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- An education programme for peasant women in Honduras
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This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibuca, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together th ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- Networks, support groups, and domestic violence
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The author researched women's experiences of domestic violence and abuse in Calcutta, India. She reports on their strategies for coping with and resisting this violence, noting that the majority of the women developed resistance strategies, and that in ma ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
- Literacy comes second: working with groups in developing societies
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Literacy programmes conventionally focus solely on non-literates and use a 'learn first, do later' model that is ill-suited to adult learning. Programmes based on existing groups (whether function- or location-based), and which use a 'learn through doing' ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:03
- Parcerias ONG–governos para ampliação do alcance: educação sexual no México
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Os governos dos países em desenvolvimento necessitam programas efetivos para avançar as políticas públicas e melhorar o bem-estar social. Freqüentemente as ONGs possuem programas bem testados e resultados de pesquisas que são relevantes para tais necessid ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Impactos econômicos das empresas: a nova fronteira para Responsabilidade e Transparência Corporativa
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Questões econômicas associadas à pobreza são complexas e requerem respostas holísticas para realizar as metas de desenvolvimento sustentável. Embora as próprias empresas já possam ter significativos impactos econômicos, a conexão entre o comportamento no ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:47
- Decentralising urban health activities in developing countries: issues in planning
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While there is considerable documented experience of decentralisation of health services in rural areas of developing countries, the decentralisation of health services in the urban context is rarely analysed. Urban development literature usually fails to ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- Information for action: the Clearinghouse Project
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The author, formerly Director of the Clearinghouse Project, describes the aims, achievements and underlying philosophy of the Project, which was set up in 1979 by the American Public Health Association (funded by USAID) to improve access to information fo ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
- Gender, development, and training: raising awareness in the planning process
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Several decades of development experience have yielded a wealth of findings about the key assumptions, procedures, and practices by which women have been marginalised in development planning. The value of these insights lies not only in highlighting flawe ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:04
- Mais do que um gesto simbólico: ONGs e sindicatos lutando por uma causa comum
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Com a aprovação da Lei de Asilo e Imigração de 1999 no Reino Unido, um sistema de vales para todas as novas pessoas que buscam asilo deveria ter sido introduzido a partir de abril de 2000. Esses vales foram amplamente vistos como injustos ao discriminar u ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:11
- Mulheres, trabalhadores e migrantes no setor público de saúde globalizado: debate na Conferência de Trabalho Internacional de 2004
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As remessas totais de trabalhadores migrantes (US$80 bilhões em 2003) ultrapassaram significativamente o montante total de assistência ao desenvolvimento do exterior (US$55 bilhões no mesmo ano). Muitos concluem que tais remessas oferecem uma contribuição ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:52
