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Lipstick evangelism: avon trading circles and gender empowerment in South Africa

01/07/2009

15 pages long

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Lipstick evangelism: avon trading circles and gender empowerment in South Africa

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Overview

Increasing numbers of corporations are vying to capture one of the largest untapped consumer markets – the world’s poor – in ways that are not only economically profitable but socially responsible. One type of initiative that has gained increased traction is trading partnerships between multinational corporations and women’s informal exchange networks, creating micro-enterprise opportunities that […]

Case study

Social Enterprise, Women’s Empowerment and Access to Finance: MedUP! project, Ramallah, West Bank, OPT

26/03/2020

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Saving and credit cooperatives can be an important financial tool for people on low incomes. However, these cooperatives come with certain challenges that can hinder their usefulness to their members and wider society. The Union of Cooperative Associations for Saving and Credit (UCASC) was established in 2005 to address these issues. Now the national legal […]

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

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

01/11/2002

14 pages long

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Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

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Overview

This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any […]

Research report

Infrastructure and Equipment for Unpaid Care Work: Household survey findings from the Philippines, Uganda and Zimbabwe – 2017 Household Care Survey report

26/04/2018

4 documents

92 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is essential for personal wellbeing, a healthy society and a functioning economy. But across the world, it is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities. Policy makers rarely recognize the public responsibility for facilitating unpaid care and domestic work through investments in infrastructure and care services. In 2017, Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment […]

Journal article

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

23/03/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

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Overview

This article summarises the findings of an action research project examining the experience of women producers in various collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement, in seven countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the benefits of collective enterprise for women producers? The study found that participating in collective forms of […]

Journal article

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

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Overview

This article focuses on a non-formal educational approach implemented in Honduras by CARE Honduras. The project sought to address the gendered barriers to education, in a way that would be community-owned, holistic in its scope of analysis and action, and sustainable beyond CARE’s support. The central elements of the model included the provision of community-led […]

Journal article

Empowerment through income-generating projects

01/10/1993

3 pages long

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Empowerment through income-generating projects

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Overview

Women working in India’s informal and agricultural sectors are being trapped into poverty. ‘Women’s Liberation and Rehabilitation Society’ (WLARS) is helping women is scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Madhugiri Taluk. The organisation aims to empower women through income generating projects (the income is of secondary importance.) WLARS wants social and economic equality and advocacy […]

Journal article

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

23/03/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

Keywords

Overview

In the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war, as part of their efforts to rebuild the national economy, many donor agencies and non-government organisations increased their efforts to support the goal of women’s economic empowerment. However, the share of women-owned businesses in Lebanon has remained low, and women are mostly still limited to work in […]

Journal article

Making Money Moves: Rural women, returnees, and renegotiations of sex work through the street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

19/09/2024

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Making Money Moves: Rural women, returnees, and renegotiations of sex work through the street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Keywords

Overview

Feminist research has highlighted both the emancipatory components of sex work on women’s lives, as well as the problematic nature of an overly romanticised reading of women’s sexual labour. In Ethiopian cities, including the capital, Addis Ababa, rural migrant women and returnee women from the Gulf States are confronted with layered forms of structural disadvantage […]

Showing 124 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Lipstick evangelism: avon trading circles and gender empowerment in South Africa

01/07/2009

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Lipstick evangelism: avon trading circles and gender empowerment in South Africa

Keywords

Overview

Increasing numbers of corporations are vying to capture one of the largest untapped consumer markets – the world’s poor – in ways that are not only economically profitable but socially responsible. One type of initiative that has gained increased traction is trading partnerships between multinational corporations and women’s informal exchange networks, creating micro-enterprise opportunities that […]

Case study

Social Enterprise, Women’s Empowerment and Access to Finance: MedUP! project, Ramallah, West Bank, OPT

26/03/2020

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Saving and credit cooperatives can be an important financial tool for people on low incomes. However, these cooperatives come with certain challenges that can hinder their usefulness to their members and wider society. The Union of Cooperative Associations for Saving and Credit (UCASC) was established in 2005 to address these issues. Now the national legal […]

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

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

01/11/2002

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

Keywords

Overview

This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any […]

Research report

Infrastructure and Equipment for Unpaid Care Work: Household survey findings from the Philippines, Uganda and Zimbabwe – 2017 Household Care Survey report

26/04/2018

4 documents

92 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is essential for personal wellbeing, a healthy society and a functioning economy. But across the world, it is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities. Policy makers rarely recognize the public responsibility for facilitating unpaid care and domestic work through investments in infrastructure and care services. In 2017, Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment […]

Journal article

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

23/03/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

Keywords

Overview

This article summarises the findings of an action research project examining the experience of women producers in various collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement, in seven countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the benefits of collective enterprise for women producers? The study found that participating in collective forms of […]

