Gender
- Does microfinance empower women?
- A Lakwo / Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2006
- This book on empowerment evaluation research explores the wider facilitatory impacts of microfinance on the empowerment of married rural women in Nebbi district, northwestern Uganda. The author finds that both theoretically and practi...
- How can food aid support womens' role in food crises?
- ActionAid International, 2007
- Women are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by hunger, yet their central role in providing solutions is often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of the key issues in modern food crises...
- Staff manual for mainstreaming HIV planning in humanitarian emergencies
- V. M. Walden; M. O’Reilly,; M. Yetter / Oxfam, 2007
- This manual, produced by Oxfam, is intended to build staff skills in addressing the underlying causes of vulnerability to HIV infection and the consequences of AIDS, particularly in rapid-onset humanitarian emergencies. Although aimed...
- Important interventions supporting the livelihoods of young women and adolescents
- S. Urdang / United Nations Population Fund, 2007
- The urgency of addressing the vulnerability of young women and adolescent girls of all backgrounds, but particularly the poor, cannot be over stated. Innovative, far-reaching and rapid responses are needed to impact whole generations ...
- Promoting women's rights and HIV awareness is a crucial element when developing food security programmes
- C Hill / Canadian International Development Agency, 2005
- This toolkit from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) provides guidelines for integrating HIV and gender equality into the development and implementation of agricultural and food security programmes. The guidelines hi...
- Sex work needs to be seen from a livelihoods perspective
- M. O'Donnell; M. Khozombah; S. Mudenda / Save the Children Fund, 2002
- This report, from Save the Children (SC), explores the links between commercial sex work and food security in a fishing community in northern Zimbabwe. The authors found that one of the coping strategies for women during periods when ...
- Impacts of livelihoods interventions on female-headed households in Tigray
- M. Desta; G. Haddis; S. Ataklt / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006
- This report looks at the activities of different organisations working for the improved livelihood of the local community in Tigray, Ethiopia, with a particular emphasis on the Women's Association of Tigray (WAT), as an indigenous NGO...
- Sharing best practices and experiences on the impact of HIV/AIDS on food security
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005
- This report summarises the outcome of the 2005 UNECA workshop the impact of HIV and AIDS on food security. The purpose of this workshop was to give attendees the opportunity share information on best practices in mitigating the impact...
- The cashew nut industry in India and power relations in global value chains
- K. Harilal; N. Kanji; J. Jeyaranjan; M. Eapen; P. Swaminathan / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
- This report explores the impacts of an expanding global market for cashew nuts on the livelihoods of women workers in the cashew processing industry in India. The report is based on fieldwork in Kerala and Tamil Nadu in south India an...
- Incorporating gender issues in the development of social protection policies and programmes.
- C. Luttrell; C. Moser / Overseas Development Institute, 2004
- This paper aims to inform policy-makers on methods for incorporating gender issues in the development of social protection policies, strategies and programmes. Because women are more likely to be excluded from various social pr...
- Does microfinance empower women?
- A Lakwo / Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2006
- This book on empowerment evaluation research explores the wider facilitatory impacts of microfinance on the empowerment of married rural women in Nebbi district, northwestern Uganda. The author finds that both theoretically and practi...
- How can food aid support womens' role in food crises?
- ActionAid International, 2007
- Women are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by hunger, yet their central role in providing solutions is often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of the key issues in modern food crises...
- Staff manual for mainstreaming HIV planning in humanitarian emergencies
- V. M. Walden; M. O’Reilly,; M. Yetter / Oxfam, 2007
- This manual, produced by Oxfam, is intended to build staff skills in addressing the underlying causes of vulnerability to HIV infection and the consequences of AIDS, particularly in rapid-onset humanitarian emergencies. Although aimed...
- Important interventions supporting the livelihoods of young women and adolescents
- S. Urdang / United Nations Population Fund, 2007
- The urgency of addressing the vulnerability of young women and adolescent girls of all backgrounds, but particularly the poor, cannot be over stated. Innovative, far-reaching and rapid responses are needed to impact whole generations ...
- Promoting women's rights and HIV awareness is a crucial element when developing food security programmes
- C Hill / Canadian International Development Agency, 2005
- This toolkit from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) provides guidelines for integrating HIV and gender equality into the development and implementation of agricultural and food security programmes. The guidelines hi...
- Sex work needs to be seen from a livelihoods perspective
- M. O'Donnell; M. Khozombah; S. Mudenda / Save the Children Fund, 2002
- This report, from Save the Children (SC), explores the links between commercial sex work and food security in a fishing community in northern Zimbabwe. The authors found that one of the coping strategies for women during periods when ...
- Impacts of livelihoods interventions on female-headed households in Tigray
- M. Desta; G. Haddis; S. Ataklt / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006
- This report looks at the activities of different organisations working for the improved livelihood of the local community in Tigray, Ethiopia, with a particular emphasis on the Women's Association of Tigray (WAT), as an indigenous NGO...
- Sharing best practices and experiences on the impact of HIV/AIDS on food security
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005
- This report summarises the outcome of the 2005 UNECA workshop the impact of HIV and AIDS on food security. The purpose of this workshop was to give attendees the opportunity share information on best practices in mitigating the impact...
- The cashew nut industry in India and power relations in global value chains
- K. Harilal; N. Kanji; J. Jeyaranjan; M. Eapen; P. Swaminathan / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
- This report explores the impacts of an expanding global market for cashew nuts on the livelihoods of women workers in the cashew processing industry in India. The report is based on fieldwork in Kerala and Tamil Nadu in south India an...
- Incorporating gender issues in the development of social protection policies and programmes.
- C. Luttrell; C. Moser / Overseas Development Institute, 2004
- This paper aims to inform policy-makers on methods for incorporating gender issues in the development of social protection policies, strategies and programmes. Because women are more likely to be excluded from various social pr...
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