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Achieving respondent-led research in Madagascar

08/07/2007

14 pages long

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Achieving respondent-led research in Madagascar

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The research process itself has the potential to empower women and men, if it addresses their questions, rather than just those of the researcher. In addition, if respondents then go on to participate in devising development strategies based on the findings of a shared research process, this can play an integral role in assisting respondents […]

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Participation, values, and implementation: three research challenges in developing gender-sensitive indicators

04/07/2007

13 pages long

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Participation, values, and implementation: three research challenges in developing gender-sensitive indicators

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This article critically reviews three key research challenges that emerged as a result of developing gender-sensitive indicators for an NGO in South Africa. The first challenge faced was finding an appropriate balance between an ‘expert-led’ and an inclusive participatory research process. The second challenge was identifying a set of criteria, based on explicit research values, […]

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Deepening our understanding of community-based participatory research: lessons from work around reproductive rights in Zimbabwe

07/07/2007

11 pages long

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Deepening our understanding of community-based participatory research: lessons from work around reproductive rights in Zimbabwe

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The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) is an organisation that promotes community participation in health, especially in the area of HIV and AIDS and reproductive health. During the course of its work, it realised that there was a lack of community-generated information on which to base its activities. CWGH therefore initiated community-based participatory action […]

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Feminist research methodologies and development: overview and practical application

03/07/2007

17 pages long

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Feminist research methodologies and development: overview and practical application

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This article provides a background on the feminist frameworks at the foundation of research conducted from a gender perspective, showing that development research that ignores the complex aspects of gender relations results in incomplete and/or biased research, which in turn leads to the formulation of incomplete development policies and programmes. The article goes on to […]

Case study

Action Research in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

06/10/2014

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper reflects Oxfam’s experience of commissioning and managing action research in OPTI. Action research is a process of enquiry conducted by citizens and members of affected communities, rather than by trained researchers. Civil society in OPTI has limited space for operation. Oxfam therefore identified action research as a potentially effective model of community empowerment […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Giving Helpful Feedback on Draft Research Papers and Reports

09/03/2019

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Commenting on draft papers and reports is an important, if unglamorous role. It stimulates collective discussion and builds capacity and networks both within and between organizations. Constructive feedback can make all the difference to the quality of research publications and the morale of those involved. Part of Oxfam’s Research Guidelines series, this guideline provides concise […]

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The space between us: feminist values and humanitarian power dynamics in research with refugees

05/11/2019

17 pages long

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The space between us: feminist values and humanitarian power dynamics in research with refugees

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International humanitarian and development agencies striving to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment sometimes neglect to recognise the power hierarchies present in their own engagement with communities. Drawing on research on Syrian refugees and humanitarian workers in Jordan, this article explores the research and monitoring and evaluation practices of international humanitarian agencies. It suggests that […]

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‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

05/11/2019

16 pages long

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‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

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Overview

This article reflects on insights gathered from doing feminist research during my doctoral studies in international development. My research focused on the lives of women formerly and currently in sex work in Eastern India, and their experiences and resistance of everyday violence. I argue that the adoption of a life-history interviewing method created possibilities to […]

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Hanya ada Satu Kata: Lawan! On decolonising and building a mutual collaborative research practice on gender and climate change

12/12/2023

20 pages long

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Hanya ada Satu Kata: Lawan! On decolonising and building a mutual collaborative research practice on gender and climate change

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Overview

Our title is borrowed from a famous line of Wiji Thukul’s poem Peringatan (translated as Warning), about the everyday lives of the working class and their struggles to be heard, resonating with many of our experiences in working to decolonise climate knowledge production. As in Thukul’s words: ‘There is only one word: Fight!’ We critically reflect on […]

Journal article

Participatory design of agroforestry systems: developing farmer participatory research methods in Mexico

01/08/2001

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Participatory research that combines the knowledge of farmers and researchers promotes the development of a variety of agroforestry options that may meet the various needs of different farmers, and thus exploits one of the greatest strengths of agroforestry – its plasticity. The design and evaluation of agroforestry systems with eight farmer research groups in south-east […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Achieving respondent-led research in Madagascar

