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Violence against women: the international legal response

01/06/1995

6 pages long

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Violence against women: the international legal response

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In demanding the right to be free from violence, women are claiming what they are entitled to. Violence against women must be seen as a human-rights issue, and legal instruments created and enforced to guarantee protection for women. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

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Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

01/10/1995

6 pages long

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Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

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Currently, Algerian women are facing a major crisis. In a complex and changing political environment, the status of women is at stake, threatened by conservative forces associated with Islam, which are likely to win in Algeria’s forthcoming multi-party elections. How are women involving themselves in politics to determine the course of the election. This article […]

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Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

01/10/1996

7 pages long

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Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

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In a study of women’s income-generating groups and individual women entrepreneurs in Uganda, the individual women were found to be more economically successful than the groups. This article argues that the need to maintain relationships, and observe bureaucratic procedures may contribute to the relative ineffectiveness of groups. This finding has important implications for development funders. […]

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Giving women the credit

01/11/1997

6 pages long

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Giving women the credit

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The Full Circle Project is a response by a women’s organisation to the dynamics of women’s poverty and economic exclusion in contemporary Britain. The authors emphasise the need for credit provision for women to be seen as only one part of an integrated strategy for poverty reduction. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor […]

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Working towards a world free from violence against women: UNIFEM’s contribution

01/11/1998

10 pages long

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Working towards a world free from violence against women: UNIFEM’s contribution

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Since International Women’s Year in 1975, violence against women has become a pressing concern for governments and the international community. This article discusses UNIFEM’s multi-faceted approach to addressing violence against women at many levels. Key activities are resourcing projects and programmes, regional awareness-raising campaigns, and sharing learning on best practice. This article is hosted by […]

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Development practice and violence against women

01/11/1998

10 pages long

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Development practice and violence against women

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Development practitioners and organisations are increasingly addressing violence against women, partly because it is seen to hinder development- constraining the efficiency of projects, limiting women’s participation, and denying them their human rights. However, it is wrong to simply portray gender-based violence as an aspect of underdevelopment, Sen argues, and stresses the need for strong, visible […]

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Christianity, development, and women’s liberation

01/03/1999

8 pages long

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Christianity, development, and women’s liberation

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Development practitioners working for gender equity must understand the significance of religion for many women who live in poverty. Both development interventions and religion are concerned with poverty; and both have often been problematic for women. Religious faith can offer women the opportunity for liberation; but it can also encourage conformity. This article is hosted […]

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Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

01/07/2000

6 pages long

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Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

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Overview

This article focuses on trafficking of young Nepalese girls and women. Trafficking is an integral part of the social and economic fabric of Nepal, as in other parts of the world. The practice causes intolerable degradation and suffering for the girls and young women involved, who are treated as a commodity. It presents a risk […]

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Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

01/07/2000

10 pages long

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Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

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In this article, I explore the roles of older women and men in the developing world, and the barriers they encounter in the course of contributing to their families and communities. Older women face multiple disadvantages arising from gender-based prejudice, the heavy burden of manual and reproductive labour that they bear, and the longevity of […]

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Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

01/11/2000

10 pages long

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Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

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Although development research, policy, and practice have focused extensively on women-headed households, the subject is rarely couched in terms of leadership. Drawing on case studies from Guatemala and Botswana, this paper focuses on perceptions of women heads of households in wider society; the extent to which positive images of female leadership have filtered to the […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Violence against women: the international legal response

01/06/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Violence against women: the international legal response

Keywords

Overview

In demanding the right to be free from violence, women are claiming what they are entitled to. Violence against women must be seen as a human-rights issue, and legal instruments created and enforced to guarantee protection for women. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

Journal article

Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

01/10/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

Keywords

Overview

Currently, Algerian women are facing a major crisis. In a complex and changing political environment, the status of women is at stake, threatened by conservative forces associated with Islam, which are likely to win in Algeria’s forthcoming multi-party elections. How are women involving themselves in politics to determine the course of the election. This article […]

Journal article

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

01/10/1996

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

Keywords

Overview

In a study of women’s income-generating groups and individual women entrepreneurs in Uganda, the individual women were found to be more economically successful than the groups. This article argues that the need to maintain relationships, and observe bureaucratic procedures may contribute to the relative ineffectiveness of groups. This finding has important implications for development funders. […]

Journal article

Giving women the credit

01/11/1997

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Giving women the credit

Keywords

Overview

The Full Circle Project is a response by a women’s organisation to the dynamics of women’s poverty and economic exclusion in contemporary Britain. The authors emphasise the need for credit provision for women to be seen as only one part of an integrated strategy for poverty reduction. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor […]

Journal article

Working towards a world free from violence against women: UNIFEM’s contribution

01/11/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Working towards a world free from violence against women: UNIFEM’s contribution

Keywords

Overview

Since International Women’s Year in 1975, violence against women has become a pressing concern for governments and the international community. This article discusses UNIFEM’s multi-faceted approach to addressing violence against women at many levels. Key activities are resourcing projects and programmes, regional awareness-raising campaigns, and sharing learning on best practice. This article is hosted by […]

