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Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

12/12/2023

20 pages long

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Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

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Recognition and preservation of local knowledge, practices, and ways of being are tenets of decolonial practices. However, understanding how, in which ways, and – mainly – who does the decolonial work is still unclear. The Education, Land, and Reconciliation Project (EDUCARE in Spanish) is an action-research initiative co-created between former guerrilla members who are reincorporating into Colombian society while […]

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Reclaiming Public Spaces: Experiences of social exclusion of female sanitary workers in public spaces in Lahore, Pakistan

19/09/2024

21 pages long

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Reclaiming Public Spaces: Experiences of social exclusion of female sanitary workers in public spaces in Lahore, Pakistan

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This research explores the challenges faced by female Christian sanitary workers in the public spaces of Lahore, Pakistan, utilising Nancy Fraser’s analytical framework of redistribution, recognition, and representation to uncover multifaceted factors contributing to their societal marginalisation. Through in-depth interviews with 19 participants, the study sheds light on significant economic, sociocultural, and political barriers, including […]

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

08/05/2025

25 pages long

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

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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. […]

Briefing paper

Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

29/10/2025

10 documents

73 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Overview

Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while avoiding climate disaster. The research also details how billionaires are using their political and economic influence to keep […]

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Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

18/09/2025

18 pages long

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Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

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This article explores the significant role of Bolivian women’s social movements in shaping political alternatives to foreign policy and domestic governance through the lens of depatriarchalisation. The early 21st century has seen women’s movements as pivotal actors in a critical transformation in Bolivia’s political landscape, challenging entrenched patriarchal norms and advocating for gender justice within […]

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Voices from the margins: the role of decolonial feminism in transforming leadership in the global South

18/09/2025

20 pages long

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Voices from the margins: the role of decolonial feminism in transforming leadership in the global South

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Overview

This paper investigates the potential for decolonial feminism to disrupt norms of leadership and resound diverse voices from countries in the global South. Unlike Western-centric approaches to leadership that often oversimplify intersections, decolonial feminism emphasises their complexity and offers a more nuanced understanding. This perspective also underscores the importance of collective agency rooted in anti-colonial […]

Guidelines and toolkits

The Sustainable Livelihoods Handbook: An asset based approach to poverty

01/11/2009

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This handbook is intended to introduce community development workers and local activists to the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), an exciting and innovative means of researching the opportunities for change within our households and communities. The Handbook is also potentially relevant for academics and policy makers who are interested in finding out more about how the […]

Journal article

Population policy and reproductive choice in South Asia

01/05/1993

2 pages long

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Population policy and reproductive choice in South Asia

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In September 1992 a workshop was held in Oxford, bringing together activists, researchers and academics with the joint aims of sharing diverse perspectives on South Asia’s population policies as well as revising a research proposal on all aspects of women’s reproductive health. The most tangible outcome of the workshop was a proposal for a project […]

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Contractual arrangements for rural workers in Asia

01/05/1995

5 pages long

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This Note reports on research into differences in the contractual agreements made by workers and employers, offering insights into the working of markets (particularly for labour and credit) and, using case studies, showing the constraints on the free movement of rural workers because of indebtedness to employers. The researchers use socio-economic analysis frameworks and the […]

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Slum dwellers’ diagnosis of their own needs: implications for community development in Nigeria

01/05/1998

4 pages long

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The author reports on a visit to Lagos State, Nigeria, to research aspects of primary healthcare, and highlights how communities knew what they needed to improve their quality of life, and how they felt health education was not necessary. Their self-determination forced the researchers to adopt a participatory approach, and provide assistance in getting the […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

12/12/2023

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

Keywords

Overview

Recognition and preservation of local knowledge, practices, and ways of being are tenets of decolonial practices. However, understanding how, in which ways, and – mainly – who does the decolonial work is still unclear. The Education, Land, and Reconciliation Project (EDUCARE in Spanish) is an action-research initiative co-created between former guerrilla members who are reincorporating into Colombian society while […]

Journal article

Reclaiming Public Spaces: Experiences of social exclusion of female sanitary workers in public spaces in Lahore, Pakistan

19/09/2024

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reclaiming Public Spaces: Experiences of social exclusion of female sanitary workers in public spaces in Lahore, Pakistan

Keywords

Overview

This research explores the challenges faced by female Christian sanitary workers in the public spaces of Lahore, Pakistan, utilising Nancy Fraser’s analytical framework of redistribution, recognition, and representation to uncover multifaceted factors contributing to their societal marginalisation. Through in-depth interviews with 19 participants, the study sheds light on significant economic, sociocultural, and political barriers, including […]

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. […]

Briefing paper

Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

29/10/2025

10 documents

73 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while avoiding climate disaster. The research also details how billionaires are using their political and economic influence to keep […]

Journal article

Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

18/09/2025

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the significant role of Bolivian women’s social movements in shaping political alternatives to foreign policy and domestic governance through the lens of depatriarchalisation. The early 21st century has seen women’s movements as pivotal actors in a critical transformation in Bolivia’s political landscape, challenging entrenched patriarchal norms and advocating for gender justice within […]

Journal article

Voices from the margins: the role of decolonial feminism in transforming leadership in the global South

18/09/2025

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Voices from the margins: the role of decolonial feminism in transforming leadership in the global South

