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Guidelines and toolkits

How Can We Bring About Meaningful Change for Women by Investing Differently in Small Enterprises?

15/07/2022

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam-supported enterprises have generated high impact and demonstrated strong business performance. Now, the shift to make women’s economic empowerment a more central focus and the opportunity to generate more meaningful impact has put us on track to transition towards a new enterprise investment model. In the future, more attention will be paid to the structural […]

Journal article

Struggles over patriarchal structural adjustment in Tanzania

01/10/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Struggles over patriarchal structural adjustment in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Structural adjustment policies (SAPs) have undone recent social and economic progress in Tanzania. Huge foreign debt – paid for by the poorest people – remains. This article explains the steady disempowerment of Zambian women, from reduced access to education and health services and employment, to the takeover of female-controlled food crops by male-dominated cash cropping. […]

Briefing note

Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work for a Gender-Equal and Inclusive Kenya

13/04/2021

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is the heartbeat of every society: it contributes to our wellbeing as a nation and is crucial for our social and economic development. Yet the disproportionate responsibility for unpaid care work results in time poverty and significant opportunity costs, particularly among the poorest and most marginalized women and girls. This policy brief outlines […]

Journal article

Promoting gender equality? Some development-related uses of ICTs by women

01/11/2006

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting gender equality? Some development-related uses of ICTs by women

Keywords

Overview

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have created new economic and social opportunities all over the world. Their use, however, continues to be governed by existing power relations whereby women frequently experience relative disadvantage. Amid this inequality are individuals and organisations that are working to use ICTs to further gender equality. These are the issues addressed […]

Journal article

Problematising the digital gender gap: invoking decoloniality and intersectionality for inclusive policymaking

07/12/2022

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Problematising the digital gender gap: invoking decoloniality and intersectionality for inclusive policymaking

Keywords

Overview

The digital economy is seen as the latest phase in the socioeconomic development trajectory. There has been a proliferation of policy documents on ensuring gendered inclusion and addressing the ‘gender gap’ in the digital economy. Particularly in the context of the ‘third world’, there are large volumes of ‘evidence’ reported linking economic welfare through digital […]

Briefing paper

Beyond Jobs: Building an inclusive youth economy in Aden

13/08/2026

2 documents

23 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This policy paper was developed by Oxfam under the European Union-funded project “Fostering Youth Empowerment through Strengthening Civil Society Organizations in Yemen,” implemented in partnership with twelve local civil society and community-based organizations (CSOs/CBOs). The project aims to strengthen youth-led civil society, promote inclusive governance and expand socio-economic opportunities for young women and men across […]

Case study

National Policy Change in Honduras: Supporting networking and coalition-building

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

IGUALES builds on Oxfam’s work on women’s rights in Honduras since 2008. It adopts a holistic approach to gender justice and women’s rights and integrates women´s economic empowerment, prevention of violence against women and women’s active citizenship. The programme aims to strengthen women’s agency and transformational leadership – primarily in rural areas, although there is […]

Journal article

The globalisation of the economy

01/10/1994

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

The globalisation of the economy

Keywords

Overview

Free trade benefits developed nations’ economies to the detriment of developing countries. Southern women’s organisations are uniting to challenge their negative experiences of the global economic system. They want access to policy-making institutions and communicative technologies, to bring about redistribution of wealth, equal access to resources, and their own empowerment. Yet the division is ‘winners/losers’ […]

Journal article

What are the opportunities to promote gender equity and equality in conflict-affected and fragile states? Insights from a review of evidence

25/11/2011

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

What are the opportunities to promote gender equity and equality in conflict-affected and fragile states? Insights from a review of evidence

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on a study which reviewed current evidence and lessons on how gender equality can be effectively strengthened in the context of conflict-affected and fragile states. The study looked at women’s political and economic empowerment and women and girls’ access to quality services. State-building in conflict-affected and fragile contexts has been widely regarded […]

Briefing paper

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

19/09/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam estimates that just one of the richest men in Ghana earns from his wealth more in a month than one of the poorest women could earn in 1,000 years. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, hampering economic growth and threatening social cohesion. Nearly 300,000 more men, women and children in Ghana could have been […]

Showing 127 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

How Can We Bring About Meaningful Change for Women by Investing Differently in Small Enterprises?

