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Supporting civic activism among chronically poor women
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011To what extent are multidimensional women’s microfinance groups in Bolivia and Bangladesh capable of supporting civic activism among chronically poor women? Multidimensional microfinance programmes are those that offer more than finance services; they also offer social services, often through a group-lending model.DocumentLiterature review: The efficacy of women’s social movements to include chronically poor women and give voice to their demands
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011Social movements are known to struggle to include, or be representative of, chronically poor women.DocumentReflections on Women in the Arab Spring: In Celebration of International Women's Day 2012
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2012The Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has produced this document in celebration of International Women’s Day 2012. It is a collection of women’s voices from around the world on the role of women in the ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings, and the ongoing struggles they face in their wake.DocumentWater, Privatisation and Conflict: Women from the Cochabamba Valley
Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2004The women of Cochabamba, Bolivia, play a fundamental role in protecting water. Neoliberal policies have led to greater male migration, resulting in the feminisation of rural areas, with women carrying out much of the paid and unpaid work.DocumentGender and Climate Change: Supporting Resources Collection
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2011This Supporting Resources Collection - part of the BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Climate Change- showcases existing work on gender and climate change. It presents summaries of a mix of conceptual and research papers, policy briefings, advocacy documents, case study material and practical tools from diverse regions.DocumentGender and Development In Brief ‘Gender and Climate Change’ – edition 22
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2011Climate change is increasingly being recognised as a global crisis, but responses to it have so far been overly focused on scientific and economic solutions. How then do we move towards moreDocumentGender and Climate Change: Overview Report
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2011Climate change is increasingly being recognised as a global crisis, but responses to it have so far been overly focused on scientific and economic solutions. How then do we move towards more people-centred, gender-aware climate change policies and processes?DocumentFeminist leadership for social transformation: clearing the conceptual cloud
CREA, 2011How can feminist leadership development equip women and men to lead differently, and transform the architecture of power both within their own organisations and movements, and the wider world? In order to consider this question, this paper sets out some existing definitions and concepts of leadership, looking at them through a feminist lens.DocumentAin’t I a woman? A global dialogue between the sex workers’ rights movement and the stop violence against women movement
CREA, 2011This report arose from a dialogue hosted by CREA and CASAM in 2009 as part of CREA’s “Count Me In” programme on addressing violence against women in south Asia.DocumentSex work and women's movements
CREA, 2011What relationships exist between women’s movements and sex workers’ movements? How have historical developments and discourses shaped these relationships, and what are the theoretical and strategic tensions that exist at the present time?Pages