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Research into practice: a comprehensive approach

01/05/2009

4 pages long

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This article outlines a comprehensive approach to facilitating the transfer of research into practice. It encompasses three main issues of importance: activities should be seen as part of a long-term endeavour rather than isolated one-off events; there are many audiences which may make use of the research findings in various ways; and there are many […]

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The impact of agricultural research: evidence from West Africa

01/11/2010

12 pages long

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Can agricultural research help to enlist smallholders and their resources for global food security? The Convergence of Sciences (CoS) research programme in Benin and Ghana (2002-2006) tested the impact of technology development, using a pathway for impact which featured ‘technographies’, diagnostic studies, and farmer-experimenter groups to ensure appropriateness. Within the existing small windows of opportunity […]

Case study

Typhoon Haiyan: Community research into the relocation of internally displaced people in the Philippines

15/05/2015

4 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In February and March 2014, Oxfam carried out field research in the Philippines with people displaced by typhoon Haiyan in order to inform and influence the government-led process for their relocation. The project tested a cyclical research process – including an innovative digital survey – in order to make timely use of the findings in […]

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The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

01/11/2006

12 pages long

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The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

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This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we […]

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The peace and conflict gender analysis: UNIFEM’s research in the Solomon Islands

05/07/2007

8 pages long

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The peace and conflict gender analysis: UNIFEM’s research in the Solomon Islands

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This article discusses a research methodology – the Peace and Conflict Gender Analysis – used by UNIFEM in the Solomon Islands to investigate women’s and men’s experiences of armed conflict and peace building. The simple methodology enables a deeper understanding of the gender dimensions of conflict and peace. This includes issues such as moving beyond […]

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Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

01/03/2009

13 pages long

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Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

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Rapid changes to the climate are predicted over the next few years, and these present challenges for women’s empowerment and gender equality on a completely new scale. There is little evidence or research to provide a reliable basis for gender-sensitive approaches to agricultural adaptation to climate change. This article explores the gender dimensions of climate […]

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From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

12/11/2013

19 pages long

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From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

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Despite the United Nation’s landmark Security Council Resolution on women, peace and security in 2000 which highlighted the importance of women’s participation in peace-building, only one in 40 peace treaty signatories over the last 25 years has been a woman. Yet evidence from non-government organisations and women’s rights organisations shows that women are active agents of peace, resolving conflicts […]

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The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

01/03/2011

12 pages long

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The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

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Overview

In addition to raising the living standards of loved ones back home, remittances sent by men and women migrants can transform the way spouses, children, and communities left behind interact within the household, including changing culturally accepted roles and opportunities for men, women, boys, and girls. For women senders of remittances, ‘rising’ to become a […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Planning Research for Influencing Diagram

13/05/2019

4 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This diagram is designed to help to you plan research for influencing. It will help you to think through what you are trying to influence with evidence, who you are trying to influence and how, how to focus your research, which approaches will be most effective, and how to engage audiences to maximise influence. You […]

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Bringing about social justice through feminist research for monitoring, evaluation, and learning? A conversation from Oxfam GB

05/11/2019

19 pages long

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Bringing about social justice through feminist research for monitoring, evaluation, and learning? A conversation from Oxfam GB

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Overview

At Oxfam, we have spent much of the last two years talking about feminist principles. In the context of the #Metoo and #Aidtoo movements, the presence (or absence) of these feminist values and principles is increasingly – and rightly – under the spotlight. In this article, we reflect on what it takes to embed these […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Research into practice: a comprehensive approach

01/05/2009

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article outlines a comprehensive approach to facilitating the transfer of research into practice. It encompasses three main issues of importance: activities should be seen as part of a long-term endeavour rather than isolated one-off events; there are many audiences which may make use of the research findings in various ways; and there are many […]

Journal article

The impact of agricultural research: evidence from West Africa

01/11/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Can agricultural research help to enlist smallholders and their resources for global food security? The Convergence of Sciences (CoS) research programme in Benin and Ghana (2002-2006) tested the impact of technology development, using a pathway for impact which featured ‘technographies’, diagnostic studies, and farmer-experimenter groups to ensure appropriateness. Within the existing small windows of opportunity […]

Case study

Typhoon Haiyan: Community research into the relocation of internally displaced people in the Philippines

15/05/2015

4 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In February and March 2014, Oxfam carried out field research in the Philippines with people displaced by typhoon Haiyan in order to inform and influence the government-led process for their relocation. The project tested a cyclical research process – including an innovative digital survey – in order to make timely use of the findings in […]

Journal article

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

01/11/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we […]

Journal article

The peace and conflict gender analysis: UNIFEM’s research in the Solomon Islands

05/07/2007

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

The peace and conflict gender analysis: UNIFEM’s research in the Solomon Islands

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses a research methodology – the Peace and Conflict Gender Analysis – used by UNIFEM in the Solomon Islands to investigate women’s and men’s experiences of armed conflict and peace building. The simple methodology enables a deeper understanding of the gender dimensions of conflict and peace. This includes issues such as moving beyond […]

Journal article

Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

01/03/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

Keywords

Overview

Rapid changes to the climate are predicted over the next few years, and these present challenges for women’s empowerment and gender equality on a completely new scale. There is little evidence or research to provide a reliable basis for gender-sensitive approaches to agricultural adaptation to climate change. This article explores the gender dimensions of climate […]

