
Alastair Whitson
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Soaring high: Self-recovery through the eyes of local actors
Wednesday, 18 September 2019 11:30This report analyses the self-recovery process in the Philippines following super-typhoon Haiyan. The report presents the findings from a peer exchange event hosted by World Habitat which reflected on the lessons learned and the implications for
Understanding resilience: Perspectives from Syrians
Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:00This report, based on in-depth and community-based research, sought to examine resilience in Syria from the experiences and reflections shared by Syrians inside the country. The research focused on the following questions: What does resilience
Supporting women’s social movements and collective actions: CARE International Gender Network position paper and guidance note
Friday, 04 October 2019 10:17CARE is committed to tackling the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice to bring lasting change to the world’s most vulnerable. This requires supporting and engaging with change agents. Research shows that major social change only
CARE Rapid Gender Analysis: Latin America and the Caribbean – The Bahamas / Hurricane Dorian
Thursday, 26 September 2019 13:52This Rapid Gender Analysis aims to provide useful information and recommendations to actors responding to the current crisis to support them to deliver gender-appropriate interventions, including UN agencies, Bahamian disaster response
CARE and the Latin America Domestic Workers’ Movement
Monday, 31 July 2017 12:08The domestic workers’ movement in Latin America has a long history of organizing dating back to the first decade of the 20th century. Thus, when CARE started engaging with domestic worker organizations as part of what would become the Dignified
Supporting consciousness, solidarity, collective action: CARE’s role in social movements
Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:48This paper explores CARE’s work with social movements based on examples of CARE programming in different geographic and political contexts. It identifies the challenges and lessons associated with supporting social movements as a large
Women’s economic empowerment in emergency contexts – Niger: A Case Study
Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:18This report, based on research into CARE humanitarian interventions in Niger, analyses whether community-led savings groups and income-generation activities can represent a way not only to respond to crises, but also to increase women’s
Practitioners guides, toolkits, and training manuals for integrated conservation and development projects
Wednesday, 26 June 2019 16:04This paper seeks to summarise the best approaches for designing, implementing, and monitoring Integrated Conservation and Development Projects. It provides an annotated bibliography for field practitioners and technical advisors
Gender-transformative adaptation: From good practice to better policy
Friday, 28 June 2019 15:50This paper investigates the concept of gender transformation within adaptation to climate change. Focusing explicitly on adaptation within the agriculture sector, the paper describes various cases where gender equality outcomes have been sought
Rapid gender and protection analysis: Cyclone Kenneth response, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
Friday, 28 June 2019 10:27This rapid gender and protection analysis, conducted by the COSACA consortium and led by CARE, highlights the ways in which instability and entrenched gender inequalities are worsening the impact of Cyclone Kenneth in north Mozambique for women,