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Home»DFID CHASE: Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department

Evidence of impact of emergency cash transfers on gender and protection

Helpdesk Report
  • Evie Browne
February 2014

Key messages: The major trends and gaps in the evidence in this report are: On the whole, ‘gender’ is used to refer to women. More recent papers include more analysis of how CTs impact men, especially on if they find it disempowering for women to be favoured as beneficiaries. Gender analysis is not deeply ingrained into emergency CT programme evaluation. Many papers include a ...» more

Humanitarian Capability Definitions and Components

Helpdesk Report
  • Emilie Combaz
April 2013

There is a dearth of literature on the concept of humanitarian capability. References often use capability and capacity interchangeably. Discussions of humanitarian performance show parallels with those on capability. There are almost no holistic, systematic or comparative reviews of the notion of humanitarian capability. References tend to focus on one level of analysis or one ...» more

Perception surveys in fragile and conflict affected states

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  • Siân Herbert
March 2013

Perception surveys are widely used in OECD countries, and are increasingly used in developing countries and in fragile and conflict affected states (FCAS). Some results of these surveys have been published, and are publicly available. However, many perception surveys are not published due to sensitivities around the questions and data collected. Perception surveys measure ...» more

Women and violent extremism

Helpdesk Report
  • Becky Carter
March 2013

While gender has tended to be ignored in the literature on terrorism and political violence, a gender perspective of violent extremism has started to receive media and academic attention. However, experts identify the need for more systematic research on gender implications in terrorism and counter-terrorism studies. This rapid review of the literature finds that: Women’s roles ...» more

Violence against women and girls in Haiti

Helpdesk Report
  • Claire Mcloughlin
March 2013

No official government statistics are available on the prevalence of violence against women and girls in Haiti. Experts acknowledge that reports by non-governmental organisations and small-scale, isolated surveys reveal only a partial picture. Moreover, much of the available analysis is focused on urban areas, and in particular Port-au-Prince; fewer studies document the ...» more

Effectiveness of interventions in the humanitarian field to support community resilience

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  • Emilie Combaz
March 2013

Key finding: There is very little evidence available of the effects of humanitarian interventions on resilience for a number of reasons. First, the concept of resilience as it is applied to disasters and human societies remains in its infancy. Second, regarding interventions on resilience, there is a limited evidence base and a short retrospective timeframe. Third, the quality ...» more

Risks, effects and prevalence of VAWG

Helpdesk Report
  • Erika Fraser
January 2012

Key facts on the prevalence of violence against young women and girls include: Globally, up to six out of every ten women experience physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime. A World Health Organization study of 24,000 women in 10 countries found that the prevalence of physical and/or sexual violence by a partner varied from 15 percent in urban Japan to over 70 percent ...» more

Monetary values of the private psychological costs of VAWG

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  • Erika Fraser
December 2011

Violence against women and girls is not only an important human rights and development issue, but there is increasing evidence that the economic and social costs are considerable. Several studies have calculated the direct costs to the medical, judicial and penal systems, as well as the economic losses incurred by victims. However, few studies have attempted to quantify the ...» more

Use of participatory methods in VAWG evaluations

Helpdesk Report
  • Erika Fraser
December 2011

In spite of the growing body of evidence that violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a serious human rights and development issue, there remains a paucity of evaluations of the impact of interventions in this area (particularly the impact on girls). The majority of evaluations of programmes to prevent or tackle VAWG take the form of qualitative, input or process-level ...» more

Factors Contributing to Transitional Justice Effectiveness

Helpdesk Report
  • Huma Haider
April 2011

Many claims have been made about the positive impact that transitional justice can have on societies recovering from violent conflict. Sceptics argue, however, that many transitional justice measures can undermine negotiated settlements and exacerbate divisions. There is growing recognition of the need to engage in more systematic research on the effects and impact of ...» more

DDR and Transitional Justice

Helpdesk Report
  • Huma Haider
April 2011

This report looks at the links between DDR and transitional justice. DDR programming has become a regular component of international peace support and peacebuilding architecture. DDR programmes can play an important role in limiting violence by disarming large numbers of actors and disbanding illegal, dysfunctional or bloated military structures. While there is a growing body ...» more

Conflict Prevention and Local Engagement

Helpdesk Report
  • Brian Lucas
August 2010

Conflict prevention refers to approaches to avoid, minimise, and/or contain potential violent conflicts, and to prevent violent conflict from re-emerging. Engagement with local actors such as civil society, politicians, and community groups can have an important positive impact on conflict prevention, both in situations that have not yet experienced violent conflict and in ...» more

Climate Change and State Fragility

Helpdesk Report
  • Seema Khan
September 2008

There is very little literature available that explicitly discusses the interplay between climate change and state fragility. The general assumption is that the social and economic impacts of climate change are likely to generate demands which they will be unable to meet and may be overwhelmed by. In fact, increased demand for adaptation and mitigation activities may divert ...» more

Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Principe

Helpdesk Report
  • Huma Haider
May 2008

The two small island countries of Equatorial Guinea (EG) and São Tomé and Principe (STP) have experienced several governance problems over the years, recently compounded by the discovery of oil and the prospect of oil revenues. Fears of the ‘resource curse’ and the potential for conflict have resulted in a series of reforms projects.There is little documentation available on ...» more

Literature on Yemen

Helpdesk Report
  • Seema Khan
February 2008

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Drivers of Extremism

Helpdesk Report
  • Huma Haider
October 2007

There is little consensus on what the key drivers of radicalisation and extremism are. Some scholars and policy-makers argue that an absence of participatory democracy and a legitimate arena to channel discontent contributes to extremism. However, others have found no causal connection between authoritarianism and extremism. A common finding in the literature is that while ...» more

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