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- Engendering organisational practice in NGOs: the case of Utthan
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In the late 1970s, feminist social scientists began to challenge some of the assumptions underlying the dominant paradigms on organisations, arguing that they reflect and are structured by the values articulated within the larger institutional arenas in w ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:09
- The modern face of traditional agrarian rule: local government in Pakistan
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The 1980s saw an increasing enthusiasm for decentralisation and good governance in developing countries. Through an ethnographic study of the office of Tehsil Mayor in Kharalpur, Pakistan, it is argued that decentralisation, instead of creating opportun ...
Abstract - sally - 2009-11-19 12:06
- Teaching Amina to read
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The Government of India has made strides in increasing its education spending and improving access to schools, but there is much left to do. Programmes have concentrated on the expansion of higher education in India. In fact, public spending per student ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-11-29 13:37
- “Nobody helps us”: insights from ultra-poor Bangladeshi women on being beyond reach
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This paper documents the exclusion from formal assistance of 43 Bangladeshi ultra-poor female heads of household, which forces women to rely on overstretched forms of informal assistance that are not culturally prescribed and are often experienced as sh ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2013-04-30 12:02
- Beyond PRA: experiments in facilitating local action in water management
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As a tool both for research and for structuring community- level interaction, PRA is now well embedded in development practice. This paper, however, argues that in order to play an enabling role towards community action, facilitators need to offer much mo ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:51
- Dealing with hidden issues: trafficked women in Nepal
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The authors describe the extent of the trade in mainly rural Nepalese women, sold into prostitution and bonded labour in Asia and the Middle East, often by their families, because of poverty. The organisation Women Acting Together for Change (WATCH) works ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
- Human rights and religious backlash : the experience of a Bangladeshi NGO
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As part of a human rights education campaign, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) fixed 700,000 posters throughout Bangladesh. This met with opposition from religious organisations. This paper investigates the nature and cause of the backlas ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- Participatory content creation: voice, communication, and development
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This article uses the example of a mobile mixed-media platform – a converted three-wheeled auto-rickshaw – in Sri Lanka in order to explore whether and how content-creation activities can enable marginalised communities to have a voice. It d ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 13:41
- Post-disaster emergency and reconstruction experiences in Asia and Latin America: an assessment
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From United Nations emergency responses involving tent camps, to the reconstruction approach of FUNDASAL in El Salvador and the post-disaster provision of housing by Caritas in Asia, it is clear that a giant step has been taken in thinking about emergen ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-05 13:43
- A rural support programme exit strategy: women filling vacated spaces and excelling in community development
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Rural support programmes in Pakistan are major players in rural development, with significant outreach. Owing to funding constraints, they are currently exploring an exit strategy whereby they facilitate the formation of multi-tier local support organis ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-03-30 16:05
