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Women for Women: Strengthening women’s capacity to identify and fight human trafficking

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a case study produced by Sanjida Naima, Protection Officer at Oxfam in Bangladesh, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening, COVID-19, human trafficking, self-protection outside community protection structures, sensitisation and social cohesion.

Journal article

From policy to practice: 30 years of the Beijing Declaration – assessing the realities of refugee women in Greece

16/03/2026

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

From policy to practice: 30 years of the Beijing Declaration – assessing the realities of refugee women in Greece

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the condition of refugee women in Greece through the lens of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), as it reaches its 30th-anniversary milestone. Despite the Declaration’s commitment to promoting gender equality and protecting vulnerable women, refugee women in Greece continue to face multiple challenges, including gender-based violence, lack of access […]

Webpage

Private Sector at Oxfam

We are working towards a human economy where businesses play a positive role in overcoming poverty and inequality

Book

Women and Leadership

01/01/2000

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender mainstreaming

Overview

As a given, in no country do Women participate in political leadership on a par with men. This collection of writings explores women’s own strategies for developing or initiating leadership by women around the world. Women have created thousands of vibrant, visionary organisations of their own, yet they remain absent from the key political and […]

Book

Women and Economic Policy

01/01/1993

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The articles in Women and Economic Policy are centred around two main themes: macroeconomic policy and gender relations; and income generation projects and women’s empowerment. In many countries of the South, the introduction of structural adjustment policies to address the problem of mounting international debt has had a profoundly damaging effect on poor women and […]

Book

Dedicated Lives: Women organising for a fairer world

01/01/1993

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In many different countries, women are coming together to organise for a fairer world. Women’s organisations focus on many different aspects of women’s lives – health, income generation, employment rights, community activities – but they share a concern to counter the disadvantages experienced by women as a result of gender constraints. The eight women whose […]

Journal article

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

01/02/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

Keywords

Overview

CEPAM is an Ecuadorian women’s NGO, which has an integrated approach to work with poor urban women on health issues, legal advice, and group formation, based on a gender analysis of life in the area. This account of its work in a poor urban settlement in Guayaquil describes how women came to understand that their […]

Journal article

Using the master’s tools: feminism, media and ending violence against women

01/05/2003

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using the master’s tools: feminism, media and ending violence against women

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Overview

Worldwide, women are harnessing the power of mainstream media to change minds and hearts about women’s human rights. In particular, they are focusing on ending violence against women as depicted in the media. Violence against women is here understood in two ways – not only as violence against women in society, but as violence committed […]

Journal article

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

01/11/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

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Overview

Uganda has introduced affirmative action to ensure that women are represented on the various Councils which govern village affairs. This article asks what has changed as a result of women’s presence on the Councils. Both women and men felt that women had not significantly influenced Local Council planning and budget decisions. They felt this was […]

Research report

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security

15/03/2012

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The question of ‘what changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security?’ has been asked repeatedly. But transformational changes in both public policy and practice have been few and far between, although increasing access to resources and opportunities for women farmers could substantially reduce the number of hungry people in the […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Women for Women: Strengthening women’s capacity to identify and fight human trafficking

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a case study produced by Sanjida Naima, Protection Officer at Oxfam in Bangladesh, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening, COVID-19, human trafficking, self-protection outside community protection structures, sensitisation and social cohesion.

Journal article

From policy to practice: 30 years of the Beijing Declaration – assessing the realities of refugee women in Greece

16/03/2026

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

From policy to practice: 30 years of the Beijing Declaration – assessing the realities of refugee women in Greece

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the condition of refugee women in Greece through the lens of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), as it reaches its 30th-anniversary milestone. Despite the Declaration’s commitment to promoting gender equality and protecting vulnerable women, refugee women in Greece continue to face multiple challenges, including gender-based violence, lack of access […]

Webpage

Private Sector at Oxfam

We are working towards a human economy where businesses play a positive role in overcoming poverty and inequality

Book

Women and Leadership

01/01/2000

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender mainstreaming

Overview

As a given, in no country do Women participate in political leadership on a par with men. This collection of writings explores women’s own strategies for developing or initiating leadership by women around the world. Women have created thousands of vibrant, visionary organisations of their own, yet they remain absent from the key political and […]

Book

Women and Economic Policy

01/01/1993

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The articles in Women and Economic Policy are centred around two main themes: macroeconomic policy and gender relations; and income generation projects and women’s empowerment. In many countries of the South, the introduction of structural adjustment policies to address the problem of mounting international debt has had a profoundly damaging effect on poor women and […]

