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Marriage Decision-Making: A family affair – Insight into marriage decision-making processes and social norms around child marriage in Larkana and Shikarpur in Sindh and Lodhran and Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan

21/06/2018

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27 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents the findings of research conducted to support the work of the Marriage, No Child's Play programme. The programme aims to change social norms that perpetuate the practices of early and forced marriage. It currently operates in four districts of Pakistan: Larkana and Shikarpur in Sindh, and Lodhran and Muzaffargarh in South Punjab. To increase […]

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Understanding norms around the gendered division of labour: Results from focus group discussions in Zimbabwe

12/06/2018

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36 pages long

Languages: English

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Social norms refer to the shared expectations held by a given community. They are often held in place by social approval or rewards for conformity, and by disapproval or sanctions for transgressions. Understanding how and why social norms hold sway can provide a powerful means for understanding the gendered division of work that prevails in […]

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Infrastructure and Equipment for Unpaid Care Work: Household survey findings from the Philippines, Uganda and Zimbabwe – 2017 Household Care Survey report

26/04/2018

4 documents

92 pages long

Languages: English

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Care work is essential for personal wellbeing, a healthy society and a functioning economy. But across the world, it is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities. Policy makers rarely recognize the public responsibility for facilitating unpaid care and domestic work through investments in infrastructure and care services. In 2017, Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment […]

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Journal article

Coming together. Experiences and lessons from an LGBTQI project in three countries

20/03/2018

14 pages long

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Coming together. Experiences and lessons from an LGBTQI project in three countries

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This article reflects on experiences and lessons from an LGBTQI project implemented by Oxfam and its partners in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and a third country in Asia where LGBTQI work is strongly criminalised. It argues that protecting and promoting the rights of LGBTQI persons, so that they can live a decent life without violence, needs […]

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Breaking a Culture of Silence: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls in Nigeria

28/02/2018

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21 pages long

Languages: English

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Violence against women and girls is often perpetuated by practices defended by some community members on the basis of tradition, culture, religion or superstition. These include female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and early marriage. Such harmful traditional practices are underpinned by social norms, the rules of behaviour that people in a group adhere to because they […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Gender Justice in Resilience: Enabling the full performance of the system

07/11/2017

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Gender-based inequality is one of the main barriers to achieving resilience for communities or societies. Gender inequality limits the way women and girls, men and boys are able to respond to and manage change. This guide is designed to help development practitioners understand the importance and implications of gender mainstreaming for humanitarian, development and campaign-based […]

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Young Couples in Good Times and in Bad: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls among young Tunisians in peri-urban areas

12/07/2017

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15 pages long

Languages: English

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Around half of women in Tunisia have experienced some form of violence in their life. Over 90% of the population thinks women should be discreet to avoid violence in public spaces. From the perspective of Oxfam and dozens of women’s rights organisations, social norms that legitimise gender inequality and violence are rooted in the deeply […]

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Journal article

Supporting women’s movements in Afghanistan: challenges of activism in a fragile context

09/11/2016

17 pages long

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Supporting women’s movements in Afghanistan: challenges of activism in a fragile context

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A range of international development and humanitarian actors have aimed to support women’s rights in Afghanistan, from a variety of different policy perspectives. Support has tended to focus on government and state structures, but this top-down approach has had a very limited impact on the lives of women. Progress has been held up by a […]

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Journal article

The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

20/07/2016

15 pages long

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The Communities Care programme: changing social norms to end violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities

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While significant progress has been made in recent years in responding to violence against women and girls in humanitarian contexts, timely and quality care and support to survivors still remains a challenge. Little is known about effective prevention. Few interventions have targeted underlying drivers of violence against women and girls (VAWG), which include social norms. […]

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Journal article

Shifting negative social norms rooted in unequal gender and power relationships to prevent violence against women and girls

20/07/2016

13 pages long

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Shifting negative social norms rooted in unequal gender and power relationships to prevent violence against women and girls

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This article explores an ongoing knowledge initiative, co-ordinated by Oxfam’s new Knowledge Hub on violence against women and girls/gender-based violence (VAWG/GBV), which aims to help deepen Oxfam’s effectiveness in work to change attitudes, social norms, and modes of behaviour which cause and perpetuate VAWG. Here, we share some of what we have learned so far, […]

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