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Case study

Advocacy and National Elections: Women’s political participation in Honduras

07/02/2008

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses Oxfam’s advocacy work in Honduras on women’s political rights, and women’s leadership and empowerment in the political sphere. Beginning with an overview of the constraints that women face if they wish to participate in politics, the paper then goes on to discuss Oxfam’s advocacy and campaigning activities during and after the 2005 […]

Discussion paper

Women in Rural Zaire and Upper Volta: Improving methods of skill acquisition

01/11/1977

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written and said about the fuller, more equal and less onerous role which rural women, especially in African countries should play in the context of national socio-economic development and about the policies and programmes to be pursued to bring this about. The starting point of this study is the observations and analysis […]

Book

Gender, Development, and Money

01/01/2001

1 documents

99 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Money, value, power, and status are linked in complex ways in the global economic system. Male-biased economic policies and practices fail to give equal pay for equal work in any sector; women are more likely than men to have insecure, informal employment; and unpaid work done mainly in the home by women is not valued […]

Book

Violence Against Women

01/01/1998

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

This collection of articles from development practitioners and feminist activists places violence against women, both direct and indirect, in the context of development. Violence is both a human-rights issue and an obstacle to women’s participation in development. Writers here focus on campaigning and advocacy as well as on work with women who have experienced violence, […]

Book

Women and the Family

01/01/1996

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Maternal and child health

Overview

Looking at factors as diverse as the pervasiveness of patriarchy, changing family forms, female infanticide, and land reform policies, this collection of articles considers the family from a gender perspective, and how the socially prescribed roles of men and women within the family can constrain women’s opportunities. Women are usually responsible for domestic tasks and […]

Case study

Hidden Voices: Including Ethnic Minority Women in Policy Making

08/04/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam knows that ethnic minority women’s organisations are proud, persistent, and passionate. Activists, members of management committees, staff, and volunteers bring a range of commitment, knowledge, and skills. They know their community and the women they work with, and the issues particular to both. This knowledge is vital to their organisations’ success. And, using it, […]

Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

Keywords

Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

Journal article

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibucá, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together the women of each area as well as other less privileged women from nearby regions. The […]

Journal article

Targeting women or transforming institutions?

01/05/1995

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

While inequalities between men and women have long been recognised in formal development policies, poverty-alleviation schemes generally display a discrepancy between their declared commitment to equity for women and their actual achievements in incorporating the insights of gender analysis. This article explores the experience of NGOs which have successfully incorporated gender-awareness into the formulation of […]

Journal article

Women in the informal sector

01/02/1996

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in the informal sector

Keywords

Overview

This article reviews the extent to which the educational system has acknowledged the importance to women of the informal sector of the economy, and the extent to which it has sought to prepare them for employment or self-employment within it. It assesses the record of both formal and non-formal education in providing women with the […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Advocacy and National Elections: Women’s political participation in Honduras

07/02/2008

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses Oxfam’s advocacy work in Honduras on women’s political rights, and women’s leadership and empowerment in the political sphere. Beginning with an overview of the constraints that women face if they wish to participate in politics, the paper then goes on to discuss Oxfam’s advocacy and campaigning activities during and after the 2005 […]

Discussion paper

Women in Rural Zaire and Upper Volta: Improving methods of skill acquisition

01/11/1977

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written and said about the fuller, more equal and less onerous role which rural women, especially in African countries should play in the context of national socio-economic development and about the policies and programmes to be pursued to bring this about. The starting point of this study is the observations and analysis […]

Book

Gender, Development, and Money

01/01/2001

1 documents

99 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Money, value, power, and status are linked in complex ways in the global economic system. Male-biased economic policies and practices fail to give equal pay for equal work in any sector; women are more likely than men to have insecure, informal employment; and unpaid work done mainly in the home by women is not valued […]

Book

Violence Against Women

01/01/1998

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

This collection of articles from development practitioners and feminist activists places violence against women, both direct and indirect, in the context of development. Violence is both a human-rights issue and an obstacle to women’s participation in development. Writers here focus on campaigning and advocacy as well as on work with women who have experienced violence, […]

