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    Encouraging political participation in Africa, the potential of social media platforms

    Institute for Security Studies, 2012
    The popular protests in North Africa, dubbed the ‘Arab Spring’, have reignited debate on the role of social media in facilitating political participation and active citizenry engagement. The 2010/2011 popular  protests in Tunisia and Egypt were largely organised, supported and driven through social media platforms.  
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    Home-Based Care Alliance policy brief: debunking myths

    Home-Based Care Alliance, 2013
    The Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA) represents more than 30,000 caregivers organised into multi-district HBCAs in twelve African countries, caring for over 200,000 neighbours and friends, and with a history of organising around HIV/AIDS and its effects.
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    Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA)

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    Biofuels for Sustainable Rural Development and Empowerment of Women, Case Studies from Africa and Asia

    International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, 2009
    Poor communities in developing countries mainly depend on traditional biomass such as charcoal, wood and dung as other energy systems are often not accessible to them. Energy scarcity affects mainly women as they are the ones responsible for biomass collection.
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    Where energy is women's business: national and regional reports from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific

    ENERGIA: International Network on Gender & Sustainable Energy, 2007
    In the introduction to this publication, ENERGIA policy advisor and editor of this pubication Gail Karlsson writes, “In many developing countries, especially in the poorest areas, most energy currently comes from traditional biomass fuels such as wood, charcoal and agricultural wastes - and collection and managing these fuels is strictly ‘women’s business’.” She calls on national energy and dev
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    Scaling up nutrition: Progress report from countries and their partners in the movement to Scale Up Nutrition (SUN)

    United Nations [UN] Standing Committee on Nutrition, 2011
    This draft report was prepared for the High Level Meeting on Nutrition at the UN General Assembly in September 2011 and the follow-up workshop for the Scale-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, which was designed to help nations where people are at risk of under-nutrition and aims to show results within 1,000 days.
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    Transport and environment in sub-Saharan Africa

    Transport and Environment Science Technology Network, 2012
    Transport policies in sub-Saharan Africa are of critical importance to the delivery of sustainable cities, healthy citizens, poverty eradication and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).This report provides an introduction to the transport and environment issues in sub-Saharan Africa focusing on the key transport-related areas of air pollution, road safety, traffic flow managemen
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    Transport and Environment Science Technology Network (TEST)

    The TEST Network includes universities and research institutions from five sub-Saharan African countries (South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe).
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    Gender, ICTs and Agriculture

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2002
    This report examines the digital divide that exists between developing nations of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and the rest of the world. The report highlights the following issues:
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    An exploratory study of the social contexts, practices and risks of men who sell sex in southern and eastern Africa

    Oxfam, 2011
    This research presented explored the social contexts, life experiences, vulnerabilities and sexual risks experienced by men who sell sex in Southern and Eastern Africa, with a focus on five countries; Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

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