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Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

01/05/2003

14 pages long

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Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

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At first glance it would appear that despite women’s vital participation in peace-making processes, they are for the most part marginalised or belittled. However, moving away from the idea of women as outsiders and/or victims, we find evidence of their involvement in projects initiated and driven by them and/or in activities in which they work […]

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Practical Notes

01/04/2004

24 pages long

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Practical Notes

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Based on ‘Women and the burden of unsustainable development: practice and policy contradictions’, ‘Pro-poor dissemination: increasing the impact of research’, ‘Lessons learned from the reintegration of former Kosovo Liberation Army combatants’ and ‘The process of a participatory tree domestication project in Meru, Kenya’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Social capital, NGOs, and development: a Guatemalan case study

01/04/2004

12 pages long

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Social researchers continue to grasp for critical factors that foster or impede the development of social capital. This article highlights some of these factors based on an investigation of a low-income urban settlement in Guatemala. Community activists and leaders, elected representatives, regional government service providers, local residents, NGO directors and staff, and other key informants […]

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Building assets to reduce vulnerability: microfinance provision by a rural working people’s union in Mexico

01/04/2004

15 pages long

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Development methods

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Proyecto Tequisquiapan (PT) provides protective microfinance services in a small region of rural Mexico, including, importantly, open access to deposit facilities. The authors report on new research which examined PT’s record in enabling people with different degrees of vulnerability to build assets and protect themselves from both sudden shocks and more predictable demands for lump […]

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‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

01/06/2004

13 pages long

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‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

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The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country’s garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researchers contribute in a climate of high capital mobility that prohibits organising for a living […]

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Sweating it out: NGO campaigns and trade union empowerment

01/02/2004

13 pages long

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In the context of globalisation, transnational social regulation is increasingly the product of NGOs intervening in the sphere of global trade. Drawing on empirical research in SE Asia, the author contends that what matters as much as codes of conduct are spill over effects whose force extends beyond building walls into the broader society of […]

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Implementing ILO child labour convention 182: lessons from the gold-mining sector in Burkina Faso

01/02/2005

11 pages long

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This article explores the implementation of Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the mining sector in Burkina Faso. It highlights key lessons from a project funded by DFID and Save the Children UK and implemented by COBUFADE, a Burkinabe NGO. Children were found to be important and capable actors in the […]

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A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

01/02/2005

9 pages long

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A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

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This paper analyses the trends and major themes in the fields of home economics (HE) and gender and development (GAD) focusing on different regions of the world and on change over the course of recent history. The interface of these two fields of education and practice are encompassed by the work of an NGO, the […]

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Bhutan: a review of its approach to sustainable development

01/04/2005

6 pages long

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The Royal Kingdom of Bhutan has not only a unique national environment but provides researchers with an opportunity to observe effective development in a relatively uncomplicated and controlled system that is government-led rather than donor-driven. This paper reviews recent progress in Bhutan’s development and sees two inhibitors to this seemingly `ideal’ situation: first, internal tensions […]

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Using key informant monitoring in safe motherhood programming in Nepal

01/04/2005

14 pages long

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This article discusses the methodology and application of the Key Informant Monitoring (KIM) tool as used by the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project (NSMP). NSMP aims to achieve a sustained increase in the uptake of midwifery and essential obstetric care services by addressing, among other things, constraints on access to such services. Data collected by community-based […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

Keywords

Overview

At first glance it would appear that despite women’s vital participation in peace-making processes, they are for the most part marginalised or belittled. However, moving away from the idea of women as outsiders and/or victims, we find evidence of their involvement in projects initiated and driven by them and/or in activities in which they work […]

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Practical Notes

01/04/2004

24 pages long

Free access through journal website

Practical Notes

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Overview

Based on ‘Women and the burden of unsustainable development: practice and policy contradictions’, ‘Pro-poor dissemination: increasing the impact of research’, ‘Lessons learned from the reintegration of former Kosovo Liberation Army combatants’ and ‘The process of a participatory tree domestication project in Meru, Kenya’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Social capital, NGOs, and development: a Guatemalan case study

01/04/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Social researchers continue to grasp for critical factors that foster or impede the development of social capital. This article highlights some of these factors based on an investigation of a low-income urban settlement in Guatemala. Community activists and leaders, elected representatives, regional government service providers, local residents, NGO directors and staff, and other key informants […]

Journal article

Building assets to reduce vulnerability: microfinance provision by a rural working people’s union in Mexico

01/04/2004

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Proyecto Tequisquiapan (PT) provides protective microfinance services in a small region of rural Mexico, including, importantly, open access to deposit facilities. The authors report on new research which examined PT’s record in enabling people with different degrees of vulnerability to build assets and protect themselves from both sudden shocks and more predictable demands for lump […]

Journal article

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

Keywords

Overview

The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country’s garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researchers contribute in a climate of high capital mobility that prohibits organising for a living […]

