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'In Pakistan towns, men have spoken: No women vote'. Why men still block female #political #participation
Posted: Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:14 +0000
Mateela is one of 564 out of the 64,000 polling districts across Pakistan where not a single woman voted in the country's 2008 election. The men from this village of roughly 9,000 people got together with other nearby communities to decide that their women would not vote on May 11 either. -
To change the world, you need a pulse: @intldogooder on how #aid work makes us less sensitive and open to possibility #globaldev
Posted: Tue, 07 May 2013 12:06:02 +0000
This blog entry shares a story highlighting how much reductionist perspectives frame aid work and philanthropy, making us appear less sensitive, hardened, more disconnected, less caring, less open to possibility. Our ability as “thinkers” to high-mindedly question everything about “what works” can insulate us. It can become just a tool of our egos. It can create a “gotcha mentality.” And it can greatly remove us from the realities of those with whom we're supposed to be working in solidarity. -
Children in a Changing Climate Coalition - promoting greater visibility of children’s contribution to #resilience
Posted: Tue, 07 May 2013 09:48:13 +0000
A growing number of children are being affected by disasters on a yearly basis. With access to knowledge and skills development, children can contribute to disaster prevention and building the resilience of communities they live in. Let us share good practice, tools and resources that are empowering girls and boys to move from disaster victims to agents for resilience. Using crowdsourcing tools, we aim to generate greater visibility and recognition of initiatives where children worldwide are being supported to advance disaster risk reduction – through five priorities identified by children themselves. -
Why aren't poor people properly recognised in development volunteerism? Some observations via @JodyAked #VSO #globaldev
Posted: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:47:41 +0000
If volunteer-involving organisations like VSO are not only in the business of placing volunteers but also in the business of development, then volunteer involving organisations may have to be more intentional about widening the scope of their engagement with the people they are seeking to support. -
Supporting Young Learners' #infolit: how #libraries and #ICTs can support active learning in secondary schools
Posted: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:57:18 +0000
This article has discussed secondary school students' IL behaviours, which are distinguished by the complexity of their relationship with information: from 'information landscape', 'acquisition of information', 'knowledge base of internalised information' to 'application of information'. Among other factors it it argues that libraries could continue to play a critical role in organising, storing and delivering information in order to enhance an effective learning environment. -
Climate photo-audio stories via @frajabali: bringing #climate research findings direct to East African #farmers
Posted: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:35:54 +0000
A project conducted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in partnership with the Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN), and supported by CDKN(1), sought to bridge this gap. Between 2008-2011 years, the team produced the regular briefing, Joto Afrika (Swahili for ‘Africa is feeling the heat’), a series of briefings and online resources reporting on climate change in sub-Saharan Africa. The briefs contained mainly African produced research with easy-to-understand findings. -
The 3 faces of #CSW57: @jenny_ids on why separating official, semi-public & NGO worlds slows progress on #GBV
Posted: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:16:34 +0000
It is wonderful that gender equality advocates can meet at CSW and learn from each other. But we need more opportunities for decision makers and implementers at ground level to meet and learn from each other. We need to ensure that the three faces and spaces of the CSW are better linked. Without this, we risk, in the exciting chaos that is the CSW, missing out on wonderful opportunities for learning and for transformative change. -
How libraries further #globaldev worldwide: new @IFLA webpages outline their impact on info #access & beyond
Posted: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:59:40 +0000
IFLA, the International Federation of Libraries and Library Institutions, is pleased to launch a new set of resources relating to the role libraries play in supporting development. The new webpages look at how libraries are furthering development worldwide as well as highlighting the role of public libraries as agents for development. They share links to information resources on development projects and research, highlight what IFLA is doing to further development through libraries and how you can get involved in the process. -
Promoting flexible & forward-looking decision making in resilience programming: new report from ACCRA, @odi_development & Abaci
Posted: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:54:24 +0000
The development and humanitarian sectors continue to face criticisms over their relative rigidity and short-termism with regards to project funding and delivery. Drawing on insights from complexity science, this paper describes what processes are needed to promote Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making (FFDM). -
Are South Asians making use of grassroots accountability mechanisms? Blog from recent Sehgal Foundation conference #governance
Posted: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:40:10 +0000
Often the efforts of citizens to improve their villages get stalled due to poorly functioning grievance redressal system and the lack of accountability mechanisms at the grassroots. IRRAD organised the conference to promote engagement among different stakeholders for strengthening policies on accountability at grassroots.
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