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Gender inequality, mothers’ health and unequal distribution of food: experience from a CARE project in India

08/11/2010

10 pages long

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Gender inequality, mothers’ health and unequal distribution of food: experience from a CARE project in India

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Overview

Food availability does not always ensure equal access to all the family members. Even today the distribution of food and nutrition depends on the old age tradition and norms set by the communities. This article focuses on a project which intended to challenge these attitudes and beliefs in India. This article is hosted by our […]

Discussion paper

Equity and the Expansion of Access to Treatment and Care for HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: Report of a workshop at ICASA

21/11/2003

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) and Oxfam GB with government and civil society partners have since early 2003 initiated a programme of research and analysis in support of policy and advocacy focusing on HIV/AIDS and equity in health sector responses. The programme has held and reported on an expert […]

Discussion paper

Feminist Futures: Caring for people, caring for justice and rights

14/09/2020

4 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities around the world are weighing the many possible answers to the questions of ‘how did we arrive here?’, ‘what comes after COVID-19?’ and ‘what kind of society do we want to build after this global shock?’ The pandemic has been so extraordinary in nature that in order to […]

Journal article

Who cares? The personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh

01/05/2002

15 pages long

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This article highlights the personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh. The paper draws on field research with the front-line workers of four NGOs, their clients, immediate superiors, and senior management. Fieldworkers face personal problems such as job insecurity, financial hardships, difficulties with accommodation, and family dislocation. These problems differ according to gender, […]

Book

Health Care for Refugees and Displaced people

01/01/1994

1 documents

121 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In the initial stages of an emergency, large numbers of traumatised people are likely to be crowded together in makeshift camps with inadequate facilities. Rapid and effective action is necessary to prevent malnutrition and outbreaks of communicable diseases.

Case study

From Policy to Practice: Young people in Nepal successfully lobbying for healthcare

15/09/2015

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

My Rights, My Voice is an innovative four year global programme which aims to engage marginalized children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries – Afghanistan, Georgia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Tanzania and Vietnam. Children and young people have huge potential to transform their lives and communities. With the […]

Journal article

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

19/09/2024

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

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Overview

Research documenting the re-configurations of ‘public–private’ boundaries encountered by migrant domestic workers has observed how they often create a sense of ‘home’ in public spaces in destination countries. Migrant workers’ occupation of, and interactions in, public spaces such as parks, malls, restaurants, and churches in effect create ‘private spheres’ where they can relax and be […]

Journal article

Introduction to gender, development and care

10/11/2014

12 pages long

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Introduction to gender, development and care

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

Research report

Precarious Lives: Work, food and care after the global food crisis

09/09/2016

3 documents

76 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

When food prices spiked in 2008, the international price of basic food items peaked at unprecedented levels, bringing a wave of food riots in low-income countries. Subsequent price volatility had huge impacts on millions of people who struggled to feed their families nutritiously. Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility was a real-time investigation by […]

Journal article

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

01/07/2006

12 pages long

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Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

Keywords

Overview

In the province of Ratanakiri in Cambodia, indigenous communities have begun to campaign for more culturally appropriate and easily accessible maternal health services. This initiative follows action-based research conducted by Health Unlimited, a British NGO working in the area. The research analysed the range of barriers and facilitating factors that define the access of indigenous […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Gender inequality, mothers’ health and unequal distribution of food: experience from a CARE project in India

08/11/2010

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender inequality, mothers’ health and unequal distribution of food: experience from a CARE project in India

Keywords

Overview

Food availability does not always ensure equal access to all the family members. Even today the distribution of food and nutrition depends on the old age tradition and norms set by the communities. This article focuses on a project which intended to challenge these attitudes and beliefs in India. This article is hosted by our […]

Discussion paper

Equity and the Expansion of Access to Treatment and Care for HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: Report of a workshop at ICASA

21/11/2003

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) and Oxfam GB with government and civil society partners have since early 2003 initiated a programme of research and analysis in support of policy and advocacy focusing on HIV/AIDS and equity in health sector responses. The programme has held and reported on an expert […]

Discussion paper

Feminist Futures: Caring for people, caring for justice and rights

14/09/2020

4 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities around the world are weighing the many possible answers to the questions of ‘how did we arrive here?’, ‘what comes after COVID-19?’ and ‘what kind of society do we want to build after this global shock?’ The pandemic has been so extraordinary in nature that in order to […]

Journal article

Who cares? The personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh

01/05/2002

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article highlights the personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh. The paper draws on field research with the front-line workers of four NGOs, their clients, immediate superiors, and senior management. Fieldworkers face personal problems such as job insecurity, financial hardships, difficulties with accommodation, and family dislocation. These problems differ according to gender, […]

Book

Health Care for Refugees and Displaced people

01/01/1994

1 documents

121 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the initial stages of an emergency, large numbers of traumatised people are likely to be crowded together in makeshift camps with inadequate facilities. Rapid and effective action is necessary to prevent malnutrition and outbreaks of communicable diseases.

