8 research outputs found
The Contribution of Decentralized Governance to Development and Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa. Learning from past experience to enhance future support.
No full textAn African Response to COVID-19: From principled first response to just recovery
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In November 2020 Oxfam and SOAS facilitated an online high-level event to bring together African and international policy and public-health professionals to discuss their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offer insights into strategies and policies they have enacted in their respective contexts. Speakers tackled a wide range of issues, including government strategies and policies implemented, public health messaging and community engagement, varying threads of intersectionality and an honest discussion about gaps and additional support. This ‘outcomes’ paper draws out the key themes, trends and recommendations emerging from the discussions to inform a people-not-profit-centric Covid response.
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Navigating The ‘National Security’ Barrier: A Human Security Agenda for Arms Control in the Twenty-First Century
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Human security-national perspectives and global agendas: insights from national human development reports
No full textSince its introduction in UNDP's Human Development Report 1994, 'human security' has been a topic of lively debate. The purpose of this paper is to explore empirically how human security has been treated in National Human Development Reports (NHDRs), produced in 13 countries since 1997 with different definitions and points of focus. We use an inductive approach to examine how these stand up to the criticisms levelled in the literature against broader concepts of human security. The NHDRs of Afghanistan, Latvia, Macedonia and Bangladesh are of particular interest, both because of their rich analysis and because of the originality of the methodology they use. The paper concludes that broader definitions of human security are operational for both analysis and policy making. Limits to define a core of high-priority concerns with human security can be set after exploring the concerns of people in specific situations rather than before. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Gender-based violence and the Arms Trade Treaty: reflections from a campaigning and legal perspective
No full textThe Arms Trade Treaty, the first treaty to regulate the international transfer of conventional arms and ammunition, was adopted in 2013 at the United Nations. It aims to regulate the flow of weapons around the world by requiring governments to assess all arms transfers against a set of criteria, before the transfer is authorised or denied. The agreed criteria include language on the risks of gender-based violence. This is a landmark provision, and shows that the issues of women, peace and security have successfully moved into the realm of mainstream security. This article explores how this happened, and the lessons campaigners can learn from this campaign success. The article also explores what the implications are for progress on reducing gender-based violence in conflict, and the areas of uncertainty as attention turns to the treaty’s implementation.
This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website
Diagnóstico del sistema de protección contra incendio desde el punto de vista académico para el bloque 4 de la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia sede Ibagué-Espinal.
No full textLa Red de Protección contra Incendios de la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia se diseñó e instaló de acuerdo con la normativa vigente para el año de construcción del edificio. Dado que Colombia adoptó varias normas como la NTC 1669 del 2009, NTC 2301 del 2011 estas anteriores siendo una adaptación de la NFPA y la NSR 10 del 2010 (título j y k) como el código actual para la red de protección contra incendios, es necesario actualizar la red de protección contra incendios de la Universidad de Colombia con la normativa actual vigente. haciendo más seguros las instalaciones de la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia para su personal y estudiantes que cada día van a crecer como personas y como profesionales.The Fire Protection Network of the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia was designed and installed in accordance with current regulations for the year the building was built. Given that Colombia adopted several standards such as NTC 1669 of 2009, NTC 2301 of 2011, these earlier being an adaptation of NFPA and NSR 10 of 2010 (title j and k) as the current code for the fire protection network, it is necessary to update the fire protection network of the University of Colombia with the current regulations in force. making the facilities of the Cooperative University of Colombia safer for its staff and students who are going to grow every day as people and as professionals.Resumen -- Introducción -- 1. Descripción del problema -- 2. Justificación -- 3. Objetivos -- 3.1. Objetivo General -- 3.2. Objetivos específicos -- 4. Marco teórico -- 5. Metodología -- 6. Resultados -- 7. Conclusiones -- 8. Recomendaciones -- Bibliografí[email protected]
