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Women’s Political Agency in Difficult Settings: Analysis of Evidence from Egypt, Nigeria, Mozambique, and Pakistan

This article explores the nature of challenges experienced by women and how they exercise political agency in such settings—as voters, claimants, and brokers of services, and as activists.

Women’s Agency and Humanitarian Protection in North and South Kivu, DRC

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This Working Paper analyses the role and practices of women’s groups in relation to women’s protection in the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Women’s Leadership and Political Agency in Fragile Polities

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This paper draws on evidence from the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) research programme to show how women express their political agency and activism and seek accountability in repressive contexts.

The Gendered Price of Precarity: Voicing and Challenging Workplace Sexual Harassment

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

There is a strong belief that employment is a crucial avenue for the empowerment of young women, through income, greater autonomy, and bargaining power within the family. However, experiences of workplace sexual harassment undermine these potential gains.

Tackling Workplace Sexual Harassment (accessible version)

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Employment is believed to be a crucial avenue for women’s empowerment, yet widespread workplace sexual harassment undermines this in many countries.

Tackling Workplace Sexual Harassment

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Based on case study research with factory and domestic workers in Bangladesh and Uganda, this briefing explains how social and gender norms constrain young women’s voices and agency in response to sexual harassment.