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Assessing nutritional status and functional ability of older adults in developing countries

01/02/2000

6 pages long

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This paper reports on the findings of a five-year collaborative research programme between the Public Health Nutrition Unit (PHNU) of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and HelpAge International (HAI) that was conducted in India, Tanzania, and Malawi with the broad objective of providing simple and easy tools for assessing nutritional vulnerability […]

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Perspectives and challenges of Indigenous women leaders of Ecuador in their political representation

18/09/2025

22 pages long

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Perspectives and challenges of Indigenous women leaders of Ecuador in their political representation

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This article employs a decolonial feminist epistemology to analyse the challenges and opportunities faced by Indigenous women leaders within the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). The study focuses on their political participation, perspectives on feminism, advocacy for gender policies, and the role of religion in relation to gender roles and women’s political participation. […]

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Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

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Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

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The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

Briefing paper

Generic Competition, Price and Access to Medicines: The case of antiretrovirals in Uganda

10/07/2002

2 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Access to treatment is a key part of national strategies to combat HIV/AIDS. Antiretrovirals can increase the length and quality of life, and the productivity of patients. Research in Uganda shows that poor people will use ARVs if the price is right and if a delivery system is place. It also shows that the price […]

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‘At my age I should be sitting under that tree’: the impact of AIDS on Tanzanian lakeshore communities

01/07/2000

9 pages long

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‘At my age I should be sitting under that tree’: the impact of AIDS on Tanzanian lakeshore communities

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In 1992, the author led a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) exercise for a community fisheries project in Kagera region, on the western side of Lake Victoria, Tanzania. The PRA team visited four settlements: the prime harbour settlement on Kerebe Island; N’toro beach, in Bukoba district, near the Ugandan border; Chamkwikwi landing site in Muleba district; […]

Briefing note

Red Gold and Fishing in the Lake Chad Basin: Restoring destroyed livelihoods and protecting people in Niger’s Diffa region

01/02/2017

2 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

As part of its emergency response in Diffa, Oxfam in Niger undertook a modified EMMA (Emergency Market Mapping Analysis) in November 2016. The broad aim was to understand the effect of the Boko Haram conflict and the military operations to counter them on the critical livelihood activities of conflict-affected people. The market mapping included an […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

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Environment, advocacy, and community participation: MOPAWI in Honduras

01/02/2000

5 pages long

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MOPAWI is an NGO in La Mosquitia, Honduras, working with indigenous communities in the region to create ecological sustainability and to strengthen technical knowledge and resource management. This paper presents the findings of research into how MOPAWI has `created linkages among the grassroots, the state, and ultimately the international level of politics in practice.’ The […]

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Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

04/11/2008

12 pages long

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Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

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This article examines the women’s quota at the local governance level in urban India, using several case studies of women municipal councillors, to question the evidently low numbers of poor and marginalised women amongst them. It examines issues of class, caste, and religion that have a direct impact on the access of poor women to […]

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Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

01/11/2000

10 pages long

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Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

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Although development research, policy, and practice have focused extensively on women-headed households, the subject is rarely couched in terms of leadership. Drawing on case studies from Guatemala and Botswana, this paper focuses on perceptions of women heads of households in wider society; the extent to which positive images of female leadership have filtered to the […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Assessing nutritional status and functional ability of older adults in developing countries

01/02/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper reports on the findings of a five-year collaborative research programme between the Public Health Nutrition Unit (PHNU) of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and HelpAge International (HAI) that was conducted in India, Tanzania, and Malawi with the broad objective of providing simple and easy tools for assessing nutritional vulnerability […]

Journal article

Perspectives and challenges of Indigenous women leaders of Ecuador in their political representation

18/09/2025

22 pages long

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Perspectives and challenges of Indigenous women leaders of Ecuador in their political representation

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Overview

This article employs a decolonial feminist epistemology to analyse the challenges and opportunities faced by Indigenous women leaders within the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). The study focuses on their political participation, perspectives on feminism, advocacy for gender policies, and the role of religion in relation to gender roles and women’s political participation. […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

Briefing paper

Generic Competition, Price and Access to Medicines: The case of antiretrovirals in Uganda

10/07/2002

2 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Access to treatment is a key part of national strategies to combat HIV/AIDS. Antiretrovirals can increase the length and quality of life, and the productivity of patients. Research in Uganda shows that poor people will use ARVs if the price is right and if a delivery system is place. It also shows that the price […]

Journal article

‘At my age I should be sitting under that tree’: the impact of AIDS on Tanzanian lakeshore communities

01/07/2000

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘At my age I should be sitting under that tree’: the impact of AIDS on Tanzanian lakeshore communities

Keywords

Overview

In 1992, the author led a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) exercise for a community fisheries project in Kagera region, on the western side of Lake Victoria, Tanzania. The PRA team visited four settlements: the prime harbour settlement on Kerebe Island; N’toro beach, in Bukoba district, near the Ugandan border; Chamkwikwi landing site in Muleba district; […]

