory tools that […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Case study

Women’s Political Participation in the Niger Delta: A case from Nigeria

01/03/2014

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study describes the work of the Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre. Women’s leadership and political participation is a priority in the Oxfam in Nigeria Country Analysis and Strategy 2011–2015. The Strategy has a clear target of increasing the space for women to assume leadership positions in social, economic and political spheres for […]

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

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

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

Keywords

Overview

Currently, women are on the frontlines of violent extremism, as recruiters, propagators, suicide bombers, and targets, as well as leaders working on de-radicalisation, counter-messaging, and peacebuilding. It is crucial that the international community and governments engage with women in preventing violent extremism, and focus on the gender-related reasons why women become involved as protagonists and […]

Journal article

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

13/07/2017

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

Keywords

Overview

The provision of sanitation in India has attracted much attention, but research and policies focusing on gender in relation to sanitation often fail to focus on sanitation-related violence against women (VAW). This article focuses on research in Pune (in Maharashtra) and Jaipur (in Rajasthan). It offers evidence of slum-dwelling women’s experiences of harassment and violence […]

Journal article

Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

13/07/2017

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on women’s grassroots organisations and their role in confronting waste-induced water, health, and development challenges in low-lying tropical coastal areas. As a case study, the article will focus on women’s waste management and plastics recycling organisations in Yucatán, Mexico and their role in preventing water-borne diseases and educating the community on the […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Planning from below: using feminist participatory methods to increase women’s participation in urban planning

27/03/2015

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Planning from below: using feminist participatory methods to increase women’s participation in urban planning

Keywords

Overview

Women have been often invisible in urban planning. Col·lectiu Punt 6, a feminist organisation of women architects and urban planners based in Barcelona, Spain, has developed planning techniques and tools to include women both as objects and subjects of urban planning, and as experts of everyday life. The article focuses on the participatory tools that […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Case study

Women’s Political Participation in the Niger Delta: A case from Nigeria

01/03/2014

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study describes the work of the Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre. Women’s leadership and political participation is a priority in the Oxfam in Nigeria Country Analysis and Strategy 2011–2015. The Strategy has a clear target of increasing the space for women to assume leadership positions in social, economic and political spheres for […]

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

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

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

28/03/2017

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in countering violent extremism: avoiding instrumentalisation and furthering agency

Keywords

Overview

Currently, women are on the frontlines of violent extremism, as recruiters, propagators, suicide bombers, and targets, as well as leaders working on de-radicalisation, counter-messaging, and peacebuilding. It is crucial that the international community and governments engage with women in preventing violent extremism, and focus on the gender-related reasons why women become involved as protagonists and […]

Journal article

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

13/07/2017

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

No relief: lived experiences of inadequate sanitation access of poor urban women in India

Keywords

Overview

The provision of sanitation in India has attracted much attention, but research and policies focusing on gender in relation to sanitation often fail to focus on sanitation-related violence against women (VAW). This article focuses on research in Pune (in Maharashtra) and Jaipur (in Rajasthan). It offers evidence of slum-dwelling women’s experiences of harassment and violence […]

Journal article

Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

13/07/2017

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s environmental health activism around waste and plastic pollution in the coastal wetlands of Yucatán

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on women’s grassroots organisations and their role in confronting waste-induced water, health, and development challenges in low-lying tropical coastal areas. As a case study, the article will focus on women’s waste management and plastics recycling organisations in Yucatán, Mexico and their role in preventing water-borne diseases and educating the community on the […]