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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.

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Research report

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

09/09/2016

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76 pages long

Languages: English

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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 […]

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

01/07/2006

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

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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.

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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. […]

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Briefing paper

Access to Healthcare: A right not a luxury

13/05/2022

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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 […]

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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

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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 […]

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Journal article

Producing feminist health knowledge in Chile: Epistemic strategies from the Global South

15/06/2026

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Producing feminist health knowledge in Chile: Epistemic strategies from the Global South

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This article examines how Chilean feminist health activists produce knowledge and reimagine healthcare by challenging dominant biomedical and neoliberal approaches. Drawing on six semi-structured interviews with feminist activists organising within the field of women’s health, the analysis is framed around three concepts: the politics of knowledge, self-determination, and contextualisation. First, the article shows that activists […]

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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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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 […]

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