Person

Mariah Cannon

Mariah Cannon

Research Officer

Mariah Cannon is a Research Officer with a Masters in International Development. Her current work focuses on children’s and youth participation in promoting children’s rights and is interested in sustainable, community-led, environmentally conscious development.

She is highly skilled in a range of research activities as well as convening and coordinating logistics of large-scale, multi-stakeholder events. She has two years of overseas experience in Ho Chi Ming City, Vietnam volunteering with UNICEF and teaching with a regional intergovernmental organization which promotes cooperation in education, science and culture throughout Southeast Asia. Previously, she worked for a non-profit in Oakland, CA providing outreach, fundraising and grant writing skills.

Research

Project

Participatory Research on Reintegration in Bangladesh and Cambodia

This research project is led by Eric Kasper of the cities cluster and funded by Winrock and USAID. Phase one What constitutes successful reintegration for survivors of trafficking in persons (TIP) and what can various stakeholders do to increase the likelihood of successful...

Project

Rejuvenate

Visit the Rejuvenate website 'Rejuvenate’ is a project that recognises the value that children and young people can bring when they are given the space and support to do so. It began with a process to collate and map previous and current child rights projects that exhibit substantive...

Opinions

Opinion

A participatory treasure trove

Here at IDS, on the second floor of the Octagon, is a hidden treasure trove: the Participation Resource Centre (PRC). Full of useful resources on participatory methods and the theory of power and participation, for many years, it was funded, open to the public and photocopies of materials were...

Mariah Cannon
Mariah Cannon & 2 others

20 November 2023

Publications

Publication

River of Life

This fictional River of Life illustrates one family’s journey in the borough of Ealing. Based on research from the Enabling Early Child Development in Ealing (ECDE) project, it shows some common challenges faced by local families, but more importantly, how families felt support should be, in...

Mariah Cannon
Mariah Cannon & 3 others

20 February 2024

Working Paper

Participation For, With, and By Girls: Evidencing Impact

REJUVENATE Working Paper 2

This paper presents the findings of a review of publicly available, published evidence on the efficacy of development projects that self-identify as ‘girl-led’, both within academic literature and from established organisations working with girls.

Tessa Lewin
Tessa Lewin & 4 others

13 September 2023

Mariah Cannon’s recent work

News

Reflecting on 50 years of learning with Robert Chambers

Robert Chambers is one of the most influential and prolific scholars to write about participation, poverty, and knowledge in development studies. His writing and thinking have revolutionised the discipline, inspiring both participatory processes and more inclusive practice. His work continues to...

30 March 2023

Past Event

Child rights: through Covid and into recovery – new and changing norms

As part of the Rejuvenate project, we are hosting a series of grounded dialogues. The first dialogue, held in September, responded and reflected on the Rejuvenate principles, and can be rewatched here. We will be joined in an interactive session by practitioners and thinkers in the fields of...

12 January 2022

Past Event

Rejuvenate dialogue: Respond and reflect on child and youth rights

Lead by a team at IDS and UHI, the goal of the Rejuvenate project is to re-energise the field of child and youth rights in social justice processes through a growing networks of child rights actors and to further consolidate, evidence and develop the REJUVENATE principles. Upon publishing...

14 September 2021