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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 […]

Case study

What’s in a Name? Changing policies and beliefs in favour of women in Peru

01/11/2008

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Millions of people around the world cannot open a bank account, obtain credit, vote, own or inherit property, get a job or a passport, access health care, or sometimes even go to school. The reason? Because they do not have a birth certificate. Until recently, thousands of babies born to single mothers in Peru were […]

Journal article

Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

01/05/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the impact of NGO professionalisation on the recruitment of NGO staff. Based on an in-depth survey of employees in 20 advocacy NGOs in Jordan, it demonstrates the gendered impact of professionalisation. The majority of NGO employees are highly educated women, often Western-educated, who work in NGOs primarily for career opportunities and because […]

Journal article

Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

01/07/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the connections between poverty and the early marriage of girls. These links are rarely acknowledged in development research, policy and practice, despite the fact that in parts of sub- Saharan Africa, where women form the majority of the poor, it is estimated that over 60 per cent of girls under 19 are […]

Briefing paper

Making Tax Vanish: How the practices of consumer goods MNC RB show that the international tax system is broken

13/07/2017

3 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Big business is able to take advantage of loopholes in global tax laws and avoid tax on a massive scale. This deprives governments around the world of the money they need to tackle poverty and inequality. It means there is less for them to invest in healthcare, education and jobs. This report examines the failings […]

Case study

A community making change: HIV/AIDS Prevention Group Bela-Bela

02/07/2014

1 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study documents the story of the HIV/AIDS Prevention Group in Bela Bela, Limpopo province, in South Africa. HAPG has led the way in pioneering layperson-managed clinics supervised by an HIV and AIDS specialist administering antiretroviral treatment (ART), in a province (Limpopo) that is still struggling to provide an effective primary health care […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keywords

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Journal article

Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen’s contribution to development evaluation

01/05/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

An Action Learning process integrated with Sen’s Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The authors show that putting this approach into practice has important implications for the manner in which ‘development’ is undertaken as an ideological project. It may help to examine and challenge those who hold power in […]

Briefing paper

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

19/09/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam estimates that just one of the richest men in Ghana earns from his wealth more in a month than one of the poorest women could earn in 1,000 years. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, hampering economic growth and threatening social cohesion. Nearly 300,000 more men, women and children in Ghana could have been […]

Briefing note

Yemen’s civilians face death and a crushing siege as fighting expands to the city of Hudaydah: Violence must end and inclusive peace talks resume

21/09/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Saudi and UAE-led Coalition has intensified its assault towards Hudaydah’s city and port, with devastating consequences for civilians. If fighting continues and the main roads out of the city are blocked, hundreds of thousands of people could be trapped in Hudaydah without access to adequate food, water and medical care. All sides in the […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Case study

What’s in a Name? Changing policies and beliefs in favour of women in Peru

01/11/2008

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Millions of people around the world cannot open a bank account, obtain credit, vote, own or inherit property, get a job or a passport, access health care, or sometimes even go to school. The reason? Because they do not have a birth certificate. Until recently, thousands of babies born to single mothers in Peru were […]

Journal article

Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

01/05/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the impact of NGO professionalisation on the recruitment of NGO staff. Based on an in-depth survey of employees in 20 advocacy NGOs in Jordan, it demonstrates the gendered impact of professionalisation. The majority of NGO employees are highly educated women, often Western-educated, who work in NGOs primarily for career opportunities and because […]

Journal article

Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

01/07/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the connections between poverty and the early marriage of girls. These links are rarely acknowledged in development research, policy and practice, despite the fact that in parts of sub- Saharan Africa, where women form the majority of the poor, it is estimated that over 60 per cent of girls under 19 are […]

Briefing paper

Making Tax Vanish: How the practices of consumer goods MNC RB show that the international tax system is broken

13/07/2017

3 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Big business is able to take advantage of loopholes in global tax laws and avoid tax on a massive scale. This deprives governments around the world of the money they need to tackle poverty and inequality. It means there is less for them to invest in healthcare, education and jobs. This report examines the failings […]

