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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

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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

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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 […]

Evaluation report

Findings from a WE-Care Project Final Evaluation: January 2020

17/01/2020

2 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme aimed to support women and girls to have more choice and agency over how they spend their time, enabling them to engage in social, personal, economic, and political activities. This final evaluation of the WE-Care Project in Zimbabwe and the Philippines, funded by Unilever and its Surf […]

Journal article

How women’s silence secures the peace: analysing sexual and gender-based violence in a low-intensity conflict

09/11/2016

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

How women’s silence secures the peace: analysing sexual and gender-based violence in a low-intensity conflict

Keywords

Overview

Most studies of the gendered impact of conflict focus on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) atrocities committed in high-intensity conflict environments. In contrast, this article focuses on the patterns of SGBV in Mindanao, Philippines – an environment of protracted low-intensity conflict within a fragile state. We examine the current Mindanao peace process to highlight the […]

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Partnership at Oxfam

It is through strong partnerships and collective action that we make a positive impact on poverty and injustice

Journal article

Microfinance, wage employment and housework: a gender analysis

01/08/1999

13 pages long

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Microfinance, wage employment and housework: a gender analysis

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Overview

Microfinance programmes are increasingly popular in Bangladesh, and are especially renowned for the excellent repayment performance of women borrowers. This article examines the loan-use pattern of women involved in wage employment and the benefits they gain from such loans. It also explores the effects of wage employment on gender relations. Women wage-earners are found to […]

Journal article

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

01/02/2006

11 pages long

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Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

Keywords

Overview

This paper considers the role of urban agriculture in addressing the practical and strategic needs of African women, and assesses the gender implications of embracing urban agriculture as a development intervention strategy. Empirical evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe points to the multi-faceted role of urban agriculture whereby some women use this activity to support their […]

Research report

Gendered Patterns of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work in the Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from a Household Care Survey – 2019

19/11/2019

4 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is essential for individuals, society and the economy. However, it is overwhelmingly done by women and girls, which restricts their ability to participate in education, paid work, politics and community life. In low-resource settings, fetching water or preparing food can be particularly burdensome. In 2018–2019, Oxfam's Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme […]

Showing 131 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Evaluation report

Findings from a WE-Care Project Final Evaluation: January 2020

17/01/2020

2 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme aimed to support women and girls to have more choice and agency over how they spend their time, enabling them to engage in social, personal, economic, and political activities. This final evaluation of the WE-Care Project in Zimbabwe and the Philippines, funded by Unilever and its Surf […]

Journal article

How women’s silence secures the peace: analysing sexual and gender-based violence in a low-intensity conflict

09/11/2016

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

How women’s silence secures the peace: analysing sexual and gender-based violence in a low-intensity conflict

Keywords

Overview

Most studies of the gendered impact of conflict focus on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) atrocities committed in high-intensity conflict environments. In contrast, this article focuses on the patterns of SGBV in Mindanao, Philippines – an environment of protracted low-intensity conflict within a fragile state. We examine the current Mindanao peace process to highlight the […]

Webpage

Partnership at Oxfam

It is through strong partnerships and collective action that we make a positive impact on poverty and injustice

Journal article

Microfinance, wage employment and housework: a gender analysis

01/08/1999

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance, wage employment and housework: a gender analysis

Keywords

Overview

Microfinance programmes are increasingly popular in Bangladesh, and are especially renowned for the excellent repayment performance of women borrowers. This article examines the loan-use pattern of women involved in wage employment and the benefits they gain from such loans. It also explores the effects of wage employment on gender relations. Women wage-earners are found to […]

Journal article

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

01/02/2006

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

Keywords

Overview

This paper considers the role of urban agriculture in addressing the practical and strategic needs of African women, and assesses the gender implications of embracing urban agriculture as a development intervention strategy. Empirical evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe points to the multi-faceted role of urban agriculture whereby some women use this activity to support their […]

Research report

Gendered Patterns of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work in the Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from a Household Care Survey – 2019

19/11/2019

4 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is essential for individuals, society and the economy. However, it is overwhelmingly done by women and girls, which restricts their ability to participate in education, paid work, politics and community life. In low-resource settings, fetching water or preparing food can be particularly burdensome. In 2018–2019, Oxfam's Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme […]

Showing 131 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Evaluation report

Findings from a WE-Care Project Final Evaluation: January 2020

17/01/2020

2 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme aimed to support women and girls to have more choice and agency over how they spend their time, enabling them to engage in social, personal, economic, and political activities. This final evaluation of the WE-Care Project in Zimbabwe and the Philippines, funded by Unilever and its Surf […]

Journal article

How women’s silence secures the peace: analysing sexual and gender-based violence in a low-intensity conflict

09/11/2016

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

How women’s silence secures the peace: analysing sexual and gender-based violence in a low-intensity conflict

Keywords

Overview

Most studies of the gendered impact of conflict focus on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) atrocities committed in high-intensity conflict environments. In contrast, this article focuses on the patterns of SGBV in Mindanao, Philippines – an environment of protracted low-intensity conflict within a fragile state. We examine the current Mindanao peace process to highlight the […]

Webpage

Partnership at Oxfam

It is through strong partnerships and collective action that we make a positive impact on poverty and injustice

Journal article

Microfinance, wage employment and housework: a gender analysis

01/08/1999

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance, wage employment and housework: a gender analysis

Keywords

Overview

Microfinance programmes are increasingly popular in Bangladesh, and are especially renowned for the excellent repayment performance of women borrowers. This article examines the loan-use pattern of women involved in wage employment and the benefits they gain from such loans. It also explores the effects of wage employment on gender relations. Women wage-earners are found to […]

Journal article

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

01/02/2006

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

Keywords

Overview

This paper considers the role of urban agriculture in addressing the practical and strategic needs of African women, and assesses the gender implications of embracing urban agriculture as a development intervention strategy. Empirical evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe points to the multi-faceted role of urban agriculture whereby some women use this activity to support their […]

Research report

Gendered Patterns of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work in the Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from a Household Care Survey – 2019

19/11/2019

4 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is essential for individuals, society and the economy. However, it is overwhelmingly done by women and girls, which restricts their ability to participate in education, paid work, politics and community life. In low-resource settings, fetching water or preparing food can be particularly burdensome. In 2018–2019, Oxfam's Women's Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) programme […]