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Discussion paper

Political Gender Quotas: Key debates and values for Myanmar

04/06/2016

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Women are increasingly visible in politics around the world but there is still a yawning gap in their political representation compared with men. In Myanmar, gender inequality and women’s rights are major challenges across economic, social and political spheres. Myanmar’s historic election in November 2015 saw a big increase in the numbers of women candidates […]

Briefing note

Fisherwomen’s Cooperative in Odisha Promotes Transformative Leadership of Women’s Rights

30/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, it works in six states. Oxfam India’s programme on Gender Justice aims to address the deeply entrenched gender-biased social norms that are responsible for the poor status of women and girls in the society. Oxfam India’s effort to […]

Journal article

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

09/11/2016

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

Keywords

Overview

In mid-2015, a team of 15 Congolese ‘girl researchers’ were recruited, trained, and mentored by the UK’s Department for International Development-funded La Pépinière programme. They conducted peer-to-peer research to explore the experiences, perceptions, and aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in relation to their economic and social empowerment. […]

Journal article

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

28/03/2017

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the Association for Women’s Rights in Development’s (AWID) perspective on the issue of religious fundamentalisms as they affect women’s rights in the world today. Globally and in every religious context there has been a growth in the power and influence of religious fundamentalist actors. Although the violence that they are wreaking on […]

Journal article

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

28/03/2017

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

Keywords

Overview

The article shares the experience of Women on the Frontline (WoF), a network of about 30 women’s rights organisations with its origins in the Netherlands, and covering seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The organisations participating in WoF all have their own agendas and particular needs, but they share one […]

Discussion paper

Macroeconomic Policy and Women’s Economic Empowerment

01/09/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At its core, the economic empowerment of women – to succeed and advance economically and to make and act on economic decisions – depends on the quantity and quality of paid employment, the provision or absence of public services, the amount of unpaid care work borne by women, as well as coverage or lack thereof […]

Journal article

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article argues for the need to change the ways in which anti-human trafficking (AT) non-government organisations (NGOs) and their interventions in India frame and address violence in sex work. The article asserts that AT NGOs need to move beyond their ideological allegiances and infuse their interventions with a better understanding of the lived realities […]

Journal article

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

11/07/2018

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

Keywords

Overview

Established in 2006, Take Back the Tech! is a global campaign that encourages women and girls to use technology to counter gender-based violence. Through interviews with women in the Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, and India, this article explores how, ten years later, girls and young women are ‘taking back’ technology to demand their rights and […]

Briefing note

Tailor Made: How Syrian refugee women are finding their own way to join the Jordanian economy

07/08/2018

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Earning an income is a struggle for the residents of Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan, and women’s economic participation is extremely low. Oxfam initiated the Lel-Haya (For Life) project in Za’atari to build the capacities of Syrian refugee women, both in vocational training and soft skills. A small number of women involved in the project […]

Campaign report

Protected and Powerful: Putting Resources and Decision Making Power in the Hands of Women in Conflict

16/10/2018

2 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Evidence shows a strong link between gender equality and peace. Countries where women are empowered are vastly more secure. Helping women realize their rights in fragile countries helps prevent conflict and increases the likelihood of sustainable peace. This Oxfam Canada report examines the challenges women and girls face in conflict settings and recommends concrete actions […]

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Discussion paper

Political Gender Quotas: Key debates and values for Myanmar

04/06/2016

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women are increasingly visible in politics around the world but there is still a yawning gap in their political representation compared with men. In Myanmar, gender inequality and women’s rights are major challenges across economic, social and political spheres. Myanmar’s historic election in November 2015 saw a big increase in the numbers of women candidates […]

Briefing note

Fisherwomen’s Cooperative in Odisha Promotes Transformative Leadership of Women’s Rights

30/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, it works in six states. Oxfam India’s programme on Gender Justice aims to address the deeply entrenched gender-biased social norms that are responsible for the poor status of women and girls in the society. Oxfam India’s effort to […]

Journal article

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

09/11/2016

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

Keywords

Overview

In mid-2015, a team of 15 Congolese ‘girl researchers’ were recruited, trained, and mentored by the UK’s Department for International Development-funded La Pépinière programme. They conducted peer-to-peer research to explore the experiences, perceptions, and aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in relation to their economic and social empowerment. […]

Journal article

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

28/03/2017

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the Association for Women’s Rights in Development’s (AWID) perspective on the issue of religious fundamentalisms as they affect women’s rights in the world today. Globally and in every religious context there has been a growth in the power and influence of religious fundamentalist actors. Although the violence that they are wreaking on […]

Journal article

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

28/03/2017

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

Keywords

Overview

The article shares the experience of Women on the Frontline (WoF), a network of about 30 women’s rights organisations with its origins in the Netherlands, and covering seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The organisations participating in WoF all have their own agendas and particular needs, but they share one […]

