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The book examines different definitions of violence against woman and offers theories about why it happens in all societies. It asks why development organizations have been slow to take up the struggle to end violence against women and focuses on strategies to counter violence against women and support the survivors.

This outstanding series provides concise and lively introductions to countries such as Brazil, and the major development issues they face. Packed full of factual information, photographs and maps, the guides also focus on ordinary people and the impact that historical, economic and environmental issues have on their lives.

This outstanding series provides concise and lively introductions to countries such as Cambodia, and the major development issues they face. Packed full of factual information, photographs and maps, the guides also focus on ordinary people and the impact that historical, economic and environmental issues have on their lives.

El derecho a sobrevivir sostiene que el reto humanitario del siglo XXI exige un cambio radical en la cantidad de recursos dedicados a salvar vidas en situaciones de emergencia y en la calidad y la naturaleza de la respuesta humanitaria.

In many countries in Africa and Asia, rotating savings and credit associations underpin much of the economy. This survey covers the wide range of literature on these associations. Published with Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women.

This book considers the gendered dimensions of climate change. It shows how gender analysis has been widely overlooked in debates about climate change and its interactions with poverty and demonstrates its importance for those seeking to understand the impacts of global environmental change on human communities.

This report collates findings which surveys aspects of poverty in Nigeria from social, political, economic, environmental, and technological perspectives. Measuring Poverty in Nigeria should prove useful to development organizations and other representatives of civil society engaged in promoting good governance in Nigeria,

European Union asylum policy is shifting overseas. The politicisation of asylum-related issues and the desire to manage migration are the forces behind a wave of new internationalised initiatives which could have a serious impact on the lives of refugees.

The majority of women in the South have a close and complex relationship to their surroundings. At times of natural disasters they are particularly vulnerable. This book is a collection of these complex relationships between women and the environment.

Beyond Micro-Credit sets out how Indian Micro-Finance Initiatives are combining micro-finance with a wide range of development goals, these include not only poverty alleviation through providing savings, credit and insurance services but also promoting livelihoods, empowering women, building people's organizations and changing institutions.

Writers here focus on campaigning and advocacy work as well as work with women who have experienced violence in countries including Russia, Guinea-Bissau and India. It includes accounts of work with women who have been sexually assaulted and those who have undergone cultural practices such as female genital mutilation and early marriage.

This book is based on a public-health approach to the provision of water and sanitation in emergencies: an approach that is information-based and people-based. It emphasizes the need for a coordinated and phased response, which adapts to meet constantly changing needs.

This report commissioned by the Northern Ghana Inter-NGO Consortium demonstrates how a network of NGOs sharing skills and building up local capacities can play an invaluable role in promoting sustainable peace after conflict.

An extensive and up-to-date annotated bibliography of international resources (print and online) makes this a truly global sourcebook on strategies, approaches, and tools to mainstream gender-equality concerns in the formulation of health policy and practice.

Draws on Oxfam's experience of working with communities caught up in armed conflict in many countries around the world and makes recommendations for urgent action by governments that would reduce the risk of war and protect civilian lives. Specifically changes in international policies and pre-emptive action which could prevent some wars occurring.

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This book presents a vision of a transformational education which would promote social change, enable girls to achieve their full potential and contribute to the creation of a just and democratic society. Contributors to this book examine causes of gender-based inequality in education, government policies and implications for women's empowerment .

This book shows that building public services in developing countries is central to poverty eradication. It also considers the role of governments, donors, private sector and civil society in the provision of basic services, With case studies from around the world, this book is the next step in discovering more of what you need to know.

This collection examines the meaning of gender relations in the contexts of development practice and of development institutions: in relation to refugee programmes and in diagnosing the needs of rural communities, the needs of elderly people, and the challenges of working with street children and adolescents

This book is intended to be used to support the campaigning and lobbying work of local and international development organizations, to improve the formulation and implementation of development strategies and to strengthen participatory project planning, monitoring and impact assessment in poverty and environmental change.