08/07/2007

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Achieving respondent-led research in Madagascar

Keywords

Overview

The research process itself has the potential to empower women and men, if it addresses their questions, rather than just those of the researcher. In addition, if respondents then go on to participate in devising development strategies based on the findings of a shared research process, this can play an integral role in assisting respondents […]

Journal article

Participation, values, and implementation: three research challenges in developing gender-sensitive indicators

04/07/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Participation, values, and implementation: three research challenges in developing gender-sensitive indicators

Keywords

Overview

This article critically reviews three key research challenges that emerged as a result of developing gender-sensitive indicators for an NGO in South Africa. The first challenge faced was finding an appropriate balance between an ‘expert-led’ and an inclusive participatory research process. The second challenge was identifying a set of criteria, based on explicit research values, […]

Journal article

Deepening our understanding of community-based participatory research: lessons from work around reproductive rights in Zimbabwe

07/07/2007

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Deepening our understanding of community-based participatory research: lessons from work around reproductive rights in Zimbabwe

Keywords

Overview

The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) is an organisation that promotes community participation in health, especially in the area of HIV and AIDS and reproductive health. During the course of its work, it realised that there was a lack of community-generated information on which to base its activities. CWGH therefore initiated community-based participatory action […]

Journal article

Feminist research methodologies and development: overview and practical application

03/07/2007

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist research methodologies and development: overview and practical application

Keywords

Overview

This article provides a background on the feminist frameworks at the foundation of research conducted from a gender perspective, showing that development research that ignores the complex aspects of gender relations results in incomplete and/or biased research, which in turn leads to the formulation of incomplete development policies and programmes. The article goes on to […]

Case study

Action Research in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

06/10/2014

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper reflects Oxfam’s experience of commissioning and managing action research in OPTI. Action research is a process of enquiry conducted by citizens and members of affected communities, rather than by trained researchers. Civil society in OPTI has limited space for operation. Oxfam therefore identified action research as a potentially effective model of community empowerment […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Giving Helpful Feedback on Draft Research Papers and Reports

09/03/2019

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Commenting on draft papers and reports is an important, if unglamorous role. It stimulates collective discussion and builds capacity and networks both within and between organizations. Constructive feedback can make all the difference to the quality of research publications and the morale of those involved. Part of Oxfam’s Research Guidelines series, this guideline provides concise […]

Journal article

The space between us: feminist values and humanitarian power dynamics in research with refugees

05/11/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

The space between us: feminist values and humanitarian power dynamics in research with refugees

Keywords

Overview

International humanitarian and development agencies striving to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment sometimes neglect to recognise the power hierarchies present in their own engagement with communities. Drawing on research on Syrian refugees and humanitarian workers in Jordan, this article explores the research and monitoring and evaluation practices of international humanitarian agencies. It suggests that […]

Journal article

‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article reflects on insights gathered from doing feminist research during my doctoral studies in international development. My research focused on the lives of women formerly and currently in sex work in Eastern India, and their experiences and resistance of everyday violence. I argue that the adoption of a life-history interviewing method created possibilities to […]

Journal article

Hanya ada Satu Kata: Lawan! On decolonising and building a mutual collaborative research practice on gender and climate change

12/12/2023

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Hanya ada Satu Kata: Lawan! On decolonising and building a mutual collaborative research practice on gender and climate change

Keywords

Overview

Our title is borrowed from a famous line of Wiji Thukul’s poem Peringatan (translated as Warning), about the everyday lives of the working class and their struggles to be heard, resonating with many of our experiences in working to decolonise climate knowledge production. As in Thukul’s words: ‘There is only one word: Fight!’ We critically reflect on […]

Journal article

Participatory design of agroforestry systems: developing farmer participatory research methods in Mexico

01/08/2001

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Participatory research that combines the knowledge of farmers and researchers promotes the development of a variety of agroforestry options that may meet the various needs of different farmers, and thus exploits one of the greatest strengths of agroforestry – its plasticity. The design and evaluation of agroforestry systems with eight farmer research groups in south-east […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Achieving respondent-led research in Madagascar

08/07/2007

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Achieving respondent-led research in Madagascar