15/07/2022

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam-supported enterprises have generated high impact and demonstrated strong business performance. Now, the shift to make women’s economic empowerment a more central focus and the opportunity to generate more meaningful impact has put us on track to transition towards a new enterprise investment model. In the future, more attention will be paid to the structural […]

Journal article

Struggles over patriarchal structural adjustment in Tanzania

01/10/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Struggles over patriarchal structural adjustment in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Structural adjustment policies (SAPs) have undone recent social and economic progress in Tanzania. Huge foreign debt – paid for by the poorest people – remains. This article explains the steady disempowerment of Zambian women, from reduced access to education and health services and employment, to the takeover of female-controlled food crops by male-dominated cash cropping. […]

Briefing note

Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work for a Gender-Equal and Inclusive Kenya

13/04/2021

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is the heartbeat of every society: it contributes to our wellbeing as a nation and is crucial for our social and economic development. Yet the disproportionate responsibility for unpaid care work results in time poverty and significant opportunity costs, particularly among the poorest and most marginalized women and girls. This policy brief outlines […]

Journal article

Promoting gender equality? Some development-related uses of ICTs by women

01/11/2006

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting gender equality? Some development-related uses of ICTs by women

Keywords

Overview

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have created new economic and social opportunities all over the world. Their use, however, continues to be governed by existing power relations whereby women frequently experience relative disadvantage. Amid this inequality are individuals and organisations that are working to use ICTs to further gender equality. These are the issues addressed […]

Journal article

Problematising the digital gender gap: invoking decoloniality and intersectionality for inclusive policymaking

07/12/2022

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Problematising the digital gender gap: invoking decoloniality and intersectionality for inclusive policymaking

Keywords

Overview

The digital economy is seen as the latest phase in the socioeconomic development trajectory. There has been a proliferation of policy documents on ensuring gendered inclusion and addressing the ‘gender gap’ in the digital economy. Particularly in the context of the ‘third world’, there are large volumes of ‘evidence’ reported linking economic welfare through digital […]

Briefing paper

Beyond Jobs: Building an inclusive youth economy in Aden

13/08/2026

2 documents

23 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This policy paper was developed by Oxfam under the European Union-funded project “Fostering Youth Empowerment through Strengthening Civil Society Organizations in Yemen,” implemented in partnership with twelve local civil society and community-based organizations (CSOs/CBOs). The project aims to strengthen youth-led civil society, promote inclusive governance and expand socio-economic opportunities for young women and men across […]

Case study

National Policy Change in Honduras: Supporting networking and coalition-building

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

IGUALES builds on Oxfam’s work on women’s rights in Honduras since 2008. It adopts a holistic approach to gender justice and women’s rights and integrates women´s economic empowerment, prevention of violence against women and women’s active citizenship. The programme aims to strengthen women’s agency and transformational leadership – primarily in rural areas, although there is […]

Journal article

The globalisation of the economy

01/10/1994

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

The globalisation of the economy

Keywords

Overview

Free trade benefits developed nations’ economies to the detriment of developing countries. Southern women’s organisations are uniting to challenge their negative experiences of the global economic system. They want access to policy-making institutions and communicative technologies, to bring about redistribution of wealth, equal access to resources, and their own empowerment. Yet the division is ‘winners/losers’ […]

Journal article

What are the opportunities to promote gender equity and equality in conflict-affected and fragile states? Insights from a review of evidence

25/11/2011

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

What are the opportunities to promote gender equity and equality in conflict-affected and fragile states? Insights from a review of evidence

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on a study which reviewed current evidence and lessons on how gender equality can be effectively strengthened in the context of conflict-affected and fragile states. The study looked at women’s political and economic empowerment and women and girls’ access to quality services. State-building in conflict-affected and fragile contexts has been widely regarded […]

Briefing paper

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

19/09/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam estimates that just one of the richest men in Ghana earns from his wealth more in a month than one of the poorest women could earn in 1,000 years. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, hampering economic growth and threatening social cohesion. Nearly 300,000 more men, women and children in Ghana could have been […]

Showing 127 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

How Can We Bring About Meaningful Change for Women by Investing Differently in Small Enterprises?

