Publications
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Study report: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Direct and Indirect Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Utilization in South Sudan
The priority-setting process in the context of the Health Pooled Fund (HPF) is challenged by data limitations, minimal stewardship of the Ministry of Health (MoH) and competing interests among donors, HPF management, MoH, local authorities and implementing partners.
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Assessment of the social impact of GAA’s ‘Best Aquaculture Practices’ certification
This report reflects the findings and recommendations of a three-year impact assessment gauging the effectiveness of the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program’s social and labor requirements.
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How African First Ladies spearheaded the successful launch of a continent-wide campaign to prevent HIV and AIDS in childhood
Launched in 2018, the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) and the African Union co-lead a continental campaign to end new HIV infections in children and to keep mothers alive, called Free to Shine Campaign. This case study describes the process of advocacy and concerted effort that lead to the development of the campaign and its acceptance and adoption by stakeholders and communities at the continental, national and local levels.
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A gendered aquaculture value chain analysis in northwestern Bangladesh
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Progressing on the unfinished business: women and girls’ rights in SRHR (Synthesis Brief)
The main objective of the State of African Women (SoAW) campaign is to contribute to securing, realizing and extending women’s rights enshrined in African Union (AU) policies in African countries. This synthesis brief reflects on the strategies pursued by this campaign to safeguard gains made and to advance progress in women and girls’ rights in SRHR.
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“Progress on Child Marriage, but Unease about Teenage Pregnancy and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting”
Results of the Yes I Do programme (2016–2020) in West Lombok and Sukabumi, Indonesia
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Community Life Centres as a Primary Care Model in South Africa
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Agricultural Cooperatives and COVID-19 in Southeast Africa. The Role of Managerial Capital for Rural Resilience
While the health impact of COVID-19 in most African countries appears modest, the impact of social distancing measures, closing of markets and reduced mobility is felt across the board. This study uses pre- and during-shock data on agricultural cooperatives from Southeast Africa to understand how resilient these smallholder-owned organizations are.
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Final Evaluation of the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile
The Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile (AGT) was signed in July 2016 to support companies in implementing due diligence, develop joint activities and projects, and ultimately address adverse social, environmental and animal welfare challenges in supply chains.
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Coalition-building and multi level connections (Synthesis Brief)
The main objective of the State of African Women (SoAW) campaign is to contribute to securing, realizing and extending women’s rights enshrined in African Union (AU) policies in African countries. This second synthesis brief (read the first one here) reflects on the strategies pursued by this campaign to advance women and girls’ rights through coalition-building and advocacy for legal and social norms change and better implementation of policy commitments at multiple levels.
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Formative Evaluation of Early Childhood Development interventions on children living with developmental delays and disabilities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
This formative evaluation, covering the period 2018-2020, seeks to guide UNICEF and its partners on how to scale-up the pilot phase of this program in the short to medium-term (at least up to 2022).
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Why a segmentation strategy matters for serving the women’s market
Financial Service Providers are increasingly realising that needs and preferences differ across the female economy. Differences vary depending on women’s age, class, ethnicity, marital status, religion, wealth, stage of business, profession, location and other socially defined characteristics and markers. These factors all influence and impact the way different women use and receive financial services.
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Community Life Centres as a Primary Care Model in Kenya
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Value Chain Approaches for Social Change
Over the past decades, there has been an extensive transformation in global agri-food value chains, resulting in advances in efficiency, food quality, and food safety. Despite this transformation, many farmers and labourers active as primary producers in these chains have not experienced improvements in their living standards. Based on a study conducted in 2020 by KIT Royal Tropical Institute and Oxfam Novib, this paper explores value chain approaches that reduce social inequality and enable smallholder farmers and labourers to have decent livelihoods.
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State of African Women – Action learning case studies and synthesis briefs
This report presents a collection of six case studies and two synthesis briefs that are the outcomes of the ‘action learning trajectory’ of the SoAW campaign. The case studies are prepared by the partners of the coalition: IPPF Africa Region, YWCA Kenya, Faith to Action Network and OAFLAD. Each case study documents and reflects on a specific piece of advocacy work carried out in the campaign. The case studies form the basis of two synthesis briefs: one on ‘Progressing on the unfinished business’, and another one on ‘Coalition-building and multilevel connections’. Both synthesis briefs seek to pull out strategies and joint learning across the diverse advocacy processes that are presented in the six case studies.
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West African Food System Resilience
The West African region supplies most of the food for its growing population, which now exceeds 400 million. West African countries meet most of the region’s needs for coarse grains, tuber and root crops, vegetables, fruits, and meat (excluding some areas of fast-growing consumption such as chicken).
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Exploration of SRH Service Provision for Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh
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Evaluation of Philips Community Life Centres
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Perspectives of young people and health workers on sexual and reproductive health and its services in Bahir Dar, Amhara region, Ethiopia.
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Food Systems Decision Support Toolbox