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Embracing the rights of people in prostitution and sex workers to address HIV and AIDS effectively

01/07/2008

13 pages long

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Embracing the rights of people in prostitution and sex workers to address HIV and AIDS effectively

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As the world’s HIV crisis grows, strategies continue to focus on containing the pandemic within high-risk populations. Is there a more effective way of engaging and approaching marginalised populations to help combat the global pandemic than the strategies pursued to date? If so, what would such an approach look like? This article will analyse the […]

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The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

01/11/2009

13 pages long

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The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

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This article uses Cambodia’s 2005 Demographic and Health Survey to explore differences in health status and health care access among elderly women and men, in the historical context of gendered violence during the Khmer Rouge regime. Results point to small disadvantages for women in becoming sick and seeking treatment, which are explained by their relatively […]

Journal article

Transforming gender in homestead food production

03/11/2010

14 pages long

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Transforming gender in homestead food production

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In Bangladesh, Helen Keller International (HKI) is known for its homestead food production (HFP) programme, which promotes small-scale agriculture among women, specifically to improve women’s and children’s nutrition outcomes, including dietary diversity and knowledge of maternal self-care and infant-young child feeding practices. To achieve these aims, the programme focuses on women’s empowerment. This article presents […]

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Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

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Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

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This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Journal article

Protecting migrant domestic workers in the UK

01/03/2011

10 pages long

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Protecting migrant domestic workers in the UK

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Each year, some 20,000 foreign domestic workers come to the UK to undertake work within a private household, ranging from housekeeping to childcare. Though domestic work is often seen as a route out of poverty, with domestic workers sending remittances back to families in their country of origin, structural barriers relating to migration and labour […]

Case study

Supporting Irrigation for Food Security in Malawi

15/06/2011

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Malawi is a country of small-scale producers farming tiny plots of land. Traditionally, they grow maize and other crops using rainwater. But as climate change intensifies, rains in Malawi are becoming erratic and less predictable. Malawi has abundant freshwater resources. Thirteen perennial rivers and three lakes cover almost 20 per cent of the area of […]

Book

Gender Equality, HIV and AIDS: Challenges for the Education Sector

01/12/2008

1 documents

200 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The book shows that while gender inequalities in society generally, and particularly within the education sector, are driving aspects of the HIV epidemic, educational settings can be empowering and bring about change. It examines different expectations of what HIV education programmes and education settings can do to transform unequal gender relations and protect young people […]

Book

Rights-based Approaches: Learning project

30/03/2008

3 documents

134 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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Overview

The failure to respect, protect, or fulfil human rights is a fundamental and leading obstacle to economic development and social justice. Practically speaking, however, NGOs are still struggling to understand what this major organisational shift means. The term ‘rights-based approaches’ (RBAs) has become so familiar that we tend to assume that it is well-understood and […]

Journal article

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

01/07/2011

17 pages long

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Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

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Overview

Conditional cash transfer programmes provide extremely poor households with a cash subsidy, on condition that children attend school, and mothers and infants undergo health checks. These programmes are generally considered effective social protection mechanisms, and success in meeting children’s nutrition, education, and health targets is reported. However, the impact of these programmes on women’s empowerment […]

Journal article

It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa

01/07/2011

11 pages long

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It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa

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Overview

A gender lens was applied in an empirical study to assess the dynamics and policy implications of one of South Africa’s largest social protection programmes, the Child Support Grant (CSG). The findings are based on a household survey conducted in an urban community in Soweto, South Africa. They suggest that the grant supports women’s ability […]

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Journal article

Embracing the rights of people in prostitution and sex workers to address HIV and AIDS effectively

01/07/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Embracing the rights of people in prostitution and sex workers to address HIV and AIDS effectively

Keywords

Overview

As the world’s HIV crisis grows, strategies continue to focus on containing the pandemic within high-risk populations. Is there a more effective way of engaging and approaching marginalised populations to help combat the global pandemic than the strategies pursued to date? If so, what would such an approach look like? This article will analyse the […]

Journal article

The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

Keywords

Overview

This article uses Cambodia’s 2005 Demographic and Health Survey to explore differences in health status and health care access among elderly women and men, in the historical context of gendered violence during the Khmer Rouge regime. Results point to small disadvantages for women in becoming sick and seeking treatment, which are explained by their relatively […]

Journal article

Transforming gender in homestead food production

03/11/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transforming gender in homestead food production

Keywords

Overview

In Bangladesh, Helen Keller International (HKI) is known for its homestead food production (HFP) programme, which promotes small-scale agriculture among women, specifically to improve women’s and children’s nutrition outcomes, including dietary diversity and knowledge of maternal self-care and infant-young child feeding practices. To achieve these aims, the programme focuses on women’s empowerment. This article presents […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Journal article

Protecting migrant domestic workers in the UK

01/03/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Protecting migrant domestic workers in the UK

Keywords

Overview

Each year, some 20,000 foreign domestic workers come to the UK to undertake work within a private household, ranging from housekeeping to childcare. Though domestic work is often seen as a route out of poverty, with domestic workers sending remittances back to families in their country of origin, structural barriers relating to migration and labour […]

