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Safeguarding persons with physical disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa: focus refugees

Published: - Fact sheet 
This resource outlines the safeguarding risks faced by refugees with physical disabilities. It provides guidance on how civil society organisations and humanitarian actors can adapt their safeguarding measures to prevent harm from occurring to…
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Engendering taxation: a research and policy agenda

Published: - Evidence digest
This paper examines the gender dimensions of taxation, particularly in lower-income contexts, and explores how tax policy and administration impact women's economic participation and care responsibilities. It reviews existing literature, identifies…
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Educating girls with disabilities

Published: - Evaluation, Lessons from a programme, Policy paper
This study brief, based on an independent evaluation, examines how projects under the Girls’ Education Challenge Phase II (GEC II) supported girls with disabilities and the outcomes of these interventions. Covering 41 projects across 17 countries,…
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Closing the gender employment gap to help achieve sustainable development goal 8: better skills can improve access to decent work, but gender inequality is holding young women back

Published: - Policy paper
This policy paper presents findings from Young Lives research on skills development and the gender employment gap across four study countries. It highlights key barriers to women’s participation in the workforce and provides policy recommendations…
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Displacement and social assistance

Published: - Evidence digest
This evidence digest presents the contextually specific challenges of providing social assistance to displaced populations, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and irregular migrants. It highlights the complexities introduced by…
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Bringing work home: internet-mediated gig work and women’s employment

Published: - Policy paper
This policy brief examines the impact of flexible work arrangements on female labour force participation and gender norms in West Bengal, India. Through a field experiment with 1,670 households, the study finds that job flexibility significantly…
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Engaging with organisations of people with disabilities

Published: - Evidence digest, Guidance document
This evidence digest from the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk (DI HD) compiles key evidence, practical guidance and lessons learnt on engaging with organisations of people with disabilities (OPDs) in development and humanitarian settings. It includes…
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Bitesize: Understanding sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment and gender-based violence

Published: - Fact sheet 
This bitesize note clarifies the distinctions and overlaps between sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment and gender-based violence within the development and humanitarian sectors. It provides a concise overview to help practitioners…
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Be inclusive: including women and girls with disabilities in development and humanitarian projects

Published: - Guidance document
This guidance document highlights practical examples of ensuring that women and girls with disabilities participate and benefit  from programming, drawing from a content analysis of projects from across the work of Inclusive Futures between the…
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A shared learning agenda for inclusive health research in humanitarian settings

Published: - Report
This report reviews existing technical guidance on ethical and equitable inclusion of marginalised groups in humanitarian health research. Commissioned by the International Rescue Committee, it identifies gaps in current research standards and…
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Policy and administrative barriers to internally displaced persons (IDPs) accessing basic services

Published: - Evidence/literature review
This resource from the Knowledge, evidence and learning for development (K4D) helpdesk examines available evidence on policy and administrative barriers faced by internally displaced persons. It looks at how they are impacted while accessing basic…
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Accountability in crises: connecting evidence from humanitarian and social protection approaches to social assistance

Published: - Evidence/literature review, Report
This resource  from the Knowledge, evidence and learning for development (K4D) helpdesk sets out available evidence from the humanitarian and development sector related to accountability processes in crises. It also explains the importance of…
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Rollback on gender equality and women and girls’ rights in international fora since 2016

Published: - Evidence/literature review, Report
This report from the Knowledge, evidence and learning for development (K4D) helpdesk examines evidence available on lack of progress in advancing gender equality and women’s rights as well as withdrawal of existing rights and freedoms. It examines…
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The impact of business environment reforms on poverty, gender and inclusion

Published: - Evidence/literature review
This resource from the Knowledge, evidence and learning for development (K4D) helpdesk is a rapid review that sets out how poverty, gender and inclusion are impacted by business environment reforms in middle-income countries.This review illustrates…
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Using creative participatory approaches for inclusive climate resilient transport in Africa: guidelines for practitioners

Published: - Guidance document, Report, Tools and templates
This resource provides guidance and tools to support more inclusive and climate-resilient transport in Africa. It can be used as a reference document to assist transport decision-makers, transport planners and groups representing people with…
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Impact lessons: engaging marginalised communities in national policy formation

Published: - Guidance document, Policy paper
This report sets out key benefits of involving marginalised groups in the development of national policy. It shares findings from the Impact Initiative's ‘Engaging marginalised communities in national policy formation’ virtual event held in 2020.…
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COVID-19 and the participation of women and women’s rights organisations in decision-making

Published: - Evidence/literature review
This review from the Knowledge, evidence and learning for development (K4D) programme sets out available evidence related to the political representation of women and women’s rights organisations in COVID-19 decision-making. It examines levels of…
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Summary report: improving educational outcomes for people with disabilities in low and middle-income countries: why does it matter and what works?

Published: - Evidence/literature review
This summary report provides findings from an assessment of interventions aiming to improve educational outcomes for people with disabilities, focusing on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It shares a summary of reviewed evidence, key…
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Interrogating gender inequalities in African cities

Published: - Multimedia, Podcast
This podcast explores gender inequalities and exclusion faced by women in Africa, with particular focus on experiences of low-income urban residents. It examines how women are impacted by issues related to:economic opportunitiesurban development and…
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SHE CAN tool

The SHE CAN tool is a web-based resource aimed at policymakers and transport providers. It shares evidence, examples of activities and guidance on addressing sexual harassment and improving personal security on public transport. The tool is…
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Inclusion of marginalised groups in social assistance in crises

Published: - Evidence digest
This evidence review explores the importance of prioritising the inclusion of marginalised groups in social assistance in contexts of recurrent shocks, climate and humanitarian crises, protracted conflict, and forced displacement. Crises often…