Journal article

Sweating it out: NGO campaigns and trade union empowerment

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In the context of globalisation, transnational social regulation is increasingly the product of NGOs intervening in the sphere of global trade. Drawing on empirical research in SE Asia, the author contends that what matters as much as codes of conduct are spill over effects whose force extends beyond building walls into the broader society of […]

Journal article

Implementing ILO child labour convention 182: lessons from the gold-mining sector in Burkina Faso

01/02/2005

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the implementation of Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the mining sector in Burkina Faso. It highlights key lessons from a project funded by DFID and Save the Children UK and implemented by COBUFADE, a Burkinabe NGO. Children were found to be important and capable actors in the […]

Journal article

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

01/02/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

Keywords

Overview

This paper analyses the trends and major themes in the fields of home economics (HE) and gender and development (GAD) focusing on different regions of the world and on change over the course of recent history. The interface of these two fields of education and practice are encompassed by the work of an NGO, the […]

Journal article

Bhutan: a review of its approach to sustainable development

01/04/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The Royal Kingdom of Bhutan has not only a unique national environment but provides researchers with an opportunity to observe effective development in a relatively uncomplicated and controlled system that is government-led rather than donor-driven. This paper reviews recent progress in Bhutan’s development and sees two inhibitors to this seemingly `ideal’ situation: first, internal tensions […]

Journal article

Using key informant monitoring in safe motherhood programming in Nepal

01/04/2005

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the methodology and application of the Key Informant Monitoring (KIM) tool as used by the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project (NSMP). NSMP aims to achieve a sustained increase in the uptake of midwifery and essential obstetric care services by addressing, among other things, constraints on access to such services. Data collected by community-based […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

01/05/2003

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and conflict transformation: influences, roles, and experiences

Keywords

Overview

At first glance it would appear that despite women’s vital participation in peace-making processes, they are for the most part marginalised or belittled. However, moving away from the idea of women as outsiders and/or victims, we find evidence of their involvement in projects initiated and driven by them and/or in activities in which they work […]

Journal article

Practical Notes

01/04/2004

24 pages long

Free access through journal website

Practical Notes

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Women and the burden of unsustainable development: practice and policy contradictions’, ‘Pro-poor dissemination: increasing the impact of research’, ‘Lessons learned from the reintegration of former Kosovo Liberation Army combatants’ and ‘The process of a participatory tree domestication project in Meru, Kenya’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Social capital, NGOs, and development: a Guatemalan case study

01/04/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Social researchers continue to grasp for critical factors that foster or impede the development of social capital. This article highlights some of these factors based on an investigation of a low-income urban settlement in Guatemala. Community activists and leaders, elected representatives, regional government service providers, local residents, NGO directors and staff, and other key informants […]

Journal article

Building assets to reduce vulnerability: microfinance provision by a rural working people’s union in Mexico

01/04/2004

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Proyecto Tequisquiapan (PT) provides protective microfinance services in a small region of rural Mexico, including, importantly, open access to deposit facilities. The authors report on new research which examined PT’s record in enabling people with different degrees of vulnerability to build assets and protect themselves from both sudden shocks and more predictable demands for lump […]

Journal article

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

01/06/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Marriage’ to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji’s women garment workers

Keywords

Overview

The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country’s garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researchers contribute in a climate of high capital mobility that prohibits organising for a living […]

Journal article

Sweating it out: NGO campaigns and trade union empowerment

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In the context of globalisation, transnational social regulation is increasingly the product of NGOs intervening in the sphere of global trade. Drawing on empirical research in SE Asia, the author contends that what matters as much as codes of conduct are spill over effects whose force extends beyond building walls into the broader society of […]

Journal article

Implementing ILO child labour convention 182: lessons from the gold-mining sector in Burkina Faso

01/02/2005

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the implementation of Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the mining sector in Burkina Faso. It highlights key lessons from a project funded by DFID and Save the Children UK and implemented by COBUFADE, a Burkinabe NGO. Children were found to be important and capable actors in the […]

Journal article

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

01/02/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

Keywords

Overview

This paper analyses the trends and major themes in the fields of home economics (HE) and gender and development (GAD) focusing on different regions of the world and on change over the course of recent history. The interface of these two fields of education and practice are encompassed by the work of an NGO, the […]

Journal article

Bhutan: a review of its approach to sustainable development

01/04/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The Royal Kingdom of Bhutan has not only a unique national environment but provides researchers with an opportunity to observe effective development in a relatively uncomplicated and controlled system that is government-led rather than donor-driven. This paper reviews recent progress in Bhutan’s development and sees two inhibitors to this seemingly `ideal’ situation: first, internal tensions […]

Journal article

Using key informant monitoring in safe motherhood programming in Nepal

01/04/2005

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the methodology and application of the Key Informant Monitoring (KIM) tool as used by the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project (NSMP). NSMP aims to achieve a sustained increase in the uptake of midwifery and essential obstetric care services by addressing, among other things, constraints on access to such services. Data collected by community-based […]