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Guidelines and toolkits

Fostering Participation in Research

29/03/2019

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research needs to be more inclusive of the voices of people affected by the issues at hand. This guideline has been written for anyone conducting, commissioning or managing research who thinks it would benefit from being more participatory but is unsure how to do this.

Journal article

Gender, health, and Fairtrade: insights from a research-action programme in Nicaragua

01/04/2012

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, health, and Fairtrade: insights from a research-action programme in Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

The present article provides evidence from a collaborative research programme in Nicaragua that suggests that Fairtrade is falling short of its equity-promoting potential. Providing an alternative framing of Fairtrade based on the gendered social determinants of health, it suggests how Fairtrade can be optimised towards equity. The programme is based on experiences of community-based organisations […]

Journal article

Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

01/03/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

Keywords

Overview

Rapid changes to the climate are predicted over the next few years, and these present challenges for women’s empowerment and gender equality on a completely new scale. There is little evidence or research to provide a reliable basis for gender-sensitive approaches to agricultural adaptation to climate change. This article explores the gender dimensions of climate […]

Discussion paper

Centring Gender and Power in Evaluation and Research: Sharing experiences from Oxfam GB’s quantitative impact evaluations

19/07/2021

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Bringing a feminist intent to research, monitoring and evaluation practices leads to defining these as tools to contribute to transforming the lives of women, girls and non-binary people, and to bringing about social justice. This has meant putting gender and power at the centre of our practice, which has in turn shaped the technical choices […]

Journal article

The promise of appreciative inquiry as an interview tool for field research

01/04/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has long been used as a methodology for understanding organisational learning and change. This paper discusses its applications to interview-based field research within the development context. While AI begins by looking at the best of an organisation or individual’s experience, it can help researchers to gain a textured and detailed understanding of […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Planning Research for Influencing Diagram

13/05/2019

4 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This diagram is designed to help to you plan research for influencing. It will help you to think through what you are trying to influence with evidence, who you are trying to influence and how, how to focus your research, which approaches will be most effective, and how to engage audiences to maximise influence. You […]

Journal article

Further resources for participatory research and gender analysis

01/08/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

So much work has been done on participatory research and gender analysis – their implementation, evaluation, and institutionalisation – that it is difficult to recommend a limited set of resources. The context here is ‘challenges to operationalising participatory research and gender analysis’, so we have sought out resources which shed light on some new practical […]

Case study

Typhoon Haiyan: Community research into the relocation of internally displaced people in the Philippines

15/05/2015

4 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In February and March 2014, Oxfam carried out field research in the Philippines with people displaced by typhoon Haiyan in order to inform and influence the government-led process for their relocation. The project tested a cyclical research process – including an innovative digital survey – in order to make timely use of the findings in […]

Journal article

Participatory research practice at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)

01/08/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Participatory research practice at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)

Keywords

Overview

This study assessed the extent to which participatory methods had been used by CIMMYT, and how the scientists perceived them. Results suggest that participatory approaches at the Center were largely ‘functional’ – that is, aimed at improving the efficiency and relevance of research – and had in fact added value to the research efforts. The […]

Journal article

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

01/03/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

Keywords

Overview

In addition to raising the living standards of loved ones back home, remittances sent by men and women migrants can transform the way spouses, children, and communities left behind interact within the household, including changing culturally accepted roles and opportunities for men, women, boys, and girls. For women senders of remittances, ‘rising’ to become a […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

Fostering Participation in Research

29/03/2019

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research needs to be more inclusive of the voices of people affected by the issues at hand. This guideline has been written for anyone conducting, commissioning or managing research who thinks it would benefit from being more participatory but is unsure how to do this.

Journal article

Gender, health, and Fairtrade: insights from a research-action programme in Nicaragua

01/04/2012

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, health, and Fairtrade: insights from a research-action programme in Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

The present article provides evidence from a collaborative research programme in Nicaragua that suggests that Fairtrade is falling short of its equity-promoting potential. Providing an alternative framing of Fairtrade based on the gendered social determinants of health, it suggests how Fairtrade can be optimised towards equity. The programme is based on experiences of community-based organisations […]

Journal article

Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

01/03/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

Keywords

Overview

Rapid changes to the climate are predicted over the next few years, and these present challenges for women’s empowerment and gender equality on a completely new scale. There is little evidence or research to provide a reliable basis for gender-sensitive approaches to agricultural adaptation to climate change. This article explores the gender dimensions of climate […]

Discussion paper

Centring Gender and Power in Evaluation and Research: Sharing experiences from Oxfam GB’s quantitative impact evaluations

19/07/2021

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Bringing a feminist intent to research, monitoring and evaluation practices leads to defining these as tools to contribute to transforming the lives of women, girls and non-binary people, and to bringing about social justice. This has meant putting gender and power at the centre of our practice, which has in turn shaped the technical choices […]

Journal article

The promise of appreciative inquiry as an interview tool for field research

01/04/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has long been used as a methodology for understanding organisational learning and change. This paper discusses its applications to interview-based field research within the development context. While AI begins by looking at the best of an organisation or individual’s experience, it can help researchers to gain a textured and detailed understanding of […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Planning Research for Influencing Diagram

