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Measurement of Domestic Violence in NFHS Surveys and Some Evidence

23/08/2016

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7 pages long

Languages: English

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Successive rounds of National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) create space for a deeper understanding of various aspects of domestic violence and for evidence based policy recommendations. Researchers, policy makers, NGOs should make the best use of it for policy level interventions as well as working with grass root stakeholders in pursuit of reducing domestic violence.

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Financing Healthcare for All in India: Towards a Common Goal

29/05/2015

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40 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper explores available evidence, contextualises and maps the debate in India around financing healthcare for all. While the focus is on healthcare in response to current policy debates, Oxfam India recognises the crucial importance of adopting a holistic approach to health, addressing factors such as nutrition and sanitation, and broader social determinants of health.

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Measuring Poverty in Nigeria

01/01/2003

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81 pages long

Languages: English

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There is no shortage of written materials about the nature and prevalence of poverty in Nigeria, but they are not all easily accessible by civil-society groups. Measuring Poverty in Nigeria was commissioned by Oxfam GB to support the development of its new programme of poverty-alleviation work in a society that is rich in human and […]

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Men’s Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice: Beyond rhetoric

01/01/2001

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85 pages long

Languages: English

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In what sectors and contexts should work on gender and development involve men as beneficiaries? And what are the issues confronting men who work in development projects that are committed to promoting gender equality? These questions were addressed by contributors to a seminar hosted by Oxfam GB, with the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women […]

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Gender Considerations in Economic Enterprises

01/01/2001

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44 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper is a report of an Oxfam workshop on women’s economic enterprises, held in the Philippines, arranged and facilitated by Josefa Francisco and Eugenia Piza Lopez. The main points arising from the workshop are listed after this introduction. The first section of the paper describes the reasons for holding the workshop, and the way […]

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Beyond Civil Rights: Developing economic, social, and cultural rights in the uk

01/01/2001

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75 pages long

Languages: English

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With the implementation of the Human Rights Act in 2000, the mainly civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights are, for the first time, directly enforceable in UK law. While welcoming this significant advance, the authors argue that protection should be extended to the full range of economic, social, […]

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Access to Health and Education Services in Ethiopia: Supply, demand, and government policy

01/01/2001

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105 pages long

Languages: English

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This report analyses the findings of an extensive research project conducted by Oxfam in Ethiopia. In the context of Ethiopia’s rising external debt, and the new decentralised system of regional governance, members of four communities, both rural and urban, were interviewed in depth about the problems that they encounter in trying to access basic health […]

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Risk-Mapping and Local Capacities: Lessons from Mexico and Central America

01/01/2000

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79 pages long

Languages: English

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Risk-Mapping and Local Capacities records an exercise carried out by Oxfam GB to map out the range of natural hazards and other risks to which people in Mexico and Central America are exposed, and to relate these to the complex social, economic, political, and cultural factors that make some social sectors more vulnerable than others […]

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Listening to the Displaced: Action research in the conflict zones of Sri Lanka

01/01/2000

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69 pages long

Languages: English

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Intense conflict in northern Sri Lanka between government forces and the secessionist Tamil Tigers has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes. Their living conditions are harsh and insecure, despite the efforts of humanitarian agencies to alleviate them. In 1996 Oxfam GB began the first in a series of annual surveys to assess […]

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Mainstreaming Men into Gender and Development: Debates, reflections, and experiences

01/01/2000

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69 pages long

Languages: English

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There is currently much public debate about ‘men in crisis’, ‘troubled masculinities’, and ‘men at risk’. Although women continue to bear a disproportionate share of material, social, and civil disadvantage, there is a growing awareness that men in some contexts also face marginalisation because of their gender roles and identities.

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