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Future of rights and citizenship in the digital age : IT for change's three-year program for research and advocacy
Full text linkToday, data is both the basis of global economic production and the means of social governance. This new epoch brings with it new challenges, opportunities, and concerns for the questions of development and equity, and for justice-centered policy-making and regulation. This project aimed to undertake systematic, evidence-based research and advocacy that can inform economic, social, and digital policy directions to respond to the same, and work towards a citizen-oriented framework for data and algorithmic governance
Gender and social inclusion training for vet and animal health service providers
Full text linkIn Uganda, the majority of rural households are engaged in livestock rearing. Livestock is reared by both men and women, and in some pastoral communities, sick animals are left in the care of women while men take healthy animals for grazing. Research shows that gender and attitudes of animal health service providers can affect their veterinary practice and quality of care. Developing an understanding of how gender and perceptions of it can influence veterinary practices is essential to improve the reach and quality of service delivery. However, veterinarians, animal husbandry officers, and community animal health workers, referred to as animal health service providers in this brief, often receive limited and inconsistent training. Moreover, the training does not integrate gender responsive communication and entrepreneurship skills to help animal health service providers deliver gender equitable and inclusive services.Global Affairs CanadaBill & Melinda Gates Foundatio
Economic diplomacy : COVID-19 macroeconomic policy responses in Africa
No full textThe COVID-19 Macroeconomic Policy Responses in Africa (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
Improving dietary and health data for decision-making in agriculture and nutrition actions in Africa : policy brief
Full text linkTraditional methods used to collect health and nutrition data depend on enumerators or use of health facilities. These approaches suffer from accessibility bias, are costly, and the infrequent data collection intervals under heterogeneous and fast-moving conditions may not accurately track changes in nutritional status and household coping mechanisms that occur over short periods of time. These can have serious implications on how practitioners and policy makers judge the impacts of shocks and of interventions aimed at improving household welfare. Furthermore, such data are often of little direct use to households themselves as they do not receive feedback on their own status or trajectories. This data inadequacy will continue to negatively impact the efforts of governments and development practitioners to effectively programme and monitor the performance of nutrition and health interventions, and ultimately, achievement of national and global nutrition and health targets
COVID-19 and its impact on Senegal’s macroeconomic structure
Full text linkThe spread of COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021 has caused high mortality and morbidity rates across the globe. Senegal, along with other developing countries, experienced the weakening of major economic sectors such as tourism, health, agriculture, banking, and transport. This led to the deterioration of the macroeconomic environment – despite fast gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6% over the past five years (2014-2019). As with most sub-Saharan countries, Senegal implemented a series of fiscal policies, and these, along with the new monetary policies of the Central Bank of West African States, aimed to enhance overall economic performance while keeping inflation down and restoring GDP growth
Leaving no women behind : evaluating the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on livelihood outcomes in Kenya and Ethiopia
Full text linkThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has revolutionised our lives, bringing with it the twin crises of illness and the need for an optimal mix of policies to alleviate its impact on the population. There needs to be more evidence on the effects of the pandemic on livelihood outcomes, including an understanding of whether female-headed families in low-income countries fare worse than their male-headed counterparts during pandemics. Using high-frequency phone surveys conducted in Ethiopia and Kenya, we examine the aggregate impact of the pandemic on income and consumption losses, as well as food insecurity. The empirical analysis estimates linear probability models that relate livelihood outcomes with household headship and other socioeconomic characteristics as controls. Overall, the pandemic increased the likelihood of food insecurity while decreasing income and consumption, particularly among female-headed households. In Kenya, living in a female-headed home increased the possibility of an adult going without food by about 10%, an adult skipping a meal by about 9.9%, and a child missing a meal by about 17% in the seven days preceding the telephone survey. In Ethiopia, living in a female-headed household increased the likelihood of an adult going hungry, skipping a meal, and running out of food by about 24.35%, 18.9%, and 26.7%, respectively. Salient pre-existing socioeconomic inequalities further exacerbated the effects of the pandemic on livelihoods. The findings have important implications for public policy and preparations by governments and other organisations interested in developing suitable gender-sensitive measures to lessen the impact of future pandemics in low- and middle-income countries
Scaling quality TPD toolkit
Full text linkThe TPD@Scale Toolkit is a comprehensive resource for helping you develop your proposals. It provides different types of resources to facilitate the design and implementation of TPD@Scale programs. This toolkit consists of four parts. Each part provides a range of resources for supporting you in designing TPD@Scale programs. Part 1 focuses on the foundations of scaling quality teacher professional development and presents research that can help you conceptualize the TPD@Scale framework in your context. Part 2 describes the key principles on how gender, equity, and social inclusion (GESI) issues need to be taken into consideration for TPD@Scale programs. Part 3 provides the guidelines for planning the budget for TPD@Scale programs. Part 4 presents the insights of stakeholder engagement and the tools for stakeholder analysis and engagement
Air pollution and the world of work in Southeast Asia : findings from regional case studies
No full textFour independent research projects undertaken by researchers in Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Thailand, aimed to improve the state of knowledge on air pollution and workers’ exposures in southeast Asia, focusing on both informal and formal labour in certain occupations
International women's day 2023 - digital apps and drones in livestock farming
No full textWhere does digital technology fit in with livestock farming? Can flying animal vaccines in by drone to remote regions help address gender inequality? Find out on this special episode of The Boma! In this podcast, we hear about the barriers to digital technology and farming difficulties that women face, then follow how ILRI and the CGIAR are working to close that divide from the example of an innovative vaccine-delivery project in Ghana. We hear from Agnes Loriba, program lead and Ghana project manager at CARE International, Immaculate Omondi, a gender research economist at ILRI, and Nicoline de Haan, lead of the CGIAR GENDER Impact platform. How do they identify 'gender gaps' in farming and communities - and what does it take to close them
Bridging the gender equality gap in science at the Women’s University in Africa, Zimbabwe
Full text linkOver the past decades, significant progress has been made to address gender disparities in university education in general and, to a certain extent, science disciplines. Various interventions, such as affirmative action policies, have been used to address this issue of gender disparity. However, much of what is known about this problem comes from higher education contexts in the global North with limited data on this issue emerging from the South and a paucity of understanding of how structural barriers in these contexts fail to attract, retain, and ensure women complete their studies in STEM disciplines. To address this limitation, we conducted a gender audit at the only women-centred university in the SADC region, the Women’s University of Africa (WUA), which has various campuses across Zimbabwe, to understand if and how policies and practices implemented at this institution have addressed systematic and systemic barriers to women’s participation in higher education in general and science disciplines more specifically. Using an array of methods (document analysis, interviews with university stakeholders, focus groups with students and graduates, and observations), the audit found that overall, the university has implemented many progressive policies and practices to work towards its overarching vision of gender equality and achieve its gender-informed enrolment goal (85% female to 15% male student ratio). Despite these successes regarding overall admission rates (i.e. 83% women to 17% male student ratio), our study also found that gender gaps continue to persist in various science- related disciplines at WUA – gaps that can be explained by systematic and systemic issues in the country’s higher education system that can potentially be addressed by more targeted and holistic interventions