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Journal article

Making household remittances work for low-income families in Sri Lanka

01/02/2010

13 pages long

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Making household remittances work for low-income families in Sri Lanka

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In rural Sri Lanka, remittances from housemaids working in the Middle East figure prominently in household livelihood strategies. This article examines the impact of housemaid remittances on living standards and suggests measures to maximise the benefits of remittances for recipient households while minimising the personal and financial costs of migration. The effectiveness of migration as […]

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Journal article

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

01/02/2010

12 pages long

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Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

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Water supply and sanitation provision are key elements in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s participation is considered integral to the sustainability of the projects created to meet these two MDGs. Bringing feminist and geographic critiques to bear on gendered approaches to improving sanitation coverage, the research reported on in this article indicates […]

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Journal article

How gendered is Gender and Development? Culture, masculinity and gender difference

01/02/2010

9 pages long

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How gendered is Gender and Development? Culture, masculinity and gender difference

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Gender studies in general, and Gender and Development (GAD) in particular, through their belief in a cultural conditioning of gender behaviour, use the idea of ‘culture’ in a restrictive sense which perpetuates a conceptual difference between men and women, and also between First World and Third World women. There is a tendency among gender experts […]

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Briefing note

Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in Africa: A policy brief for the summit of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2010

01/01/2010

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide. The Summit’s theme ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development’ […]

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Education resource

Change the World in Eight Steps: Explore the Millennium Development Goals

01/01/2010

46 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

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This interactive resource uses posters and activities to introduce 7-14 year olds to the Millennium Development Goals. Each poster covers a theme (and a goal), with a vibrant image for display and discussion. Each poster is accompanied by background information, case studies and activities for the classroom. There are also progress reports providing information about […]

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Briefing paper

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

18/12/2009

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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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 […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Women, Communities and Mining: The gender impacts of mining and the role of gender impact assessment

01/12/2009

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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This report informs mining company staff of the potential gender impacts of mining projects and introduces some tools and approaches that they can use to conduct a gender impact assessment of these projects. These tools should be of particular interest to community relations advisors as they are designed to help incorporate gender into community assessment […]

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Book

Climate Change and Gender Justice

09/11/2009

1 documents

240 pages long

Languages: English

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Climate change is often framed as a problem that needs mainly technical and economic solutions. Climate Change and Gender Justice considers how gender issues are entwined with people’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change, and how gender identities and roles may affect women’s and men’s perceptions of the changes. The vivid case studies in […]

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Book

Speaking Out: Case studies on how poor people influence decision-making

09/11/2009

1 documents

176 pages long

Languages: English

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Many poor people around the world are denied the opportunity to have their say. Politics generally works well for those in power, but those in poverty are often excluded from forums that directly affect their welfare and so are unable to hold decision-makers to account. Speaking Out describes different ways to strengthen the participation of […]

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Book

Women’s Leadership and Participation: Case studies on learning for action

09/11/2009

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

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Women across the world bear a disproportionate burden of poverty in terms of material deprivation, discrimination, and denial of their basic rights. This means they often have little opportunity to influence the processes and institutions which shape their lives. The under-representation of women’s voices in decision-making and agenda-setting at all levels mean that their interests […]

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