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- Ni Vanuatu women graduates: what happens when they go home?
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Part of New Zealand’s aid to Pacific Island nations is in the form of tertiary scholarships. Students awarded scholarships study at tertiary institutions throughout the Pacific, including New Zealand. But what is it like when they return home, fitting bac ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:03
- Social accountability and community forest management: the failure of collaborative governance in the Wombat Forest
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This article presents a critical analysis of what caused Australia’s first Community Forest Management (CFM) trial to fail. We explore how ‘community’ was conceptualised and represented through the dynamic CFM process, leading to contr ...
Abstract - sally - 2009-11-19 12:44
- Working at the intersection--a story from Australia
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Conceived by nurses in the hospital of a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, and inspired by Norwegian People's Aid, the international aid agency of the Australian trade unions was designed to give a genuine material base to solidarity with national liber ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01
- Working from strengths to assess changes in gender equality
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This paper describes an empirical application of a strengths-based approach (SBA) to assess changes in gender equality, and draws out implications for research, evaluation, and wider development practice. We outline what constitutes a strengths-based ap ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2014-03-18 11:02
- Women's groups for whom? The colonisation of women's groups in Papua New Guinea
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Women's groups in Papua New Guinea, often under the influence of colonial and church governance in the past, still have an ambiguous function which serves to isolate women and `women's issues' rather than spread gender sensitivity. The author concludes th ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- ‘Bread and butter’ human rights: NGOs in Fiji
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While ‘rights-based’ approaches to development – those in which development and poverty alleviation are viewed through the lens of human rights – have become the language of choice among the international development community, l ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-07 19:31
- How can small donors contribute to sustainable development in large regions? The case of NZAID in Latin America
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Donors face many issues when trying to support development goals in large regions such as Latin America. In their attempts to channel assistance to appropriate end-users, they also have to provide coherence with national strategy, balance supply and deman ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01
- Stakeholders' perceptions within a farming systems aid project:
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Communication among stakeholders within international aid projects has long been recognised as problematic. The authors interviewed five different stakeholders on a Chinese-Australian project to explore whether (a) stakeholders have exclusive worldviews; ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- Editorial 21.7
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This is a good issue. Wahey. Author: Wardle, Debs Author: Wardle ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-11-29 12:40
- `Marriage' to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji's women garment workers
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The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country's garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country. What can feminist researche ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
