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Jeroen  Lorist
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(Re-)ordering Meaning and Masculinities in Holland and Uganda: the Gender Transformative Approach
REFNo: SS127ES

For many years research and development interventions towards gender equality have focused on women and their empowerment. Recently discourse seems to have shifted to include the engagement of men and boys towards gender equality. Through multi-sited ethnography this project examines how the idea of the Gender Transformative Approach travels and is (re-)ordered between different nodes of a distributed knowledge network. Rutgers, a Dutch NGO, acts as a major node in this global knowledge network and is the main ethnographic site (i.e. organizational ethnography of the NGO in Holland). Other research sites are Uganda and Malawi, where Rutgers' development partners operationalise GTA through various development interventions. Objective of the study is to find out, through multi-sited ethnography, what the Gender Transformative Approach really does. Is the engagement of men for gender equality really changing gender relations to be more equal, as it claims it is, or is it old wine in new bottles as some within the women’s movement claim (i.e. is it doing more than women’s empowerment?). The study will also hold a critical development perspective and will critically look at any unintended effects of the interventions.
Netherlands 2018-01-08 2021-01-08 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Jennifer Driscoll Jane
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Child Protection arrangements in sub-Saharan African states: a preliminary investigation into the interaction between informal child protection arrangements and formal intervention services and the effect of formal systems and agency interventions on indi
REFNo: SS94ES

a) preliminary investigations to gather the views of community leaders, local government officials, representatives of (I)NGOs, and (if possible) policy-makers from national government as to i) the key issues in relation to the protection of children at community level in Uganda; ii) particular challenges identified in relation to the interaction of formal child protection systems, community arrangements and (I)NGO interventions in the communities participating in the study; iii) examples of best practice and innovative work which has proven successful in promoting effective joint local arrangements in those communities; and b) to seek participants’ specific advice as to the focus and methods that should be employed in development of a larger bid and the geographical area of study (within sub-Saharan Africa).
UK 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Social Science and Humanities Non-degree Award
Phoebe Donnelly
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Gendered Decisions and Dynamics in Eastern Africa
REFNo: SS109ES

This research is for my PhD dissertation and potentially a book or articles. My central research question asks how the attitudes and behavior of non-state armed organizations (NSAOs) towards women and girls relate to the NSAO’s broad strategy. My framework will examine four aspects of gendered strategy: 1) the role women and girls fill within NSAOs; 2) whether NSAOs use forced marriage or other regulations of relationships as a strategy; 3) how the treatment of civilian women and girls, specifically the use of gender-based violence (GBV), relates to the objectives of the NSAO; and 4) how these organizations discuss gender in their external communications. My two case studies are al-Shabaab formed in Somalia and the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
 USA 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
Mohammed Lamorde
ID: UNCST-2019-R001293
 Dolutegravir in Pregnant HIV Mothers and their Neonates DolPHIN-2
REFNo: HS106ES

To evaluate dolutegravir (DTG) efficacy in late-presenting pregnant HIV-infected women
 Nigeria 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Medical and Health Sciences Non-degree Award
Jane Katusiime
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A usable security model for mobile health systems in developing countries
REFNo: IS8ES

i. To investigate design and social technical challenges of mHealth systems in developing countries and determine requirements of a system that is usable by illiterate and semi-illiterate people. ii. To review and analyze the current security models and their suitability for usage in mobile health systems in developing countries iii. To design a hybrid security model that is usable in mobile health care systems in developing countries iv. To design and develop a tool that supports maternal health care and is also usable by illiterate and semi-illiterate people based on the hybrid model developed in (v). v. To evaluate the usability of the model based on the test utilization of the tool developed in vi by key stakeholders in maternal health.
Uganda 2017-12-20 2020-12-20 Social Science and Humanities Degree Award
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