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Journal article

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 […]

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 […]

Technical briefing

The Impact of Food Insecurity on Women and Girls: Research from Pibor and Akobo counties, Jonglei State, South Sudan

05/05/2022

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This briefing presents research undertaken in the midst of a critical food insecurity crisis in Pibor and Akobo counties in order to understand its impact on the lives of women and girls. The research found that women and girls’ household chores, their livelihood opportunities and their access to education have all been impacted. It also […]

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

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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 […]

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

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 […]

Research report

Impacts of Low Aggregate INDCs Ambition: Research commissioned by Oxfam

25/11/2015

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ahead of COP21 in Paris, countries have tabled their emissions reductions pledges in the form of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). New Oxfam-commissioned research, carried out by Climate Analytics, uses modelling to assess the impact of aggregate INDC ambition. It estimates that 3 C of warming, compared with 2 C of warming, could mean that […]

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 […]

Discussion paper

Centring Gender and Power in Evaluation and Research: Sharing experiences from Oxfam GB’s quantitative impact evaluations

19/07/2021

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Bringing a feminist intent to research, monitoring and evaluation practices leads to defining these as tools to contribute to transforming the lives of women, girls and non-binary people, and to bringing about social justice. This has meant putting gender and power at the centre of our practice, which has in turn shaped the technical choices […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Fostering Participation in Research

29/03/2019

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research needs to be more inclusive of the voices of people affected by the issues at hand. This guideline has been written for anyone conducting, commissioning or managing research who thinks it would benefit from being more participatory but is unsure how to do this.

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

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 […]

Technical briefing

The Impact of Food Insecurity on Women and Girls: Research from Pibor and Akobo counties, Jonglei State, South Sudan

05/05/2022

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This briefing presents research undertaken in the midst of a critical food insecurity crisis in Pibor and Akobo counties in order to understand its impact on the lives of women and girls. The research found that women and girls’ household chores, their livelihood opportunities and their access to education have all been impacted. It also […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Research report

Impacts of Low Aggregate INDCs Ambition: Research commissioned by Oxfam

25/11/2015

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ahead of COP21 in Paris, countries have tabled their emissions reductions pledges in the form of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). New Oxfam-commissioned research, carried out by Climate Analytics, uses modelling to assess the impact of aggregate INDC ambition. It estimates that 3 C of warming, compared with 2 C of warming, could mean that […]

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 […]

Discussion paper

Centring Gender and Power in Evaluation and Research: Sharing experiences from Oxfam GB’s quantitative impact evaluations

19/07/2021

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Bringing a feminist intent to research, monitoring and evaluation practices leads to defining these as tools to contribute to transforming the lives of women, girls and non-binary people, and to bringing about social justice. This has meant putting gender and power at the centre of our practice, which has in turn shaped the technical choices […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Fostering Participation in Research

29/03/2019

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research needs to be more inclusive of the voices of people affected by the issues at hand. This guideline has been written for anyone conducting, commissioning or managing research who thinks it would benefit from being more participatory but is unsure how to do this.

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

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 […]

Technical briefing

The Impact of Food Insecurity on Women and Girls: Research from Pibor and Akobo counties, Jonglei State, South Sudan

05/05/2022

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This briefing presents research undertaken in the midst of a critical food insecurity crisis in Pibor and Akobo counties in order to understand its impact on the lives of women and girls. The research found that women and girls’ household chores, their livelihood opportunities and their access to education have all been impacted. It also […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Research report

Impacts of Low Aggregate INDCs Ambition: Research commissioned by Oxfam

25/11/2015

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ahead of COP21 in Paris, countries have tabled their emissions reductions pledges in the form of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). New Oxfam-commissioned research, carried out by Climate Analytics, uses modelling to assess the impact of aggregate INDC ambition. It estimates that 3 C of warming, compared with 2 C of warming, could mean that […]

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 […]

Discussion paper

Centring Gender and Power in Evaluation and Research: Sharing experiences from Oxfam GB’s quantitative impact evaluations

19/07/2021

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Bringing a feminist intent to research, monitoring and evaluation practices leads to defining these as tools to contribute to transforming the lives of women, girls and non-binary people, and to bringing about social justice. This has meant putting gender and power at the centre of our practice, which has in turn shaped the technical choices […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Fostering Participation in Research

29/03/2019

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Research needs to be more inclusive of the voices of people affected by the issues at hand. This guideline has been written for anyone conducting, commissioning or managing research who thinks it would benefit from being more participatory but is unsure how to do this.