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Pre-departure briefing for aid workers

01/08/1998

4 pages long

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Development methods

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This Research Round-Up provides a brief literature review of the use of pre-departure briefings (PDBs) for NGO staff delivering overseas aid programmes, especially from the point of view of Australian NGOs. The professionalism, productivity and effectiveness of aid workers can be enhanced using improved human resource management. The author reports the results of a questionnaire […]

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Working under pressure: how people and organizations can achieve more

01/08/1998

5 pages long

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Teams at their optimum efficiency during the normal course of work are more likely to be able to respond appropriately and handle pressure in emergency situations. This Practical Note goes on to describe various work procedures to ensure efficiency, communication and learning in a team. The author suggests ways of offering feedback to team members, […]

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Editorial

01/08/1998

2 pages long

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Corporate governance for NGOs?

01/08/1998

8 pages long

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Official aid funding for the development NGO sector grew fast in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These halcyon days are over. Thinkers within the NGO community are concerned with how to adapt to the end of the funding boom, and to correct its adverse effects. However, in spite of many calls to reorganize, re-think, […]

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Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA), Hamburg, Germany, 1997

01/07/1998

3 pages long

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Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA), Hamburg, Germany, 1997

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A year ago, UNESCO organised the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA V), bringing together more than 1,500 participants from governments, NGOs, research, training and educational institutions, intergovernmental organisations, and foundations. Held every 12 years, this particular conference differed from the previous four, in that it had involved the broader adult education community, including […]

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Approaches to gender- awareness raising: experiences in a government education project in Nepal

01/07/1998

9 pages long

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Approaches to gender- awareness raising: experiences in a government education project in Nepal

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This article describes two approaches to training which have contributed significantly to raising awareness of gender issues among organisations and individuals having an interest in the development of the Nepalese education system. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this […]

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Gender training for development practitioners: only a partial solution

01/07/1998

6 pages long

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Gender training for development practitioners: only a partial solution

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The authors investigated the scope and impact of gender training in Oxfam GB and concluded that to be fully effective, gender training must be part of a broader strategy for organisational transformation. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this […]

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Girls Cannot Think as Boys do’: socialising children through the Zimbabwean school system

01/07/1998

6 pages long

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Girls Cannot Think as Boys do’: socialising children through the Zimbabwean school system

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Recent research in Zimbabwe, as elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, is confirming that schools play a major role in socialising children into the adult gender roles they will carry out both in the family and the economy. Boys are taught to be ‘masculine’ and girls ‘feminine’, according to the norms of their society. Such education cannot […]

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The REFLECT approach to literacy and social change: a gender perspective

01/07/1998

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The REFLECT approach to literacy and social change: a gender perspective

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This article looks at the opportunities offered by REFLECT, a participatory approach to adult literacy and social change, to promote women’s rights and gender equality, outlining the principles on which the REFLECT process is based and analysing the learning points arising from an evaluation of three pilot projects using the approach. This article is hosted […]

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Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

01/07/1998

8 pages long

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Education for women’s empowerment or schooling for women’s subordination?

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This article is concerned with identifying the main elements in a programme of education for women’s empowerment, by contrasting such education with its opposite: schooling for subordination. It is here argued that education and training for women’s empowerment needs to reverse the values and beliefs which have been inculcated within the conventional school system. This […]

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