Journal article

Development practice and violence against women

01/11/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Development practice and violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Development practitioners and organisations are increasingly addressing violence against women, partly because it is seen to hinder development- constraining the efficiency of projects, limiting women’s participation, and denying them their human rights. However, it is wrong to simply portray gender-based violence as an aspect of underdevelopment, Sen argues, and stresses the need for strong, visible […]

Journal article

Christianity, development, and women’s liberation

01/03/1999

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Christianity, development, and women’s liberation

Keywords

Overview

Development practitioners working for gender equity must understand the significance of religion for many women who live in poverty. Both development interventions and religion are concerned with poverty; and both have often been problematic for women. Religious faith can offer women the opportunity for liberation; but it can also encourage conformity. This article is hosted […]

Journal article

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

01/07/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on trafficking of young Nepalese girls and women. Trafficking is an integral part of the social and economic fabric of Nepal, as in other parts of the world. The practice causes intolerable degradation and suffering for the girls and young women involved, who are treated as a commodity. It presents a risk […]

Journal article

Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

Keywords

Overview

In this article, I explore the roles of older women and men in the developing world, and the barriers they encounter in the course of contributing to their families and communities. Older women face multiple disadvantages arising from gender-based prejudice, the heavy burden of manual and reproductive labour that they bear, and the longevity of […]

Journal article

Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

01/11/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

Keywords

Overview

Although development research, policy, and practice have focused extensively on women-headed households, the subject is rarely couched in terms of leadership. Drawing on case studies from Guatemala and Botswana, this paper focuses on perceptions of women heads of households in wider society; the extent to which positive images of female leadership have filtered to the […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Violence against women: the international legal response

01/06/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Violence against women: the international legal response

Keywords

Overview

In demanding the right to be free from violence, women are claiming what they are entitled to. Violence against women must be seen as a human-rights issue, and legal instruments created and enforced to guarantee protection for women. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

Journal article

Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

01/10/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Algerian women and political choice a time of transition

Keywords

Overview

Currently, Algerian women are facing a major crisis. In a complex and changing political environment, the status of women is at stake, threatened by conservative forces associated with Islam, which are likely to win in Algeria’s forthcoming multi-party elections. How are women involving themselves in politics to determine the course of the election. This article […]

Journal article

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

01/10/1996

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

Keywords

Overview

In a study of women’s income-generating groups and individual women entrepreneurs in Uganda, the individual women were found to be more economically successful than the groups. This article argues that the need to maintain relationships, and observe bureaucratic procedures may contribute to the relative ineffectiveness of groups. This finding has important implications for development funders. […]

Journal article

Giving women the credit

01/11/1997

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Giving women the credit

Keywords

Overview

The Full Circle Project is a response by a women’s organisation to the dynamics of women’s poverty and economic exclusion in contemporary Britain. The authors emphasise the need for credit provision for women to be seen as only one part of an integrated strategy for poverty reduction. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor […]

Journal article

Working towards a world free from violence against women: UNIFEM’s contribution

01/11/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Working towards a world free from violence against women: UNIFEM’s contribution

Keywords

Overview

Since International Women’s Year in 1975, violence against women has become a pressing concern for governments and the international community. This article discusses UNIFEM’s multi-faceted approach to addressing violence against women at many levels. Key activities are resourcing projects and programmes, regional awareness-raising campaigns, and sharing learning on best practice. This article is hosted by […]

Journal article

Development practice and violence against women

01/11/1998

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Development practice and violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Development practitioners and organisations are increasingly addressing violence against women, partly because it is seen to hinder development- constraining the efficiency of projects, limiting women’s participation, and denying them their human rights. However, it is wrong to simply portray gender-based violence as an aspect of underdevelopment, Sen argues, and stresses the need for strong, visible […]

Journal article

Christianity, development, and women’s liberation

01/03/1999

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Christianity, development, and women’s liberation

Keywords

Overview

Development practitioners working for gender equity must understand the significance of religion for many women who live in poverty. Both development interventions and religion are concerned with poverty; and both have often been problematic for women. Religious faith can offer women the opportunity for liberation; but it can also encourage conformity. This article is hosted […]

Journal article

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

01/07/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Girl-trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and the position of women in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on trafficking of young Nepalese girls and women. Trafficking is an integral part of the social and economic fabric of Nepal, as in other parts of the world. The practice causes intolerable degradation and suffering for the girls and young women involved, who are treated as a commodity. It presents a risk […]

Journal article

Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Why we should Invest in older women and men: the experience of HelpAge International

Keywords

Overview

In this article, I explore the roles of older women and men in the developing world, and the barriers they encounter in the course of contributing to their families and communities. Older women face multiple disadvantages arising from gender-based prejudice, the heavy burden of manual and reproductive labour that they bear, and the longevity of […]

Journal article

Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

01/11/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

Keywords

Overview

Although development research, policy, and practice have focused extensively on women-headed households, the subject is rarely couched in terms of leadership. Drawing on case studies from Guatemala and Botswana, this paper focuses on perceptions of women heads of households in wider society; the extent to which positive images of female leadership have filtered to the […]