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Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

01/02/1993

6 pages long

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Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

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The author is a female relief worker who has seen first-hand how women are more vulnerable than men to natural disasters, and in their aftermath. She explores why women are more likely to die in environmental disasters, and why emergency relief aid often fails to benefit women. Begum makes recommendations for ensuring that women’s needs […]

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Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

01/06/1993

3 pages long

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Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

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The destruction of social frameworks by war allows women to participate in arenas from which they are traditionally excluded. This contributes to women’s empowerment, if the women concerned are aware of the changes and want them to survive post-war. Community Aid Abroad (CAA) has been working with people displaced by conflict in eastern Sri Lanka. […]

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Filipino women demand freedom from debt

01/10/1993

5 pages long

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Filipino women demand freedom from debt

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Filipino women are fighting back against unrecognised household work, underpaid income-earning employment, the burden of foreign debt, and debt repayment conditionality’s. One important initiative is the Women’s Committee within the ‘Freedom from Debt Coalition’. The latter works for sustainable development, and the former ensures that gender issues are integrated into all its policies. The author […]

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Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

01/02/1994

4 pages long

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Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

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A conference by ‘One World Action’ that focused on Saharawi women refugees, has highlighted how women worldwide cope with displacement. The true picture is starkly different to that portrayed by Western media and understood by Western aid agencies. Women refugees are not ‘victims’ but empower themselves by running the camps and assuming traditional male roles […]

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The effects of drought on the condition of women

01/02/1994

6 pages long

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The effects of drought on the condition of women

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Rural women play a central role in their country’s economy and households. Therefore, drought profoundly interrupts their work and has far-reaching impacts in five areas. Economically, drought affects food, trade, labour and migration. Environmentally, finding alternatives to crops has direct and indirect consequences for land use. Socially, Tichagwa looks at migration to urban areas; female […]

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Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

01/10/1996

6 pages long

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Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

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This article explores women’s experience of employment within the electronics industry’s export processing zones (EPZs) of northern Thailand. Is the preference shown by many employers for women really ‘good for women’? Does the increasing feminisation of labour open up new opportunities for women, or is it simply exploitation? This article is hosted by our co-publisher […]

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Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

01/07/2000

8 pages long

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Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

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This article looks at action-research into the interests and needs of older women in 11 urban communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The research was instigated by Aquelarre (CEAPA), with help from International Co-operation for Development (ICD); Fundompromued (the Dominican Foundation for the Protection of Women of the Third Age); and informal women’s groups. The […]

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Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

01/03/2001

8 pages long

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Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

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Overview

Money is an essential element in household livelihoods, and those who control it have considerable power. However, development projects seeking to alleviate household-level poverty and promote economic growth often speak of the ’empowerment’ of women in relation to promoting women’s access to credit or income-generation. What is the relationship between empowerment and money? Access to […]

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Mama cash: investing in the future of women

01/03/2001

7 pages long

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Mama cash: investing in the future of women

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Overview

Mama Cash is an independent organisation that is committed to changing and improving the position of women, through providing both financial and moral support to women’s groups and entrepreneurs. Although Mama Cash is relatively small, its feminist vision is broad and worldwide. It aims to support innovative projects that mainstream organisations avoid, and so enable […]

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Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

01/05/2003

8 pages long

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Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

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Overview

One response to the phenomenon of globalisation in politics, economics and culture has been a resurgence of fundamentalist movements. To fundamentalists, women symbolise ethnic and cultural purity, and their rights and status have become an enormous issue. But the links between fundamentalisms, tradition and modernity are very complex. In this article I look at the […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

01/02/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

The author is a female relief worker who has seen first-hand how women are more vulnerable than men to natural disasters, and in their aftermath. She explores why women are more likely to die in environmental disasters, and why emergency relief aid often fails to benefit women. Begum makes recommendations for ensuring that women’s needs […]

Journal article

Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

01/06/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

Keywords

Overview

The destruction of social frameworks by war allows women to participate in arenas from which they are traditionally excluded. This contributes to women’s empowerment, if the women concerned are aware of the changes and want them to survive post-war. Community Aid Abroad (CAA) has been working with people displaced by conflict in eastern Sri Lanka. […]

Journal article

Filipino women demand freedom from debt

01/10/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Filipino women demand freedom from debt

Keywords

Overview

Filipino women are fighting back against unrecognised household work, underpaid income-earning employment, the burden of foreign debt, and debt repayment conditionality’s. One important initiative is the Women’s Committee within the ‘Freedom from Debt Coalition’. The latter works for sustainable development, and the former ensures that gender issues are integrated into all its policies. The author […]

Journal article

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

Keywords

Overview

A conference by ‘One World Action’ that focused on Saharawi women refugees, has highlighted how women worldwide cope with displacement. The true picture is starkly different to that portrayed by Western media and understood by Western aid agencies. Women refugees are not ‘victims’ but empower themselves by running the camps and assuming traditional male roles […]

Journal article

The effects of drought on the condition of women

01/02/1994

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of drought on the condition of women

Keywords

Overview

Rural women play a central role in their country’s economy and households. Therefore, drought profoundly interrupts their work and has far-reaching impacts in five areas. Economically, drought affects food, trade, labour and migration. Environmentally, finding alternatives to crops has direct and indirect consequences for land use. Socially, Tichagwa looks at migration to urban areas; female […]

