Citizen Engagement Programme (CEP)
An empowerment and accountability programme aimed at improving the quality of health and education services in Mozambique.
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An empowerment and accountability programme aimed at improving the quality of health and education services in Mozambique.
Published by: Taylor and Francis
Although what has been called 'the people-centred development decade' of international aid in the 1990s can be explained at the systemic level by the end of the Cold War, such an account does not tell us how it actually came about. This article argues that a contributory factor can be identified through the life-histories of a generation of development semi- professionals, women now in their sixties who were caught up and part of two great emancipatory moments in the second half of the 20 century: freedom from colonialism and women's liberation.
Published by: African Arguments
Egyptians choose between Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party and Ahmed Shafik, a military man redolent of the old regime.
Published by: The Guardian
Another woman told me that girls and women wearing mid-sleeved clothing had been slapped on their bare arms by men on bicycles shouting slurs. Another told me she had been spat on by men telling her to cover up. Another told me that she had her hair up in a pony tail and a young man pulled it so hard that she thought her head was going to fall off. Another recounts how she was pushed and elbowed by a passer-by telling her to cover her nakedness (she was wearing a mid-sleeved blouse and trousers).
Published by: Open Democracy
In Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood have offered to circumcise women for a nominal fee as part of their community services, a move that threatens to reverse decades of local struggle against the harmful practice argues Mariz Tadros
Published by: IDS
This article is made up of a few individual reflections from the authors of articles in this IDS Bulletin on why they used action research approaches and/or some of the critical issues that they see as important.
The most recent BRICS member, officially joining in 2011, South Africa has since become a core component of the grouping and keen to establish itself as a rising power. The Rising Powers in International Development Programme is looking at the growing role of South Africa in the field of international development cooperation.
Brazil is a founding member of the BRICS group, Latin America's largest economy and the world's sixth-largest economy. The Rising Powers in International Development (RPID) programme is looking at Brazil's growing role in the field of international development cooperation.
Published by: UPV
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Published by: The Guardian
If we are serious about promoting gender justice, we must turn political empowerment upside down.