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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.

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  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)
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    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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  3. Girls in school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
    Girls in school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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    Credit: Vicki Francis/Department for International Development
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    The impact of discriminatory social norms on adolescent girls

    Event - Online discussion - 2 - 11 April 2013

    ODI has partnered with Wikigender, the OECD, DFID and The Girl Hub to produce an online discussion exploring the impact of discriminatory social norms on adolescent girls. We would like to hear your views, lessons learned and best practices and policies on empowering adolescent girls. The inputs of this discussion will be presented via summary report at the 'Empowering adolescent girls by tackling social norms' event, to be held on the 26th April 2013.

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    Ending violence against women is possible: a report from the UN

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 11 March 2013
    ‘Just as gender inequality causes and compounds women’s poverty, so too do poverty and marginalisation exacerbate gender inequality. It is a vicious circle that can only be broken by tackling the social norms and attitudes at the root which govern and shape women’s unequal position in society.’
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  5. 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
    ODI Background Notes
    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.
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  7. Off the balance sheet: the impact of the economic crisis on girls and young women

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 21 January 2013
    Maria Stavropoulou and Nicola Jones
    This report examines the continuing and deepening impact of the economic crisis on girls and young women worldwide. The research explores how long standing economic trends, entrenched gender inequality and austerity budgets have all left girls and their families bearing the brunt of fewer resources and reduced access to services.
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  8. 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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