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The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

20/07/2016

15 pages long

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The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

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Overview

While significant progress has been made in recent years in responding to violence against women and girls in humanitarian contexts, timely and quality care and support to survivors still remains a challenge. Little is known about effective prevention. Few interventions have targeted underlying drivers of violence against women and girls (VAWG), which include social norms. […]

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Gendered violences and resistances to development: body, land, territory, and violences against women in postwar Guatemala

07/12/2021

21 pages long

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Gendered violences and resistances to development: body, land, territory, and violences against women in postwar Guatemala

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Overview

This article explores the relationships between violences against women (VAW) and rural development in the context of postwar Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip region (FTN). How might we understand the relationships between postwar development, its gendered implications, and VAW in this context? What are the implications of these entanglements for feminist activism? The article explores this […]

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Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

01/02/1993

3 pages long

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Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

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Overview

Adoko’s argument is that projects to protect the environment should not be made the responsibility of poor women, particularly since it is not women – or poor people – who are destroying the environment. In the case of tree planting in Uganda, women are burdened with collecting water for saplings, whilst important gender issues such […]

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Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

20/07/2016

13 pages long

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Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

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Overview

This article explores how women’s movements in China, India, and Indonesia have mobilised to influence processes of legal reform on violence against women and girls (VAWG). Legal change is a complex and iterative process, in which both state and non-state actors negotiate and bargain over the content of law in the ‘policy space’, bringing different […]

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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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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 […]

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Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

01/02/2010

12 pages long

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Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

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Overview

Water supply and sanitation provision are key elements in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s participation is considered integral to the sustainability of the projects created to meet these two MDGs. Bringing feminist and geographic critiques to bear on gendered approaches to improving sanitation coverage, the research reported on in this article indicates […]

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COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

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COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Research report

South Sudan Gender Analysis: A snapshot situation analysis of the differential impact of the humanitarian crisis on women, girls, men and boys in South Sudan

06/03/2017

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The continuing conflict in South Sudan, which began in December 2013, is having a devastating impact on the lives and livelihoods of millions of South Sudanese women, men, boys and girls, with the result that South Sudan is now one of the most food-insecure countries in the world. Women and men of all ages are […]

Issue briefing

I Am Alone: Single women and the Nepal earthquake

23/07/2016

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, Nepali

Keywords

Overview

The earthquake and aftershock which struck Nepal in 2015 affected more than 8 million people and severely damaged infrastructure including schools, health centres and homes. Existing gender inequalities in Nepal meant that single women were particularly affected in the aftermath, receiving inadequate assistance and being least able to be heard. This briefing argues that the […]

Journal article

Conflict and the women of Chad

01/06/1993

3 pages long

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Conflict and the women of Chad

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Overview

In times of war, the poorest people in communities – usually women and children – are most affected. The 1979 civil war in Chad plunged many women into poverty, especially in urban areas. Yet at the same time the conflict smashed Chad’s patriarchal social order allowing women to move into traditionally male roles. Their contribution […]

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Journal article

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

20/07/2016

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

Keywords

Overview

While significant progress has been made in recent years in responding to violence against women and girls in humanitarian contexts, timely and quality care and support to survivors still remains a challenge. Little is known about effective prevention. Few interventions have targeted underlying drivers of violence against women and girls (VAWG), which include social norms. […]

Journal article

Gendered violences and resistances to development: body, land, territory, and violences against women in postwar Guatemala

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered violences and resistances to development: body, land, territory, and violences against women in postwar Guatemala

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the relationships between violences against women (VAW) and rural development in the context of postwar Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip region (FTN). How might we understand the relationships between postwar development, its gendered implications, and VAW in this context? What are the implications of these entanglements for feminist activism? The article explores this […]

Journal article

Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

01/02/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

Keywords

Overview

Adoko’s argument is that projects to protect the environment should not be made the responsibility of poor women, particularly since it is not women – or poor people – who are destroying the environment. In the case of tree planting in Uganda, women are burdened with collecting water for saplings, whilst important gender issues such […]

Journal article

Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

20/07/2016

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how women’s movements in China, India, and Indonesia have mobilised to influence processes of legal reform on violence against women and girls (VAWG). Legal change is a complex and iterative process, in which both state and non-state actors negotiate and bargain over the content of law in the ‘policy space’, bringing different […]

