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Learning to Share: Experiences and Reflections on PRA and Community Participation
1997
Publisher
Concept Publishing
New Delhi, India
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Gender, Participation and Institutional Organization in Bhutanese Refugee Camps
Abstract
This chapter examines three NGOs operating in Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal to analyse the different approaches to incorporating women and refugees into organisational structural hierarchies, and the impact this has had on programme activities and women. In doing so, it probes the multi-faceted relationships between the structure of development organisations, women's participation, and empowerment.
Assessing damage after disasters: a participatory framework and toolkit
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2007
Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Analysis Training Pack
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2009
Abstract
Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Analysis (PCVA) is a risk analysis process that was designed for Oxfam and partner organisation staff to engage with communities. By using participatory learning and action techniques and tools and different analytical frameworks, the PCVA facilitators will support the community generate their own analysis of the existing risk and identify and plan for specific adaptation and risk reduction measures. This learning resource is the first edition of a training pack for Oxfam and partner facilitators to deliver a five-day PCVA methodology workshop.
Disabilities among refugees and conflict-affected populations:resource kit for field workers
2008
Abstract
The World Health Organisation estimates that between 7 and 10 per cent of the world’s population live with disabilities. This means between 2.5 and 3.5 million of the worlds displaced people also live with disabilities, and research shows they are among the most hidden, neglected and socially excluded of all displaced people. This resource kit provides practical ideas on how to improve services and protection for people with disabilities and enhance their inclusion and participation in community affairs. It is designed as a companion publication to the report “Disabilities among Refugees and Conflict-Affected Populations".
Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Relief Efforts
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2014
Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 15 per cent of the world’s population, or one billion people, have some form of disability. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 80 per cent live in poor countries, where communities are already more vulnerable to disasters and crises such as Ebola epidemics, with people with disabilities often disproportionately affected.
This Paper explores the needs and rights of people with disabilities and the importance of including them in disaster risk reduction and emergency responses. It shows how accelerating progress will require inclusive humanitarian programming and the use of technological solutions to be effectively promoted and incentivised, and that people with disabilities and their organisations need to be involved from the outset in the design and implementation of policies and programmes.