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Protecting Communities in the DRC: Understanding Gender Dynamics and Empowering Women and Men

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Set in the DRC, this short document discusses community approaches to changing behaviors and increasing women's participation without disempowering men.

Authors: 
Emma Fanning
Rachel Hastie
Organizational Authors: 
Oxfam GB
Year Published: 
2012
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Flood Preparedness in Viet Nam: A systematic Gender-Aware Approach

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This short document (10 pages) provides examples of activities involving men, women, boys, and girls to increase preparedness for flooding and other natural disasters.  Although set in Vietnam, the example and activities implemented could take place in other contexts as well.  One key focus of the project is to increase gender equality, empowering women as well as men.

Authors: 
Le Thi My Dung
Vu Minh Hai
Ines Smyth
Claire Harvey
Organizational Authors: 
Oxfam GB
Year Published: 
2012
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Guide to Community Mobilization Programming

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Mercy Corps' Guide to Community Mobilization Programming is intended to be a resource for designing, planning, implementing, and evaluating community mobilization programs and activities. The guide, grounded in more than ten years of Mercy Corps' experience in supporting community-led development, can be used by staff unfamiliar with community mobilization methodologies, as well as any development actor interested in strengthening community participation and leadership in programming. Community mobilizers and program managers will find field-proven tools and practical lessons about implementation in the guide.

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Mercy Corps
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Using Motivation 3.0 with Community Health Workers Presentation

This presentation explores the question under what conditions do performance-based incentives work and not work, what are the dangers of using them indiscriminately and should we pay CHWs or use volunteer CHWs or both. Please click here to view slides.

Authors: 
Thomas Davis
Organizational Authors: 
Food for the Hungry
TOPS
Year Published: 
2011
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Guidance: How to Measure the Food Security Community Capacity Index (FSCCI)

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Africare developed the Food Security Community Capacity Index (FSCCI) to measure beneficiary communities’ technical ability and knowledge (capacity) needed to deal successfully with issues related to food security in their communities. In the most recent update of the tool in 2004, the FSCCI was revised to better take into account the special capacities needed to cope with cyclical risks and shocks, specifically HIV/AIDS. This guidance has been prepared to provide staff of Africare and other Cooperating Sponsors (and the communities they serve) with a brief background on the evolution of this tool, a clear set of steps to use in measuring the FSCCI within beneficiary communities, and the different ways this tool can be used.

Organizational Authors: 
Africare
USAID
Year Published: 
2007
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Gender Toolkit: A Manual for Youth Peace Workers

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Despite young people being aware of gender issues, and there is willingness to become more gender sensitive, studies and surveys show that youth or-ganisations identified challenges in how to plan and implement gender sensitive projects. The challenge lies in how to include a “gender lens” in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of differ-ent projects while integrating gender issues at the structural and organisational levels. These challenges can be addressed first by acknowledging their existence and making corrective entries to the organisa-tions’ apparatus of power, and secondly by transforming the challenges into something positive and pro-ductive.
This toolkit builds on the experiences of former and current UNOY gender officers, its Gender Working Group and input from a gender survey amongst our members, multiple gender trainings and literature on gender (mainstreaming).

Organizational Authors: 
United Network of Young Peacebuilders
Year Published: 
2011
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Understanding the Intangibles in Value Chain Partnerships

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This presentation focuses on the role that intangible factors such as risk perceptions, trust, transparency and leadership have played in CARE’s program design and delivery.

Authors: 
Muhammad Siddiquee
Christian Pennotti
Organizational Authors: 
CARE
Year Published: 
2011
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Using Motivation 3.0 with Community Health Workers Presentation

This presentation explores the question under what conditions do performance-based incentives work and not work, what are the dangers of using them indiscriminately and should we pay CHWs or use volunteer CHWs or both. Please click here to view slides.

Authors: 
Thomas Davis
Organizational Authors: 
Food for the Hungry
TOPS
Year Published: 
2011
Your rating: None Average: 4.5 (2 votes)
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Guide to Community Mobilization Programming

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Mercy Corps' Guide to Community Mobilization Programming is intended to be a resource for designing, planning, implementing, and evaluating community mobilization programs and activities. The guide, grounded in more than ten years of Mercy Corps' experience in supporting community-led development, can be used by staff unfamiliar with community mobilization methodologies, as well as any development actor interested in strengthening community participation and leadership in programming. Community mobilizers and program managers will find field-proven tools and practical lessons about implementation in the guide.

