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New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

01/05/2003

11 pages long

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New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

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Overview

In wealthy countries such as the United States, new genetic and reproductive technologies, including human reproductive cloning, are being developed. To date, the short- and long- term consequences for women of human reproductive cloning have remained largely unexamined. This article analyses ten common misconceptions about new genetic technologies, especially human reproductive cloning, and shows that […]

Journal article

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

01/11/2000

7 pages long

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Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

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Overview

Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women’s political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women’s increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political positions; and secondly, that governments are genuinely committed to leading national programmes of action for women’s advancement. Both of these assumptions are […]

Journal article

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

01/08/2019

17 pages long

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Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

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Overview

Migrant women are often described as victims of the global economy: accounts of human rights abuses and economic exploitation have eclipsed more positive accounts of the impact of migrant work on women’s lives. Some migrant women are positioned to make use of new opportunities which they see as empowering, in contrast to earlier experiences in […]

Journal article

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

28/03/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

Keywords

Overview

Migrant women are often described as victims of the global economy: accounts of human rights abuses and economic exploitation have eclipsed more positive accounts of the impact of migrant work on women’s lives. Some migrant women are positioned to make use of new opportunities which they see as empowering, in contrast to earlier experiences in […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Vegetable Sector in Tanzania

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s collective action (WCA) has provided significant opportunities for women to increase their role in vegetable markets in Tanzania, and enhances the benefits which they derive from this sector. Women already perform much of the labour needed to grow vegetables, whether in their own households or as casual labourers. However, men own most of the […]

Briefing paper

Getting Women into Local Strategic Partnerships: Knowing your community, improving public services

18/12/2009

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the UK are poorer than men: women working part-time earn nearly 40 per cent less than men, while the incomes of female pensioners are 40 per cent lower than those of male pensioners. Research commissioned by Oxfam in 2007 revealed that on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPS), increasingly responsible for much decision-making on local […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Raising Poor and Marginalised Women’s Voices, Liberia

22/11/2012

4 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Raising Poor and Marginalised Women’s Voices in Liberia’ project is part Oxfam’s global Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme, which seeks to promote the rights and capacity of poor women to engage effectively in governance at all levels through increased voice and influence and more effective institutional accountability. Oxfam Liberia, with two local partners, Women […]

Briefing note

Close the Gap: How to eliminate violence against women beyond 2015

11/03/2014

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At least one in three women worldwide will experience some form of violence during their lifetime, often perpetrated by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a fundamental human rights issue and a central challenge to development, democracy and peace. Oxfam is very concerned that efforts to eliminate violence against women do not […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

25/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

It is generally accepted that women overall are more vulnerable to disaster risk and have specific needs during a crisis. But in Nepal, social taboos and norms restrict women’s freedom to express their needs to humanitarian workers in times of crisis, as these are normally strangers to the community deputed by humanitarian agencies or state […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

Keywords

Overview

In wealthy countries such as the United States, new genetic and reproductive technologies, including human reproductive cloning, are being developed. To date, the short- and long- term consequences for women of human reproductive cloning have remained largely unexamined. This article analyses ten common misconceptions about new genetic technologies, especially human reproductive cloning, and shows that […]

Journal article

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

01/11/2000

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women’s political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women’s increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political positions; and secondly, that governments are genuinely committed to leading national programmes of action for women’s advancement. Both of these assumptions are […]

Journal article

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

01/08/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

Keywords

Overview

Migrant women are often described as victims of the global economy: accounts of human rights abuses and economic exploitation have eclipsed more positive accounts of the impact of migrant work on women’s lives. Some migrant women are positioned to make use of new opportunities which they see as empowering, in contrast to earlier experiences in […]

Journal article

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

28/03/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

Keywords

Overview

Migrant women are often described as victims of the global economy: accounts of human rights abuses and economic exploitation have eclipsed more positive accounts of the impact of migrant work on women’s lives. Some migrant women are positioned to make use of new opportunities which they see as empowering, in contrast to earlier experiences in […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Vegetable Sector in Tanzania

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s collective action (WCA) has provided significant opportunities for women to increase their role in vegetable markets in Tanzania, and enhances the benefits which they derive from this sector. Women already perform much of the labour needed to grow vegetables, whether in their own households or as casual labourers. However, men own most of the […]

Briefing paper

Getting Women into Local Strategic Partnerships: Knowing your community, improving public services