Case study

A community making change: HIV/AIDS Prevention Group Bela-Bela

02/07/2014

1 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study documents the story of the HIV/AIDS Prevention Group in Bela Bela, Limpopo province, in South Africa. HAPG has led the way in pioneering layperson-managed clinics supervised by an HIV and AIDS specialist administering antiretroviral treatment (ART), in a province (Limpopo) that is still struggling to provide an effective primary health care […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keywords

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Journal article

Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen’s contribution to development evaluation

01/05/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

An Action Learning process integrated with Sen’s Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The authors show that putting this approach into practice has important implications for the manner in which ‘development’ is undertaken as an ideological project. It may help to examine and challenge those who hold power in […]

Briefing paper

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

19/09/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam estimates that just one of the richest men in Ghana earns from his wealth more in a month than one of the poorest women could earn in 1,000 years. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, hampering economic growth and threatening social cohesion. Nearly 300,000 more men, women and children in Ghana could have been […]

Briefing note

Yemen’s civilians face death and a crushing siege as fighting expands to the city of Hudaydah: Violence must end and inclusive peace talks resume

21/09/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Saudi and UAE-led Coalition has intensified its assault towards Hudaydah’s city and port, with devastating consequences for civilians. If fighting continues and the main roads out of the city are blocked, hundreds of thousands of people could be trapped in Hudaydah without access to adequate food, water and medical care. All sides in the […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Case study

What’s in a Name? Changing policies and beliefs in favour of women in Peru

01/11/2008

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Millions of people around the world cannot open a bank account, obtain credit, vote, own or inherit property, get a job or a passport, access health care, or sometimes even go to school. The reason? Because they do not have a birth certificate. Until recently, thousands of babies born to single mothers in Peru were […]

Journal article

Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

01/05/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the impact of NGO professionalisation on the recruitment of NGO staff. Based on an in-depth survey of employees in 20 advocacy NGOs in Jordan, it demonstrates the gendered impact of professionalisation. The majority of NGO employees are highly educated women, often Western-educated, who work in NGOs primarily for career opportunities and because […]

Journal article

Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

01/07/2003

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the connections between poverty and the early marriage of girls. These links are rarely acknowledged in development research, policy and practice, despite the fact that in parts of sub- Saharan Africa, where women form the majority of the poor, it is estimated that over 60 per cent of girls under 19 are […]

Briefing paper

Making Tax Vanish: How the practices of consumer goods MNC RB show that the international tax system is broken

13/07/2017

3 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Big business is able to take advantage of loopholes in global tax laws and avoid tax on a massive scale. This deprives governments around the world of the money they need to tackle poverty and inequality. It means there is less for them to invest in healthcare, education and jobs. This report examines the failings […]

Case study

A community making change: HIV/AIDS Prevention Group Bela-Bela

02/07/2014

1 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study documents the story of the HIV/AIDS Prevention Group in Bela Bela, Limpopo province, in South Africa. HAPG has led the way in pioneering layperson-managed clinics supervised by an HIV and AIDS specialist administering antiretroviral treatment (ART), in a province (Limpopo) that is still struggling to provide an effective primary health care […]

Journal article

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Keywords

Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

Journal article

Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen’s contribution to development evaluation

01/05/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

An Action Learning process integrated with Sen’s Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The authors show that putting this approach into practice has important implications for the manner in which ‘development’ is undertaken as an ideological project. It may help to examine and challenge those who hold power in […]

Briefing paper

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

19/09/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam estimates that just one of the richest men in Ghana earns from his wealth more in a month than one of the poorest women could earn in 1,000 years. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, hampering economic growth and threatening social cohesion. Nearly 300,000 more men, women and children in Ghana could have been […]

Briefing note

Yemen’s civilians face death and a crushing siege as fighting expands to the city of Hudaydah: Violence must end and inclusive peace talks resume

21/09/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Saudi and UAE-led Coalition has intensified its assault towards Hudaydah’s city and port, with devastating consequences for civilians. If fighting continues and the main roads out of the city are blocked, hundreds of thousands of people could be trapped in Hudaydah without access to adequate food, water and medical care. All sides in the […]