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Women and the Environment

01/01/1993

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The majority of women in the South have a close and complex relationship to their surroundings. They are profoundly affected by environmental degradation, as they depend directly on natural resources for their livelihoods. Their need for access to these resources often goes unrecognised, as does their role as producers and environmental managers. At times of […]

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Dedicated Lives: Women organising for a fairer world

01/01/1993

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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In many different countries, women are coming together to organise for a fairer world. Women’s organisations focus on many different aspects of women’s lives – health, income generation, employment rights, community activities – but they share a concern to counter the disadvantages experienced by women as a result of gender constraints. The eight women whose […]

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Developing and Managing Community Water Supplies

01/01/1993

1 documents

184 pages long

Languages: English

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External support agencies need to adopt a partnership approach to the development of community water supplies if communities are to he successful in managing their own supplies in the long term.

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Book

Disability, Liberation, and Development

01/01/1993

6 documents

256 pages long

Languages: English

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Development methods

Overview

The situation of disabled people provides a microcosm of the whole development debate and process. Disabled people are oppressed and marginalised in every country of the world, both North and South. Their lives are constrained by social attitudes which stem from fear and prejudice. By probing these prejudices and studying cases where they have been […]

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Half the World Half a Chance: An introduction to gender and development

01/01/1993

5 documents

240 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

What is gender, and why is it a development issue? How can development projects and programmes take gender issues into account? These are all vital questions which need to be addressed if development is to be truly effective. Half the World, Half a Chance explains how and why women are disadvantaged, not only by social […]

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Journal article

Multilateral agencies, NGOs, and policy reform

01/11/1992

16 pages long

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This article examines the growth in relations that have occurred between multilateral agencies (MLAs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) during the past decade. It identifies three substantive debates in the MLAs on participatory development, value for money, and the role of the public sector in social service delivery that have served to promote greater interest in […]

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Journal article

A peasant farmers’ literacy programme

01/11/1992

4 pages long

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Literacy gives people a framework for critical thinking and informed action. A number of peasant farmers’ organisations have developed in the wake of economic restructuring in Honduras, Central America. The authors describe and assess the Literacy Programme of the National Office of Agricultural Workers (Central Nacional de Trabajadores del Campo, CNTC), which aims to provide […]

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Journal article

Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

01/11/1992

10 pages long

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Research on women’s health: Some methodological issues

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This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women’s health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women’s health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collecting qualitative and quantitative information from the field. The article ends with a call for activist […]

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Journal article

Democratising development: NGOs and the state

01/11/1992

12 pages long

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Many NGOs are moving beyond conventional project work, with its emphasis on ‘doing’, and are attempting to enhance their impact through ‘influencing’. There are four interconnected approaches: Project Replication, Grassroots Mobilisation, Influencing Policy Reform, and International Advocacy. Each calls for a more strategic relationship between NGOs and governments. For NGOs to move to an effective […]

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Journal article

Population control in the new world order

01/11/1992

6 pages long

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Population control in the new world order

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Population-control programmes can violate basic human rights and be a form of violence against women. The author presents her views on family planning as a form of social control arising from a neo-Malthusian world view which blames poverty and environmental degradation on population growth while obscuring the real causes: the increasing control of economic, political […]

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