Gender and Social Equity

Can "Markets" Include and Benefit Very Marginalised People? Learning from Samriddhi

There are concerns about how projects using a systemic approach (also known as market systems development) can achieve inclusive changes for poor and disadvantaged women and men.

Written by Jodie Thorpe, Zenebe B. Uraguchi - 02. May 2017

"Just Because I Help My Wife Does Not Mean That I Am Less of a Man"

About an approach of linking changes in expectations of men’s and women’s roles to behavioural change for improved sanitation and hygiene.

Written by Jane Carter - 12. April 2017

Building Back Better in Nepal: Prioritising Disadvantaged Individuals for Training

Trainings on earthquake-resistant construction were provided through the Employment Fund Skills for Reconstruction project,

Written by Jane Carter - 21. February 2017

A Woman’s Work Is Never Done: Addressing Unpaid Care Work

Even if women would like to be leaders in the social development of their community, there may simply not be enough hours in the day for this, unless their care work burden is reduced or redistributed.

Written by Mona Sherpa, Smriti RDN Neupane, Sara Bachmann, Sarah Byrne - 07. February 2017

Focusing on the Most Vulnerable in Madagascar

In common with all our country programmes, the Madagascar team have developed a definition of what it means to be disadvantaged in their country context.

Written by Jane Carter - 09. January 2017

The Power of Numbers: Women in Local Governance in Bangladesh

Thanks to the Sharique project, women are elected to the Union Parishads office – the lowest administrative unit in Bangladesh. They are increasingly well-informed and politically savvy.

Written by Jane Carter - 23. December 2016