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CARE International in Ghana : report on gender trainings for gender champions - 22nd -23rd June for Pusiga district and 29th – 30th June for Bawku west district
Full text linkIn Ghana, backyard poultry and goat production systems are the most predominant and play a key role in the livelihoods of smallholder farmers especially women, who are usually in charge of these species in the household. However, women do not get the full benefit of rearing these species because of many factors including diseases such as Newcastle, peste des petits ruminants (PPR), and contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, which are the main causes of death for chicken and goats. These are viral disease, which has no treatment but can only be prevented through vaccines. Although vaccines for these diseases exist in Ghana, they are often inaccessible by women due to a variety of barriers, including delivery systems that are not centered on women’s needs, preferences, and capabilities; mobility challenges for women livestock owners; and gender norms that affect women’s ownership and management of livestock
Stage 2 - data management plan (DMP)
Full text linkThe document is a data management plan with instructions on how to complete it
Final evaluation of the Open Data for Development (Phase III) Initiative of the International Development Research Centre
Full text linkThe twenty-first century has seen the rise of new kinds of global challenges such as the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and racial, gender, sexual and economic injustices. These challenges connect us all and they require trust, cooperation and mutual respect between countries and people groups, but they also require timely, accurate and actionable evidence. Transparency and accountability in public and private institutions is essential to address and overcome these kinds of interconnected, complex challenges, and open data is a key tool to achieving this. The Open Data for Development (OD4D) program is a global partnership to advance the availability, use and impact of open data in government, civil society, and private sectors. “Open data is digital data that is made available with the technical and legal characteristics necessary for it to be freely used, reused, and redistributed by anyone, anytime, anywhere.” OD4D is an initiative that aims to increase the availability of quality Open Data (OD) and its use by actors in government, civil society, and the private sector for greater social good. The OD4D program began in 2015 and is currently coming to the end of its third phase (2020 – 2022) and is supported the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Hewlett Foundation and Global Affairs Canada.Hewlett FoundationGlobal Affairs Canad
Use of human-rights based approaches (HRBAs) for the promotion of healthier food environments and prevention of non communicable diseases in Uganda
Full text linkIn the last 20 years, there has been a significant rise in the prevalence of diet related Non- Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, the burden of NCDs has been associated with rapid transition to globalisation, minimal adherence to regulatory frameworks for food marketing and labelling and increased consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among other factors. The World Health Organization in 2019 estimated the total number of deaths caused by NCDs in Uganda at 33%. In addition, unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage advertising to children is unregulated in rural, urban areas and school zones
Factsheet : effets distributifs de la taxation des produits du tabac dans les pays de la CEDEAO
Full text linkStudying the use of artifacts to rebuild self-image and identity among female breast cancer survivors in Brazil
Full text linkPortuguese version available in IDRC Digital Library : Estudando o uso de artefatos para reconstruir a autoimagem e a identidade entre mulheres sobreviventes de câncer de mama no BrasilThis study qualitatively analyzes the individual and social well-being of female breast cancer survivors who underwent mastectomies in Pernambuco, Brazil. This study focuses on the potential of design as a vehicle for the resignification of self-image by women who have undergone mastectomies due to breast cancer, and to aid in reducing negative perceptions about their bodies. Through interviews, workshops, and exhibitions in collaboration with The Support and Self-Awareness Group for People with Cancer, this study has collected diverse personal experiences from survivors of breast cancer and of those receiving treatments, has highlighted the demands during the different stages of cancer treatment, has provided insight on the relationship these women establish with their own bodies and with artifacts they use, and has allowed women to explore strategies to rebuild their self-image and break taboos related to breasts and breast cancer
Explorando las infraestructuras urbanas de cuidado para promover la autonomía de las mujeres en Argentina
Full text linkEnglish version available in IDRC Digital Library : Exploring urban care infrastructures to support women’s autonomy in Argentin
COVID-19 and the new paradigm in the transport sector in Benin
Full text linkFrench version available in IDRC Digital Library: COVID-19 et nouveau paradigme dans le secteur du transport au Béni
