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Editorial 2
Caroline Sweetman
Organisational strategy in India and diverse identities of women: bridging the gap 10
Ranjani K. Murthy
When sharing female identity is not enough: coalition building in the midst of politicalpolarisation in Zimbabwe 19
Everjoke
J.
Win
Microfinance from the point of view of women with disabilities: lessons from Zambiaand Zimbabwe 28
Cindy Lewis
Gender, identity, and diversity: learning from insights gained in transformativegender training 40
Dorine Plantenga
Promoting cultural diversity and the rights of women: the dilemmas of intersectionality for development organisations 47
Liesbeth van der Hoogte and Koos Kingma
Diversity in Oxfam
GB:
engaging the head and turning the heart 56
Bimla Ojelay-Surtees
Poverty reduction policy responses to gender and social diversity in Uganda 68
Dereje Wordofa
Empowerment through activism: responding to domestic violence in the South Asiancommunity in London 75
Aisha Gill and Gulshun Rehman
Resources 83
Compiled by Erin Leigh
Publications 83Journals 85Electronic resources 85Briefing papers and tools 87Organisations 88Conferences 90
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