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Community-based animal health care in Zambia

01/05/1999

5 pages long

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The author gives an account of a partnership between a UK-based NGO and the Zambian government, designed to encourage `smallholder farmers to form `cattle clubs’ [to] operate and manage community cattle-spraying points on a full cost-recovery basis’. The project’s success has been tempered by changes in the external environment and the perceptions of the farmers, […]

Journal article

The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America

01/09/2011

1 pages long

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This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Empowering families as an alternative to foster care for street children in Brazil

01/11/2007

6 pages long

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Although the emphasis in current thinking about work with street children has changed from aid-dependency towards youth protagonism, many organisations ignore the role of the children’s families in their interventions. In so doing, they reproduce obsolete welfare traditions and also violate rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and national legislation. […]

Briefing paper

Access to Healthcare: A right not a luxury

13/05/2022

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

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The past couple of years have been detrimental to Lebanon and to all those who reside there, particularly the LGBTQIA+ community. In 2021, the national suicide prevention hotline received approximately 1,100 calls per month, twice the amount in 2020. The deep crises Lebanon is going through have led to increased cases of mental health issues, especially among marginalized […]

Media briefing

How to Confront the Coronavirus Catastrophe: The Global Public Health Plan and Emergency Response needed now

30/03/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Coronavirus is impacting everyone across the globe. People fear for their own health and for that of their loved ones. The virus exposes extreme inequalities, affecting the most vulnerable people and those living in poverty, at home and around the world. It threatens to take many millions of lives and push billions more into […]

Research report

Et s’il y avait une grève dans les foyers ? Étude sur l’impact du travail de soins non rémunéré sur les femmes vivant en Tunisie : accès au travail, autonomisation économique et bien-être

25/01/2020

1 documents

58 pages long

Languages: French

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Overview

Le travail de soin non rémunéré désigne toutes les activités qualifiées de travaux reproductifs ou domestiques au sein des foyers sur une base non marchande. Bien que ce travail est essentiel pour l’équilibre de la société et l’épanouissement de la famille et le développement économique des pays, les normes sociales patriarcales d’un côté et les […]

Journal article

Can faith and freedom co-exist? When faith-based health providers and women’s needs clash

28/03/2017

14 pages long

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Can faith and freedom co-exist? When faith-based health providers and women’s needs clash

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Overview

Faith-based health providers are a major component of health services delivery in many developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. They receive millions of dollars annually from unilateral and bilateral aid agencies to deliver care. At the same time, they often use conservative interpretations of religious teachings to deny access to essential health care, including reproductive […]

Research report

Exploring the Need for Gender-Equitable Fiscal Policies for a Human Economy: Evidence from Uganda and Zimbabwe

08/03/2018

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Fiscal policy can be a powerful tool for governments to help achieve a ‘human economy’, if these policies are designed to address gender inequalities and the gender biases in current macroeconomic thinking. This report uses the case of one element of fiscal policy – public spending – to demonstrate how such policy design could help […]

Case study

Oxfam in Kenya: Fiscal justice for women and girls

22/10/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

Through its work on the Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction (FAIR) programme, Oxfam in Kenya aims to influence decision makers to take action on progressive taxation and budgeting processes. It aims to equip citizens and civil society organizations with the knowledge and skills to feed into public finance management processes, including monitoring of spending and […]

Journal article

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

20/03/2014

16 pages long

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Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

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This article focuses on a non-formal educational approach implemented in Honduras by CARE Honduras. The project sought to address the gendered barriers to education, in a way that would be community-owned, holistic in its scope of analysis and action, and sustainable beyond CARE’s support. The central elements of the model included the provision of community-led […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Community-based animal health care in Zambia

01/05/1999

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author gives an account of a partnership between a UK-based NGO and the Zambian government, designed to encourage `smallholder farmers to form `cattle clubs’ [to] operate and manage community cattle-spraying points on a full cost-recovery basis’. The project’s success has been tempered by changes in the external environment and the perceptions of the farmers, […]

Journal article

The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America

01/09/2011

1 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Empowering families as an alternative to foster care for street children in Brazil

01/11/2007

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Although the emphasis in current thinking about work with street children has changed from aid-dependency towards youth protagonism, many organisations ignore the role of the children’s families in their interventions. In so doing, they reproduce obsolete welfare traditions and also violate rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and national legislation. […]

Briefing paper

Access to Healthcare: A right not a luxury

13/05/2022

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The past couple of years have been detrimental to Lebanon and to all those who reside there, particularly the LGBTQIA+ community. In 2021, the national suicide prevention hotline received approximately 1,100 calls per month, twice the amount in 2020. The deep crises Lebanon is going through have led to increased cases of mental health issues, especially among marginalized […]

Media briefing

How to Confront the Coronavirus Catastrophe: The Global Public Health Plan and Emergency Response needed now

30/03/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Coronavirus is impacting everyone across the globe. People fear for their own health and for that of their loved ones. The virus exposes extreme inequalities, affecting the most vulnerable people and those living in poverty, at home and around the world. It threatens to take many millions of lives and push billions more into […]

Research report

Et s’il y avait une grève dans les foyers ? Étude sur l’impact du travail de soins non rémunéré sur les femmes vivant en Tunisie : accès au travail, autonomisation économique et bien-être

