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Book

Women and Emergencies

01/01/1994

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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There is a tendency for gender considerations to be marginal, or absent, in the response to disasters and emergencies. The need for swift action in a crisis, and the cost and complexity of relief operations, mean that emergency programmes are often implemented in a top-down manner, with little attempt to involve the affected community. Women, […]

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Book

North-South Co-operation

01/01/1994

1 documents

100 pages long

Languages: English

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This book in the Focus on Gender series looks at co-operation for development: between North, South, and East; women’s organisations and funding agencies; development practitioners, academics, and civil society; politicians and economists; and women and men. Currently, the world is in economic and political crisis, of which escalating conflict is a symptom. In this book, […]

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Book

Gender Planning in Development Agencies: Meeting the Challenge

01/01/1994

6 documents

233 pages long

Languages: English

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Gender Planning in Development Agencies is the report of a three-day workshop which took place in Oxford, England, in May 1993. ‘Enhancing Our Experience: Gender Planning in EUROSTEP Agencies’ brought together representatives of 13 NGDOs belonging to EUROSTEP (European Solidarity Towards the Equal Participation of People), and other European networks.

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Guidelines and toolkits

The Oxfam Gender Training Manual

01/01/1994

14 documents

648 pages long

Languages: English

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This manual is a unique resource for gender and development trainers which draws on the work of gender trainers all over the world. It offers field-tested training activities and handouts drawn from a wide range of sources and shaped into a coherent training programme. The Oxfam Gender Training Manual includes activities which explore: Gender Awareness […]

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Journal article

Is liberalisation damaging Albanian women’s health?

01/10/1993

3 pages long

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Is liberalisation damaging Albanian women’s health?

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This article shows how Albanian women are taking active control of daily struggles brought about by an unstable political system and paramount shifts in social and economic structures. How do women take care of the material needs of their family when resources are scarce? How do they cope with no basic health care, lack of […]

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Journal article

Saptagram opens up windows of opportunity in Bangladesh

01/10/1993

5 pages long

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Saptagram opens up windows of opportunity in Bangladesh

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Yasmin explains how the NGO Saptagram, is challenging gender biases that keep Bangladeshi landless rural women in poverty. Its efforts to empower women by increasing their employment opportunities have met with mixed success. The challenges Saptagram faces are huge: women as much as men do not regard the work they do as ‘real’ work. A […]

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Journal article

The other side of economic success

01/10/1993

3 pages long

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Chile’s recent move to democracy has not yet brought benefits to women. Under the old military regime, economic liberalisation boosted inequality and poverty. A decline in State welfare and male employment forced women into poorly paid jobs, on top of domestic work. On the other hand, women’s groups played an important role in establishing the […]

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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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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 […]

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Journal article

NGOs and gender policy

01/10/1993

5 pages long

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India’s State administration has implemented a gender policy for the country’s silk workers. But Mayoux’s research reveals that gender equality in the industry is far from being a reality. It is especially important to address gender issues in the silk reeling industry, because the industry is both expanding and profitable, offering its workers the potential […]

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Journal article

Changing from subsistence to cash cropping

01/10/1993

3 pages long

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Changing from subsistence to cash cropping

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Increasingly, cash-crop production is overtaking traditional subsistence farming in India. The Government, development workers, banks and financial institutions are pushing cash cropping as leading to greater yield, higher earnings, and raised living standards. But the shift is bad news for small producers and women farmers. Payment is now in cash rather than in kind. Whereas […]

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