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

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

01/02/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

Keywords

Overview

Water supply and sanitation provision are key elements in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s participation is considered integral to the sustainability of the projects created to meet these two MDGs. Bringing feminist and geographic critiques to bear on gendered approaches to improving sanitation coverage, the research reported on in this article indicates […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keywords

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Research report

South Sudan Gender Analysis: A snapshot situation analysis of the differential impact of the humanitarian crisis on women, girls, men and boys in South Sudan

06/03/2017

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The continuing conflict in South Sudan, which began in December 2013, is having a devastating impact on the lives and livelihoods of millions of South Sudanese women, men, boys and girls, with the result that South Sudan is now one of the most food-insecure countries in the world. Women and men of all ages are […]

Issue briefing

I Am Alone: Single women and the Nepal earthquake

23/07/2016

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, Nepali

Keywords

Overview

The earthquake and aftershock which struck Nepal in 2015 affected more than 8 million people and severely damaged infrastructure including schools, health centres and homes. Existing gender inequalities in Nepal meant that single women were particularly affected in the aftermath, receiving inadequate assistance and being least able to be heard. This briefing argues that the […]

Journal article

Conflict and the women of Chad

01/06/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conflict and the women of Chad

Keywords

Overview

In times of war, the poorest people in communities – usually women and children – are most affected. The 1979 civil war in Chad plunged many women into poverty, especially in urban areas. Yet at the same time the conflict smashed Chad’s patriarchal social order allowing women to move into traditionally male roles. Their contribution […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

20/07/2016

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

Keywords

Overview

While significant progress has been made in recent years in responding to violence against women and girls in humanitarian contexts, timely and quality care and support to survivors still remains a challenge. Little is known about effective prevention. Few interventions have targeted underlying drivers of violence against women and girls (VAWG), which include social norms. […]

Journal article

Gendered violences and resistances to development: body, land, territory, and violences against women in postwar Guatemala

07/12/2021

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered violences and resistances to development: body, land, territory, and violences against women in postwar Guatemala

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the relationships between violences against women (VAW) and rural development in the context of postwar Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip region (FTN). How might we understand the relationships between postwar development, its gendered implications, and VAW in this context? What are the implications of these entanglements for feminist activism? The article explores this […]

Journal article

Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

01/02/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Environment and women in Uganda: the way I see it

Keywords

Overview

Adoko’s argument is that projects to protect the environment should not be made the responsibility of poor women, particularly since it is not women – or poor people – who are destroying the environment. In the case of tree planting in Uganda, women are burdened with collecting water for saplings, whilst important gender issues such […]

Journal article

Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

20/07/2016

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia

Keywords

Overview

This article explores how women’s movements in China, India, and Indonesia have mobilised to influence processes of legal reform on violence against women and girls (VAWG). Legal change is a complex and iterative process, in which both state and non-state actors negotiate and bargain over the content of law in the ‘policy space’, bringing different […]

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

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

01/02/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

Keywords

Overview

Water supply and sanitation provision are key elements in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s participation is considered integral to the sustainability of the projects created to meet these two MDGs. Bringing feminist and geographic critiques to bear on gendered approaches to improving sanitation coverage, the research reported on in this article indicates […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keywords

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Research report

South Sudan Gender Analysis: A snapshot situation analysis of the differential impact of the humanitarian crisis on women, girls, men and boys in South Sudan

06/03/2017

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The continuing conflict in South Sudan, which began in December 2013, is having a devastating impact on the lives and livelihoods of millions of South Sudanese women, men, boys and girls, with the result that South Sudan is now one of the most food-insecure countries in the world. Women and men of all ages are […]

Issue briefing

I Am Alone: Single women and the Nepal earthquake

23/07/2016

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, Nepali

Keywords

Overview

The earthquake and aftershock which struck Nepal in 2015 affected more than 8 million people and severely damaged infrastructure including schools, health centres and homes. Existing gender inequalities in Nepal meant that single women were particularly affected in the aftermath, receiving inadequate assistance and being least able to be heard. This briefing argues that the […]

Journal article

Conflict and the women of Chad

01/06/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Conflict and the women of Chad

Keywords

Overview

In times of war, the poorest people in communities – usually women and children – are most affected. The 1979 civil war in Chad plunged many women into poverty, especially in urban areas. Yet at the same time the conflict smashed Chad’s patriarchal social order allowing women to move into traditionally male roles. Their contribution […]