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Rethinking impact: understanding the complexity of poverty and change – overview

01/11/2010

15 pages long

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The international workshop ‘Rethinking Impact: Understanding the Complexity of Poverty and Change’ (Cali, Colombia, 26-28 March 2008) explored the challenges inherent in evaluating agricultural research-for-development efforts, identifying lessons and approaches for sustainably improving livelihoods. Use-oriented research which links knowledge with action has greater welfare and development impacts. Researchers must help to link diverse stakeholders in […]

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Civil society, basic education, and sector-wide aid: insights from Sub-Saharan Africa

01/06/2010

14 pages long

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Emerging trends in reforms of education-sector plans indicate a shift not only in how foreign aid is disbursed, but also in how civil-society actors engage in new policy and advocacy roles. This contribution examines these changing civil-society roles in four countries: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, and Tanzania. While sector-wide approaches have created new opportunities for […]

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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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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. […]

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Gendering ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan: forgotten elements in promoting peace and democracy

01/12/2001

9 pages long

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Gendering ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan: forgotten elements in promoting peace and democracy

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Women’s potential positive role in preventing and arresting ethnic conflict, and their obvious absence in conflict resolution initiatives, has been largely ignored and negated from community level to the level of international donors. Traditionally, ethnicity has been treated as a gender-neutral identity, when, in fact, academics and development professionals have tended to examine ethnic issues […]

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Rethinking marriage and gender relations using evidence from the Pacific

01/07/2003

6 pages long

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Rethinking marriage and gender relations using evidence from the Pacific

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Marriage as a basic social institution has many different meanings and implications for women and men, depending on their location. The aspects of human life shaped by marriage range from legal and economic responsibilities to childbearing. Research shows that the Western model of marriage is not helpful in enabling understanding of marriage-like relationships in non-Western […]

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Re-thinking gender mainstreaming in African NGOs and communities

01/07/2005

10 pages long

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Re-thinking gender mainstreaming in African NGOs and communities

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This article examines research on gender mainstreaming initiatives, undertaken by a sample of local NGOs in four African countries. This research explores where resistance to gender equality comes from in some African organisations and communities. It shows that for gender mainstreaming processes to be effective they need to address the complex realities of people, and […]

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Gender networking and advocacy work in Uganda: controlling the agenda and strategies of resistance

01/11/2005

13 pages long

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Gender networking and advocacy work in Uganda: controlling the agenda and strategies of resistance

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Relations between donors and national NGOs undertaking gender advocacy are very complex. The same is true of relations between the advocacy networks, their member NGOs, and women at the grassroots. This study draws on research carried out by the author for her doctorate. The research considers advocacy to promote gender equality, and shows how this […]

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Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

01/03/2007

15 pages long

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Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

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This paper draws attention to the gendered nature of violence in schools. Recent recognition that schools can be violent places has tended to ignore the fact that many such acts originate in unequal and antagonistic gender relations, which are tolerated and ‘normalised’ by everyday school structures and processes. After examining some key concepts and definitions, […]

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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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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 […]

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Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

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Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

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This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

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Journal article

Rethinking impact: understanding the complexity of poverty and change – overview

01/11/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The international workshop ‘Rethinking Impact: Understanding the Complexity of Poverty and Change’ (Cali, Colombia, 26-28 March 2008) explored the challenges inherent in evaluating agricultural research-for-development efforts, identifying lessons and approaches for sustainably improving livelihoods. Use-oriented research which links knowledge with action has greater welfare and development impacts. Researchers must help to link diverse stakeholders in […]

Journal article

Civil society, basic education, and sector-wide aid: insights from Sub-Saharan Africa

01/06/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Emerging trends in reforms of education-sector plans indicate a shift not only in how foreign aid is disbursed, but also in how civil-society actors engage in new policy and advocacy roles. This contribution examines these changing civil-society roles in four countries: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, and Tanzania. While sector-wide approaches have created new opportunities for […]

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

Gendering ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan: forgotten elements in promoting peace and democracy

01/12/2001

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendering ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan: forgotten elements in promoting peace and democracy

Keywords

Overview

Women’s potential positive role in preventing and arresting ethnic conflict, and their obvious absence in conflict resolution initiatives, has been largely ignored and negated from community level to the level of international donors. Traditionally, ethnicity has been treated as a gender-neutral identity, when, in fact, academics and development professionals have tended to examine ethnic issues […]

Journal article

Rethinking marriage and gender relations using evidence from the Pacific

01/07/2003

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rethinking marriage and gender relations using evidence from the Pacific