Keywords

Overview

This paper investigates the potential for decolonial feminism to disrupt norms of leadership and resound diverse voices from countries in the global South. Unlike Western-centric approaches to leadership that often oversimplify intersections, decolonial feminism emphasises their complexity and offers a more nuanced understanding. This perspective also underscores the importance of collective agency rooted in anti-colonial […]

Guidelines and toolkits

The Sustainable Livelihoods Handbook: An asset based approach to poverty

01/11/2009

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This handbook is intended to introduce community development workers and local activists to the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), an exciting and innovative means of researching the opportunities for change within our households and communities. The Handbook is also potentially relevant for academics and policy makers who are interested in finding out more about how the […]

Journal article

Population policy and reproductive choice in South Asia

01/05/1993

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Population policy and reproductive choice in South Asia

Keywords

Overview

In September 1992 a workshop was held in Oxford, bringing together activists, researchers and academics with the joint aims of sharing diverse perspectives on South Asia’s population policies as well as revising a research proposal on all aspects of women’s reproductive health. The most tangible outcome of the workshop was a proposal for a project […]

Journal article

Contractual arrangements for rural workers in Asia

01/05/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This Note reports on research into differences in the contractual agreements made by workers and employers, offering insights into the working of markets (particularly for labour and credit) and, using case studies, showing the constraints on the free movement of rural workers because of indebtedness to employers. The researchers use socio-economic analysis frameworks and the […]

Journal article

Slum dwellers’ diagnosis of their own needs: implications for community development in Nigeria

01/05/1998

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author reports on a visit to Lagos State, Nigeria, to research aspects of primary healthcare, and highlights how communities knew what they needed to improve their quality of life, and how they felt health education was not necessary. Their self-determination forced the researchers to adopt a participatory approach, and provide assistance in getting the […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

12/12/2023

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Who knows, who writes, and who decolonises? Dialogues about collaborative partnerships of a rural education initiative in post-accord Colombia

Keywords

Overview

Recognition and preservation of local knowledge, practices, and ways of being are tenets of decolonial practices. However, understanding how, in which ways, and – mainly – who does the decolonial work is still unclear. The Education, Land, and Reconciliation Project (EDUCARE in Spanish) is an action-research initiative co-created between former guerrilla members who are reincorporating into Colombian society while […]

Journal article

Reclaiming Public Spaces: Experiences of social exclusion of female sanitary workers in public spaces in Lahore, Pakistan

19/09/2024

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reclaiming Public Spaces: Experiences of social exclusion of female sanitary workers in public spaces in Lahore, Pakistan

Keywords

Overview

This research explores the challenges faced by female Christian sanitary workers in the public spaces of Lahore, Pakistan, utilising Nancy Fraser’s analytical framework of redistribution, recognition, and representation to uncover multifaceted factors contributing to their societal marginalisation. Through in-depth interviews with 19 participants, the study sheds light on significant economic, sociocultural, and political barriers, including […]

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. […]

Briefing paper

Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

29/10/2025

10 documents

73 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while avoiding climate disaster. The research also details how billionaires are using their political and economic influence to keep […]

Journal article

Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

18/09/2025

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Depatriarchalisation and Bolivian women leadership: transforming politics across international, local, and everyday

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the significant role of Bolivian women’s social movements in shaping political alternatives to foreign policy and domestic governance through the lens of depatriarchalisation. The early 21st century has seen women’s movements as pivotal actors in a critical transformation in Bolivia’s political landscape, challenging entrenched patriarchal norms and advocating for gender justice within […]

Journal article

Voices from the margins: the role of decolonial feminism in transforming leadership in the global South

18/09/2025

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Voices from the margins: the role of decolonial feminism in transforming leadership in the global South

Keywords

Overview

This paper investigates the potential for decolonial feminism to disrupt norms of leadership and resound diverse voices from countries in the global South. Unlike Western-centric approaches to leadership that often oversimplify intersections, decolonial feminism emphasises their complexity and offers a more nuanced understanding. This perspective also underscores the importance of collective agency rooted in anti-colonial […]

Guidelines and toolkits

The Sustainable Livelihoods Handbook: An asset based approach to poverty

01/11/2009

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This handbook is intended to introduce community development workers and local activists to the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), an exciting and innovative means of researching the opportunities for change within our households and communities. The Handbook is also potentially relevant for academics and policy makers who are interested in finding out more about how the […]

Journal article

Population policy and reproductive choice in South Asia

01/05/1993

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Population policy and reproductive choice in South Asia

Keywords

Overview

In September 1992 a workshop was held in Oxford, bringing together activists, researchers and academics with the joint aims of sharing diverse perspectives on South Asia’s population policies as well as revising a research proposal on all aspects of women’s reproductive health. The most tangible outcome of the workshop was a proposal for a project […]

Journal article

Contractual arrangements for rural workers in Asia

01/05/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This Note reports on research into differences in the contractual agreements made by workers and employers, offering insights into the working of markets (particularly for labour and credit) and, using case studies, showing the constraints on the free movement of rural workers because of indebtedness to employers. The researchers use socio-economic analysis frameworks and the […]

Journal article

Slum dwellers’ diagnosis of their own needs: implications for community development in Nigeria

01/05/1998

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author reports on a visit to Lagos State, Nigeria, to research aspects of primary healthcare, and highlights how communities knew what they needed to improve their quality of life, and how they felt health education was not necessary. Their self-determination forced the researchers to adopt a participatory approach, and provide assistance in getting the […]