Organizational Authors: 
Mercy Corps
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Guide to Community Mobilization Programming

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application/pdf iconGuide to Community Mobilization Programming

Mercy Corps' Guide to Community Mobilization Programming is intended to be a resource for designing, planning, implementing, and evaluating community mobilization programs and activities. The guide, grounded in more than ten years of Mercy Corps' experience in supporting community-led development, can be used by staff unfamiliar with community mobilization methodologies, as well as any development actor interested in strengthening community participation and leadership in programming. Community mobilizers and program managers will find field-proven tools and practical lessons about implementation in the guide.

Organizational Authors: 
Mercy Corps
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Using Motivation 3.0 with Community Health Workers Presentation

This presentation explores the question under what conditions do performance-based incentives work and not work, what are the dangers of using them indiscriminately and should we pay CHWs or use volunteer CHWs or both. Please click here to view slides.

Authors: 
Thomas Davis
Organizational Authors: 
Food for the Hungry
TOPS
Year Published: 
2011
Your rating: None Average: 4.5 (2 votes)
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Guidance: How to Measure the Food Security Community Capacity Index (FSCCI)

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application/pdf iconGuidance: How to Measure the Food Security Community Capacity Index (FSCCI)

Africare developed the Food Security Community Capacity Index (FSCCI) to measure beneficiary communities’ technical ability and knowledge (capacity) needed to deal successfully with issues related to food security in their communities. In the most recent update of the tool in 2004, the FSCCI was revised to better take into account the special capacities needed to cope with cyclical risks and shocks, specifically HIV/AIDS. This guidance has been prepared to provide staff of Africare and other Cooperating Sponsors (and the communities they serve) with a brief background on the evolution of this tool, a clear set of steps to use in measuring the FSCCI within beneficiary communities, and the different ways this tool can be used.

Organizational Authors: 
Africare
USAID
Year Published: 
2007
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Understanding the Intangibles in Value Chain Partnerships

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application/pdf iconUnderstanding the Intangibles in Value Chain Partnerships

This presentation focuses on the role that intangible factors such as risk perceptions, trust, transparency and leadership have played in CARE’s program design and delivery.

Authors: 
Muhammad Siddiquee
Christian Pennotti
Organizational Authors: 
CARE
Year Published: 
2011
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Gender Toolkit: A Manual for Youth Peace Workers

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application/pdf iconGender Toolkit: A manual for youth peace workers

Despite young people being aware of gender issues, and there is willingness to become more gender sensitive, studies and surveys show that youth or-ganisations identified challenges in how to plan and implement gender sensitive projects. The challenge lies in how to include a “gender lens” in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of differ-ent projects while integrating gender issues at the structural and organisational levels. These challenges can be addressed first by acknowledging their existence and making corrective entries to the organisa-tions’ apparatus of power, and secondly by transforming the challenges into something positive and pro-ductive.
This toolkit builds on the experiences of former and current UNOY gender officers, its Gender Working Group and input from a gender survey amongst our members, multiple gender trainings and literature on gender (mainstreaming).

Organizational Authors: 
United Network of Young Peacebuilders
Year Published: 
2011
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Flood Preparedness in Viet Nam: A systematic Gender-Aware Approach

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application/pdf iconFlood Preparedness in Viet Nam: A systematic Gender-Aware Approach

This short document (10 pages) provides examples of activities involving men, women, boys, and girls to increase preparedness for flooding and other natural disasters.  Although set in Vietnam, the example and activities implemented could take place in other contexts as well.  One key focus of the project is to increase gender equality, empowering women as well as men.

Authors: 
Le Thi My Dung
Vu Minh Hai
Ines Smyth
Claire Harvey
Organizational Authors: 
Oxfam GB
Year Published: 
2012
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Protecting Communities in the DRC: Understanding Gender Dynamics and Empowering Women and Men

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application/pdf iconProtecting Communities in the DRC: Understanding Gender Dynamics and Empowering Women and Men

Set in the DRC, this short document discusses community approaches to changing behaviors and increasing women's participation without disempowering men.