Keywords

Overview

Marriage as a basic social institution has many different meanings and implications for women and men, depending on their location. The aspects of human life shaped by marriage range from legal and economic responsibilities to childbearing. Research shows that the Western model of marriage is not helpful in enabling understanding of marriage-like relationships in non-Western […]

Journal article

Re-thinking gender mainstreaming in African NGOs and communities

01/07/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Re-thinking gender mainstreaming in African NGOs and communities

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Overview

This article examines research on gender mainstreaming initiatives, undertaken by a sample of local NGOs in four African countries. This research explores where resistance to gender equality comes from in some African organisations and communities. It shows that for gender mainstreaming processes to be effective they need to address the complex realities of people, and […]

Journal article

Gender networking and advocacy work in Uganda: controlling the agenda and strategies of resistance

01/11/2005

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender networking and advocacy work in Uganda: controlling the agenda and strategies of resistance

Keywords

Overview

Relations between donors and national NGOs undertaking gender advocacy are very complex. The same is true of relations between the advocacy networks, their member NGOs, and women at the grassroots. This study draws on research carried out by the author for her doctorate. The research considers advocacy to promote gender equality, and shows how this […]

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Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

01/03/2007

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

Keywords

Overview

This paper draws attention to the gendered nature of violence in schools. Recent recognition that schools can be violent places has tended to ignore the fact that many such acts originate in unequal and antagonistic gender relations, which are tolerated and ‘normalised’ by everyday school structures and processes. After examining some key concepts and definitions, […]

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

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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 […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Rethinking impact: understanding the complexity of poverty and change – overview

01/11/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The international workshop ‘Rethinking Impact: Understanding the Complexity of Poverty and Change’ (Cali, Colombia, 26-28 March 2008) explored the challenges inherent in evaluating agricultural research-for-development efforts, identifying lessons and approaches for sustainably improving livelihoods. Use-oriented research which links knowledge with action has greater welfare and development impacts. Researchers must help to link diverse stakeholders in […]

Journal article

Civil society, basic education, and sector-wide aid: insights from Sub-Saharan Africa

01/06/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Emerging trends in reforms of education-sector plans indicate a shift not only in how foreign aid is disbursed, but also in how civil-society actors engage in new policy and advocacy roles. This contribution examines these changing civil-society roles in four countries: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, and Tanzania. While sector-wide approaches have created new opportunities for […]

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

Gendering ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan: forgotten elements in promoting peace and democracy

01/12/2001

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendering ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan: forgotten elements in promoting peace and democracy

Keywords

Overview

Women’s potential positive role in preventing and arresting ethnic conflict, and their obvious absence in conflict resolution initiatives, has been largely ignored and negated from community level to the level of international donors. Traditionally, ethnicity has been treated as a gender-neutral identity, when, in fact, academics and development professionals have tended to examine ethnic issues […]

Journal article

Rethinking marriage and gender relations using evidence from the Pacific

01/07/2003

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rethinking marriage and gender relations using evidence from the Pacific

Keywords

Overview

Marriage as a basic social institution has many different meanings and implications for women and men, depending on their location. The aspects of human life shaped by marriage range from legal and economic responsibilities to childbearing. Research shows that the Western model of marriage is not helpful in enabling understanding of marriage-like relationships in non-Western […]

Journal article

Re-thinking gender mainstreaming in African NGOs and communities

01/07/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Re-thinking gender mainstreaming in African NGOs and communities

Keywords

Overview

This article examines research on gender mainstreaming initiatives, undertaken by a sample of local NGOs in four African countries. This research explores where resistance to gender equality comes from in some African organisations and communities. It shows that for gender mainstreaming processes to be effective they need to address the complex realities of people, and […]

Journal article

Gender networking and advocacy work in Uganda: controlling the agenda and strategies of resistance

01/11/2005

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender networking and advocacy work in Uganda: controlling the agenda and strategies of resistance

Keywords

Overview

Relations between donors and national NGOs undertaking gender advocacy are very complex. The same is true of relations between the advocacy networks, their member NGOs, and women at the grassroots. This study draws on research carried out by the author for her doctorate. The research considers advocacy to promote gender equality, and shows how this […]

Journal article

Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

01/03/2007

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender violence in schools: taking the ‘girls-as-victims’ discourse forward

Keywords

Overview

This paper draws attention to the gendered nature of violence in schools. Recent recognition that schools can be violent places has tended to ignore the fact that many such acts originate in unequal and antagonistic gender relations, which are tolerated and ‘normalised’ by everyday school structures and processes. After examining some key concepts and definitions, […]

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 […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]