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Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

01/03/2010

9 pages long

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Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

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Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing access to water for poor women. This paper examines the human right to water and why […]

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Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

25/11/2011

10 pages long

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Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

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“Raising Her Voice” (RHV) is a global programme from Oxfam GB to promote poor women’s rights and capacity to participate effectively in governance at every level: raising women voices, increasing their influence, and making decision-making institutions more accountable to women. The present article is based on the findings of a case study of the Bolivian […]

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Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

23/03/2012

18 pages long

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Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

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This article summarises the findings of an action research project examining the experience of women producers in various collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement, in seven countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the benefits of collective enterprise for women producers? The study found that participating in collective forms of […]

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Expanding women’s role in Africa’s modern off-grid lighting market: enhancing profitability and improving lives

23/03/2012

12 pages long

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Expanding women’s role in Africa’s modern off-grid lighting market: enhancing profitability and improving lives

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Overview

Women in Africa are both important beneficiaries and key facilitators of the modern off-grid lighting revolution. Affordable products using technologies like micro-solar power and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can replace fuel-based lighting – enabling women and men to save money, reduce indoor pollution, and operate their small enterprises with reliable, clean lighting. This article discusses new […]

Case study

Indonesia Case Study: Jenggala’s women living close to disaster

15/05/2012

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Oxfam Indonesia has been working with local partner organisation Koslata to change attitudes which leave people vulnerable to disaster and to assist the community of Jenggala with disaster risk reduction (DRR). The aim of DRR activities is to help the community to better prepare for floods and landslides and to reduce the negative impacts of […]

Case study

Case Study: Women’s Rights in Egypt

01/07/2012

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Women's rights

Overview

The uprising in Egypt which began on 25 January 2011 called for freedom, dignity and social justice. It was full of potential opportunities and challenges for Egyptians who had been deprived of their political, social and economic rights. The revolution gave women a sense of freedom and empowerment, and seemed like the perfect opportunity to […]

Research report

Women’s Collective Action in Agricultural Markets: Synthesis of preliminary findings from Ethiopia, Mali, and Tanzania

01/10/2011

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This paper presents an analytical framework and preliminary findings from the second phase of the Researching Women’s Collective Action project. It documents participatory field research in Ethiopia, Mali, and Tanzania, covering 15 agricultural sub-sectors. Findings are reported on women smallholders’ motivations and capacities to engage in collective action, as well as on gender-based patterns and […]

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Fixing women or fixing the world? ‘Smart economics’, efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development

07/11/2012

12 pages long

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Fixing women or fixing the world? ‘Smart economics’, efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development

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Overview

This article focuses on the current trend for investing in women and girls as ‘smart economics’, which is a direct descendant of the efficiency approach to women in development (WID) prevalent in the wake of the economic crisis in the 1980s. We highlight the dangers of conflating the empowerment of women as individuals with the […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Honey Sector in Ethiopia

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At first glance, the honey sector in Ethiopia seems an unlikely place in which to find women forming collective action(CA) groups, taking leadership positions, and benefiting from increased income generation. Beekeeping and honey production are largely male occupations. Over the last decade, however, women have begun to participate in CA in the honey sector in […]

Briefing paper

Promises, Power, and Poverty: Corporate land deals and rural women in Africa

09/04/2013

5 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The rush to invest in farmland in Africa is having an immediate impact on women’s land-use options, on their livelihoods, on food availability and the cost of living, and, ultimately, on women’s access to land for food production. These are only the economic impacts. Women’s knowledge, socio-cultural relationship with the land, and stewardship of nature […]

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Journal article

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

01/03/2010

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing access to water for poor women. This paper examines the human right to water and why […]

Journal article

Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

25/11/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

Keywords

Overview

“Raising Her Voice” (RHV) is a global programme from Oxfam GB to promote poor women’s rights and capacity to participate effectively in governance at every level: raising women voices, increasing their influence, and making decision-making institutions more accountable to women. The present article is based on the findings of a case study of the Bolivian […]

Journal article

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

23/03/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

Keywords

Overview

This article summarises the findings of an action research project examining the experience of women producers in various collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement, in seven countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the benefits of collective enterprise for women producers? The study found that participating in collective forms of […]

Journal article

Expanding women’s role in Africa’s modern off-grid lighting market: enhancing profitability and improving lives

23/03/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Expanding women’s role in Africa’s modern off-grid lighting market: enhancing profitability and improving lives

Keywords

Overview

Women in Africa are both important beneficiaries and key facilitators of the modern off-grid lighting revolution. Affordable products using technologies like micro-solar power and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can replace fuel-based lighting – enabling women and men to save money, reduce indoor pollution, and operate their small enterprises with reliable, clean lighting. This article discusses new […]

Case study

Indonesia Case Study: Jenggala’s women living close to disaster

15/05/2012

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam Indonesia has been working with local partner organisation Koslata to change attitudes which leave people vulnerable to disaster and to assist the community of Jenggala with disaster risk reduction (DRR). The aim of DRR activities is to help the community to better prepare for floods and landslides and to reduce the negative impacts of […]

Case study

Case Study: Women’s Rights in Egypt

01/07/2012

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Women's rights

Overview

The uprising in Egypt which began on 25 January 2011 called for freedom, dignity and social justice. It was full of potential opportunities and challenges for Egyptians who had been deprived of their political, social and economic rights. The revolution gave women a sense of freedom and empowerment, and seemed like the perfect opportunity to […]

