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COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

23/03/2021

16 pages long

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COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

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Overview

Pandemics and government-imposed restrictions to control them, such as quarantines and school closures, exacerbate gender-based inequalities and increases exposure of women and girls to genderbased violence (GBV). The impacts of these adverse outcomes are further heightened due to diminished access to comprehensive GBV services, as governments redirect resources towards the emergency and deprioritise services such […]

Journal article

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

01/11/2006

12 pages long

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The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

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Overview

This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we […]

Book

Gender and Disability: Women’s experiences in the Middle East

01/01/1997

1 documents

104 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Social protection

Overview

Women with disabilities face a double discrimination, both in terms of gender and also of their particular disability. This book examines the situation of women with various types of disability, in the Middle Eastern context. It provides a general overview of gender and disability and includes several case studies from the Lebanon, Yemen, and the […]

Case study

The Raising Her Voice Pakistan Programme

16/01/2015

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Well known for its highly articulate and influential women, Pakistan is also notorious for the severe restrictions placed on women’s personal and political liberties. The Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme started working on this very complex and sensitive issue by building a country-level partnership with the Aurat Foundation (AF), which for the past 26 years […]

Journal article

‘Mama take us to a country where there is no war’: COVID-19 and mental health challenges for Syrian refugee women in Lebanon

23/03/2021

14 pages long

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‘Mama take us to a country where there is no war’: COVID-19 and mental health challenges for Syrian refugee women in Lebanon

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Overview

This paper is an account of my research with Syrian women living in Beirut, Lebanon. I follow the trajectory of Syrian women and the fear and anxiety that has accompanied it, which undermine their mental health. Such a trajectory started with the trauma of the war. It was followed by being forced to leave their […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Case study

I Care About Her: Building a movement of champions in Zambia to end violence against women and girls

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over half of women in Zambia have experienced physical or sexual violence (Zambia Demographic and Health Survey, 2007). Oxfam is partnering with several local organisations to implement I Care About Her, a programme which works to end violence against women and girls by transforming attitudes and beliefs and mobilising men and boys to champion non-violence. […]

Journal article

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

01/03/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

Keywords

Overview

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a potentially powerful tool for progress on development and human rights. Women’s human rights activists should recognise and build on the political will mobilised around the MDGs. However, the MDGs reflect problems in the dominant development approach. They seek to use women in their existing social roles to ‘deliver’ […]

Case study

Resilience-Building and Women’s Leadership in Bangladesh

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The REE-CALL programme aims to strengthen community resilience to climate change by fostering economic empowerment and inclusive leadership. The programme targets highly vulnerable people: 225,000 households in 14 of the worst-affected districts of the three most vulnerable agro-ecological regions of the country – Haor, Char and the south-west and south-central coastal regions. The programme recognizes […]

Discussion paper

Thorny Transition: Women’s empowerment and exposure to violence in India

01/07/2014

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the relation between women’s empowerment in India and the risk of violence. It starts by situating women’s exposure to violence in the context of a gradual growth in female mobilization and freedom-from-violence rights, yet recognises that this is happening in the context of unfavourable social norms. The two conflicting trends produce a […]

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Journal article

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

23/03/2021

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Pandemics and government-imposed restrictions to control them, such as quarantines and school closures, exacerbate gender-based inequalities and increases exposure of women and girls to genderbased violence (GBV). The impacts of these adverse outcomes are further heightened due to diminished access to comprehensive GBV services, as governments redirect resources towards the emergency and deprioritise services such […]

Journal article

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

01/11/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we […]

Book

Gender and Disability: Women’s experiences in the Middle East

01/01/1997

1 documents

104 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Social protection

Overview

Women with disabilities face a double discrimination, both in terms of gender and also of their particular disability. This book examines the situation of women with various types of disability, in the Middle Eastern context. It provides a general overview of gender and disability and includes several case studies from the Lebanon, Yemen, and the […]

Case study

The Raising Her Voice Pakistan Programme

16/01/2015

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Well known for its highly articulate and influential women, Pakistan is also notorious for the severe restrictions placed on women’s personal and political liberties. The Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme started working on this very complex and sensitive issue by building a country-level partnership with the Aurat Foundation (AF), which for the past 26 years […]

Journal article

‘Mama take us to a country where there is no war’: COVID-19 and mental health challenges for Syrian refugee women in Lebanon

23/03/2021

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Mama take us to a country where there is no war’: COVID-19 and mental health challenges for Syrian refugee women in Lebanon

Keywords

Overview

This paper is an account of my research with Syrian women living in Beirut, Lebanon. I follow the trajectory of Syrian women and the fear and anxiety that has accompanied it, which undermine their mental health. Such a trajectory started with the trauma of the war. It was followed by being forced to leave their […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Case study

