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A women's focus group is a key part of a governance assessment at Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda. It's essential that gender equality and equity is addressed in research proposals and activities (Image: IIED)
On a learning curve towards gender mainstreaming
… popular word in the international development sector but when we talk about 'mainstreaming gender into institutions', what do we actually … Gender equality and gender equity (PDF) are fundamental to achieving IIED's mission and since 2015 we have been focused on integrating gender … on what wasn't working at the GADN learning workshop. We also talked about successes and shared some tactics for overcoming the obstacles to …
Insight, 25 January 2018
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Refugees in Jordan: a data-driven approach for change
… on a project that supported refugee communities to generate data about the challenges they face and to agree their priorities for …
Publication, 27 March 2024
The sky is visible through a forest
Exploring why people eat wild meat – and designing better alternatives
… the Dja Faunal Reserve in Southeastern Cameroon to find out more about why rural people eat wild meat . The results from interviews and … the reserve might not be what you’d expect: it’s not just about availability and ease of access. Drivers and alternatives Where … ) or Francesca Booker ( francesca.booker@iied.org ). For more information on the 'Why eat wild meat' project, …
Insight, 29 July 2020
We must protect the world in which we live (Photo: Steve Guzzardi, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Best of 2017: blogs
… – sustainable development and the battle for ideas in 2017 January: IIED's director, Andrew Norton, wrote our most read blog of 2017. … listing 'vulnerable groups' – start taking action April: In his blog about risks in urban areas, David Satterthwaite noted that now it seems … resource efficiency May: Sarah Colenbrander and Sharon Gil blogged about the  tension between making cities resilient while ensuring that …
Article, 22 December 2017
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Changing perspectives: Small-scale farmers, markets and globalisation
… This paper, the first in a series from the Hivos/IIED Knowledge Programme Small Producer Agency in the Globalised Market, … looks at how small-scale farmers have navigated the changes brought about by globalisation. It describes five broad narratives to on how …
Publication, 01 June 2012
A community in Cameroon, where Centre pour l'Environnement et le Developpement has been supporting junior lawyers in rural communities (Photo: Lorenzo Cotula/IIED)
Legal empowerment: what we do, what we've learned
… When IIED hosted the UK Land Policy Forum meeting themed'‘Legal empowerment … Legal empowerment that is impactful and sustainable is ultimately about strengthening local organisations. So while development projects … are trained to leave politics at the door. But legal empowerment is about power and involves renegotiating established socio–political …
Insight, 14 November 2017
Group of people around a table eating a meal
Three pillars for food system change: inclusivity, joint vision and long-term commitment
… together diverse views in a meaningful and productive way. The Hivos-IIED Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) programme has championed … vendors, cooks, hotel and restaurant owners can come together to talk about their food and diet related problems – made clear that a single … multi-actor initiatives and are important to consider in discussions about inclusivity”. 2. Have a clear vision and adjust your process as …
Insight, 16 July 2020
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Reshaping contracts for quality natural resource investments
… contribution to sustainable development. This goes beyond concerns about public revenues, to include transparency and public participation … throughout the contract. This briefing has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 March 2013
Men and women sit on the floor to talk with computers and paper in front of them
SAGE Support Package (online)
… or other conserved areas (PCAs), and any associated activities. IIED offers a ‘SAGE Support Package’ of online training and one-to-one … a comprehensive SAGE user manual and includes: Introductory training about SAGE  Facilitation skills training, and 1:1 guidance throughout … Support Package, and for any other enquiries, email francesca.booker@iied.org or phil.franks@iied.org.  The complete SAGE Support Package …
Article, 16 July 2021
Women in Ahmedabad, India, collect rubbish from 6,656 households that make up the slum area of Juna Vadaj, illustrating the energy and innovation that informal economies can bring to the sustainable development agenda (Photo: Pritpal Randhawa for STEPs)
Development frontiers
… companies, investors and the public in general like to talk about a lack of investment, technologies or regulation, but Mabey says … large investors, and the political status quo. Less growth I wrote about some of this with Leo Johnson in Turnaround Challenge , and the ideas we came up with then are informing some of IIED's work on sustainable markets . Less growth, cleaner energy and …
Insight, 21 March 2016