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Targeting women or transforming institutions?

01/05/1995

9 pages long

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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 […]

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Women in the informal sector

01/02/1996

12 pages long

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Women in the informal sector

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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 […]

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Economic crisis helps to ‘demarginalize’ women

01/05/1998

6 pages long

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Coffee production was the main source of family income in the North West Province of Cameroon until there was a fall in coffee prices. The author recounts a positive side effect of this potential economic crisis for the province: the empowerment of women. Previously denied land-ownership, due to men’s traditional hold on land and women’s […]

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Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

01/11/2002

14 pages long

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Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

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This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any […]

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Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

01/05/2003

16 pages long

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Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

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Much has been written about the contribution of Palestinian women to their nation’s liberation struggle. They have not only survived in an atmosphere of remorseless violence, but have also made remarkable strides in terms of their rights and development as women. A question that has been less explored is the long-term impact of violence against […]

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Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

01/02/2005

10 pages long

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Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

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While it is recognised that women play fundamental roles in the socio-economic development of their communities, they are often excluded from local decision-making processes because their views are not solicited and their interests are not taken into consideration in the formulation of local development programmes. Drawing on case studies from Ghana, this article identifies the […]

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Engaging with cultural practices in ways that benefit women in northern Nigeria

01/08/2008

12 pages long

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This study explores the intra-household impact of improved dual-purpose cowpea (IDPC) from a gender perspective, in terms of productivity and food, fodder, and income availability, the impact of which is linked to the income thus placed in the women’s hands. Surplus income is important in providing food and nutritional benefits to the home, particularly during […]

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Why does Community-Based Rehabilitation fail physically disabled women in northern Thailand?

01/01/2009

10 pages long

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Why does Community-Based Rehabilitation fail physically disabled women in northern Thailand?

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Development methods

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Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) has been adopted in many countries to help disabled people. This article analyses the interplay between CBR and the self-alienation of physically disabled women from their communities. In-depth interviews with 40 women with physical disabilities in northern Thailand found that CBR was barely capable of enabling women with physical disabilities to realise […]

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Memory, suffering, survival tactics, and healing among Jopadhola women in post-war Uganda

01/05/2009

9 pages long

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Memory, suffering, survival tactics, and healing among Jopadhola women in post-war Uganda

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This ethnographic case study addresses the question of how women in Jopadhola patriarchal society in Eastern Uganda remember three decades of civil war and violence and survived its aftermath. When the war ended, little changed for these women, who are still exposed to a continuum of gender-based violence and continue to use the same tactics […]

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Re-thinking the integration of women in population development initiatives

01/09/2009

7 pages long

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Re-thinking the integration of women in population development initiatives

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This article argues that the integration of women in population development initiatives was largely the outcome of four overlapping historical events: the decolonisation of the South; the population ‘explosion’ following World War II; the momentous developments in contraceptive technology; and the re-emergence of women’s movements in the North. These developments pushed women to the forefront […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Economic crisis helps to ‘demarginalize’ women

01/05/1998

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Coffee production was the main source of family income in the North West Province of Cameroon until there was a fall in coffee prices. The author recounts a positive side effect of this potential economic crisis for the province: the empowerment of women. Previously denied land-ownership, due to men’s traditional hold on land and women’s […]

Journal article

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

01/11/2002

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

Keywords

Overview

This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any […]

Journal article

Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

01/05/2003

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written about the contribution of Palestinian women to their nation’s liberation struggle. They have not only survived in an atmosphere of remorseless violence, but have also made remarkable strides in terms of their rights and development as women. A question that has been less explored is the long-term impact of violence against […]

Journal article

Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

01/02/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

Keywords

Overview

While it is recognised that women play fundamental roles in the socio-economic development of their communities, they are often excluded from local decision-making processes because their views are not solicited and their interests are not taken into consideration in the formulation of local development programmes. Drawing on case studies from Ghana, this article identifies the […]

Journal article

Engaging with cultural practices in ways that benefit women in northern Nigeria

01/08/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This study explores the intra-household impact of improved dual-purpose cowpea (IDPC) from a gender perspective, in terms of productivity and food, fodder, and income availability, the impact of which is linked to the income thus placed in the women’s hands. Surplus income is important in providing food and nutritional benefits to the home, particularly during […]

Journal article

Why does Community-Based Rehabilitation fail physically disabled women in northern Thailand?

