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GENDER JUSTICE
Achieving gender justice is a matter of basic rights and
also a key means of addressing poverty. Policies and practices that benefit
women will also have other positive outcomes for the economy and society as a
whole.
Women form the majority of those living in poverty, and
have fewer resources, less power and less influence in decision making when
compared to men. They are exposed to various forms of violence and exploitation
and, in addition, experience inequality because of their ethnicity, age,
(dis)ability, nationality, caste, religion, or sexual orientation.
In many countries the spaces for enhancing women’s rights
have narrowed and availability of funding is decreasing, especially for
grassroots organisations. A number of factors – all with gendered roots and
implications – are contributing to creating a challenging context:
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Global food, financial and climate crises
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Increased competition for resources
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A persisting HIV and AIDS pandemic
· Manipulation of cultural and religious ideologies for political purposes
Our goal
Our vision is that many more women will gain power over
their lives and live free from violence through changes in attitudes, ideas and
beliefs about gender relations, and through increased levels of women’s active
engagement and leadership in institutions, decision-making and change
processes.
Our priorities
1. Putting women’s rights at the heart of all we do
We are committed to building the capacity of staff and
partners to focus on women’s rights and ensure that all of our programmes,
whether on humanitarian or development contexts, and campaigning directly
contributes to strengthening these rights. We also ensure that our internal
processes and systems reflect our commitment to women’s rights.
2. Ending violence against women
We focus on preventing and reducing violence
against women and girls in their homes and within the wider society as well as
in humanitarian and conflict situations. This includes working with men and
boys, and delivering the We
Can campaign to end violence against women in countries of
3. Strengthening women’s leadership and participation
Developing programmes, advocacy and campaigning so that
that more women, especially those living in poverty, achieve and hold effective
and transformative leadership positions at all levels and in all sectors; and
both men and women work towards greater gender equality.
The changes we want to see
- Women are able to challenge
communal, religious or belief systems that limit their rights and
entitlements.
- Women, girls and men experience
significantly less gender-based violence.
- Women and men begin to exercise
transformative leadership and promote gender justice. There will be an
increase in the number of effective women leaders.
- Women and girls are afforded more
protection from violence and sexual exploitation in insecure situations.
- Women and girls gain entitlement
to their rights, and the ability to exercise them, with men’s
contribution.
- Governments and international
organisations are responsive to citizens and civil society and accountable
to their commitments as set out in international and regional agreements
and national laws, including in the use of their budgets.
- Men adopt more equal gender roles
and behaviours, and work towards gender equality in all institutional
settings, including the household.
- Women and girls increase adaptive
capacity by participating in and benefiting from emergency response and
preparedness.
- Economic policies and practices of
governments and the private sector recognise and value the contributions
of unpaid and caring work, mostly done by women.
- Enterprises promote women’s rights
in their policies and practices.
- Women have increased access to and
control over economic resources and opportunities, and to reliable
services and social protection.
- The practices used by all
development actors to promote gender equality and the rights of poor women
are strengthened.
Gender
Publications List (338kB)
A
catalogue of selected gender publications by Oxfam
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