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Adapting and scaling teacher professional development approaches in Ghana, Honduras and Uzbekistan
Get PDF‘Scaling the TPD@Scale approach in three GPE countries’ was a global 28-month project funded by KIX. The project sought to address the challenge of improving systems of teacher professional development (TPD) to contribute to improved quality classroom teaching in GPE member countries. The overall objective of the project is to identify how ICTs can be utilized at scale to strengthen equity, quality and efficiency in teacher professional development systems. Researchers would achieve this objective through studying how different groups of teachers and other actors within public education systems responded to new and adapted models of ICT-mediated TPD, described here as TPD@Scale
Effects of unpaid caring activities and social norms on women’s employment in mangrove areas of Ramsar site 1017 in Benin (West Africa)
Get PDFSocial norms drive women to practice unpaid caring activities that constitute an important barrier to their access to paid activities within the labour market in Benin. Assessing how far unpaid caring activities affect their business activities will help to improve the livelihoods of women. A survey was carried out in the district of Ouidah, with 300 households randomly selected to be issued with a questionnaire. Four types of households were identified according to their different characteristics. Payment for domestic work varied from one household to another. Most of the household types entrusted the care of their children to family members. Childcare, eldercare, and other home tasks were assigned to women according to the social norms, with men carrying out the more physically demanding roles (coconut harvesting, moto riding, basket lixiviation, palisade construction, fishing). The time allocated to work by women decreased with the increased coverage of the households’ needs and the education level of women in the household. This study provides knowledge that could help decision makers to design appropriate strategies to reduce women’s unpaid domestic work and to close the gender gap in the different households in mangrove areas of Ramsar site 1017 in Benin
Evaluation of the potential benefit of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASi, ACEi/ARB) in high-risk patients with COVID-19 : the COVID-RASi trial
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the health and economy of countries around the world, bringing a major challenge for physicians and healthcare systems, due to the lack of evidence-based therapy. Patients admitted with COVID had a higher risk for worsening conditions requiring ICU, ventilation, or dialysis, and high mortality. At the peak of the pandemic, many patients with COVID-19 infections were older, with pre-existing cardiovascular (CV) conditions (e.g., prior heart attack, stroke, peripheral arterial disease), or had risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease. The scientific and clinical implications showed these patients had higher mortality, confirming the major interactions with the cardiovascular system. While the role of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASi) was known to be protective of the cardiovascular system, and the evidence also showed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors, more research was needed to find evidence-based answers to show if RASi medications are protective for patients with COVID-19
Use of human-rights based approaches (HRBAs) for the promotion of healthier food environments and prevention of non communicable diseases in Kenya
Get PDFNon-communicable diseases are one of the leading causes of mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, a study by the Ministry of Health posits that the NCDs account for 39% of deaths annually. Evidence shows that physical inactivity, the increase in consumption of processed, sugary, fatty foods and alcoholic beverages have highly contributed to the prevalence of diet related illnesses. The Kenyan government has shown interest in addressing NCDs through the National Health Policy (2014-2030)
Air pollution and workers’ health in Cambodia’s garment sector
No full textThe findings of this study can inform and enable policymakers in improving occupational air pollution, including addressing air pollution, pollution sources and other related issues in the garment manufacturing sector in Cambodia. Such interventions will help to uphold the health of workers as a human right, ensure safe workplaces, and also be beneficial for the country’s economic growth, as a healthy workforce is more productive
Participación de mujeres en ciencia y tecnología : el caso del INTA y CNEA desde una revisión bibliográfica
Get PDFCoMPRA : COVID-19 macroeconomic policy responses in Africa
No full textThe CoMPRA project was initiated following a call by the International Development Research Centre for rapid response policy research to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project’s overall goal is to inform macroeconomic policy development in response to the coronavirus pandemic by low- and middle-income countries, and development partners. It also calls for more climate-resilient and gender-responsive measures through evidence-based research. The project will focus broadly on Africa and specifically on Benin, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda
Technoscientific labor and gender equity in Argentina : comparing barriers and opportunities for women in the public and private sectors - emerging findings
No full textThe presentation provides statistics about women’s participation in STEM education, research and development, and scientific careers in Argentina
Knowledge for climate finance mobilization : codifying climate finance access constraints - a case study of Southern African institutions seeking to mobilize GCF resources
No full textIn pursuing access to climate finance from the Green Climate Fund, entities seek to become accredited as Direct Access Entities (DAEs) to channel the flow of catalytic climate finance to begin addressing national climate change priorities. The GCF’s accreditation process for DAEs is based on the ‘fit for purpose’ approach. This approach promotes the identification and matching of appropriate entity capacity with the relevant GCF requirements at several categories of accreditation. Becoming accredited as a DAE is often seen as the only gateway to accessing the GCF, one that takes significant time and resources to pass through. Understanding and addressing the wide array of capacity constraints DAEs and nominated entities seeking accreditation are faced with is therefore a critical concern for the southern Africa region