Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
A review of the AGRA East (Action for Gender Relations in East Asia) network examined the program's successes and challenges and how it has developed staff capabilities in gender analysis. AGRA East hosts an annual meeting to allow staff representatives from each country in the region to plan and deliver a gender-related thematic workshop. Before t...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
Oxfam's efforts to support organizations working with disabled people in Bosnia highlight the necessity of taking into account other forms of disadvantage that increase vulnerability, such as gender, when planning interventions. When Oxfam began working in Bosnia in 1993, disability was widely perceived as a medical rather than a social development...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
This article is an excerpted summary of a speech on female police and domestic violence. The speech was given by a woman affiliated with the Association of Women Workers at an Oxfam workshop in northern Brazil. This organization successfully lobbied for female police, which resulted in more reports of domestic violence, especially rape. The organiz...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
This article exposes the conditions among children who are forced by their poor families to assume domestic work in households in Kenya. It is an accepted practice for parents to place daughters in households to help with housework and baby-sitting. The Sinaga Women and Child Labor Resource Center in Nairobi finds this exploitative and part of a wi...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
This paper focuses on the efforts of the nongovernmental organization Medica Zenica in treating women who are victims of sexual violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The organization was established in 1993 in Zenica, Bosnia by a German gynecologist who had heard about the Bosnian rape camps and came to help women survivors. For the first 5 years, Medica...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
This editorial discusses domestic violence, which is the main topic of articles in this issue of Links. All contributing authors participated in Oxfam's workshop on violence against women held in Sarajevo. The workshop included 60 women from 25 countries who shared experiences and exchanged strategies for overcoming violence against women. Plans in...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
This article exposes progress made in the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tribunal in punishing those who commit rape, genocide, and sexual violence. The case against an ex-mayor in Rwanda was a first in international courts. The Court defined rape under international law as "a physical invasion of a sexual nature, committed on a person under ci...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
A case study showing the attitudes and actions reinforcing discrimination against women's rights in Lebanon is presented. The study illustrates the way in which the public¿s views and the interests of families and local dignitaries can manipulate opinions. Organizations aimed at protecting women's rights have found strength in working together. The...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
This paper briefly describes the experiences of Oxfam GB in Sa Pa District, Lao Cai province, Vietnam on an integrated education program to provide school construction and housing for teachers, community development, and training of primary teachers. The extreme disadvantages that are faced by young tribal girls, particularly in education is what p...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
This paper highlights the work of the Early Childhood Resource Center (ECRC) in promoting changes in gender-role stereotypes in Jerusalem. Established in 1985, ECRC provides training and advocacy in early childhood care, education, and development for the Palestinian Territories and East Jerusalem. In collaboration with other nongovernmental organi...
