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Renewing Our Voice: Code of good practice for NGO’s responding to HIV and AIDS

01/12/2004

4 documents

110 pages long

Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish

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Over the last twenty years, there has been a considerable increase in the number and range of NGOs involved in responding to the multiple challenges presented by HIV and AIDS: NGOs undertaking HIV and AIDS work; NGOs integrating HIV and AIDS-specific interventions within other health programming; and NGOs mainstreaming HIV and AIDS within development, human […]

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Up in Smoke? Threats from and responses to the impact of global warming on human development

01/09/2004

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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Informative and readable, this compelling report from some of the world’s leading environmental and development organisations expresses concerns about how global warming affects people’s lives, particularly those living in developing countries, and how it could threaten attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. It features case studies with photos from communities around the world, and details […]

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Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Development and Humanitarian Programmes

01/07/2004

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

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AIDS has radically changed the contexts in which development and humanitarian organisations operate, and now they need to adapt their policies and practice accordingly. Sue Holden explains the concept of ‘mainstreaming’ HIV/AIDS in simple language, with practical guidelines for applying the approach in a wide range of sectors. Sue Holden’s previous book, AIDS on the […]

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AIDS on the Agenda: Adapting development and humanitarian programmes to meet the challenge of HIV/AIDS

01/12/2003

1 documents

341 pages long

Languages: English

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AIDS on the Agenda is written for policy-makers, managers, and programme staff in development and humanitarian agencies, to promote debate about the challenges that confront them in a world which has been changed forever by the pandemic of AIDS. The book considers three possible responses to the problem:Do nothing, Try to specialise in direct AIDS […]

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Development Methods and Approaches: Critical reflections

01/06/2003

1 documents

302 pages long

Languages: English

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Many aid agencies advocate approaches to development which are people-centred, participatory, empowering and gender-fair. This volume of essays explores some of the middle ground between such values-based approaches and the methods and techniques that the agencies adopt. The selection offers critical assessments of fashionable tools such as Participatory Rural Appraisal and Logical Framework. It demonstrates […]

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Book

Practising Gender Analysis in Education

01/01/2003

1 documents

172 pages long

Languages: English

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Gender mainstreaming

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Tools and frameworks for gender-sensitive analysis have long been used in development contexts. They can help to clarify issues of gender bias, discrimination, and inequality, and to identify possible strategies for change. This book presents a number of established gender analysis frameworks and suggests modifications to suit educational settings, highlighting strengths and limitations and using […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Learning About Livelihoods: Insights from Southern Africa

01/08/2002

1 documents

389 pages long

Languages: English

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The Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods project (DiMP) was developed by the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town, along with partner organisations in southern Africa. This comprehensive guide to applying the livelihoods approach to the practice of disaster risk reduction – a direct outcome of the project – comprises […]

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Development and Cities

01/04/2002

1 documents

380 pages long

Languages: English

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Approaches to sustainable development in cities of the South have focused too exclusively on narrow technical aspects of environmental protection, with no benefit to most residents in cities and peri-urban areas. However, in many countries of the South, the disengagement of government, along with budgetary constraints, a reliance on cost-recovery mechanisms within structural adjustment packages, […]

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Development and Advocacy

01/02/2002

1 documents

214 pages long

Languages: English

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Most major development NGOs dedicate significant resources to advocacy. Many also work to inform and shape public opinion, whether through advertising or fundraising, or through education programmes. They argue that fundamental change is not achieved until the policy environment is right, and cannot be sustained without a ground-swell of support for reform. In recent years, […]

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The Oxfam Education Report

23/11/2000

1 documents

240 pages long

Languages: English

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This comprehensive report focuses on the fact that millions of people in poor countries remain uneducated and illiterate – which prevents them from developing the skills they need to escape poverty. The book looks at the underlying causes of the problem and sets out a clear agenda for reform. It demonstrates that universal free good-quality […]

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