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The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

31/08/2022

31 pages long

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The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

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Overview

Women face disproportionate care burdens on their time because of traditional gender roles, lack of public policies supporting them and the lack of government services for satisfying society's care needs. This unequal distribution of care responsibilities reduces their opportunities to fully participate in labour markets. We argue that all else equal, women's physical proximity to […]

Journal article

Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

07/12/2022

20 pages long

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Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

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Overview

This paper explores the intersection of work with access to and use of digital technologies and the resulting impact on women’s empowerment. Drawing on detailed in-depth interviews across Pakistan with low-literate, low-income women employed in three categories of work – domestic, factory, and home-based – we map how women’s work intersects with their access to […]

Briefing paper

Valuing Women’s Work: A framework for business on gender equality and decent work

21/11/2023

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Our strategic focus, Valuing Women’s Work (VWW), aims to redefine what ‘work’ means so that all the work women do – paid and unpaid – can truly be valued. This first briefing from the forthcoming series, Briefings for Business on Valuing Women’s Work, is an overview and introduces some of the issues we will be […]

Journal article

Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

12/12/2023

19 pages long

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Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

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Overview

Institutional strengthening, securitisation, free market promotion, and development policy implementation are foundational elements of liberal peace. However, the creation of an inferior colonisable other sustains this link and has justified programmes of violent repression and silencing. Decolonial, post-liberal, localised, and feminist peace-building stances condemn those power structures and promote alternative means of achieving well-being and […]

Journal article

Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

19/09/2024

11 pages long

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Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

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Overview

This article examines how policing affects women’s mobilities in the context of Lahore, Pakistan, and how it shapes sense of belonging and citizenship in the wider public sphere. Research on urban Pakistan is sparse to begin with, even more so with regards to surveillance of public space and the intersection of class, gender, and ethnicity […]

Case study

Yemen: Advocacy on Violence against Women

14/06/2008

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Two Oxfam partner organisations working with women and the law have greatly improved the position of women in custody, prisons or detention centres, and have established a women-only detention centre where women are likely to receive better treatment.

Briefing paper

Towards Ending Violence Against Women in South Asia

05/08/2004

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

There are 50 million fewer women in South Asia today than there should be – girl babies are killed before birth through sex-selective abortions, or die prematurely through violence and neglect. Millions more girls and women face discrimination – they have less to eat than boys and men, are denied an education, are forced into […]

Guidelines and toolkits

What Men and Women Want: A practical guide to gender and participation

01/08/2004

1 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Based on an actual gendered participatory appraisal in Wales, this guide offers a thorough explanation of why looking at the differences in men’s and women’s life experiences is an essential part of any participatory work. What Men and Women Want guides the user through the stages of a process which is ‘gendered’ throughout – in […]

Case study

Pa Kite M Deyo! Don’t Leave Me Out! Haitian women demand their right to participate in public affairs

07/03/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The legacy of years of violent political turmoil and entrenched ideas about gender roles makes it very difficult for women in Haiti to be active in the political arena, despite the fact that many have already proved themselves to be dynamic and able leaders of their communities. This paper describes the work of women’s-rights organisation […]

Case study

Strengthening the Voices of Women Leaders: Lessons from Cambodia

07/02/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recent reforms mean women in Cambodia now have the opportunity to stand for election to local councils. But many women councillors face discrimination and hostility from their male colleagues, and feel that they lack the skills and confidence to carry out their roles effectively. This paper describes the work of Women For Prosperity, which has […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

31/08/2022

31 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

Keywords

Overview

Women face disproportionate care burdens on their time because of traditional gender roles, lack of public policies supporting them and the lack of government services for satisfying society's care needs. This unequal distribution of care responsibilities reduces their opportunities to fully participate in labour markets. We argue that all else equal, women's physical proximity to […]

Journal article

Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

07/12/2022

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the intersection of work with access to and use of digital technologies and the resulting impact on women’s empowerment. Drawing on detailed in-depth interviews across Pakistan with low-literate, low-income women employed in three categories of work – domestic, factory, and home-based – we map how women’s work intersects with their access to […]

Briefing paper

Valuing Women’s Work: A framework for business on gender equality and decent work

21/11/2023

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Our strategic focus, Valuing Women’s Work (VWW), aims to redefine what ‘work’ means so that all the work women do – paid and unpaid – can truly be valued. This first briefing from the forthcoming series, Briefings for Business on Valuing Women’s Work, is an overview and introduces some of the issues we will be […]

Journal article

Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

12/12/2023

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

Keywords

Overview

Institutional strengthening, securitisation, free market promotion, and development policy implementation are foundational elements of liberal peace. However, the creation of an inferior colonisable other sustains this link and has justified programmes of violent repression and silencing. Decolonial, post-liberal, localised, and feminist peace-building stances condemn those power structures and promote alternative means of achieving well-being and […]

Journal article

Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

19/09/2024

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

Keywords

Overview

This article examines how policing affects women’s mobilities in the context of Lahore, Pakistan, and how it shapes sense of belonging and citizenship in the wider public sphere. Research on urban Pakistan is sparse to begin with, even more so with regards to surveillance of public space and the intersection of class, gender, and ethnicity […]

Case study

Yemen: Advocacy on Violence against Women

14/06/2008

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Two Oxfam partner organisations working with women and the law have greatly improved the position of women in custody, prisons or detention centres, and have established a women-only detention centre where women are likely to receive better treatment.