Research report

Women’s Collective Action in Agricultural Markets: Synthesis of preliminary findings from Ethiopia, Mali, and Tanzania

01/10/2011

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper presents an analytical framework and preliminary findings from the second phase of the Researching Women’s Collective Action project. It documents participatory field research in Ethiopia, Mali, and Tanzania, covering 15 agricultural sub-sectors. Findings are reported on women smallholders’ motivations and capacities to engage in collective action, as well as on gender-based patterns and […]

Journal article

Fixing women or fixing the world? ‘Smart economics’, efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development

07/11/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fixing women or fixing the world? ‘Smart economics’, efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on the current trend for investing in women and girls as ‘smart economics’, which is a direct descendant of the efficiency approach to women in development (WID) prevalent in the wake of the economic crisis in the 1980s. We highlight the dangers of conflating the empowerment of women as individuals with the […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Honey Sector in Ethiopia

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At first glance, the honey sector in Ethiopia seems an unlikely place in which to find women forming collective action(CA) groups, taking leadership positions, and benefiting from increased income generation. Beekeeping and honey production are largely male occupations. Over the last decade, however, women have begun to participate in CA in the honey sector in […]

Briefing paper

Promises, Power, and Poverty: Corporate land deals and rural women in Africa

09/04/2013

5 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The rush to invest in farmland in Africa is having an immediate impact on women’s land-use options, on their livelihoods, on food availability and the cost of living, and, ultimately, on women’s access to land for food production. These are only the economic impacts. Women’s knowledge, socio-cultural relationship with the land, and stewardship of nature […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

01/03/2010

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Unequal burden: water privatisation and women’s human rights in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing access to water for poor women. This paper examines the human right to water and why […]

Journal article

Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

25/11/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Supporting the collective power of Bolivian women to attain citizenship rights: the Raising Her Voice project

Keywords

Overview

“Raising Her Voice” (RHV) is a global programme from Oxfam GB to promote poor women’s rights and capacity to participate effectively in governance at every level: raising women voices, increasing their influence, and making decision-making institutions more accountable to women. The present article is based on the findings of a case study of the Bolivian […]

Journal article

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

23/03/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

Keywords

Overview

This article summarises the findings of an action research project examining the experience of women producers in various collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement, in seven countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the benefits of collective enterprise for women producers? The study found that participating in collective forms of […]

Journal article

Expanding women’s role in Africa’s modern off-grid lighting market: enhancing profitability and improving lives

23/03/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Expanding women’s role in Africa’s modern off-grid lighting market: enhancing profitability and improving lives

Keywords

Overview

Women in Africa are both important beneficiaries and key facilitators of the modern off-grid lighting revolution. Affordable products using technologies like micro-solar power and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can replace fuel-based lighting – enabling women and men to save money, reduce indoor pollution, and operate their small enterprises with reliable, clean lighting. This article discusses new […]

Case study

Indonesia Case Study: Jenggala’s women living close to disaster

15/05/2012

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam Indonesia has been working with local partner organisation Koslata to change attitudes which leave people vulnerable to disaster and to assist the community of Jenggala with disaster risk reduction (DRR). The aim of DRR activities is to help the community to better prepare for floods and landslides and to reduce the negative impacts of […]

Case study

Case Study: Women’s Rights in Egypt

01/07/2012

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Women's rights

Overview

The uprising in Egypt which began on 25 January 2011 called for freedom, dignity and social justice. It was full of potential opportunities and challenges for Egyptians who had been deprived of their political, social and economic rights. The revolution gave women a sense of freedom and empowerment, and seemed like the perfect opportunity to […]

Research report

Women’s Collective Action in Agricultural Markets: Synthesis of preliminary findings from Ethiopia, Mali, and Tanzania

01/10/2011

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper presents an analytical framework and preliminary findings from the second phase of the Researching Women’s Collective Action project. It documents participatory field research in Ethiopia, Mali, and Tanzania, covering 15 agricultural sub-sectors. Findings are reported on women smallholders’ motivations and capacities to engage in collective action, as well as on gender-based patterns and […]

Journal article

Fixing women or fixing the world? ‘Smart economics’, efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development

07/11/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fixing women or fixing the world? ‘Smart economics’, efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on the current trend for investing in women and girls as ‘smart economics’, which is a direct descendant of the efficiency approach to women in development (WID) prevalent in the wake of the economic crisis in the 1980s. We highlight the dangers of conflating the empowerment of women as individuals with the […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Honey Sector in Ethiopia

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At first glance, the honey sector in Ethiopia seems an unlikely place in which to find women forming collective action(CA) groups, taking leadership positions, and benefiting from increased income generation. Beekeeping and honey production are largely male occupations. Over the last decade, however, women have begun to participate in CA in the honey sector in […]

Briefing paper

Promises, Power, and Poverty: Corporate land deals and rural women in Africa

09/04/2013

5 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The rush to invest in farmland in Africa is having an immediate impact on women’s land-use options, on their livelihoods, on food availability and the cost of living, and, ultimately, on women’s access to land for food production. These are only the economic impacts. Women’s knowledge, socio-cultural relationship with the land, and stewardship of nature […]