15/07/2022

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam-supported enterprises have generated high impact and demonstrated strong business performance. Now, the shift to make women’s economic empowerment a more central focus and the opportunity to generate more meaningful impact has put us on track to transition towards a new enterprise investment model. In the future, more attention will be paid to the structural […]

Journal article

Struggles over patriarchal structural adjustment in Tanzania

01/10/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Struggles over patriarchal structural adjustment in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Structural adjustment policies (SAPs) have undone recent social and economic progress in Tanzania. Huge foreign debt – paid for by the poorest people – remains. This article explains the steady disempowerment of Zambian women, from reduced access to education and health services and employment, to the takeover of female-controlled food crops by male-dominated cash cropping. […]

Briefing note

Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work for a Gender-Equal and Inclusive Kenya

13/04/2021

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is the heartbeat of every society: it contributes to our wellbeing as a nation and is crucial for our social and economic development. Yet the disproportionate responsibility for unpaid care work results in time poverty and significant opportunity costs, particularly among the poorest and most marginalized women and girls. This policy brief outlines […]

Journal article

Promoting gender equality? Some development-related uses of ICTs by women

01/11/2006

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Promoting gender equality? Some development-related uses of ICTs by women

Keywords

Overview

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have created new economic and social opportunities all over the world. Their use, however, continues to be governed by existing power relations whereby women frequently experience relative disadvantage. Amid this inequality are individuals and organisations that are working to use ICTs to further gender equality. These are the issues addressed […]

Journal article

Problematising the digital gender gap: invoking decoloniality and intersectionality for inclusive policymaking

07/12/2022

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Problematising the digital gender gap: invoking decoloniality and intersectionality for inclusive policymaking

Keywords

Overview

The digital economy is seen as the latest phase in the socioeconomic development trajectory. There has been a proliferation of policy documents on ensuring gendered inclusion and addressing the ‘gender gap’ in the digital economy. Particularly in the context of the ‘third world’, there are large volumes of ‘evidence’ reported linking economic welfare through digital […]

Briefing paper

Beyond Jobs: Building an inclusive youth economy in Aden

13/08/2026

2 documents

23 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This policy paper was developed by Oxfam under the European Union-funded project “Fostering Youth Empowerment through Strengthening Civil Society Organizations in Yemen,” implemented in partnership with twelve local civil society and community-based organizations (CSOs/CBOs). The project aims to strengthen youth-led civil society, promote inclusive governance and expand socio-economic opportunities for young women and men across […]

Case study

National Policy Change in Honduras: Supporting networking and coalition-building

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

IGUALES builds on Oxfam’s work on women’s rights in Honduras since 2008. It adopts a holistic approach to gender justice and women’s rights and integrates women´s economic empowerment, prevention of violence against women and women’s active citizenship. The programme aims to strengthen women’s agency and transformational leadership – primarily in rural areas, although there is […]

Journal article

The globalisation of the economy

01/10/1994

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

The globalisation of the economy

Keywords

Overview

Free trade benefits developed nations’ economies to the detriment of developing countries. Southern women’s organisations are uniting to challenge their negative experiences of the global economic system. They want access to policy-making institutions and communicative technologies, to bring about redistribution of wealth, equal access to resources, and their own empowerment. Yet the division is ‘winners/losers’ […]

Journal article

What are the opportunities to promote gender equity and equality in conflict-affected and fragile states? Insights from a review of evidence

25/11/2011

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

What are the opportunities to promote gender equity and equality in conflict-affected and fragile states? Insights from a review of evidence

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on a study which reviewed current evidence and lessons on how gender equality can be effectively strengthened in the context of conflict-affected and fragile states. The study looked at women’s political and economic empowerment and women and girls’ access to quality services. State-building in conflict-affected and fragile contexts has been widely regarded […]

Briefing paper

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

19/09/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam estimates that just one of the richest men in Ghana earns from his wealth more in a month than one of the poorest women could earn in 1,000 years. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, hampering economic growth and threatening social cohesion. Nearly 300,000 more men, women and children in Ghana could have been […]