01/01/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Why does Community-Based Rehabilitation fail physically disabled women in northern Thailand?

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) has been adopted in many countries to help disabled people. This article analyses the interplay between CBR and the self-alienation of physically disabled women from their communities. In-depth interviews with 40 women with physical disabilities in northern Thailand found that CBR was barely capable of enabling women with physical disabilities to realise […]

Journal article

Memory, suffering, survival tactics, and healing among Jopadhola women in post-war Uganda

01/05/2009

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Memory, suffering, survival tactics, and healing among Jopadhola women in post-war Uganda

Keywords

Overview

This ethnographic case study addresses the question of how women in Jopadhola patriarchal society in Eastern Uganda remember three decades of civil war and violence and survived its aftermath. When the war ended, little changed for these women, who are still exposed to a continuum of gender-based violence and continue to use the same tactics […]

Journal article

Re-thinking the integration of women in population development initiatives

01/09/2009

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Re-thinking the integration of women in population development initiatives

Keywords

Overview

This article argues that the integration of women in population development initiatives was largely the outcome of four overlapping historical events: the decolonisation of the South; the population ‘explosion’ following World War II; the momentous developments in contraceptive technology; and the re-emergence of women’s movements in the North. These developments pushed women to the forefront […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Economic crisis helps to ‘demarginalize’ women

01/05/1998

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Coffee production was the main source of family income in the North West Province of Cameroon until there was a fall in coffee prices. The author recounts a positive side effect of this potential economic crisis for the province: the empowerment of women. Previously denied land-ownership, due to men’s traditional hold on land and women’s […]

Journal article

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

01/11/2002

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

Keywords

Overview

This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any […]

Journal article

Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

01/05/2003

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Palestinian women, violence, and the peace process

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written about the contribution of Palestinian women to their nation’s liberation struggle. They have not only survived in an atmosphere of remorseless violence, but have also made remarkable strides in terms of their rights and development as women. A question that has been less explored is the long-term impact of violence against […]

Journal article

Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

01/02/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging women in community decision-making processes in rural Ghana: Problems and prospects

Keywords

Overview

While it is recognised that women play fundamental roles in the socio-economic development of their communities, they are often excluded from local decision-making processes because their views are not solicited and their interests are not taken into consideration in the formulation of local development programmes. Drawing on case studies from Ghana, this article identifies the […]

Journal article

Engaging with cultural practices in ways that benefit women in northern Nigeria

01/08/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This study explores the intra-household impact of improved dual-purpose cowpea (IDPC) from a gender perspective, in terms of productivity and food, fodder, and income availability, the impact of which is linked to the income thus placed in the women’s hands. Surplus income is important in providing food and nutritional benefits to the home, particularly during […]

Journal article

Why does Community-Based Rehabilitation fail physically disabled women in northern Thailand?

01/01/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Why does Community-Based Rehabilitation fail physically disabled women in northern Thailand?

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) has been adopted in many countries to help disabled people. This article analyses the interplay between CBR and the self-alienation of physically disabled women from their communities. In-depth interviews with 40 women with physical disabilities in northern Thailand found that CBR was barely capable of enabling women with physical disabilities to realise […]

Journal article

Memory, suffering, survival tactics, and healing among Jopadhola women in post-war Uganda

01/05/2009

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Memory, suffering, survival tactics, and healing among Jopadhola women in post-war Uganda

Keywords

Overview

This ethnographic case study addresses the question of how women in Jopadhola patriarchal society in Eastern Uganda remember three decades of civil war and violence and survived its aftermath. When the war ended, little changed for these women, who are still exposed to a continuum of gender-based violence and continue to use the same tactics […]

Journal article

Re-thinking the integration of women in population development initiatives

01/09/2009

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Re-thinking the integration of women in population development initiatives

Keywords

Overview

This article argues that the integration of women in population development initiatives was largely the outcome of four overlapping historical events: the decolonisation of the South; the population ‘explosion’ following World War II; the momentous developments in contraceptive technology; and the re-emergence of women’s movements in the North. These developments pushed women to the forefront […]