I Care About Her: Building a movement of champions in Zambia to end violence against women and girls

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over half of women in Zambia have experienced physical or sexual violence (Zambia Demographic and Health Survey, 2007). Oxfam is partnering with several local organisations to implement I Care About Her, a programme which works to end violence against women and girls by transforming attitudes and beliefs and mobilising men and boys to champion non-violence. […]

Journal article

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

01/03/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

Keywords

Overview

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a potentially powerful tool for progress on development and human rights. Women’s human rights activists should recognise and build on the political will mobilised around the MDGs. However, the MDGs reflect problems in the dominant development approach. They seek to use women in their existing social roles to ‘deliver’ […]

Case study

Resilience-Building and Women’s Leadership in Bangladesh

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The REE-CALL programme aims to strengthen community resilience to climate change by fostering economic empowerment and inclusive leadership. The programme targets highly vulnerable people: 225,000 households in 14 of the worst-affected districts of the three most vulnerable agro-ecological regions of the country – Haor, Char and the south-west and south-central coastal regions. The programme recognizes […]

Discussion paper

Thorny Transition: Women’s empowerment and exposure to violence in India

01/07/2014

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the relation between women’s empowerment in India and the risk of violence. It starts by situating women’s exposure to violence in the context of a gradual growth in female mobilization and freedom-from-violence rights, yet recognises that this is happening in the context of unfavourable social norms. The two conflicting trends produce a […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

23/03/2021

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and gender-based violence (GBV): hard-to-reach women and girls, services, and programmes in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Pandemics and government-imposed restrictions to control them, such as quarantines and school closures, exacerbate gender-based inequalities and increases exposure of women and girls to genderbased violence (GBV). The impacts of these adverse outcomes are further heightened due to diminished access to comprehensive GBV services, as governments redirect resources towards the emergency and deprioritise services such […]

Journal article

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

01/11/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we […]

Book

Gender and Disability: Women’s experiences in the Middle East

01/01/1997

1 documents

104 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Social protection

Overview

Women with disabilities face a double discrimination, both in terms of gender and also of their particular disability. This book examines the situation of women with various types of disability, in the Middle Eastern context. It provides a general overview of gender and disability and includes several case studies from the Lebanon, Yemen, and the […]

Case study

The Raising Her Voice Pakistan Programme

16/01/2015

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Well known for its highly articulate and influential women, Pakistan is also notorious for the severe restrictions placed on women’s personal and political liberties. The Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme started working on this very complex and sensitive issue by building a country-level partnership with the Aurat Foundation (AF), which for the past 26 years […]

Journal article

‘Mama take us to a country where there is no war’: COVID-19 and mental health challenges for Syrian refugee women in Lebanon

23/03/2021

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Mama take us to a country where there is no war’: COVID-19 and mental health challenges for Syrian refugee women in Lebanon

Keywords

Overview

This paper is an account of my research with Syrian women living in Beirut, Lebanon. I follow the trajectory of Syrian women and the fear and anxiety that has accompanied it, which undermine their mental health. Such a trajectory started with the trauma of the war. It was followed by being forced to leave their […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Case study

I Care About Her: Building a movement of champions in Zambia to end violence against women and girls

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over half of women in Zambia have experienced physical or sexual violence (Zambia Demographic and Health Survey, 2007). Oxfam is partnering with several local organisations to implement I Care About Her, a programme which works to end violence against women and girls by transforming attitudes and beliefs and mobilising men and boys to champion non-violence. […]

Journal article

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

01/03/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

Keywords

Overview

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a potentially powerful tool for progress on development and human rights. Women’s human rights activists should recognise and build on the political will mobilised around the MDGs. However, the MDGs reflect problems in the dominant development approach. They seek to use women in their existing social roles to ‘deliver’ […]

Case study

Resilience-Building and Women’s Leadership in Bangladesh

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The REE-CALL programme aims to strengthen community resilience to climate change by fostering economic empowerment and inclusive leadership. The programme targets highly vulnerable people: 225,000 households in 14 of the worst-affected districts of the three most vulnerable agro-ecological regions of the country – Haor, Char and the south-west and south-central coastal regions. The programme recognizes […]

Discussion paper

Thorny Transition: Women’s empowerment and exposure to violence in India

01/07/2014

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the relation between women’s empowerment in India and the risk of violence. It starts by situating women’s exposure to violence in the context of a gradual growth in female mobilization and freedom-from-violence rights, yet recognises that this is happening in the context of unfavourable social norms. The two conflicting trends produce a […]