On Social and Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, we celebrate the women who are innovating every day to respond to the problems they face in their communities, challenging a system that is …
Lessons in innovative financing for creating employment in the Middle East and North Africa
Ahmed Elassal and Shekhar AnandBackground Emerging market economies face a significant credit gap and access to finance is considered the biggest obstacle for enterprises. Banks have been the traditional source of funding, but the …
Voices of Tajik Women during Covid
Nazira Kurbonovathe stories of three Tajik women, sharing their challenges, their successes and how they persevere, in their own words.
Counting care: Everything you need to know about the new Household Care Survey toolkit
Amber Parkes‘What doesn’t get measured doesn’t get seen’. I’ve heard this phrase so many times but never has it felt truer than when it comes to unpaid care and domestic work. …
What does Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) look like across Oxfam?
Aissa BoodhooA Global Overview of 20 WEE Programmes and Projects in over 45 countries. We take a look at some of our WEE programmes below. Jump to thematic area examples Inclusive …
Working with companies on women’s economic empowerment in value chains
Ulrike JorasSalimata Kone (pictured) is a cocoa farmer and lives with her husband and children near Divo, a city in southern Côte d’Ivoire. She took part in a project to improve her family …
3 ways Coronavirus is having an impact on small producers and how to build back better
Ulrike JorasThe Coronavirus is raging around the world. While many countries have started easing lockdowns, others still have restrictions in place or had to re-introduce measures because of renewed outbreaks. For …
Ten lessons on entrepreneurship and job creation in the MENA region
Shekhar AnandJob creation in the MENA Region, the context and challenges The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face unemployment as a common challenge. The youth population is growing but …
Ripple Effects: women in Nepal and Bangladesh forge their own paths in water governance
Suman Gupta, Nuzhat Nueary and Emma CrawfordIn honour of International Women’s Day (March 8th) and World Water Day (March 22nd), this episode discusses how water systems and water governance are deeply intertwined with women’s lives in …
‘What will the others think?’ Reflections on social norms and unpaid care work in Tunisia
Soufia Galand“Shhhh, the Others are listening! We can’t do that, the Others will see us!” I come from a migrant family, and we are what we could call a ‘modern’ one. However, this has …