Book

Dedicated Lives: Women organising for a fairer world

01/01/1993

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In many different countries, women are coming together to organise for a fairer world. Women’s organisations focus on many different aspects of women’s lives – health, income generation, employment rights, community activities – but they share a concern to counter the disadvantages experienced by women as a result of gender constraints. The eight women whose […]

Journal article

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

01/02/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

Keywords

Overview

CEPAM is an Ecuadorian women’s NGO, which has an integrated approach to work with poor urban women on health issues, legal advice, and group formation, based on a gender analysis of life in the area. This account of its work in a poor urban settlement in Guayaquil describes how women came to understand that their […]

Journal article

Using the master’s tools: feminism, media and ending violence against women

01/05/2003

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using the master’s tools: feminism, media and ending violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Worldwide, women are harnessing the power of mainstream media to change minds and hearts about women’s human rights. In particular, they are focusing on ending violence against women as depicted in the media. Violence against women is here understood in two ways – not only as violence against women in society, but as violence committed […]

Journal article

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

01/11/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

Keywords

Overview

Uganda has introduced affirmative action to ensure that women are represented on the various Councils which govern village affairs. This article asks what has changed as a result of women’s presence on the Councils. Both women and men felt that women had not significantly influenced Local Council planning and budget decisions. They felt this was […]

Research report

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security

15/03/2012

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The question of ‘what changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security?’ has been asked repeatedly. But transformational changes in both public policy and practice have been few and far between, although increasing access to resources and opportunities for women farmers could substantially reduce the number of hungry people in the […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Women for Women: Strengthening women’s capacity to identify and fight human trafficking

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a case study produced by Sanjida Naima, Protection Officer at Oxfam in Bangladesh, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening, COVID-19, human trafficking, self-protection outside community protection structures, sensitisation and social cohesion.

Journal article

From policy to practice: 30 years of the Beijing Declaration – assessing the realities of refugee women in Greece

16/03/2026

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

From policy to practice: 30 years of the Beijing Declaration – assessing the realities of refugee women in Greece

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the condition of refugee women in Greece through the lens of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), as it reaches its 30th-anniversary milestone. Despite the Declaration’s commitment to promoting gender equality and protecting vulnerable women, refugee women in Greece continue to face multiple challenges, including gender-based violence, lack of access […]

Webpage

Private Sector at Oxfam

We are working towards a human economy where businesses play a positive role in overcoming poverty and inequality

Book

Women and Leadership

01/01/2000

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender mainstreaming

Overview

As a given, in no country do Women participate in political leadership on a par with men. This collection of writings explores women’s own strategies for developing or initiating leadership by women around the world. Women have created thousands of vibrant, visionary organisations of their own, yet they remain absent from the key political and […]

Book

Women and Economic Policy

01/01/1993

1 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The articles in Women and Economic Policy are centred around two main themes: macroeconomic policy and gender relations; and income generation projects and women’s empowerment. In many countries of the South, the introduction of structural adjustment policies to address the problem of mounting international debt has had a profoundly damaging effect on poor women and […]

Book

Dedicated Lives: Women organising for a fairer world

01/01/1993

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In many different countries, women are coming together to organise for a fairer world. Women’s organisations focus on many different aspects of women’s lives – health, income generation, employment rights, community activities – but they share a concern to counter the disadvantages experienced by women as a result of gender constraints. The eight women whose […]

Journal article

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

01/02/1996

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women with Self-esteem are Healthy Women’: community development in an urban settlement of Guayaquil

Keywords

Overview

CEPAM is an Ecuadorian women’s NGO, which has an integrated approach to work with poor urban women on health issues, legal advice, and group formation, based on a gender analysis of life in the area. This account of its work in a poor urban settlement in Guayaquil describes how women came to understand that their […]

Journal article

Using the master’s tools: feminism, media and ending violence against women

01/05/2003

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using the master’s tools: feminism, media and ending violence against women

Keywords

Overview

Worldwide, women are harnessing the power of mainstream media to change minds and hearts about women’s human rights. In particular, they are focusing on ending violence against women as depicted in the media. Violence against women is here understood in two ways – not only as violence against women in society, but as violence committed […]

Journal article

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

01/11/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

Keywords

Overview

Uganda has introduced affirmative action to ensure that women are represented on the various Councils which govern village affairs. This article asks what has changed as a result of women’s presence on the Councils. Both women and men felt that women had not significantly influenced Local Council planning and budget decisions. They felt this was […]

Research report

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security

15/03/2012

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The question of ‘what changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security?’ has been asked repeatedly. But transformational changes in both public policy and practice have been few and far between, although increasing access to resources and opportunities for women farmers could substantially reduce the number of hungry people in the […]