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Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions

01/02/2011

17 pages long

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Within current neo-liberal approaches to development, models of community-driven development assume that community-based workers (CBWs) are key actors in improved and accessible service delivery. We argue that use of CBWs is under-theorised and seems to be based largely on untested assumptions about community participation and responsibility. Drawing on case studies on potable-water management and home-based […]

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Sudanese refugees in Koboko

01/02/1994

4 pages long

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Sudanese refugees in Koboko

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When refugees fled from Sudan to Uganda, some aid agencies in Sudan went with them. Their priorities were to supply water and promote hygiene, in addition to providing health care and education begun previously. The author recounts her experience of working alongside these agencies, women refugees, Sudanese technical experts, and community representatives. She saw how […]

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Testimonies from Zaire

01/02/1994

4 pages long

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Testimonies from Zaire

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Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150fl00 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

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Introduction

01/06/1994

3 pages long

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Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150,000 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

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Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

01/06/1994

6 pages long

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Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

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The authors make their case for safe, legal, accessible, affordable abortion, as one part of reproductive health services that make all the choices, and information, available to women. Abortion is, they argue, about women’s rights and empowerment, and would reduce incidences of poor health and maternal mortality. Among the arguments are poor availability and reliability […]

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From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

01/06/1994

7 pages long

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From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

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Development programmes are shifting from family planning and maternal and child health programmes to reproductive health care. Increasing numbers of NGOs are adopting this approach, and its positive effects are set to continue into the future. Policy recommendations from the 1994 Cairo conference are set in the broader context of gender equity and development. Mosses’ […]

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Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

01/02/1995

6 pages long

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Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

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Those seeking gender equality must take care when challenging harmful cultural practices not to damage practices that are neutral or constructive for women. This article suggests ways to do this. Local cultural contexts must always be understood, and ways sought to empower women long term, particularly by changing patriarchal attitudes. Local women’s groups can achieve […]

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Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

01/10/1995

5 pages long

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Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

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Susan Cueva is a member of Lingap (‘to care’), a grassroots organisation of Filipina migrants to the UK. Migration for work, either to a different region or to another country, is a transition faced by increasing numbers of women and men throughout the world. Currently, an estimated 1.5 million Filipina women are migrant workers overseas. […]

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Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

01/11/2000

8 pages long

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Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

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At the close of the millennium, there is a wave of invigorating air sweeping across the African continent. The refreshing breeze can be felt in the form of women smashing the gendered ‘glass ceiling’ in a bid to overcome the cultural and structural barriers that impede their political careers. In this short article, I examine […]

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Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

01/07/2002

6 pages long

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Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

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This paper argues that the ability of women to adapt to climate change pressures will be enhanced by using the ‘capabilities approach’ to direct development efforts. By using this approach, women will improve their well-being, and act more readily as agents of change within their communities. This argument is supported by previous research on gender […]

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Journal article

Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions

01/02/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Within current neo-liberal approaches to development, models of community-driven development assume that community-based workers (CBWs) are key actors in improved and accessible service delivery. We argue that use of CBWs is under-theorised and seems to be based largely on untested assumptions about community participation and responsibility. Drawing on case studies on potable-water management and home-based […]

Journal article

Sudanese refugees in Koboko

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sudanese refugees in Koboko

Keywords

Overview

When refugees fled from Sudan to Uganda, some aid agencies in Sudan went with them. Their priorities were to supply water and promote hygiene, in addition to providing health care and education begun previously. The author recounts her experience of working alongside these agencies, women refugees, Sudanese technical experts, and community representatives. She saw how […]

Journal article

Testimonies from Zaire

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Testimonies from Zaire

Keywords

Overview

Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150fl00 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

Journal article

Introduction

01/06/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150,000 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

Journal article

Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

01/06/1994

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

Keywords

Overview

The authors make their case for safe, legal, accessible, affordable abortion, as one part of reproductive health services that make all the choices, and information, available to women. Abortion is, they argue, about women’s rights and empowerment, and would reduce incidences of poor health and maternal mortality. Among the arguments are poor availability and reliability […]

Journal article

From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

01/06/1994

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

Keywords

Overview

Development programmes are shifting from family planning and maternal and child health programmes to reproductive health care. Increasing numbers of NGOs are adopting this approach, and its positive effects are set to continue into the future. Policy recommendations from the 1994 Cairo conference are set in the broader context of gender equity and development. Mosses’ […]