18/12/2009

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the UK are poorer than men: women working part-time earn nearly 40 per cent less than men, while the incomes of female pensioners are 40 per cent lower than those of male pensioners. Research commissioned by Oxfam in 2007 revealed that on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPS), increasingly responsible for much decision-making on local […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Raising Poor and Marginalised Women’s Voices, Liberia

22/11/2012

4 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Raising Poor and Marginalised Women’s Voices in Liberia’ project is part Oxfam’s global Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme, which seeks to promote the rights and capacity of poor women to engage effectively in governance at all levels through increased voice and influence and more effective institutional accountability. Oxfam Liberia, with two local partners, Women […]

Briefing note

Close the Gap: How to eliminate violence against women beyond 2015

11/03/2014

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At least one in three women worldwide will experience some form of violence during their lifetime, often perpetrated by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a fundamental human rights issue and a central challenge to development, democracy and peace. Oxfam is very concerned that efforts to eliminate violence against women do not […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

25/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

It is generally accepted that women overall are more vulnerable to disaster risk and have specific needs during a crisis. But in Nepal, social taboos and norms restrict women’s freedom to express their needs to humanitarian workers in times of crisis, as these are normally strangers to the community deputed by humanitarian agencies or state […]

Showing 500 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

01/05/2003

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

New genetic technologies and their impact on women: a feminist perspective

Keywords

Overview

In wealthy countries such as the United States, new genetic and reproductive technologies, including human reproductive cloning, are being developed. To date, the short- and long- term consequences for women of human reproductive cloning have remained largely unexamined. This article analyses ten common misconceptions about new genetic technologies, especially human reproductive cloning, and shows that […]

Journal article

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

01/11/2000

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women’s political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women’s increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political positions; and secondly, that governments are genuinely committed to leading national programmes of action for women’s advancement. Both of these assumptions are […]

Journal article

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

01/08/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

Keywords

Overview

Migrant women are often described as victims of the global economy: accounts of human rights abuses and economic exploitation have eclipsed more positive accounts of the impact of migrant work on women’s lives. Some migrant women are positioned to make use of new opportunities which they see as empowering, in contrast to earlier experiences in […]

Journal article

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

28/03/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Migration as a window to empowerment: Nepalese women’s experiences in South Korea

Keywords

Overview

Migrant women are often described as victims of the global economy: accounts of human rights abuses and economic exploitation have eclipsed more positive accounts of the impact of migrant work on women’s lives. Some migrant women are positioned to make use of new opportunities which they see as empowering, in contrast to earlier experiences in […]

Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Armenia: Impact evaluation of the women’s economic empowerment project in rural communities in Vayots Dzor region

16/03/2017

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2015 in Vayots Dzor region – Armenia. It intended to evaluate the success of the ‘Women’s economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region’ project in achieving […]

Case study

Women’s Collective Action in the Vegetable Sector in Tanzania

27/03/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s collective action (WCA) has provided significant opportunities for women to increase their role in vegetable markets in Tanzania, and enhances the benefits which they derive from this sector. Women already perform much of the labour needed to grow vegetables, whether in their own households or as casual labourers. However, men own most of the […]

Briefing paper

Getting Women into Local Strategic Partnerships: Knowing your community, improving public services

18/12/2009

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the UK are poorer than men: women working part-time earn nearly 40 per cent less than men, while the incomes of female pensioners are 40 per cent lower than those of male pensioners. Research commissioned by Oxfam in 2007 revealed that on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPS), increasingly responsible for much decision-making on local […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Raising Poor and Marginalised Women’s Voices, Liberia

22/11/2012

4 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Raising Poor and Marginalised Women’s Voices in Liberia’ project is part Oxfam’s global Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme, which seeks to promote the rights and capacity of poor women to engage effectively in governance at all levels through increased voice and influence and more effective institutional accountability. Oxfam Liberia, with two local partners, Women […]

Briefing note

Close the Gap: How to eliminate violence against women beyond 2015

11/03/2014

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At least one in three women worldwide will experience some form of violence during their lifetime, often perpetrated by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a fundamental human rights issue and a central challenge to development, democracy and peace. Oxfam is very concerned that efforts to eliminate violence against women do not […]

Journal article

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

25/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

It is generally accepted that women overall are more vulnerable to disaster risk and have specific needs during a crisis. But in Nepal, social taboos and norms restrict women’s freedom to express their needs to humanitarian workers in times of crisis, as these are normally strangers to the community deputed by humanitarian agencies or state […]