Journal article

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on a non-formal educational approach implemented in Honduras by CARE Honduras. The project sought to address the gendered barriers to education, in a way that would be community-owned, holistic in its scope of analysis and action, and sustainable beyond CARE’s support. The central elements of the model included the provision of community-led […]

Journal article

Empowerment through income-generating projects

01/10/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowerment through income-generating projects

Keywords

Overview

Women working in India’s informal and agricultural sectors are being trapped into poverty. ‘Women’s Liberation and Rehabilitation Society’ (WLARS) is helping women is scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Madhugiri Taluk. The organisation aims to empower women through income generating projects (the income is of secondary importance.) WLARS wants social and economic equality and advocacy […]

Journal article

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

23/03/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

Keywords

Overview

In the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war, as part of their efforts to rebuild the national economy, many donor agencies and non-government organisations increased their efforts to support the goal of women’s economic empowerment. However, the share of women-owned businesses in Lebanon has remained low, and women are mostly still limited to work in […]

Journal article

Making Money Moves: Rural women, returnees, and renegotiations of sex work through the street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

19/09/2024

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Making Money Moves: Rural women, returnees, and renegotiations of sex work through the street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Keywords

Overview

Feminist research has highlighted both the emancipatory components of sex work on women’s lives, as well as the problematic nature of an overly romanticised reading of women’s sexual labour. In Ethiopian cities, including the capital, Addis Ababa, rural migrant women and returnee women from the Gulf States are confronted with layered forms of structural disadvantage […]

Showing 124 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Lipstick evangelism: avon trading circles and gender empowerment in South Africa

01/07/2009

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Lipstick evangelism: avon trading circles and gender empowerment in South Africa

Keywords

Overview

Increasing numbers of corporations are vying to capture one of the largest untapped consumer markets – the world’s poor – in ways that are not only economically profitable but socially responsible. One type of initiative that has gained increased traction is trading partnerships between multinational corporations and women’s informal exchange networks, creating micro-enterprise opportunities that […]

Case study

Social Enterprise, Women’s Empowerment and Access to Finance: MedUP! project, Ramallah, West Bank, OPT

26/03/2020

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Saving and credit cooperatives can be an important financial tool for people on low incomes. However, these cooperatives come with certain challenges that can hinder their usefulness to their members and wider society. The Union of Cooperative Associations for Saving and Credit (UCASC) was established in 2005 to address these issues. Now the national legal […]

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

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

01/11/2002

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India

Keywords

Overview

This article describes an NGO project intended to empower scheduled caste women working in the silk-reeling industry in India through the provision of microfinance. It documents the impact that the project had on their economic and social status over a period of time and highlights the negative consequences of excluding male relatives from playing any […]

Research report

Infrastructure and Equipment for Unpaid Care Work: Household survey findings from the Philippines, Uganda and Zimbabwe – 2017 Household Care Survey report

26/04/2018

4 documents

92 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Care work is essential for personal wellbeing, a healthy society and a functioning economy. But across the world, it is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities. Policy makers rarely recognize the public responsibility for facilitating unpaid care and domestic work through investments in infrastructure and care services. In 2017, Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment […]

Journal article

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

23/03/2012

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise

Keywords

Overview

This article summarises the findings of an action research project examining the experience of women producers in various collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement, in seven countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the benefits of collective enterprise for women producers? The study found that participating in collective forms of […]

Journal article

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on a non-formal educational approach implemented in Honduras by CARE Honduras. The project sought to address the gendered barriers to education, in a way that would be community-owned, holistic in its scope of analysis and action, and sustainable beyond CARE’s support. The central elements of the model included the provision of community-led […]

Journal article

Empowerment through income-generating projects

01/10/1993

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowerment through income-generating projects

Keywords

Overview

Women working in India’s informal and agricultural sectors are being trapped into poverty. ‘Women’s Liberation and Rehabilitation Society’ (WLARS) is helping women is scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Madhugiri Taluk. The organisation aims to empower women through income generating projects (the income is of secondary importance.) WLARS wants social and economic equality and advocacy […]

Journal article

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

23/03/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s entrepreneurship development initiatives in Lebanon: micro-achievements and macro-gaps

Keywords

Overview

In the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war, as part of their efforts to rebuild the national economy, many donor agencies and non-government organisations increased their efforts to support the goal of women’s economic empowerment. However, the share of women-owned businesses in Lebanon has remained low, and women are mostly still limited to work in […]

Journal article

Making Money Moves: Rural women, returnees, and renegotiations of sex work through the street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

19/09/2024

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Making Money Moves: Rural women, returnees, and renegotiations of sex work through the street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Keywords

Overview

Feminist research has highlighted both the emancipatory components of sex work on women’s lives, as well as the problematic nature of an overly romanticised reading of women’s sexual labour. In Ethiopian cities, including the capital, Addis Ababa, rural migrant women and returnee women from the Gulf States are confronted with layered forms of structural disadvantage […]