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   Resilience for all? Towards gender-responsive social protection in South-East Asia

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 3 September 2013

   Nicola Jones and Maria Stavropoulou with Elizabeth Presler-Marshall

   This report presents the findings of a desk review of social protection policies and frameworks in South-East Asia and the extent to which these policies have integrated a gender lens.

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   The Taliban is not the biggest barrier to education for Malala's peers

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 29 July 2013

   'the Taliban thought they had solved a problem. When one of its gunmen shot a 15-year-old girl in the head for publicly opposing a ban on girls' schooling, it looked as though they had silenced a source of dissent. Instead, their intended victim has emerged a powerful voice for education.'

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   On one side, Malala. Allied on the other - the Taliban and tax avoidance

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 July 2013

   'A 16-year-old school girl has shown the world what Pakistan’s future could look like. Perhaps the Pakistani Government could take a leaf out of Malala’s book and demonstrate the resolve and ambition needed to make education a right for all children in the country.'

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   Amongst friends, Waiting at the Galle bus stand in Sri Lanka

   Adolescent girls waiting at the Galle bus stand in Sri Lanka
   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: 2012 Some rights reserved by Photosightfaces
   Source: Flickr
   

   Psychosocial support and service provision for adolescent girls in post-conflict settings

   Projects - July 2013 to December 2015

   This project is explores the extent to which services and other responses to mental health and psychosocial stresses in post conflict settings are informed by the context, by gender and by social-cultural norms.

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   Adapting systematic reviews for social research in international development: a case study on child protection

   Publication - Discussion papers - 14 June 2013

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   David Walker, Gina Bergh, Ella Page and Maren Duvendack

   This paper discusses lessons from an ‘adapted systematic review’ on the links between approaches on child protection and income poverty, and assesses the broader implications for different actors in the international development community.

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6. Animation: Development Progress - exploring what works and why

   Opinion - Films and videos - 9 June 2013

   'Too often stories of failure hide the fact that, despite these challenges, we live in an age where more progress has been made than at any other time in human history...'

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   South Sudan nurses and midwives march in Juba to mark International Day of the Nurse

   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: Elizabeth Deacon
   Source: IRIN
   

   Turning numbers into nurses: enhancing government spending on the MDGs

   Event - Public event - 16 May 2013 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   This  ODI, Development Finance International and Oxfam event will launch Government Spending Watch – a new database that tracks what developing country governments are spending on achieving the MDGs.

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   Cash transfer as part of a social security program in Northeastern Kenya

   Cash transfer as part of a social security program in Northeastern Kenya.
   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: Colin Crowley
   Source: Flickr
   

   The governance of cash transfers: lessons and ways forward

   Event - Round-table - 25 April 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   The focus of the roundtable session was on how citizen involvement in cash transfer programme governance and accountability can help support broader state-citizen relations.

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   Women waiting to receive their cash transfer

   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (Flickr)
   Source: Flickr
   

   Holding cash transfers to account

   Event - Public event - 25 April 2013 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   Do cash transfer programmes effectively address issues of social exclusion? These and other questions will be explored in an ODI event which will present findings from Transforming Cash Transfers, a DFID-funded study that investigates beneficiary and community perspectives on unconditional cash transfer programmes in five countries - Kenya, Mozambique, the Occupied Palestinian Territories (both Gaza and West Bank), Uganda and Yemen.

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    Holding cash transfers to account: beneficiary and community perspectives

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 24 April 2013

    Fiona Samuels and Nicola Jones with Agnieszka Malachowska

    This multi-country research argues that understanding beneficiary and community perceptions of cash transfers is essential for designing effective social protection instruments.

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