You searched for women%25252527s%25252Beconomic%25252Bempowerment - Page 28 of 50 - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Transforming images: reimagining women’s work through participatory video

01/06/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transforming images: reimagining women’s work through participatory video

Keywords

Overview

This ethnographic study of a participatory video workshop conducted with rural women in Fiji observed how communities engage with processes of production for empowerment, and the implications for dialogue, community building, and representation within Fiji’s fragmented multicultural society. The study found that rural women in Fiji integrate local norms and practices in the production of […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment revisited: a case study from Bangladesh

01/09/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment revisited: a case study from Bangladesh

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This article explores the changing dimensions of women’s empowerment over time in three Bangladesh villages where one of the authors has been conducting research since 1991. The article discusses theoretical issues related to the measurement of women’s empowerment, and describes findings from a recent study in the villages exploring the current salience of indicators developed […]

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 […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Transforming images: reimagining women’s work through participatory video

01/06/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transforming images: reimagining women’s work through participatory video

Keywords

Overview

This ethnographic study of a participatory video workshop conducted with rural women in Fiji observed how communities engage with processes of production for empowerment, and the implications for dialogue, community building, and representation within Fiji’s fragmented multicultural society. The study found that rural women in Fiji integrate local norms and practices in the production of […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment revisited: a case study from Bangladesh

01/09/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment revisited: a case study from Bangladesh

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This article explores the changing dimensions of women’s empowerment over time in three Bangladesh villages where one of the authors has been conducting research since 1991. The article discusses theoretical issues related to the measurement of women’s empowerment, and describes findings from a recent study in the villages exploring the current salience of indicators developed […]

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 […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Transforming images: reimagining women’s work through participatory video

01/06/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transforming images: reimagining women’s work through participatory video

Keywords

Overview

This ethnographic study of a participatory video workshop conducted with rural women in Fiji observed how communities engage with processes of production for empowerment, and the implications for dialogue, community building, and representation within Fiji’s fragmented multicultural society. The study found that rural women in Fiji integrate local norms and practices in the production of […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment revisited: a case study from Bangladesh

01/09/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment revisited: a case study from Bangladesh

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This article explores the changing dimensions of women’s empowerment over time in three Bangladesh villages where one of the authors has been conducting research since 1991. The article discusses theoretical issues related to the measurement of women’s empowerment, and describes findings from a recent study in the villages exploring the current salience of indicators developed […]

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 […]