Journal article

From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

12/11/2013

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

Keywords

Overview

Despite the United Nation’s landmark Security Council Resolution on women, peace and security in 2000 which highlighted the importance of women’s participation in peace-building, only one in 40 peace treaty signatories over the last 25 years has been a woman. Yet evidence from non-government organisations and women’s rights organisations shows that women are active agents of peace, resolving conflicts […]

Journal article

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

01/03/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

Keywords

Overview

In addition to raising the living standards of loved ones back home, remittances sent by men and women migrants can transform the way spouses, children, and communities left behind interact within the household, including changing culturally accepted roles and opportunities for men, women, boys, and girls. For women senders of remittances, ‘rising’ to become a […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Planning Research for Influencing Diagram

13/05/2019

4 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This diagram is designed to help to you plan research for influencing. It will help you to think through what you are trying to influence with evidence, who you are trying to influence and how, how to focus your research, which approaches will be most effective, and how to engage audiences to maximise influence. You […]

Journal article

Bringing about social justice through feminist research for monitoring, evaluation, and learning? A conversation from Oxfam GB

05/11/2019

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Bringing about social justice through feminist research for monitoring, evaluation, and learning? A conversation from Oxfam GB

Keywords

Overview

At Oxfam, we have spent much of the last two years talking about feminist principles. In the context of the #Metoo and #Aidtoo movements, the presence (or absence) of these feminist values and principles is increasingly – and rightly – under the spotlight. In this article, we reflect on what it takes to embed these […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Research into practice: a comprehensive approach

01/05/2009

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article outlines a comprehensive approach to facilitating the transfer of research into practice. It encompasses three main issues of importance: activities should be seen as part of a long-term endeavour rather than isolated one-off events; there are many audiences which may make use of the research findings in various ways; and there are many […]

Journal article

The impact of agricultural research: evidence from West Africa

01/11/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Can agricultural research help to enlist smallholders and their resources for global food security? The Convergence of Sciences (CoS) research programme in Benin and Ghana (2002-2006) tested the impact of technology development, using a pathway for impact which featured ‘technographies’, diagnostic studies, and farmer-experimenter groups to ensure appropriateness. Within the existing small windows of opportunity […]

Case study

Typhoon Haiyan: Community research into the relocation of internally displaced people in the Philippines

15/05/2015

4 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In February and March 2014, Oxfam carried out field research in the Philippines with people displaced by typhoon Haiyan in order to inform and influence the government-led process for their relocation. The project tested a cyclical research process – including an innovative digital survey – in order to make timely use of the findings in […]

Journal article

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

01/11/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The challenges of incorporating Muslim women’s views into development policy: analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we […]

Journal article

The peace and conflict gender analysis: UNIFEM’s research in the Solomon Islands

05/07/2007

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

The peace and conflict gender analysis: UNIFEM’s research in the Solomon Islands

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses a research methodology – the Peace and Conflict Gender Analysis – used by UNIFEM in the Solomon Islands to investigate women’s and men’s experiences of armed conflict and peace building. The simple methodology enables a deeper understanding of the gender dimensions of conflict and peace. This includes issues such as moving beyond […]

Journal article

Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

01/03/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Resilience, power, culture, and climate: a case study from semi-arid Tanzania, and new research directions

Keywords

Overview

Rapid changes to the climate are predicted over the next few years, and these present challenges for women’s empowerment and gender equality on a completely new scale. There is little evidence or research to provide a reliable basis for gender-sensitive approaches to agricultural adaptation to climate change. This article explores the gender dimensions of climate […]

Journal article

From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

12/11/2013

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

From the private to the public sphere: new research on women’s participation in peace-building

Keywords

Overview

Despite the United Nation’s landmark Security Council Resolution on women, peace and security in 2000 which highlighted the importance of women’s participation in peace-building, only one in 40 peace treaty signatories over the last 25 years has been a woman. Yet evidence from non-government organisations and women’s rights organisations shows that women are active agents of peace, resolving conflicts […]

Journal article

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

01/03/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

The impact of remittances on gender roles and opportunities for children in recipient families: research from the International Organization for Migration

Keywords

Overview

In addition to raising the living standards of loved ones back home, remittances sent by men and women migrants can transform the way spouses, children, and communities left behind interact within the household, including changing culturally accepted roles and opportunities for men, women, boys, and girls. For women senders of remittances, ‘rising’ to become a […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Planning Research for Influencing Diagram

13/05/2019

4 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This diagram is designed to help to you plan research for influencing. It will help you to think through what you are trying to influence with evidence, who you are trying to influence and how, how to focus your research, which approaches will be most effective, and how to engage audiences to maximise influence. You […]

Journal article

Bringing about social justice through feminist research for monitoring, evaluation, and learning? A conversation from Oxfam GB

05/11/2019

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Bringing about social justice through feminist research for monitoring, evaluation, and learning? A conversation from Oxfam GB

Keywords

Overview

At Oxfam, we have spent much of the last two years talking about feminist principles. In the context of the #Metoo and #Aidtoo movements, the presence (or absence) of these feminist values and principles is increasingly – and rightly – under the spotlight. In this article, we reflect on what it takes to embed these […]