Authors: 
Emma Fanning
Rachel Hastie
Organizational Authors: 
Oxfam GB
Year Published: 
2012
No votes yet
Categories:

Flood Preparedness in Viet Nam: A systematic Gender-Aware Approach

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application/pdf iconFlood Preparedness in Viet Nam: A systematic Gender-Aware Approach

This short document (10 pages) provides examples of activities involving men, women, boys, and girls to increase preparedness for flooding and other natural disasters.  Although set in Vietnam, the example and activities implemented could take place in other contexts as well.  One key focus of the project is to increase gender equality, empowering women as well as men.

Authors: 
Le Thi My Dung
Vu Minh Hai
Ines Smyth
Claire Harvey
Organizational Authors: 
Oxfam GB
Year Published: 
2012
No votes yet
Categories:

Gender Toolkit: A Manual for Youth Peace Workers

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Files: 
application/pdf iconGender Toolkit: A manual for youth peace workers

Despite young people being aware of gender issues, and there is willingness to become more gender sensitive, studies and surveys show that youth or-ganisations identified challenges in how to plan and implement gender sensitive projects. The challenge lies in how to include a “gender lens” in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of differ-ent projects while integrating gender issues at the structural and organisational levels. These challenges can be addressed first by acknowledging their existence and making corrective entries to the organisa-tions’ apparatus of power, and secondly by transforming the challenges into something positive and pro-ductive.
This toolkit builds on the experiences of former and current UNOY gender officers, its Gender Working Group and input from a gender survey amongst our members, multiple gender trainings and literature on gender (mainstreaming).

Organizational Authors: 
United Network of Young Peacebuilders
Year Published: 
2011
No votes yet
Categories:

Guidance: How to Measure the Food Security Community Capacity Index (FSCCI)

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application/pdf iconGuidance: How to Measure the Food Security Community Capacity Index (FSCCI)

Africare developed the Food Security Community Capacity Index (FSCCI) to measure beneficiary communities’ technical ability and knowledge (capacity) needed to deal successfully with issues related to food security in their communities. In the most recent update of the tool in 2004, the FSCCI was revised to better take into account the special capacities needed to cope with cyclical risks and shocks, specifically HIV/AIDS. This guidance has been prepared to provide staff of Africare and other Cooperating Sponsors (and the communities they serve) with a brief background on the evolution of this tool, a clear set of steps to use in measuring the FSCCI within beneficiary communities, and the different ways this tool can be used.

Organizational Authors: 
Africare
USAID
Year Published: 
2007
No votes yet
Categories:

Guide to Community Mobilization Programming

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Files: 
application/pdf iconGuide to Community Mobilization Programming

Mercy Corps' Guide to Community Mobilization Programming is intended to be a resource for designing, planning, implementing, and evaluating community mobilization programs and activities. The guide, grounded in more than ten years of Mercy Corps' experience in supporting community-led development, can be used by staff unfamiliar with community mobilization methodologies, as well as any development actor interested in strengthening community participation and leadership in programming. Community mobilizers and program managers will find field-proven tools and practical lessons about implementation in the guide.

Organizational Authors: 
Mercy Corps
Your rating: None Average: 2 (1 vote)
Categories:

Protecting Communities in the DRC: Understanding Gender Dynamics and Empowering Women and Men

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Files: 
application/pdf iconProtecting Communities in the DRC: Understanding Gender Dynamics and Empowering Women and Men

Set in the DRC, this short document discusses community approaches to changing behaviors and increasing women's participation without disempowering men.

Authors: 
Emma Fanning
Rachel Hastie
Organizational Authors: 
Oxfam GB
Year Published: 
2012
No votes yet
Categories:

Understanding the Intangibles in Value Chain Partnerships

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Files: 
application/pdf iconUnderstanding the Intangibles in Value Chain Partnerships

This presentation focuses on the role that intangible factors such as risk perceptions, trust, transparency and leadership have played in CARE’s program design and delivery.

Authors: 
Muhammad Siddiquee
Christian Pennotti
Organizational Authors: 
CARE
Year Published: 
2011
No votes yet
Categories:

Using Motivation 3.0 with Community Health Workers Presentation

This presentation explores the question under what conditions do performance-based incentives work and not work, what are the dangers of using them indiscriminately and should we pay CHWs or use volunteer CHWs or both. Please click here to view slides.

Authors: 
Thomas Davis
Organizational Authors: 
Food for the Hungry
TOPS
Year Published: 
2011
Your rating: None Average: 4.5 (2 votes)
Categories: