Oxfam
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Women, Land and Authority
The issue of land lies at the heart of South Africa's democratic transformation, but the extremity of apartheid's racial legacy is in danger of obscuring a no less pervasive oppression: that of women. This volume brings together recent research on women by the National Land Committee of South Africa...
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Community Forest Management
Forests throughout India and the local communities whose livelihoods depend on them, are under threat from large commercial enterprises. This Casebook follows the development of a community-based forest-protection movement in the state of Orissa, as it grew from spontaneous local protests in the mid...
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Gender and Disability
Women with disabilities face a double discrimination, both in terms of gender and also of their particular disability. This book examines the situation of women with various types of disability, in the Middle Eastern context. It provides a general overview of gender and disability and includes sever...
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Men and Masculinity
A collection of articles by development practitioners and theorists, which considers the implications of male gender identities on the rights of both women and men, and on gender-equitable development. Gender studies have often concentrated on the woman's role in the family, community and society. M...
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Gender and Health
Minke Valk, Sarah Cummings, Henk van Dam
Despite decades of work to address the gender-based causes of ill health, women are still dying needlessly and in large numbers. Will current initiatives to improve women's health succeed in meeting the targets prescribed in the Millennium Development Goals by 2015? Gender and Health: Policy and Pra...
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Men's Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice
In what sectors and contexts should work on gender and development involve men as beneficiaries? 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...
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Women and Conflict
In situations of war or violent conflict, all civilians suffer. However, there are many specific, gender-related human rights issues which organizations involved in relief, development, and emergency work in conflict situations need to address. This book concentrates on gender issues in situations o...
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Gender and ICTs for Development
Minke Valk, Sarah Cummings, Henk van Dam
Around the world information and communication technologies (ICTs) have changed the lives of individuals, organisations and indeed, entire nations. ICTs can have profound implications for women and men in terms of employment, education, health, environmental sustainability, and community development...
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Mesure de l'impact et redevabilite en situation de secours d'urgence
Quelle diffrence faisons-nous? Comment le savon-nous? Le Guide Suffisamment Bon aide les agents de terrain occup pondre ; ces questions. Il offre un ensemble de lignes directrices fondamentales sur la facedilon d'ecirctre redevable vis a vis des populations locales et de mesurer l'impact du programm...
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Women and Economic Policy
The Focus on Gender; series makes available in book form the contents of the Oxfam journal Gender and Development. Highlighting practice as well as theory, the thematic series makes the resource available to students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers interested in particular topics. This...