Case study

From Policy to Practice: Young people in Nepal successfully lobbying for healthcare

15/09/2015

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

My Rights, My Voice is an innovative four year global programme which aims to engage marginalized children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries – Afghanistan, Georgia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Tanzania and Vietnam. Children and young people have huge potential to transform their lives and communities. With the […]

Journal article

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

19/09/2024

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

Keywords

Overview

Research documenting the re-configurations of ‘public–private’ boundaries encountered by migrant domestic workers has observed how they often create a sense of ‘home’ in public spaces in destination countries. Migrant workers’ occupation of, and interactions in, public spaces such as parks, malls, restaurants, and churches in effect create ‘private spheres’ where they can relax and be […]

Journal article

Introduction to gender, development and care

10/11/2014

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Introduction to gender, development and care

Keywords

Overview

This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

Research report

Precarious Lives: Work, food and care after the global food crisis

09/09/2016

3 documents

76 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

When food prices spiked in 2008, the international price of basic food items peaked at unprecedented levels, bringing a wave of food riots in low-income countries. Subsequent price volatility had huge impacts on millions of people who struggled to feed their families nutritiously. Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility was a real-time investigation by […]

Journal article

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

01/07/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

Keywords

Overview

In the province of Ratanakiri in Cambodia, indigenous communities have begun to campaign for more culturally appropriate and easily accessible maternal health services. This initiative follows action-based research conducted by Health Unlimited, a British NGO working in the area. The research analysed the range of barriers and facilitating factors that define the access of indigenous […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Gender inequality, mothers’ health and unequal distribution of food: experience from a CARE project in India

08/11/2010

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender inequality, mothers’ health and unequal distribution of food: experience from a CARE project in India

Keywords

Overview

Food availability does not always ensure equal access to all the family members. Even today the distribution of food and nutrition depends on the old age tradition and norms set by the communities. This article focuses on a project which intended to challenge these attitudes and beliefs in India. This article is hosted by our […]

Discussion paper

Equity and the Expansion of Access to Treatment and Care for HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: Report of a workshop at ICASA

21/11/2003

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) and Oxfam GB with government and civil society partners have since early 2003 initiated a programme of research and analysis in support of policy and advocacy focusing on HIV/AIDS and equity in health sector responses. The programme has held and reported on an expert […]

Discussion paper

Feminist Futures: Caring for people, caring for justice and rights

14/09/2020

4 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities around the world are weighing the many possible answers to the questions of ‘how did we arrive here?’, ‘what comes after COVID-19?’ and ‘what kind of society do we want to build after this global shock?’ The pandemic has been so extraordinary in nature that in order to […]

Journal article

Who cares? The personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh

01/05/2002

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article highlights the personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh. The paper draws on field research with the front-line workers of four NGOs, their clients, immediate superiors, and senior management. Fieldworkers face personal problems such as job insecurity, financial hardships, difficulties with accommodation, and family dislocation. These problems differ according to gender, […]

Book

Health Care for Refugees and Displaced people

01/01/1994

1 documents

121 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the initial stages of an emergency, large numbers of traumatised people are likely to be crowded together in makeshift camps with inadequate facilities. Rapid and effective action is necessary to prevent malnutrition and outbreaks of communicable diseases.

Case study

From Policy to Practice: Young people in Nepal successfully lobbying for healthcare

15/09/2015

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

My Rights, My Voice is an innovative four year global programme which aims to engage marginalized children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries – Afghanistan, Georgia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Tanzania and Vietnam. Children and young people have huge potential to transform their lives and communities. With the […]

Journal article

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

19/09/2024

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

Keywords

Overview

Research documenting the re-configurations of ‘public–private’ boundaries encountered by migrant domestic workers has observed how they often create a sense of ‘home’ in public spaces in destination countries. Migrant workers’ occupation of, and interactions in, public spaces such as parks, malls, restaurants, and churches in effect create ‘private spheres’ where they can relax and be […]

Journal article

Introduction to gender, development and care

10/11/2014

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Introduction to gender, development and care

Keywords

Overview

This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

Research report

Precarious Lives: Work, food and care after the global food crisis

09/09/2016

3 documents

76 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

When food prices spiked in 2008, the international price of basic food items peaked at unprecedented levels, bringing a wave of food riots in low-income countries. Subsequent price volatility had huge impacts on millions of people who struggled to feed their families nutritiously. Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility was a real-time investigation by […]

Journal article

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

01/07/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Uniting indigenous communities in Cambodia to claim the right to maternal healthcare

Keywords

Overview

In the province of Ratanakiri in Cambodia, indigenous communities have begun to campaign for more culturally appropriate and easily accessible maternal health services. This initiative follows action-based research conducted by Health Unlimited, a British NGO working in the area. The research analysed the range of barriers and facilitating factors that define the access of indigenous […]