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Journal article

‘Muipuri pacoa, ketimaha romiiri’: The women in the Tukano Oriental Shamanism

08/05/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Muipuri pacoa, ketimaha romiiri’: The women in the Tukano Oriental Shamanism

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Overview

A group of Tukano Oriental Indigenous women in the Colombian Amazon undertook a research initiative implementing a biocultural monitoring methodology for the strengthening of the traditional management of their territory. The initial results revealed that, as the elders had anticipated, crops nurtured by the elders and, notably, by the wise women are the most diverse. […]

Research report

Understanding norms around the gendered division of labour: Results from focus group discussions in Zimbabwe

12/06/2018

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Social norms refer to the shared expectations held by a given community. They are often held in place by social approval or rewards for conformity, and by disapproval or sanctions for transgressions. Understanding how and why social norms hold sway can provide a powerful means for understanding the gendered division of work that prevails in […]

Case study

Addressing Southern Africa’s Sanitation Challenges Through Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)

01/05/2013

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores challenges and gaps in Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) gathered from constructive critical engagement with communities and practitioners from five African countries. The paper is based on a review of available literature on CLTS and indicative interviews with practitioners in five African countries. Its objectives include exploring how CLTS is implemented in Southern […]

Journal article

High-tech hazards: beyond the factory gate

01/02/1993

4 pages long

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High-tech hazards: beyond the factory gate

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Overview

Far from being the ‘clean technology’ it is hailed as, micro-electronics manufacturing is seriously harming the health of employees, their families, and the local environment. Most micro-electronic workers are young women, mainly in South-East Asia but also in the US, Mexico, Thailand and Scotland. This article uncovers the health risks to which workers are exposed. […]

Journal article

Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

01/07/2009

11 pages long

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Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

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Overview

Within current research on African health worker emigration, relatively few studies have explored how health workers themselves see international migration and its impact on their lives, and how gender norms influence these perceptions. This article draws on research aiming to examine these issues, conducted between June and August 2008. Ghanaian nurses’ views of migration are […]

Discussion paper

Market systems approaches to enabling women’s economic empowerment through addressing unpaid care work

05/03/2016

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper develops the concept of unpaid care work within the framework of market systems. It shows that unpaid care is a substantial proportion of the work carried out by poor families, especially women, with many heavy, inefficient or unequally distributed tasks limiting productivity and mobility, among other factors, for market work. Thus unpaid care […]

Journal article

Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

01/06/2008

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

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Overview

Women planners in Africa do not constitute a critical mass: their numbers remain negligible and their output unrecognised, while mentors and role models still tend to be male. Women’s experiences are undervalued, and their knowledge is often excluded in policy, project planning, and implementation. This article arises not from systematic academic research but from confessional, […]

Research report

Ripe for Change: Methodology and datasets

21/06/2018

4 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In June 2018, Oxfam launched a new campaign to expose the economic exploitation faced by millions of small-scale farmers and workers in food supply chains, and mobilize the power of people around the world to help end it. The campaign is underpinned by extensive new research, as outlined in Oxfam’s Ripe for Change: Ending human […]

Research report

The Impact of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions on People Affected by Humanitarian Emergencies: A systematic review

16/03/2017

3 documents

210 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This systematic review, commissioned by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and carried out by a team from the EPPI-Centre, University College London (UCL), draws together primary research on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programmes for people affected by humanitarian crises in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It investigates both the process of implementing MHPSS programmes […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Sexual and gender-based violence on public transport

23/07/2019

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research into discriminatory social norms has identified many ways in which they may curtail the ability of women and girls –and more recently, transgender and gender non-conforming people – to break the cycle of poverty, and access the resources and services they need for empowerment. This Social Norms Diagnostic Tool guidance document sets out participatory exercises […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

‘Muipuri pacoa, ketimaha romiiri’: The women in the Tukano Oriental Shamanism

08/05/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Muipuri pacoa, ketimaha romiiri’: The women in the Tukano Oriental Shamanism

Keywords

Overview

A group of Tukano Oriental Indigenous women in the Colombian Amazon undertook a research initiative implementing a biocultural monitoring methodology for the strengthening of the traditional management of their territory. The initial results revealed that, as the elders had anticipated, crops nurtured by the elders and, notably, by the wise women are the most diverse. […]

Research report

Understanding norms around the gendered division of labour: Results from focus group discussions in Zimbabwe

12/06/2018

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Social norms refer to the shared expectations held by a given community. They are often held in place by social approval or rewards for conformity, and by disapproval or sanctions for transgressions. Understanding how and why social norms hold sway can provide a powerful means for understanding the gendered division of work that prevails in […]

Case study

Addressing Southern Africa’s Sanitation Challenges Through Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)

01/05/2013

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores challenges and gaps in Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) gathered from constructive critical engagement with communities and practitioners from five African countries. The paper is based on a review of available literature on CLTS and indicative interviews with practitioners in five African countries. Its objectives include exploring how CLTS is implemented in Southern […]

Journal article

High-tech hazards: beyond the factory gate

01/02/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

High-tech hazards: beyond the factory gate

Keywords

Overview

Far from being the ‘clean technology’ it is hailed as, micro-electronics manufacturing is seriously harming the health of employees, their families, and the local environment. Most micro-electronic workers are young women, mainly in South-East Asia but also in the US, Mexico, Thailand and Scotland. This article uncovers the health risks to which workers are exposed. […]

Journal article

Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

Keywords

Overview

Within current research on African health worker emigration, relatively few studies have explored how health workers themselves see international migration and its impact on their lives, and how gender norms influence these perceptions. This article draws on research aiming to examine these issues, conducted between June and August 2008. Ghanaian nurses’ views of migration are […]