Journal article

Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

01/02/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

Keywords

Overview

Those seeking gender equality must take care when challenging harmful cultural practices not to damage practices that are neutral or constructive for women. This article suggests ways to do this. Local cultural contexts must always be understood, and ways sought to empower women long term, particularly by changing patriarchal attitudes. Local women’s groups can achieve […]

Journal article

Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

01/10/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

Keywords

Overview

Susan Cueva is a member of Lingap (‘to care’), a grassroots organisation of Filipina migrants to the UK. Migration for work, either to a different region or to another country, is a transition faced by increasing numbers of women and men throughout the world. Currently, an estimated 1.5 million Filipina women are migrant workers overseas. […]

Journal article

Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

01/11/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

Keywords

Overview

At the close of the millennium, there is a wave of invigorating air sweeping across the African continent. The refreshing breeze can be felt in the form of women smashing the gendered ‘glass ceiling’ in a bid to overcome the cultural and structural barriers that impede their political careers. In this short article, I examine […]

Journal article

Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

01/07/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

Keywords

Overview

This paper argues that the ability of women to adapt to climate change pressures will be enhanced by using the ‘capabilities approach’ to direct development efforts. By using this approach, women will improve their well-being, and act more readily as agents of change within their communities. This argument is supported by previous research on gender […]

Showing 431 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions

01/02/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Within current neo-liberal approaches to development, models of community-driven development assume that community-based workers (CBWs) are key actors in improved and accessible service delivery. We argue that use of CBWs is under-theorised and seems to be based largely on untested assumptions about community participation and responsibility. Drawing on case studies on potable-water management and home-based […]

Journal article

Sudanese refugees in Koboko

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Sudanese refugees in Koboko

Keywords

Overview

When refugees fled from Sudan to Uganda, some aid agencies in Sudan went with them. Their priorities were to supply water and promote hygiene, in addition to providing health care and education begun previously. The author recounts her experience of working alongside these agencies, women refugees, Sudanese technical experts, and community representatives. She saw how […]

Journal article

Testimonies from Zaire

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Testimonies from Zaire

Keywords

Overview

Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150fl00 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

Journal article

Introduction

01/06/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since autumn 1992 harassment of people of Kasaian origin in Shaba (formerly Katanga) in southern Zaire has resulted in massive displacement. More than 150,000 people have fled north into East and West Kasai, using whatever transport they could find. In October 1992 a Comite de Co-ordination des Refoules (CCR) was set up by local churches, […]

Journal article

Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

01/06/1994

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Abortion, reproductive rights and maternal mortality

Keywords

Overview

The authors make their case for safe, legal, accessible, affordable abortion, as one part of reproductive health services that make all the choices, and information, available to women. Abortion is, they argue, about women’s rights and empowerment, and would reduce incidences of poor health and maternal mortality. Among the arguments are poor availability and reliability […]

Journal article

From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

01/06/1994

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

From family planning and maternal and child health to reproductive health

Keywords

Overview

Development programmes are shifting from family planning and maternal and child health programmes to reproductive health care. Increasing numbers of NGOs are adopting this approach, and its positive effects are set to continue into the future. Policy recommendations from the 1994 Cairo conference are set in the broader context of gender equity and development. Mosses’ […]

Journal article

Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

01/02/1995

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Thinking about ‘culture’: some programme pointers

Keywords

Overview

Those seeking gender equality must take care when challenging harmful cultural practices not to damage practices that are neutral or constructive for women. This article suggests ways to do this. Local cultural contexts must always be understood, and ways sought to empower women long term, particularly by changing patriarchal attitudes. Local women’s groups can achieve […]

Journal article

Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

01/10/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Susan Cueva talks to Caroline Sweetman about migrant workers

Keywords

Overview

Susan Cueva is a member of Lingap (‘to care’), a grassroots organisation of Filipina migrants to the UK. Migration for work, either to a different region or to another country, is a transition faced by increasing numbers of women and men throughout the world. Currently, an estimated 1.5 million Filipina women are migrant workers overseas. […]

Journal article

Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

01/11/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament

Keywords

Overview

At the close of the millennium, there is a wave of invigorating air sweeping across the African continent. The refreshing breeze can be felt in the form of women smashing the gendered ‘glass ceiling’ in a bid to overcome the cultural and structural barriers that impede their political careers. In this short article, I examine […]

Journal article

Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

01/07/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Reducing risk and vulnerability to climate change in India: the capabilities approach

Keywords

Overview

This paper argues that the ability of women to adapt to climate change pressures will be enhanced by using the ‘capabilities approach’ to direct development efforts. By using this approach, women will improve their well-being, and act more readily as agents of change within their communities. This argument is supported by previous research on gender […]