Book

Women and the Family

01/01/1996

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Maternal and child health

Overview

Looking at factors as diverse as the pervasiveness of patriarchy, changing family forms, female infanticide, and land reform policies, this collection of articles considers the family from a gender perspective, and how the socially prescribed roles of men and women within the family can constrain women’s opportunities. Women are usually responsible for domestic tasks and […]

Case study

Hidden Voices: Including Ethnic Minority Women in Policy Making

08/04/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam knows that ethnic minority women’s organisations are proud, persistent, and passionate. Activists, members of management committees, staff, and volunteers bring a range of commitment, knowledge, and skills. They know their community and the women they work with, and the issues particular to both. This knowledge is vital to their organisations’ success. And, using it, […]

Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

Keywords

Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

Journal article

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibucá, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together the women of each area as well as other less privileged women from nearby regions. The […]

Journal article

Targeting women or transforming institutions?

01/05/1995

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

While inequalities between men and women have long been recognised in formal development policies, poverty-alleviation schemes generally display a discrepancy between their declared commitment to equity for women and their actual achievements in incorporating the insights of gender analysis. This article explores the experience of NGOs which have successfully incorporated gender-awareness into the formulation of […]

Journal article

Women in the informal sector

01/02/1996

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in the informal sector

Keywords

Overview

This article reviews the extent to which the educational system has acknowledged the importance to women of the informal sector of the economy, and the extent to which it has sought to prepare them for employment or self-employment within it. It assesses the record of both formal and non-formal education in providing women with the […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Advocacy and National Elections: Women’s political participation in Honduras

07/02/2008

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses Oxfam’s advocacy work in Honduras on women’s political rights, and women’s leadership and empowerment in the political sphere. Beginning with an overview of the constraints that women face if they wish to participate in politics, the paper then goes on to discuss Oxfam’s advocacy and campaigning activities during and after the 2005 […]

Discussion paper

Women in Rural Zaire and Upper Volta: Improving methods of skill acquisition

01/11/1977

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written and said about the fuller, more equal and less onerous role which rural women, especially in African countries should play in the context of national socio-economic development and about the policies and programmes to be pursued to bring this about. The starting point of this study is the observations and analysis […]

Book

Gender, Development, and Money

01/01/2001

1 documents

99 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Money, value, power, and status are linked in complex ways in the global economic system. Male-biased economic policies and practices fail to give equal pay for equal work in any sector; women are more likely than men to have insecure, informal employment; and unpaid work done mainly in the home by women is not valued […]

Book

Violence Against Women

01/01/1998

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender-based violence

Overview

This collection of articles from development practitioners and feminist activists places violence against women, both direct and indirect, in the context of development. Violence is both a human-rights issue and an obstacle to women’s participation in development. Writers here focus on campaigning and advocacy as well as on work with women who have experienced violence, […]

Book

Women and the Family

01/01/1996

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Maternal and child health

Overview

Looking at factors as diverse as the pervasiveness of patriarchy, changing family forms, female infanticide, and land reform policies, this collection of articles considers the family from a gender perspective, and how the socially prescribed roles of men and women within the family can constrain women’s opportunities. Women are usually responsible for domestic tasks and […]

Case study

Hidden Voices: Including Ethnic Minority Women in Policy Making

08/04/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam knows that ethnic minority women’s organisations are proud, persistent, and passionate. Activists, members of management committees, staff, and volunteers bring a range of commitment, knowledge, and skills. They know their community and the women they work with, and the issues particular to both. This knowledge is vital to their organisations’ success. And, using it, […]

Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

Keywords

Overview

This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

Journal article

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

An education programme for peasant women in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibucá, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together the women of each area as well as other less privileged women from nearby regions. The […]

Journal article

Targeting women or transforming institutions?

01/05/1995

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

While inequalities between men and women have long been recognised in formal development policies, poverty-alleviation schemes generally display a discrepancy between their declared commitment to equity for women and their actual achievements in incorporating the insights of gender analysis. This article explores the experience of NGOs which have successfully incorporated gender-awareness into the formulation of […]

Journal article

Women in the informal sector

01/02/1996

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in the informal sector

Keywords

Overview

This article reviews the extent to which the educational system has acknowledged the importance to women of the informal sector of the economy, and the extent to which it has sought to prepare them for employment or self-employment within it. It assesses the record of both formal and non-formal education in providing women with the […]