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  Working from within: culturally sensitive approaches in UNFPA programming

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  Published by UNFPA, this guide highlights the importance of cultural analysis and sensitivity in development efforts, addressing issues such as gender equality and equity, HIV and AIDS, female genital cutting, gender-based violence and reproductive health.
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  Working from within: culturally sensitive approaches in UNFPA programming

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  Changing attitudes, behaviours and laws - especially around gender relations - has proved to be a complex undertaking which demands a great deal of sensitivity to local social and cultural dynamics.
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  The impact of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) on the pastoral economy: the case of Ngoma sub-county, Luwero district

  Network of Ugandan Researchers and Research Users, 2002

  This study investigates the impact of the structural adjustment policies initiated in the early 1990s, on pastoral economies in Uganda.
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  The unintended consequences of policy reform

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Several governments in Africa are increasingly privatising land rights. Many donors see privatisation and formal property rights as key to generating income or credit from land. But impact assessments suggest that land rights reforms often fail to result in the intended outcome. In addition reforms often create unintended consequences with far-reaching effects.
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  Class act – IMCI training boosts health workers’ performance

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Antimicrobial drugs are an essential tool for child survival, treating major killers such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria. But antibiotic misuse by health workers is adding to the rise in drug-resistant disease. Training primary health workers in Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) can improve the use of antimicrobials for children.
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  The less they know, the better: abstinence-only HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda

  Human Rights Watch, 2005

  This Human Rights Watch report finds that United States (U.S.) funded organisations are scaling up programmes in Uganda that promote sexual abstinence and fidelity within heterosexual marriage to the exclusion of all other HIV prevention strategies. These programmes, the report argues, deprive young people of life-saving information.
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  Case study of a "successful" sector-wide approach: the Uganda health sector SWAp

  Swiss Tropical Institute, 2004

  This paper, from the Swiss Tropical Institute, explores some of the factors for the success of a sector wide approach (SWAp) in the Ugandan health sector.. The paper seeks to understand why it is working, the factors for success, what has not worked well and why, and draws out lessons for other countries.
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  Current procedures and policies dominating aid: building strong relationships and enabling NGOs meet their stated aims?

  NGO Practice, 2005

  Based on a 4 years of field research in Uganda, this report evaluates the relationship between NGOs and donor agencies.
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  The reality of integrating gender into transport policies and projects

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Donor agencies and national governments have increasingly expressed their commitment to promoting gender equality in all areas of their work. This has included efforts to integrate gender into the work of the transport sector. However, a substantial gap between rhetoric and practice exists.
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  Assessing the impact of structural adjustment programs on women and gender relations within the household: the case of Kabale district

  Network of Ugandan Researchers and Research Users, 2002

  This study attempts to assess the different impacts of structural changes in Uganda during the 1980s and 1990s on men and women. It draws on quantitative data from interviews conducted in 100 households in Kabale district, on women’s, men’s and children’s performance of various tasks, time use, resource allocation and income levels.

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