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Re-imagining development by (re)claiming feminist visions of development alternatives

18/03/2020

18 pages long

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Re-imagining development by (re)claiming feminist visions of development alternatives

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Over the past 30 years, new frameworks and procedures have influenced the language of development, as well as the understanding of what ‘good development’ and success look like. While feminist concepts have been incorporated into some of these approaches, the core challenges of patriarchy, race, as well as class and gender inequalities are not centre […]

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Introduction: Water issue

01/03/2010

10 pages long

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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On the road to Accra, via Canada and County Kerry

01/08/2009

7 pages long

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A workshop was convened in February 2008 to identify the role of civil-society organisations (CSOs) in the post-Paris Declaration aid agenda, prior to the High-Level Forum to review progress towards achieving aid harmonisation that was held in Accra in September 2008. The article presents concerns about the focus on the mechanisms rather than the purpose […]

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Re-thinking gender mainstreaming in African NGOs and communities

01/07/2005

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Re-thinking gender mainstreaming in African NGOs and communities

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This article examines research on gender mainstreaming initiatives, undertaken by a sample of local NGOs in four African countries. This research explores where resistance to gender equality comes from in some African organisations and communities. It shows that for gender mainstreaming processes to be effective they need to address the complex realities of people, and […]

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Trends in UK NGOs: a research note

01/11/2003

6 pages long

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This paper reports on some of the generic findings arising from research being undertaken in the UK, South Africa, and Uganda into the ways in which the management tools currently promoted by official donors are passed down the aid chain, through UK NGOs, to civil society organisations in the South. The increasing competition for donor […]

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Book

Development and Management

01/01/2000

5 documents

328 pages long

Languages: English

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Development is a complex process of negotiation over meanings, values, and social goals within the sphere of public action, and not merely a question of project-based interventions, or of quantifiable inputs and outputs. This collection of papers draws on The Open University’s path-breaking work in the field of development management, and includes in-depth accounts by […]

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Institutionalizing gender in UK NGOs

01/05/1998

14 pages long

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Drawing on recent research, it has been explored how far and in what ways UK NGOs have tried to incorporate gender into the policies and procedures of their international development work, and how far a formal recognition of gender issues is shaping the way each organization functions. The strengths and weaknesses of different strategies are […]

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Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

01/02/1994

4 pages long

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Saharawi women: ‘between ambition and suffering’

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A conference by ‘One World Action’ that focused on Saharawi women refugees, has highlighted how women worldwide cope with displacement. The true picture is starkly different to that portrayed by Western media and understood by Western aid agencies. Women refugees are not ‘victims’ but empower themselves by running the camps and assuming traditional male roles […]

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Strategic Planning Review

01/01/1994

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

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From May 1991 until February 1993, the Overseas Division of Oxfam (UK and Ireland) was engaged in a strategic planning process. The first mandatory planning exercise ever carried out in Oxfam, it was an ambitious and complex process. Many lessons were learned, both positive and negative.

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Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses

01/06/1993

7 pages long

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Refugee women: their perspectives and our responses

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Relief organisations need to change the way they work with women refugees (and men and child refugees), to allow them a say in their own development. This is important not just in terms of grassroots involvement and a say in policy-making, but also for refugees’ self-respect. Wallace explains why women should be fully represented in […]

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