Keywords

Overview

The research process itself has the potential to empower women and men, if it addresses their questions, rather than just those of the researcher. In addition, if respondents then go on to participate in devising development strategies based on the findings of a shared research process, this can play an integral role in assisting respondents […]

Journal article

Participation, values, and implementation: three research challenges in developing gender-sensitive indicators

04/07/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Participation, values, and implementation: three research challenges in developing gender-sensitive indicators

Keywords

Overview

This article critically reviews three key research challenges that emerged as a result of developing gender-sensitive indicators for an NGO in South Africa. The first challenge faced was finding an appropriate balance between an ‘expert-led’ and an inclusive participatory research process. The second challenge was identifying a set of criteria, based on explicit research values, […]

Journal article

Deepening our understanding of community-based participatory research: lessons from work around reproductive rights in Zimbabwe

07/07/2007

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Deepening our understanding of community-based participatory research: lessons from work around reproductive rights in Zimbabwe

Keywords

Overview

The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) is an organisation that promotes community participation in health, especially in the area of HIV and AIDS and reproductive health. During the course of its work, it realised that there was a lack of community-generated information on which to base its activities. CWGH therefore initiated community-based participatory action […]

Journal article

Feminist research methodologies and development: overview and practical application

03/07/2007

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Feminist research methodologies and development: overview and practical application

Keywords

Overview

This article provides a background on the feminist frameworks at the foundation of research conducted from a gender perspective, showing that development research that ignores the complex aspects of gender relations results in incomplete and/or biased research, which in turn leads to the formulation of incomplete development policies and programmes. The article goes on to […]

Case study

Action Research in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

06/10/2014

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper reflects Oxfam’s experience of commissioning and managing action research in OPTI. Action research is a process of enquiry conducted by citizens and members of affected communities, rather than by trained researchers. Civil society in OPTI has limited space for operation. Oxfam therefore identified action research as a potentially effective model of community empowerment […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Giving Helpful Feedback on Draft Research Papers and Reports

09/03/2019

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Commenting on draft papers and reports is an important, if unglamorous role. It stimulates collective discussion and builds capacity and networks both within and between organizations. Constructive feedback can make all the difference to the quality of research publications and the morale of those involved. Part of Oxfam’s Research Guidelines series, this guideline provides concise […]

Journal article

The space between us: feminist values and humanitarian power dynamics in research with refugees

05/11/2019

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

The space between us: feminist values and humanitarian power dynamics in research with refugees

Keywords

Overview

International humanitarian and development agencies striving to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment sometimes neglect to recognise the power hierarchies present in their own engagement with communities. Drawing on research on Syrian refugees and humanitarian workers in Jordan, this article explores the research and monitoring and evaluation practices of international humanitarian agencies. It suggests that […]

Journal article

‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

05/11/2019

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Do you really want to hear about my life?’: doing ‘feminist research’ with women in sex work in Eastern India

Keywords

Overview

This article reflects on insights gathered from doing feminist research during my doctoral studies in international development. My research focused on the lives of women formerly and currently in sex work in Eastern India, and their experiences and resistance of everyday violence. I argue that the adoption of a life-history interviewing method created possibilities to […]

Journal article

Hanya ada Satu Kata: Lawan! On decolonising and building a mutual collaborative research practice on gender and climate change

12/12/2023

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

Hanya ada Satu Kata: Lawan! On decolonising and building a mutual collaborative research practice on gender and climate change

Keywords

Overview

Our title is borrowed from a famous line of Wiji Thukul’s poem Peringatan (translated as Warning), about the everyday lives of the working class and their struggles to be heard, resonating with many of our experiences in working to decolonise climate knowledge production. As in Thukul’s words: ‘There is only one word: Fight!’ We critically reflect on […]

Journal article

Participatory design of agroforestry systems: developing farmer participatory research methods in Mexico

01/08/2001

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Participatory research that combines the knowledge of farmers and researchers promotes the development of a variety of agroforestry options that may meet the various needs of different farmers, and thus exploits one of the greatest strengths of agroforestry – its plasticity. The design and evaluation of agroforestry systems with eight farmer research groups in south-east […]