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Innovating for maternal and child health in Africa initiative : final narrative report - March 14, 2014 - April 30, 2022
No full textThis final narrative report for the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative presents the story of IMCHA, our results, outcomes, and outputs from 2014 to 2022. IMCHA was launched in March 2014 as a CAD36 million, 7-year flagship initiative to improve maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes by strengthening health systems, using primary healthcare as an entry point. The IMCHA model used a novel approach to embed research and engage decision-makers in local and national health authorities, respond to national priorities, promote a multisectoral approach in participating countries, and build on African-Canadian research capacities and collaboration.Global Affairs Canad
Foresight for new collaborative platforms to support LMIC science systems : technical report
No full textThe wide diffusion of ideas and focus of funders around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) released by the United Nations (UN), suggest that the era of predominance of economic growth as the main driver of welfare is in decline. The notion that development should be focused primarily on economic growth with concerns about poverty reduction, education, health, inequality, and the environment, only to be taken seriously once growth has been achieved, is no longer convincing. All of these goals must be pursued simultaneously and with attention to the synergies between each that can be built in doing so. But to what extent are science systems adapting to this new challenge? This Project utilised novel national science system characterisation and participatory foresight approaches based on ‘seeds of change’ (‘weak signals’ or ‘pockets of the future in the present’) to explore some of these issues
#Recognize-Resist-Remedy : a research project to combat gender-based hate speech against women in India and Brazil
Get PDFWe carried out an in-depth investigation of case laws in India in order to examine the challenges of obtaining access to justice in a context with no specific legal provision addressing sexist hate speech. Through a delimited key word search methodology, 95 cases of women seeking redress for various forms of online sexism, misogyny and gender-based violence were identified from online case law databases. These cases were zeroed upon through a systematic combing of online court records of the Supreme Court, 2 district courts, and 17 high courts between end November and early December 2021. The 95 shortlisted cases were then analysed in-depth for the following aspects: emerging typologies of violations in digital sociality, platform accountability considerations, gender sensitivity of legal readings, and challenges in obtaining evidence for the prosecution. Our study found that the lack of a specific legal provision addressing sexist hate speech made it very challenging to recognise gender-trolling as an emergent form of gender-based violence in the Indian context
NDC Highlights Newsletter (Amharic version)
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Analyse de l’effet de l’employabilite des jeunes sur la violence urbaine en periode post-conflit en Cote D’ivoire
Get PDFGérer les interactions entre les migrations et les conflits dus au changement climatique et à l’eau en vue de renforcer la résilience des communautés dans le Bassin du Congo
No full textWomen’s empowerment and intra-household gender dynamics and practices around sheep and goat production in South East Kenya
Get PDFSmall ruminant production facets like decision-making, ownership, labour allocation, access to- and control over assets are gendered. This study investigates intra-household gender dynamics and practices around sheep and goat production among smallholder farmers in South East region of Kenya. A quantitative study was conducted on 358 dual-headed (married) households to generate gender- disaggregated data on ownership, decision-making and labour allocation around small ruminant production. Qualitative data was collected through focused group discussions to bring out the community perspectives. From the findings, the average number of small ruminants owned by the households as reported by men was slightly higher than women. The average number of small ruminants solely owned by men was significantly higher than by women. Men reported a relatively higher number of jointly owned small ruminants compared to women. More women than men reported that they could give as a gift, sell-off and slaughter jointly owned small ruminants without consulting their spouses. Small ruminants were considered the most important livestock asset in supporting a household’s livelihood by relatively more women than men. Men had more decision-making autonomy over jointly owned small ruminants compared to women. Production tasks around small ruminants such as feeding, watering, selling milk and cleaning housing structures were mostly performed by the women. Qualitative data identified men as the de facto owners of small ruminants with a higher power position in making the important production decisions. The study offers three implications on the design of livestock interventions to empower women, the interventions should ensure that; 1) women are not just owners of livestock assets but also share power and decision-making rights in all aspects of production, 2) production labour is shared equitably between men and women and, 3) women access benefits from livestock production even when animals are owned by men.Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Global Affairs Canada (GAC