13/05/2019

4 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This diagram is designed to help to you plan research for influencing. It will help you to think through what you are trying to influence with evidence, who you are trying to influence and how, how to focus your research, which approaches will be most effective, and how to engage audiences to maximise influence. You […]

Journal article

Further resources for participatory research and gender analysis

01/08/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

So much work has been done on participatory research and gender analysis – their implementation, evaluation, and institutionalisation – that it is difficult to recommend a limited set of resources. The context here is ‘challenges to operationalising participatory research and gender analysis’, so we have sought out resources which shed light on some new practical […]

Case study

Typhoon Haiyan: Community research into the relocation of internally displaced people in the Philippines

15/05/2015

4 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In February and March 2014, Oxfam carried out field research in the Philippines with people displaced by typhoon Haiyan in order to inform and influence the government-led process for their relocation. The project tested a cyclical research process – including an innovative digital survey – in order to make timely use of the findings in […]

Journal article

Participatory research practice at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)

01/08/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Participatory research practice at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)

Keywords

Overview

This study assessed the extent to which participatory methods had been used by CIMMYT, and how the scientists perceived them. Results suggest that participatory approaches at the Center were largely ‘functional’ – that is, aimed at improving the efficiency and relevance of research – and had in fact added value to the research efforts. The […]

Journal article

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

01/03/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

Keywords

Overview

In addition to raising the living standards of loved ones back home, remittances sent by men and women migrants can transform the way spouses, children, and communities left behind interact within the household, including changing culturally accepted roles and opportunities for men, women, boys, and girls. For women senders of remittances, ‘rising’ to become a […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

Fostering Participation in Research

29/03/2019

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research needs to be more inclusive of the voices of people affected by the issues at hand. This guideline has been written for anyone conducting, commissioning or managing research who thinks it would benefit from being more participatory but is unsure how to do this.

Journal article

Gender, health, and Fairtrade: insights from a research-action programme in Nicaragua

01/04/2012

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, health, and Fairtrade: insights from a research-action programme in Nicaragua

Keywords

Overview

The present article provides evidence from a collaborative research programme in Nicaragua that suggests that Fairtrade is falling short of its equity-promoting potential. Providing an alternative framing of Fairtrade based on the gendered social determinants of health, it suggests how Fairtrade can be optimised towards equity. The programme is based on experiences of community-based organisations […]

Journal article

Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

01/03/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

Keywords

Overview

Rapid changes to the climate are predicted over the next few years, and these present challenges for women’s empowerment and gender equality on a completely new scale. There is little evidence or research to provide a reliable basis for gender-sensitive approaches to agricultural adaptation to climate change. This article explores the gender dimensions of climate […]

Discussion paper

Centring Gender and Power in Evaluation and Research: Sharing experiences from Oxfam GB’s quantitative impact evaluations

19/07/2021

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Bringing a feminist intent to research, monitoring and evaluation practices leads to defining these as tools to contribute to transforming the lives of women, girls and non-binary people, and to bringing about social justice. This has meant putting gender and power at the centre of our practice, which has in turn shaped the technical choices […]

Journal article

The promise of appreciative inquiry as an interview tool for field research

01/04/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has long been used as a methodology for understanding organisational learning and change. This paper discusses its applications to interview-based field research within the development context. While AI begins by looking at the best of an organisation or individual’s experience, it can help researchers to gain a textured and detailed understanding of […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Planning Research for Influencing Diagram

13/05/2019

4 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This diagram is designed to help to you plan research for influencing. It will help you to think through what you are trying to influence with evidence, who you are trying to influence and how, how to focus your research, which approaches will be most effective, and how to engage audiences to maximise influence. You […]

Journal article

Further resources for participatory research and gender analysis

01/08/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

So much work has been done on participatory research and gender analysis – their implementation, evaluation, and institutionalisation – that it is difficult to recommend a limited set of resources. The context here is ‘challenges to operationalising participatory research and gender analysis’, so we have sought out resources which shed light on some new practical […]

Case study

Typhoon Haiyan: Community research into the relocation of internally displaced people in the Philippines

15/05/2015

4 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In February and March 2014, Oxfam carried out field research in the Philippines with people displaced by typhoon Haiyan in order to inform and influence the government-led process for their relocation. The project tested a cyclical research process – including an innovative digital survey – in order to make timely use of the findings in […]

Journal article

Participatory research practice at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)

01/08/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Participatory research practice at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)

Keywords

Overview

This study assessed the extent to which participatory methods had been used by CIMMYT, and how the scientists perceived them. Results suggest that participatory approaches at the Center were largely ‘functional’ – that is, aimed at improving the efficiency and relevance of research – and had in fact added value to the research efforts. The […]

Journal article

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

01/03/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

Keywords

Overview

In addition to raising the living standards of loved ones back home, remittances sent by men and women migrants can transform the way spouses, children, and communities left behind interact within the household, including changing culturally accepted roles and opportunities for men, women, boys, and girls. For women senders of remittances, ‘rising’ to become a […]