25/01/2020

1 documents

58 pages long

Languages: French

Keywords

Overview

Le travail de soin non rémunéré désigne toutes les activités qualifiées de travaux reproductifs ou domestiques au sein des foyers sur une base non marchande. Bien que ce travail est essentiel pour l’équilibre de la société et l’épanouissement de la famille et le développement économique des pays, les normes sociales patriarcales d’un côté et les […]

Journal article

Can faith and freedom co-exist? When faith-based health providers and women’s needs clash

28/03/2017

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Can faith and freedom co-exist? When faith-based health providers and women’s needs clash

Keywords

Overview

Faith-based health providers are a major component of health services delivery in many developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. They receive millions of dollars annually from unilateral and bilateral aid agencies to deliver care. At the same time, they often use conservative interpretations of religious teachings to deny access to essential health care, including reproductive […]

Research report

Exploring the Need for Gender-Equitable Fiscal Policies for a Human Economy: Evidence from Uganda and Zimbabwe

08/03/2018

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Fiscal policy can be a powerful tool for governments to help achieve a ‘human economy’, if these policies are designed to address gender inequalities and the gender biases in current macroeconomic thinking. This report uses the case of one element of fiscal policy – public spending – to demonstrate how such policy design could help […]

Case study

Oxfam in Kenya: Fiscal justice for women and girls

22/10/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Through its work on the Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction (FAIR) programme, Oxfam in Kenya aims to influence decision makers to take action on progressive taxation and budgeting processes. It aims to equip citizens and civil society organizations with the knowledge and skills to feed into public finance management processes, including monitoring of spending and […]

Journal article

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on a non-formal educational approach implemented in Honduras by CARE Honduras. The project sought to address the gendered barriers to education, in a way that would be community-owned, holistic in its scope of analysis and action, and sustainable beyond CARE’s support. The central elements of the model included the provision of community-led […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Community-based animal health care in Zambia

01/05/1999

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author gives an account of a partnership between a UK-based NGO and the Zambian government, designed to encourage `smallholder farmers to form `cattle clubs’ [to] operate and manage community cattle-spraying points on a full cost-recovery basis’. The project’s success has been tempered by changes in the external environment and the perceptions of the farmers, […]

Journal article

The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America

01/09/2011

1 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Empowering families as an alternative to foster care for street children in Brazil

01/11/2007

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Although the emphasis in current thinking about work with street children has changed from aid-dependency towards youth protagonism, many organisations ignore the role of the children’s families in their interventions. In so doing, they reproduce obsolete welfare traditions and also violate rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and national legislation. […]

Briefing paper

Access to Healthcare: A right not a luxury

13/05/2022

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The past couple of years have been detrimental to Lebanon and to all those who reside there, particularly the LGBTQIA+ community. In 2021, the national suicide prevention hotline received approximately 1,100 calls per month, twice the amount in 2020. The deep crises Lebanon is going through have led to increased cases of mental health issues, especially among marginalized […]

Media briefing

How to Confront the Coronavirus Catastrophe: The Global Public Health Plan and Emergency Response needed now

30/03/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Coronavirus is impacting everyone across the globe. People fear for their own health and for that of their loved ones. The virus exposes extreme inequalities, affecting the most vulnerable people and those living in poverty, at home and around the world. It threatens to take many millions of lives and push billions more into […]

Research report

Et s’il y avait une grève dans les foyers ? Étude sur l’impact du travail de soins non rémunéré sur les femmes vivant en Tunisie : accès au travail, autonomisation économique et bien-être

25/01/2020

1 documents

58 pages long

Languages: French

Keywords

Overview

Le travail de soin non rémunéré désigne toutes les activités qualifiées de travaux reproductifs ou domestiques au sein des foyers sur une base non marchande. Bien que ce travail est essentiel pour l’équilibre de la société et l’épanouissement de la famille et le développement économique des pays, les normes sociales patriarcales d’un côté et les […]

Journal article

Can faith and freedom co-exist? When faith-based health providers and women’s needs clash

28/03/2017

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Can faith and freedom co-exist? When faith-based health providers and women’s needs clash

Keywords

Overview

Faith-based health providers are a major component of health services delivery in many developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. They receive millions of dollars annually from unilateral and bilateral aid agencies to deliver care. At the same time, they often use conservative interpretations of religious teachings to deny access to essential health care, including reproductive […]

Research report

Exploring the Need for Gender-Equitable Fiscal Policies for a Human Economy: Evidence from Uganda and Zimbabwe

08/03/2018

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Fiscal policy can be a powerful tool for governments to help achieve a ‘human economy’, if these policies are designed to address gender inequalities and the gender biases in current macroeconomic thinking. This report uses the case of one element of fiscal policy – public spending – to demonstrate how such policy design could help […]

Case study

Oxfam in Kenya: Fiscal justice for women and girls

22/10/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Through its work on the Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction (FAIR) programme, Oxfam in Kenya aims to influence decision makers to take action on progressive taxation and budgeting processes. It aims to equip citizens and civil society organizations with the knowledge and skills to feed into public finance management processes, including monitoring of spending and […]

Journal article

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on a non-formal educational approach implemented in Honduras by CARE Honduras. The project sought to address the gendered barriers to education, in a way that would be community-owned, holistic in its scope of analysis and action, and sustainable beyond CARE’s support. The central elements of the model included the provision of community-led […]