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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

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

  2. Women waiting to receive their cash transfer
    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.

  3. Adolescent girls, capabilities and gender justice: review of the literature for East Africa, South Asia and South-East Asia

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 8 March 2013
    Carol Watson, James Hamilton Harding and Caroline Harper
    This Background Note synthesises the results of three extensive literature reviews exploring the extent to which gender justice for adolescent girls is shaped by formal and informal laws, norms, attitudes and practices that limit them in the attainment and exercise of their capabilities.
  4. Gender and social protection in the developing world: beyond mothers and safety nets

    Publication - Books or book chapters - 7 March 2013
    Drawing on empirical evidence from poor households and communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book provides rich insight into the effects of a range of social protection instruments. It concludes that with relatively simple changes to design and with investment in implementation capacity, social protection can contribute to transforming gender relations at the individual, intrahousehold and community levels.
  5. Are cash transfers effective? Mukulu's story

    Publication - Films and videos - 8 January 2013
    Mukulu, a girl living in Kwakavisi, Kenya, is a beneficiary of cash transfers. In this digital story she shares her experiences and perspectives using photographs she took herself.

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