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Reconceptualising and contextualising sexual rights in the MENA region: beyond LGBTQI categories

20/03/2018

16 pages long

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Reconceptualising and contextualising sexual rights in the MENA region: beyond LGBTQI categories

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Overview

In recent years, LGBTQI rights have become central to debates around international development, human rights, refugee protection, and diversity. Yet research and experience in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) reveals significant problems with LGBTQI as a way of identifying individuals who do not conform to heterosexual and binary gender norms, in order to […]

Journal article

Bringing diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) into peacebuilding policy and practice

20/03/2018

17 pages long

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Bringing diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) into peacebuilding policy and practice

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Overview

Peacebuilding sets out to respond to societal breakdown in times of violent conflict, but the needs and experiences of people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI) have been notably absent from peacebuilding research, policy, and practice thus far. Individuals who fall outside the binary categories of women and men, or who do not […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Young Women’s Economic Justice

20/12/2021

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The tool’s methodology is rooted in a feminist and youth-led participatory action research approach to diagnosing social norms. It uses participatory and transformative methods to engage young people and other community members not just as research participants, but as agents of change identifying solutions to arising issues. The exercises recognize and examine unequal power inequalities […]

Research report

Unseen Work, Unmet Needs: Exploring the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity in unpaid care labor and paid labor in the U.S.

25/04/2024

2 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam America and Prosperity Now have embarked on a comprehensive joint research project to explore the dynamics of women’s paid and unpaid labor in the US, particularly for women of color, who are disproportionately affected by the dual impact of paid work and unpaid care responsibilities. This report adopts an intersectional lens to delve into […]

Journal article

How do ICTs mediate gender-based violence in Jamaica?

11/07/2018

15 pages long

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How do ICTs mediate gender-based violence in Jamaica?

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Overview

Gender-based violence (GBV) continues to be a serious problem in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region. Jamaicans have increasingly adopted information and communication technologies (ICTs) over the last two decades. In the era of ICTs, new forms of online GBV are evolving, and ICTs also offer a means of facilitating and escalating offline forms of […]

Research report

Beneath the Dryland: Kenya drought gender analysis

19/12/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties of Kenya, people are experiencing a food security and nutrition crisis as a result of the drought that has worsened since August 2016. The drought has undermined coping capacities and exacerbated vulnerabilities, for example by destroying livelihoods and triggering local conflicts over scare resources. This report draws […]

Journal article

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

01/05/2003

14 pages long

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Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

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Overview

Do gender relations change through conflict? How might conflict itself be fuelled by aspects of gender identity? A recently completed research project that combined oral testimony with more conventional research methods concluded that conflict has undoubtedly given women greater responsibilities, and with them the possibility of exerting greater leverage in decision making and increasing their […]

Journal article

Falling down the rabbit hole: crime in Johannesburg’s inner city

01/04/2006

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Researching the details of the criminal economy is a difficult task but this research did so within the context of Yeoville, a residential suburb in the eastern part of Johannesburg’s inner city. In particular, the investigation focused on who was operating at the lower levels of the criminal economy and what activities were underway. Conclusions […]

Journal article

Blazing a trail while lazing around: knowledge processes and wood-fuel paradoxes?

01/11/2006

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Using autobiographical experience with reference to wood-fuel research in two locations in West Africa, this article illustrates how knowledge processes influence what can be produced as knowledge; how such knowledge is actually produced; and what is eventually produced as knowledge. However, although it explores the various roles that knowledge plays in the social relations at […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Reconceptualising and contextualising sexual rights in the MENA region: beyond LGBTQI categories

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reconceptualising and contextualising sexual rights in the MENA region: beyond LGBTQI categories

Keywords

Overview

In recent years, LGBTQI rights have become central to debates around international development, human rights, refugee protection, and diversity. Yet research and experience in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) reveals significant problems with LGBTQI as a way of identifying individuals who do not conform to heterosexual and binary gender norms, in order to […]

Journal article

Bringing diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) into peacebuilding policy and practice

20/03/2018

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Bringing diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) into peacebuilding policy and practice

Keywords

Overview

Peacebuilding sets out to respond to societal breakdown in times of violent conflict, but the needs and experiences of people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI) have been notably absent from peacebuilding research, policy, and practice thus far. Individuals who fall outside the binary categories of women and men, or who do not […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Young Women’s Economic Justice

20/12/2021

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The tool’s methodology is rooted in a feminist and youth-led participatory action research approach to diagnosing social norms. It uses participatory and transformative methods to engage young people and other community members not just as research participants, but as agents of change identifying solutions to arising issues. The exercises recognize and examine unequal power inequalities […]

Research report

Unseen Work, Unmet Needs: Exploring the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity in unpaid care labor and paid labor in the U.S.

25/04/2024

2 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam America and Prosperity Now have embarked on a comprehensive joint research project to explore the dynamics of women’s paid and unpaid labor in the US, particularly for women of color, who are disproportionately affected by the dual impact of paid work and unpaid care responsibilities. This report adopts an intersectional lens to delve into […]

Journal article

How do ICTs mediate gender-based violence in Jamaica?

11/07/2018

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

How do ICTs mediate gender-based violence in Jamaica?

