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    Tried and tested: learning from farmers on adaptation to climate change

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
    Small-scale farmers and pastoralists knowledge and experience of coping with climatic extremes and uncertainty has been largely overlooked in climate change adaptation planning efforts.
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    Media perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India and China

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
    Through the analysis of newspaper articles and a survey of journalists, this publication identifies gaps and highlights differences in how the media portray pastoralism in Kenya, China and India.
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    Making Care Visible: Women’s unpaid care work in Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya

    ActionAid International, 2013
    Collecting data on all women’s work, both paid and unpaid, is critical to improving the design of social policies and the allocation of resources to address poverty and inequality. This report documents Action Aid's multi-country programme on women's unpaid care work in Kenya, Nigeria, Nepal and Uganda.
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    Making Care Visible: Women’s unpaid care work in Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya

    ActionAid International, 2013
    Collecting data on all women’s work, both paid and unpaid, is critical to improving the design of social policies and the allocation of resources to address poverty and inequality. This report documents Action Aid's multi-country programme on women's unpaid care work in Kenya, Nigeria, Nepal and Uganda.
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    Provision and use of maternal health services among urban poor women in Kenya: what do we know and what can we do?

    PubMed Central, 2008
    In sub-Saharan Africa, the unprecedented population growth that started in the second half of the twentieth century has evolved into unparalleled urbanisation and an increasing proportion of urban dwellers living in slums and shanty towns, making it imperative to pay greater attention to the health problems of the urban poor. In particular, urgent efforts need to focus on maternal health.
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    Climate related risks and opportunities for agricultural adaptation in semi-arid eastern Kenya

    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2013
    This paper reports on a field assessment of risks associated with climate variability in eastern Kenya by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). It also includes the compilations of climate related agricultural risks gathered from a Kamba radio dialogue with local communities, aired in 2012.
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    Tackling Africa's chronic disease burden: from the local to the global

    Globalization and Health, 2010
    Africa faces a double burden of infectious and chronic diseases. While infectious diseases still account for at least 69% of deaths in the continent, age specific mortality rates from chronic diseases as a whole are actually higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in virtually all regions of the world, in both men and women.
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    Children Malnutrition and Horizontal Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa:A Focus on Contrasting Domestic Trajectories

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    The positive trend observed in recent accelerated economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries represents a huge opportunity to foster sustainable development, This paper contributes to the literature by providing a more accurate and nuanced view on the progress made with regards to child malnutrition and inequalities across sub-saharan Africa.
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    Women and political leadership in Kenya: ten case studies

    Heinrich Böll Foundation North America, 2010
    This study, published by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, examines the perceptions, experiences, and achievements of ten female Kenyan politicians. The study reveals that women political leaders face challenges that include competing family demands, inadequate resources, politics of exclusion in political parties, lack of security, and lack of positive media coverage.
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    Climate risks, vulnerability and governance in Kenya: a review

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    This report was commissioned under the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), a joint initiative of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and the Bureau for Development Policy of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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