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The importance of being connected: urban poor women’s experience of self-help discourse in Cambodia

01/07/2013

13 pages long

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The importance of being connected: urban poor women’s experience of self-help discourse in Cambodia

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This article discusses and analyses the experience of women involved in a non-government organisation-funded women’s empowerment project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Women involved in the project encounter ideas about community development and urban poverty reduction – in particular, outsider-imposed notions of self-help group formation, women’s empowerment, and community solidarity. The article explores the ways in […]

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Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

01/11/2003

11 pages long

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Women in Ugandan local government: the impact of affirmative action

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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 […]

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

01/02/1996

6 pages long

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

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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 […]

Research report

Gender Profile – Iraq: A situation analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iraq

13/12/2018

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Women in Iraq have endured many years of repression, as a result of a strong conservative culture, economic sanctions and armed conflicts. Iraqi women today suffer from insufficient educational opportunities and healthcare and limited access to the labor market, as well as high levels of violence and inequality. The country is currently in a phase […]

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From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

12/11/2013

19 pages long

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From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

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Overview

Despite the United Nation’s landmark Security Council Resolution on women, peace and security in 2000 which highlighted the importance of women’s participation in peace-building, only one in 40 peace treaty signatories over the last 25 years has been a woman. Yet evidence from non-government organisations and women’s rights organisations shows that women are active agents of peace, resolving conflicts […]

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Gender, conflict, and peacebuilding: how conflict can catalyse positive change for women

12/11/2013

16 pages long

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Gender, conflict, and peacebuilding: how conflict can catalyse positive change for women

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Overview

Although modern-day armed conflict is horrific for women, recent conflict and post-conflict periods have provided women with new platforms and opportunities to bring about change. The roles of women alter and expand during conflict as they participate in the struggles and take on more economic responsibilities and duties as heads of households. The trauma of […]

Research report

Women’s Collective Action: Unlocking the potential of agricultural markets

27/03/2013

3 documents

92 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

Development actors are increasingly prioritising ‘investing in women’ to ensure food security and sustainability-as well as equity-in agricultural development. In this context, collective action is a critical but poorly understood way for women small-scale farmers to strengthen their engagement in agricultural markets. This report provides rigorous new evidence, from quantitative and qualitative research carried out […]

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Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

31/07/2015

17 pages long

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Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

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Overview

This article focuses on women’s rights organisations and their role in challenging inequality within the development process. Women in poverty are excluded as a result of their unequal societal position, geographic location, and the predominance of ‘topdown’ and piecemeal policymaking processes carried out by donor governments. We argue that in-country women’s rights organisations provide the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The importance of being connected: urban poor women’s experience of self-help discourse in Cambodia

01/07/2013

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

The importance of being connected: urban poor women’s experience of self-help discourse in Cambodia

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses and analyses the experience of women involved in a non-government organisation-funded women’s empowerment project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Women involved in the project encounter ideas about community development and urban poverty reduction – in particular, outsider-imposed notions of self-help group formation, women’s empowerment, and community solidarity. The article explores the ways in […]

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 […]

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 […]

Research report

Gender Profile – Iraq: A situation analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iraq

13/12/2018

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in Iraq have endured many years of repression, as a result of a strong conservative culture, economic sanctions and armed conflicts. Iraqi women today suffer from insufficient educational opportunities and healthcare and limited access to the labor market, as well as high levels of violence and inequality. The country is currently in a phase […]

Journal article

From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

12/11/2013

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

Keywords

Overview

Despite the United Nation’s landmark Security Council Resolution on women, peace and security in 2000 which highlighted the importance of women’s participation in peace-building, only one in 40 peace treaty signatories over the last 25 years has been a woman. Yet evidence from non-government organisations and women’s rights organisations shows that women are active agents of peace, resolving conflicts […]

Journal article

Gender, conflict, and peacebuilding: how conflict can catalyse positive change for women

12/11/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, conflict, and peacebuilding: how conflict can catalyse positive change for women

Keywords

Overview

Although modern-day armed conflict is horrific for women, recent conflict and post-conflict periods have provided women with new platforms and opportunities to bring about change. The roles of women alter and expand during conflict as they participate in the struggles and take on more economic responsibilities and duties as heads of households. The trauma of […]

Research report

Women’s Collective Action: Unlocking the potential of agricultural markets

27/03/2013

3 documents

92 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Development actors are increasingly prioritising ‘investing in women’ to ensure food security and sustainability-as well as equity-in agricultural development. In this context, collective action is a critical but poorly understood way for women small-scale farmers to strengthen their engagement in agricultural markets. This report provides rigorous new evidence, from quantitative and qualitative research carried out […]

Journal article

Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

31/07/2015

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on women’s rights organisations and their role in challenging inequality within the development process. Women in poverty are excluded as a result of their unequal societal position, geographic location, and the predominance of ‘topdown’ and piecemeal policymaking processes carried out by donor governments. We argue that in-country women’s rights organisations provide the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Showing 498 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The importance of being connected: urban poor women’s experience of self-help discourse in Cambodia

01/07/2013

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

The importance of being connected: urban poor women’s experience of self-help discourse in Cambodia

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses and analyses the experience of women involved in a non-government organisation-funded women’s empowerment project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Women involved in the project encounter ideas about community development and urban poverty reduction – in particular, outsider-imposed notions of self-help group formation, women’s empowerment, and community solidarity. The article explores the ways in […]

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 […]

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 […]

Research report

Gender Profile – Iraq: A situation analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iraq

13/12/2018

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in Iraq have endured many years of repression, as a result of a strong conservative culture, economic sanctions and armed conflicts. Iraqi women today suffer from insufficient educational opportunities and healthcare and limited access to the labor market, as well as high levels of violence and inequality. The country is currently in a phase […]

Journal article

From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

12/11/2013

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

Keywords

Overview

Despite the United Nation’s landmark Security Council Resolution on women, peace and security in 2000 which highlighted the importance of women’s participation in peace-building, only one in 40 peace treaty signatories over the last 25 years has been a woman. Yet evidence from non-government organisations and women’s rights organisations shows that women are active agents of peace, resolving conflicts […]

Journal article

Gender, conflict, and peacebuilding: how conflict can catalyse positive change for women

12/11/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, conflict, and peacebuilding: how conflict can catalyse positive change for women

Keywords

Overview

Although modern-day armed conflict is horrific for women, recent conflict and post-conflict periods have provided women with new platforms and opportunities to bring about change. The roles of women alter and expand during conflict as they participate in the struggles and take on more economic responsibilities and duties as heads of households. The trauma of […]

Research report

Women’s Collective Action: Unlocking the potential of agricultural markets

27/03/2013

3 documents

92 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Development actors are increasingly prioritising ‘investing in women’ to ensure food security and sustainability-as well as equity-in agricultural development. In this context, collective action is a critical but poorly understood way for women small-scale farmers to strengthen their engagement in agricultural markets. This report provides rigorous new evidence, from quantitative and qualitative research carried out […]

Journal article

Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

31/07/2015

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Bridging inequalities through inclusion: women’s rights organisations as the ‘missing link’ in donor government-led participatory policy development and practice

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on women’s rights organisations and their role in challenging inequality within the development process. Women in poverty are excluded as a result of their unequal societal position, geographic location, and the predominance of ‘topdown’ and piecemeal policymaking processes carried out by donor governments. We argue that in-country women’s rights organisations provide the […]

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 […]

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 […]