Keywords

Overview

Gender-based violence (GBV) continues to be a serious problem in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region. Jamaicans have increasingly adopted information and communication technologies (ICTs) over the last two decades. In the era of ICTs, new forms of online GBV are evolving, and ICTs also offer a means of facilitating and escalating offline forms of […]

Research report

Beneath the Dryland: Kenya drought gender analysis

19/12/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties of Kenya, people are experiencing a food security and nutrition crisis as a result of the drought that has worsened since August 2016. The drought has undermined coping capacities and exacerbated vulnerabilities, for example by destroying livelihoods and triggering local conflicts over scare resources. This report draws […]

Journal article

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

Keywords

Overview

Do gender relations change through conflict? How might conflict itself be fuelled by aspects of gender identity? A recently completed research project that combined oral testimony with more conventional research methods concluded that conflict has undoubtedly given women greater responsibilities, and with them the possibility of exerting greater leverage in decision making and increasing their […]

Journal article

Falling down the rabbit hole: crime in Johannesburg’s inner city

01/04/2006

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Researching the details of the criminal economy is a difficult task but this research did so within the context of Yeoville, a residential suburb in the eastern part of Johannesburg’s inner city. In particular, the investigation focused on who was operating at the lower levels of the criminal economy and what activities were underway. Conclusions […]

Journal article

Blazing a trail while lazing around: knowledge processes and wood-fuel paradoxes?

01/11/2006

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Using autobiographical experience with reference to wood-fuel research in two locations in West Africa, this article illustrates how knowledge processes influence what can be produced as knowledge; how such knowledge is actually produced; and what is eventually produced as knowledge. However, although it explores the various roles that knowledge plays in the social relations at […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Reconceptualising and contextualising sexual rights in the MENA region: beyond LGBTQI categories

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reconceptualising and contextualising sexual rights in the MENA region: beyond LGBTQI categories

Keywords

Overview

In recent years, LGBTQI rights have become central to debates around international development, human rights, refugee protection, and diversity. Yet research and experience in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) reveals significant problems with LGBTQI as a way of identifying individuals who do not conform to heterosexual and binary gender norms, in order to […]

Journal article

Bringing diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) into peacebuilding policy and practice

20/03/2018

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Bringing diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) into peacebuilding policy and practice

Keywords

Overview

Peacebuilding sets out to respond to societal breakdown in times of violent conflict, but the needs and experiences of people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI) have been notably absent from peacebuilding research, policy, and practice thus far. Individuals who fall outside the binary categories of women and men, or who do not […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Young Women’s Economic Justice

20/12/2021

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The tool’s methodology is rooted in a feminist and youth-led participatory action research approach to diagnosing social norms. It uses participatory and transformative methods to engage young people and other community members not just as research participants, but as agents of change identifying solutions to arising issues. The exercises recognize and examine unequal power inequalities […]

Research report

Unseen Work, Unmet Needs: Exploring the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity in unpaid care labor and paid labor in the U.S.

25/04/2024

2 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam America and Prosperity Now have embarked on a comprehensive joint research project to explore the dynamics of women’s paid and unpaid labor in the US, particularly for women of color, who are disproportionately affected by the dual impact of paid work and unpaid care responsibilities. This report adopts an intersectional lens to delve into […]

Journal article

How do ICTs mediate gender-based violence in Jamaica?

11/07/2018

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

How do ICTs mediate gender-based violence in Jamaica?

Keywords

Overview

Gender-based violence (GBV) continues to be a serious problem in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region. Jamaicans have increasingly adopted information and communication technologies (ICTs) over the last two decades. In the era of ICTs, new forms of online GBV are evolving, and ICTs also offer a means of facilitating and escalating offline forms of […]

Research report

Beneath the Dryland: Kenya drought gender analysis

19/12/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties of Kenya, people are experiencing a food security and nutrition crisis as a result of the drought that has worsened since August 2016. The drought has undermined coping capacities and exacerbated vulnerabilities, for example by destroying livelihoods and triggering local conflicts over scare resources. This report draws […]

Journal article

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Fused in combat: gender relations and armed conflict

Keywords

Overview

Do gender relations change through conflict? How might conflict itself be fuelled by aspects of gender identity? A recently completed research project that combined oral testimony with more conventional research methods concluded that conflict has undoubtedly given women greater responsibilities, and with them the possibility of exerting greater leverage in decision making and increasing their […]

Journal article

Falling down the rabbit hole: crime in Johannesburg’s inner city

01/04/2006

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Researching the details of the criminal economy is a difficult task but this research did so within the context of Yeoville, a residential suburb in the eastern part of Johannesburg’s inner city. In particular, the investigation focused on who was operating at the lower levels of the criminal economy and what activities were underway. Conclusions […]

Journal article

Blazing a trail while lazing around: knowledge processes and wood-fuel paradoxes?

01/11/2006

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Using autobiographical experience with reference to wood-fuel research in two locations in West Africa, this article illustrates how knowledge processes influence what can be produced as knowledge; how such knowledge is actually produced; and what is eventually produced as knowledge. However, although it explores the various roles that knowledge plays in the social relations at […]