Briefing paper

Towards Ending Violence Against Women in South Asia

05/08/2004

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

There are 50 million fewer women in South Asia today than there should be – girl babies are killed before birth through sex-selective abortions, or die prematurely through violence and neglect. Millions more girls and women face discrimination – they have less to eat than boys and men, are denied an education, are forced into […]

Guidelines and toolkits

What Men and Women Want: A practical guide to gender and participation

01/08/2004

1 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Based on an actual gendered participatory appraisal in Wales, this guide offers a thorough explanation of why looking at the differences in men’s and women’s life experiences is an essential part of any participatory work. What Men and Women Want guides the user through the stages of a process which is ‘gendered’ throughout – in […]

Case study

Pa Kite M Deyo! Don’t Leave Me Out! Haitian women demand their right to participate in public affairs

07/03/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The legacy of years of violent political turmoil and entrenched ideas about gender roles makes it very difficult for women in Haiti to be active in the political arena, despite the fact that many have already proved themselves to be dynamic and able leaders of their communities. This paper describes the work of women’s-rights organisation […]

Case study

Strengthening the Voices of Women Leaders: Lessons from Cambodia

07/02/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recent reforms mean women in Cambodia now have the opportunity to stand for election to local councils. But many women councillors face discrimination and hostility from their male colleagues, and feel that they lack the skills and confidence to carry out their roles effectively. This paper describes the work of Women For Prosperity, which has […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

31/08/2022

31 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

Keywords

Overview

Women face disproportionate care burdens on their time because of traditional gender roles, lack of public policies supporting them and the lack of government services for satisfying society's care needs. This unequal distribution of care responsibilities reduces their opportunities to fully participate in labour markets. We argue that all else equal, women's physical proximity to […]

Journal article

Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

07/12/2022

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the intersection of work with access to and use of digital technologies and the resulting impact on women’s empowerment. Drawing on detailed in-depth interviews across Pakistan with low-literate, low-income women employed in three categories of work – domestic, factory, and home-based – we map how women’s work intersects with their access to […]

Briefing paper

Valuing Women’s Work: A framework for business on gender equality and decent work

21/11/2023

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Our strategic focus, Valuing Women’s Work (VWW), aims to redefine what ‘work’ means so that all the work women do – paid and unpaid – can truly be valued. This first briefing from the forthcoming series, Briefings for Business on Valuing Women’s Work, is an overview and introduces some of the issues we will be […]

Journal article

Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

12/12/2023

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in community-based museums of memory in Colombia. Their struggle for peace building

Keywords

Overview

Institutional strengthening, securitisation, free market promotion, and development policy implementation are foundational elements of liberal peace. However, the creation of an inferior colonisable other sustains this link and has justified programmes of violent repression and silencing. Decolonial, post-liberal, localised, and feminist peace-building stances condemn those power structures and promote alternative means of achieving well-being and […]

Journal article

Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

19/09/2024

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Urban Pakistan and Women’s Mobility in Securitised Lahore

Keywords

Overview

This article examines how policing affects women’s mobilities in the context of Lahore, Pakistan, and how it shapes sense of belonging and citizenship in the wider public sphere. Research on urban Pakistan is sparse to begin with, even more so with regards to surveillance of public space and the intersection of class, gender, and ethnicity […]

Case study

Yemen: Advocacy on Violence against Women

14/06/2008

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Two Oxfam partner organisations working with women and the law have greatly improved the position of women in custody, prisons or detention centres, and have established a women-only detention centre where women are likely to receive better treatment.

Briefing paper

Towards Ending Violence Against Women in South Asia

05/08/2004

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

There are 50 million fewer women in South Asia today than there should be – girl babies are killed before birth through sex-selective abortions, or die prematurely through violence and neglect. Millions more girls and women face discrimination – they have less to eat than boys and men, are denied an education, are forced into […]

Guidelines and toolkits

What Men and Women Want: A practical guide to gender and participation

01/08/2004

1 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Based on an actual gendered participatory appraisal in Wales, this guide offers a thorough explanation of why looking at the differences in men’s and women’s life experiences is an essential part of any participatory work. What Men and Women Want guides the user through the stages of a process which is ‘gendered’ throughout – in […]

Case study

Pa Kite M Deyo! Don’t Leave Me Out! Haitian women demand their right to participate in public affairs

07/03/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The legacy of years of violent political turmoil and entrenched ideas about gender roles makes it very difficult for women in Haiti to be active in the political arena, despite the fact that many have already proved themselves to be dynamic and able leaders of their communities. This paper describes the work of women’s-rights organisation […]

Case study

Strengthening the Voices of Women Leaders: Lessons from Cambodia

07/02/2008

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recent reforms mean women in Cambodia now have the opportunity to stand for election to local councils. But many women councillors face discrimination and hostility from their male colleagues, and feel that they lack the skills and confidence to carry out their roles effectively. This paper describes the work of Women For Prosperity, which has […]