Briefing note

Red Gold and Fishing in the Lake Chad Basin: Restoring destroyed livelihoods and protecting people in Niger’s Diffa region

01/02/2017

2 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

As part of its emergency response in Diffa, Oxfam in Niger undertook a modified EMMA (Emergency Market Mapping Analysis) in November 2016. The broad aim was to understand the effect of the Boko Haram conflict and the military operations to counter them on the critical livelihood activities of conflict-affected people. The market mapping included an […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Journal article

Environment, advocacy, and community participation: MOPAWI in Honduras

01/02/2000

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

MOPAWI is an NGO in La Mosquitia, Honduras, working with indigenous communities in the region to create ecological sustainability and to strengthen technical knowledge and resource management. This paper presents the findings of research into how MOPAWI has `created linkages among the grassroots, the state, and ultimately the international level of politics in practice.’ The […]

Journal article

Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

04/11/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the women’s quota at the local governance level in urban India, using several case studies of women municipal councillors, to question the evidently low numbers of poor and marginalised women amongst them. It examines issues of class, caste, and religion that have a direct impact on the access of poor women to […]

Journal article

Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

01/11/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

Keywords

Overview

Although development research, policy, and practice have focused extensively on women-headed households, the subject is rarely couched in terms of leadership. Drawing on case studies from Guatemala and Botswana, this paper focuses on perceptions of women heads of households in wider society; the extent to which positive images of female leadership have filtered to the […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Assessing nutritional status and functional ability of older adults in developing countries

01/02/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper reports on the findings of a five-year collaborative research programme between the Public Health Nutrition Unit (PHNU) of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and HelpAge International (HAI) that was conducted in India, Tanzania, and Malawi with the broad objective of providing simple and easy tools for assessing nutritional vulnerability […]

Journal article

Perspectives and challenges of Indigenous women leaders of Ecuador in their political representation

18/09/2025

22 pages long

Free access through journal website

Perspectives and challenges of Indigenous women leaders of Ecuador in their political representation

Keywords

Overview

This article employs a decolonial feminist epistemology to analyse the challenges and opportunities faced by Indigenous women leaders within the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). The study focuses on their political participation, perspectives on feminism, advocacy for gender policies, and the role of religion in relation to gender roles and women’s political participation. […]

Journal article

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

Briefing paper

Generic Competition, Price and Access to Medicines: The case of antiretrovirals in Uganda

10/07/2002

2 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Access to treatment is a key part of national strategies to combat HIV/AIDS. Antiretrovirals can increase the length and quality of life, and the productivity of patients. Research in Uganda shows that poor people will use ARVs if the price is right and if a delivery system is place. It also shows that the price […]

Journal article

‘At my age I should be sitting under that tree’: the impact of AIDS on Tanzanian lakeshore communities

01/07/2000

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘At my age I should be sitting under that tree’: the impact of AIDS on Tanzanian lakeshore communities

Keywords

Overview

In 1992, the author led a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) exercise for a community fisheries project in Kagera region, on the western side of Lake Victoria, Tanzania. The PRA team visited four settlements: the prime harbour settlement on Kerebe Island; N’toro beach, in Bukoba district, near the Ugandan border; Chamkwikwi landing site in Muleba district; […]

Briefing note

Red Gold and Fishing in the Lake Chad Basin: Restoring destroyed livelihoods and protecting people in Niger’s Diffa region

01/02/2017

2 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

As part of its emergency response in Diffa, Oxfam in Niger undertook a modified EMMA (Emergency Market Mapping Analysis) in November 2016. The broad aim was to understand the effect of the Boko Haram conflict and the military operations to counter them on the critical livelihood activities of conflict-affected people. The market mapping included an […]

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Journal article

Environment, advocacy, and community participation: MOPAWI in Honduras

01/02/2000

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

MOPAWI is an NGO in La Mosquitia, Honduras, working with indigenous communities in the region to create ecological sustainability and to strengthen technical knowledge and resource management. This paper presents the findings of research into how MOPAWI has `created linkages among the grassroots, the state, and ultimately the international level of politics in practice.’ The […]

Journal article

Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

04/11/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Poverty and marginalisation: challenges to poor women’s leadership in urban India

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the women’s quota at the local governance level in urban India, using several case studies of women municipal councillors, to question the evidently low numbers of poor and marginalised women amongst them. It examines issues of class, caste, and religion that have a direct impact on the access of poor women to […]

Journal article

Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

01/11/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

Keywords

Overview

Although development research, policy, and practice have focused extensively on women-headed households, the subject is rarely couched in terms of leadership. Drawing on case studies from Guatemala and Botswana, this paper focuses on perceptions of women heads of households in wider society; the extent to which positive images of female leadership have filtered to the […]