Discussion paper

Macroeconomic Policy and Women’s Economic Empowerment

01/09/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At its core, the economic empowerment of women – to succeed and advance economically and to make and act on economic decisions – depends on the quantity and quality of paid employment, the provision or absence of public services, the amount of unpaid care work borne by women, as well as coverage or lack thereof […]

Journal article

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article argues for the need to change the ways in which anti-human trafficking (AT) non-government organisations (NGOs) and their interventions in India frame and address violence in sex work. The article asserts that AT NGOs need to move beyond their ideological allegiances and infuse their interventions with a better understanding of the lived realities […]

Journal article

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

11/07/2018

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

Keywords

Overview

Established in 2006, Take Back the Tech! is a global campaign that encourages women and girls to use technology to counter gender-based violence. Through interviews with women in the Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, and India, this article explores how, ten years later, girls and young women are ‘taking back’ technology to demand their rights and […]

Briefing note

Tailor Made: How Syrian refugee women are finding their own way to join the Jordanian economy

07/08/2018

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Earning an income is a struggle for the residents of Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan, and women’s economic participation is extremely low. Oxfam initiated the Lel-Haya (For Life) project in Za’atari to build the capacities of Syrian refugee women, both in vocational training and soft skills. A small number of women involved in the project […]

Campaign report

Protected and Powerful: Putting Resources and Decision Making Power in the Hands of Women in Conflict

16/10/2018

2 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Evidence shows a strong link between gender equality and peace. Countries where women are empowered are vastly more secure. Helping women realize their rights in fragile countries helps prevent conflict and increases the likelihood of sustainable peace. This Oxfam Canada report examines the challenges women and girls face in conflict settings and recommends concrete actions […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Discussion paper

Political Gender Quotas: Key debates and values for Myanmar

04/06/2016

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women are increasingly visible in politics around the world but there is still a yawning gap in their political representation compared with men. In Myanmar, gender inequality and women’s rights are major challenges across economic, social and political spheres. Myanmar’s historic election in November 2015 saw a big increase in the numbers of women candidates […]

Briefing note

Fisherwomen’s Cooperative in Odisha Promotes Transformative Leadership of Women’s Rights

30/07/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, it works in six states. Oxfam India’s programme on Gender Justice aims to address the deeply entrenched gender-biased social norms that are responsible for the poor status of women and girls in the society. Oxfam India’s effort to […]

Journal article

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

09/11/2016

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

Keywords

Overview

In mid-2015, a team of 15 Congolese ‘girl researchers’ were recruited, trained, and mentored by the UK’s Department for International Development-funded La Pépinière programme. They conducted peer-to-peer research to explore the experiences, perceptions, and aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in relation to their economic and social empowerment. […]

Journal article

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

28/03/2017

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

The devil is in the details: a feminist perspective on development, women’s rights, and fundamentalisms

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the Association for Women’s Rights in Development’s (AWID) perspective on the issue of religious fundamentalisms as they affect women’s rights in the world today. Globally and in every religious context there has been a growth in the power and influence of religious fundamentalist actors. Although the violence that they are wreaking on […]

Journal article

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

28/03/2017

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women on the frontline: can a network provide a platform for activists in the volatile MENA region?

Keywords

Overview

The article shares the experience of Women on the Frontline (WoF), a network of about 30 women’s rights organisations with its origins in the Netherlands, and covering seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The organisations participating in WoF all have their own agendas and particular needs, but they share one […]

Discussion paper

Macroeconomic Policy and Women’s Economic Empowerment

01/09/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At its core, the economic empowerment of women – to succeed and advance economically and to make and act on economic decisions – depends on the quantity and quality of paid employment, the provision or absence of public services, the amount of unpaid care work borne by women, as well as coverage or lack thereof […]

Journal article

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article argues for the need to change the ways in which anti-human trafficking (AT) non-government organisations (NGOs) and their interventions in India frame and address violence in sex work. The article asserts that AT NGOs need to move beyond their ideological allegiances and infuse their interventions with a better understanding of the lived realities […]

Journal article

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

11/07/2018

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

Keywords

Overview

Established in 2006, Take Back the Tech! is a global campaign that encourages women and girls to use technology to counter gender-based violence. Through interviews with women in the Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, and India, this article explores how, ten years later, girls and young women are ‘taking back’ technology to demand their rights and […]

Briefing note

Tailor Made: How Syrian refugee women are finding their own way to join the Jordanian economy

07/08/2018

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Earning an income is a struggle for the residents of Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan, and women’s economic participation is extremely low. Oxfam initiated the Lel-Haya (For Life) project in Za’atari to build the capacities of Syrian refugee women, both in vocational training and soft skills. A small number of women involved in the project […]

Campaign report

Protected and Powerful: Putting Resources and Decision Making Power in the Hands of Women in Conflict

16/10/2018

2 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Evidence shows a strong link between gender equality and peace. Countries where women are empowered are vastly more secure. Helping women realize their rights in fragile countries helps prevent conflict and increases the likelihood of sustainable peace. This Oxfam Canada report examines the challenges women and girls face in conflict settings and recommends concrete actions […]