Case study

Supporting Irrigation for Food Security in Malawi

15/06/2011

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Malawi is a country of small-scale producers farming tiny plots of land. Traditionally, they grow maize and other crops using rainwater. But as climate change intensifies, rains in Malawi are becoming erratic and less predictable. Malawi has abundant freshwater resources. Thirteen perennial rivers and three lakes cover almost 20 per cent of the area of […]

Book

Gender Equality, HIV and AIDS: Challenges for the Education Sector

01/12/2008

1 documents

200 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The book shows that while gender inequalities in society generally, and particularly within the education sector, are driving aspects of the HIV epidemic, educational settings can be empowering and bring about change. It examines different expectations of what HIV education programmes and education settings can do to transform unequal gender relations and protect young people […]

Book

Rights-based Approaches: Learning project

30/03/2008

3 documents

134 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

Keywords

Overview

The failure to respect, protect, or fulfil human rights is a fundamental and leading obstacle to economic development and social justice. Practically speaking, however, NGOs are still struggling to understand what this major organisational shift means. The term ‘rights-based approaches’ (RBAs) has become so familiar that we tend to assume that it is well-understood and […]

Journal article

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

01/07/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

Keywords

Overview

Conditional cash transfer programmes provide extremely poor households with a cash subsidy, on condition that children attend school, and mothers and infants undergo health checks. These programmes are generally considered effective social protection mechanisms, and success in meeting children’s nutrition, education, and health targets is reported. However, the impact of these programmes on women’s empowerment […]

Journal article

It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa

01/07/2011

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa

Keywords

Overview

A gender lens was applied in an empirical study to assess the dynamics and policy implications of one of South Africa’s largest social protection programmes, the Child Support Grant (CSG). The findings are based on a household survey conducted in an urban community in Soweto, South Africa. They suggest that the grant supports women’s ability […]

Showing 431 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Embracing the rights of people in prostitution and sex workers to address HIV and AIDS effectively

01/07/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Embracing the rights of people in prostitution and sex workers to address HIV and AIDS effectively

Keywords

Overview

As the world’s HIV crisis grows, strategies continue to focus on containing the pandemic within high-risk populations. Is there a more effective way of engaging and approaching marginalised populations to help combat the global pandemic than the strategies pursued to date? If so, what would such an approach look like? This article will analyse the […]

Journal article

The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

Keywords

Overview

This article uses Cambodia’s 2005 Demographic and Health Survey to explore differences in health status and health care access among elderly women and men, in the historical context of gendered violence during the Khmer Rouge regime. Results point to small disadvantages for women in becoming sick and seeking treatment, which are explained by their relatively […]

Journal article

Transforming gender in homestead food production

03/11/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transforming gender in homestead food production

Keywords

Overview

In Bangladesh, Helen Keller International (HKI) is known for its homestead food production (HFP) programme, which promotes small-scale agriculture among women, specifically to improve women’s and children’s nutrition outcomes, including dietary diversity and knowledge of maternal self-care and infant-young child feeding practices. To achieve these aims, the programme focuses on women’s empowerment. This article presents […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Journal article

Protecting migrant domestic workers in the UK

01/03/2011

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Protecting migrant domestic workers in the UK

Keywords

Overview

Each year, some 20,000 foreign domestic workers come to the UK to undertake work within a private household, ranging from housekeeping to childcare. Though domestic work is often seen as a route out of poverty, with domestic workers sending remittances back to families in their country of origin, structural barriers relating to migration and labour […]

Case study

Supporting Irrigation for Food Security in Malawi

15/06/2011

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Malawi is a country of small-scale producers farming tiny plots of land. Traditionally, they grow maize and other crops using rainwater. But as climate change intensifies, rains in Malawi are becoming erratic and less predictable. Malawi has abundant freshwater resources. Thirteen perennial rivers and three lakes cover almost 20 per cent of the area of […]

Book

Gender Equality, HIV and AIDS: Challenges for the Education Sector

01/12/2008

1 documents

200 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The book shows that while gender inequalities in society generally, and particularly within the education sector, are driving aspects of the HIV epidemic, educational settings can be empowering and bring about change. It examines different expectations of what HIV education programmes and education settings can do to transform unequal gender relations and protect young people […]

Book

Rights-based Approaches: Learning project

30/03/2008

3 documents

134 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

Keywords

Overview

The failure to respect, protect, or fulfil human rights is a fundamental and leading obstacle to economic development and social justice. Practically speaking, however, NGOs are still struggling to understand what this major organisational shift means. The term ‘rights-based approaches’ (RBAs) has become so familiar that we tend to assume that it is well-understood and […]

Journal article

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

01/07/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Cash transfers, gender equity and women’s empowerment in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

Keywords

Overview

Conditional cash transfer programmes provide extremely poor households with a cash subsidy, on condition that children attend school, and mothers and infants undergo health checks. These programmes are generally considered effective social protection mechanisms, and success in meeting children’s nutrition, education, and health targets is reported. However, the impact of these programmes on women’s empowerment […]

Journal article

It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa

01/07/2011

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa

Keywords

Overview

A gender lens was applied in an empirical study to assess the dynamics and policy implications of one of South Africa’s largest social protection programmes, the Child Support Grant (CSG). The findings are based on a household survey conducted in an urban community in Soweto, South Africa. They suggest that the grant supports women’s ability […]