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ICTs in Humanitarian Response: A learning review of a three-year, five-country programme

13/04/2017

8 documents

28 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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The Scaling Humanitarian ICTs Network (SHINE) funded by Sida, set out with the theory of change that the quality and efficiency of humanitarian aid can be improved in a variety of contexts through the adoption of Information Communications Technologies (ICTs). With applications in Ethiopia, DRC, Mali, Indonesia and Iraq, ICTs were introduced to enable digital […]

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Gender Sensitive Response and Recovery: An Overview

08/10/2012

2 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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The number and complexity of hazards and disasters are increasing rapidly and there is ample evidence that women and girls are often more vulnerable to disasters than men and boys. This collection of Programme Insights papers considers the progress made and the challenges we still face in humanitarian and disaster risk reduction interventions, in responding […]

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Protecting Communities in the DRC: Understanding gender dynamics and empowering women and men

08/10/2012

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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Armed conflict has devastated large swathes of the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1997. Civilians in many parts of the eastern provinces still face constant threats of forced displacement, sexual violence, abduction, and extortion, not only from militia groups but in many cases from those who are mandated to protect them. Oxfam’s protection programme in […]

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Journal article

Improving the effectiveness of humanitarian action: progress in implementing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Gender Marker

25/06/2012

11 pages long

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Improving the effectiveness of humanitarian action: progress in implementing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Gender Marker

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The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Gender Marker is a tool that tracks and measures whether humanitarian projects mainstream gender adequately and respond effectively to the distinct needs of women, girls, boys, and men. The Gender Marker represents an important opportunity to improve the quality of humanitarian programming by addressing gender inequality. This article explores the […]

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Journal article

Beyond war: ‘suffering’ among displaced Congolese children in Dar es Salaam

01/06/2012

11 pages long

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This paper examines Congolese children’s experiences of war and displacement in the context of the material, social, and relational aspects of their lives in Dar es Salaam. It argues that the challenges, privations and indignities of daily life in urban Tanzania were characterised by feelings of loss, deprivation and hardship so intense they were felt […]

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Journal article

Researching urban poverty in sub-Saharan Africa

01/02/2007

12 pages long

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Poverty and the way in which it is researched are major preoccupations for many social scientists. This article presents different ways of researching urban poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on qualitative methods and the different ways in which these can be used to collect data. Examples are drawn from field research conducted in urban areas […]

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Journal article

Humanitarianism and politics: the dangers of contrived separation

01/06/2006

13 pages long

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Humanitarianism and politics are more often than not considered to be separate from each other, despite the increasing complexity of contemporary conflict. This article highlights the specifics of the flight of one renegade soldier and some 300 of his men from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Rwanda, at a time when the […]

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Journal article

Public-private partnership (PPP) and water-supply provision in urban Africa: The experience of Congo-Brazzaville

01/06/2005

9 pages long

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This paper addresses the introduction of a public-private partnership (PPP) for water provision in urban Congo. It describes the organisational context before and after PPP and discusses the various outcomes of the partnership, both positive and negative. Despite some promising early results, the PPP arrangements did not develop as planned and the private enterprises ran […]

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Case study

Under Fire: The human cost of small arms in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo

01/01/2001

1 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English

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The ongoing conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been described as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. It is a war mainly fought out with small arms. The resulting humanitarian crisis continues to be fuelled by new supplies of arms, brought in by businessmen or by soldiers belonging […]

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Journal article

The informal pharmaceuticals market in the Democratic Republic of Congo

01/05/1998

5 pages long

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In 1996 UNRISD sponsored a survey, using questionnaires, interviews and participant research, into the parallel pharmaceutical market in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire). The author describes `typical’ purchasers and vendors, the quality of products sold and bought, and the levels of regulation possible/needed in such a market, and challenges policy makers to develop […]

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