Journal article

Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

01/10/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

Keywords

Overview

This article explores women’s experience of employment within the electronics industry’s export processing zones (EPZs) of northern Thailand. Is the preference shown by many employers for women really ‘good for women’? Does the increasing feminisation of labour open up new opportunities for women, or is it simply exploitation? This article is hosted by our co-publisher […]

Journal article

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

01/07/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at action-research into the interests and needs of older women in 11 urban communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The research was instigated by Aquelarre (CEAPA), with help from International Co-operation for Development (ICD); Fundompromued (the Dominican Foundation for the Protection of Women of the Third Age); and informal women’s groups. The […]

Journal article

Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

01/03/2001

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

Keywords

Overview

Money is an essential element in household livelihoods, and those who control it have considerable power. However, development projects seeking to alleviate household-level poverty and promote economic growth often speak of the ’empowerment’ of women in relation to promoting women’s access to credit or income-generation. What is the relationship between empowerment and money? Access to […]

Journal article

Mama cash: investing in the future of women

01/03/2001

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mama cash: investing in the future of women

Keywords

Overview

Mama Cash is an independent organisation that is committed to changing and improving the position of women, through providing both financial and moral support to women’s groups and entrepreneurs. Although Mama Cash is relatively small, its feminist vision is broad and worldwide. It aims to support innovative projects that mainstream organisations avoid, and so enable […]

Journal article

Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

01/05/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

Keywords

Overview

One response to the phenomenon of globalisation in politics, economics and culture has been a resurgence of fundamentalist movements. To fundamentalists, women symbolise ethnic and cultural purity, and their rights and status have become an enormous issue. But the links between fundamentalisms, tradition and modernity are very complex. In this article I look at the […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

01/02/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

The author is a female relief worker who has seen first-hand how women are more vulnerable than men to natural disasters, and in their aftermath. She explores why women are more likely to die in environmental disasters, and why emergency relief aid often fails to benefit women. Begum makes recommendations for ensuring that women’s needs […]

Journal article

Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

01/06/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Working with women refugees in Eastern Sri Lanka

Keywords

Overview

The destruction of social frameworks by war allows women to participate in arenas from which they are traditionally excluded. This contributes to women’s empowerment, if the women concerned are aware of the changes and want them to survive post-war. Community Aid Abroad (CAA) has been working with people displaced by conflict in eastern Sri Lanka. […]

Journal article

Filipino women demand freedom from debt

01/10/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Filipino women demand freedom from debt

Keywords

Overview

Filipino women are fighting back against unrecognised household work, underpaid income-earning employment, the burden of foreign debt, and debt repayment conditionality’s. One important initiative is the Women’s Committee within the ‘Freedom from Debt Coalition’. The latter works for sustainable development, and the former ensures that gender issues are integrated into all its policies. The author […]

Journal article

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

Keywords

Overview

A conference by ‘One World Action’ that focused on Saharawi women refugees, has highlighted how women worldwide cope with displacement. The true picture is starkly different to that portrayed by Western media and understood by Western aid agencies. Women refugees are not ‘victims’ but empower themselves by running the camps and assuming traditional male roles […]

Journal article

The effects of drought on the condition of women

01/02/1994

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of drought on the condition of women

Keywords

Overview

Rural women play a central role in their country’s economy and households. Therefore, drought profoundly interrupts their work and has far-reaching impacts in five areas. Economically, drought affects food, trade, labour and migration. Environmentally, finding alternatives to crops has direct and indirect consequences for land use. Socially, Tichagwa looks at migration to urban areas; female […]

Journal article

Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

01/10/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Employment and environmental hazard: women workers and strategies of resistance in Northern Thailand

Keywords

Overview

This article explores women’s experience of employment within the electronics industry’s export processing zones (EPZs) of northern Thailand. Is the preference shown by many employers for women really ‘good for women’? Does the increasing feminisation of labour open up new opportunities for women, or is it simply exploitation? This article is hosted by our co-publisher […]

Journal article

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

01/07/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at action-research into the interests and needs of older women in 11 urban communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The research was instigated by Aquelarre (CEAPA), with help from International Co-operation for Development (ICD); Fundompromued (the Dominican Foundation for the Protection of Women of the Third Age); and informal women’s groups. The […]

Journal article

Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

01/03/2001

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conceptualising women’s empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in?

Keywords

Overview

Money is an essential element in household livelihoods, and those who control it have considerable power. However, development projects seeking to alleviate household-level poverty and promote economic growth often speak of the ’empowerment’ of women in relation to promoting women’s access to credit or income-generation. What is the relationship between empowerment and money? Access to […]

Journal article

Mama cash: investing in the future of women

01/03/2001

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Mama cash: investing in the future of women

Keywords

Overview

Mama Cash is an independent organisation that is committed to changing and improving the position of women, through providing both financial and moral support to women’s groups and entrepreneurs. Although Mama Cash is relatively small, its feminist vision is broad and worldwide. It aims to support innovative projects that mainstream organisations avoid, and so enable […]

Journal article

Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

01/05/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fundamentalisms, globalisation and women’s human rights in Senegal

Keywords

Overview

One response to the phenomenon of globalisation in politics, economics and culture has been a resurgence of fundamentalist movements. To fundamentalists, women symbolise ethnic and cultural purity, and their rights and status have become an enormous issue. But the links between fundamentalisms, tradition and modernity are very complex. In this article I look at the […]