Discussion paper

Market systems approaches to enabling women’s economic empowerment through addressing unpaid care work

05/03/2016

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper develops the concept of unpaid care work within the framework of market systems. It shows that unpaid care is a substantial proportion of the work carried out by poor families, especially women, with many heavy, inefficient or unequally distributed tasks limiting productivity and mobility, among other factors, for market work. Thus unpaid care […]

Journal article

Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

01/06/2008

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Women planners in Africa do not constitute a critical mass: their numbers remain negligible and their output unrecognised, while mentors and role models still tend to be male. Women’s experiences are undervalued, and their knowledge is often excluded in policy, project planning, and implementation. This article arises not from systematic academic research but from confessional, […]

Research report

Ripe for Change: Methodology and datasets

21/06/2018

4 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In June 2018, Oxfam launched a new campaign to expose the economic exploitation faced by millions of small-scale farmers and workers in food supply chains, and mobilize the power of people around the world to help end it. The campaign is underpinned by extensive new research, as outlined in Oxfam’s Ripe for Change: Ending human […]

Research report

The Impact of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions on People Affected by Humanitarian Emergencies: A systematic review

16/03/2017

3 documents

210 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This systematic review, commissioned by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and carried out by a team from the EPPI-Centre, University College London (UCL), draws together primary research on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programmes for people affected by humanitarian crises in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It investigates both the process of implementing MHPSS programmes […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Sexual and gender-based violence on public transport

23/07/2019

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research into discriminatory social norms has identified many ways in which they may curtail the ability of women and girls –and more recently, transgender and gender non-conforming people – to break the cycle of poverty, and access the resources and services they need for empowerment. This Social Norms Diagnostic Tool guidance document sets out participatory exercises […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

‘Muipuri pacoa, ketimaha romiiri’: The women in the Tukano Oriental Shamanism

08/05/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Muipuri pacoa, ketimaha romiiri’: The women in the Tukano Oriental Shamanism

Keywords

Overview

A group of Tukano Oriental Indigenous women in the Colombian Amazon undertook a research initiative implementing a biocultural monitoring methodology for the strengthening of the traditional management of their territory. The initial results revealed that, as the elders had anticipated, crops nurtured by the elders and, notably, by the wise women are the most diverse. […]

Research report

Understanding norms around the gendered division of labour: Results from focus group discussions in Zimbabwe

12/06/2018

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Social norms refer to the shared expectations held by a given community. They are often held in place by social approval or rewards for conformity, and by disapproval or sanctions for transgressions. Understanding how and why social norms hold sway can provide a powerful means for understanding the gendered division of work that prevails in […]

Case study

Addressing Southern Africa’s Sanitation Challenges Through Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)

01/05/2013

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores challenges and gaps in Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) gathered from constructive critical engagement with communities and practitioners from five African countries. The paper is based on a review of available literature on CLTS and indicative interviews with practitioners in five African countries. Its objectives include exploring how CLTS is implemented in Southern […]

Journal article

High-tech hazards: beyond the factory gate

01/02/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

High-tech hazards: beyond the factory gate

Keywords

Overview

Far from being the ‘clean technology’ it is hailed as, micro-electronics manufacturing is seriously harming the health of employees, their families, and the local environment. Most micro-electronic workers are young women, mainly in South-East Asia but also in the US, Mexico, Thailand and Scotland. This article uncovers the health risks to which workers are exposed. […]

Journal article

Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered perceptions of migration among skilled female Ghanaian nurses

Keywords

Overview

Within current research on African health worker emigration, relatively few studies have explored how health workers themselves see international migration and its impact on their lives, and how gender norms influence these perceptions. This article draws on research aiming to examine these issues, conducted between June and August 2008. Ghanaian nurses’ views of migration are […]

Discussion paper

Market systems approaches to enabling women’s economic empowerment through addressing unpaid care work

05/03/2016

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper develops the concept of unpaid care work within the framework of market systems. It shows that unpaid care is a substantial proportion of the work carried out by poor families, especially women, with many heavy, inefficient or unequally distributed tasks limiting productivity and mobility, among other factors, for market work. Thus unpaid care […]

Journal article

Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

01/06/2008

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Women planners in Africa do not constitute a critical mass: their numbers remain negligible and their output unrecognised, while mentors and role models still tend to be male. Women’s experiences are undervalued, and their knowledge is often excluded in policy, project planning, and implementation. This article arises not from systematic academic research but from confessional, […]

Research report

Ripe for Change: Methodology and datasets

21/06/2018

4 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In June 2018, Oxfam launched a new campaign to expose the economic exploitation faced by millions of small-scale farmers and workers in food supply chains, and mobilize the power of people around the world to help end it. The campaign is underpinned by extensive new research, as outlined in Oxfam’s Ripe for Change: Ending human […]

Research report

The Impact of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions on People Affected by Humanitarian Emergencies: A systematic review

16/03/2017

3 documents

210 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This systematic review, commissioned by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and carried out by a team from the EPPI-Centre, University College London (UCL), draws together primary research on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programmes for people affected by humanitarian crises in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It investigates both the process of implementing MHPSS programmes […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Social Norms Diagnostic Tool: Sexual and gender-based violence on public transport

23/07/2019

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research into discriminatory social norms has identified many ways in which they may curtail the ability of women and girls –and more recently, transgender and gender non-conforming people – to break the cycle of poverty, and access the resources and services they need for empowerment. This Social Norms Diagnostic Tool guidance document sets out participatory exercises […]