82 resultat för ”Covid-19”

  • WhatsAppers for Social Good: Local Community Response to Covid-19 in Brazil

    WhatsAppers for Social Good: Local Community Response to Covid-19 in Brazil

    Publikationer

    The so-called “WhatsAppers” constitute a local community of activists and concerned citizens who use WhatsApp to promote networks of solidarity in Brazil. Since the app’s launch,WhatsApp is increasingly appropriated for social good by activists, not only for “hanging-out” with like-minded people, but it has also become a key platform for twenty-first century politics, particularly in…

  • Equitable Health: a far-away dream for young girls and women in Uganda?

    Equitable Health: a far-away dream for young girls and women in Uganda?

    Publikationer

    This case reveals the reproductive health challenges young people face in Uganda that predispose them to maternal mortality, and invites to discussion of the responsibilities and opportunities for local leaders. It references concerns of teenage pregnancy reported in Jinja District during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the 2020 District Health Office report, 17% of women…

  • Gender Responsive Budgeting as a fundamental response to economic distress due to the COVID -19 pandemic

    Gender Responsive Budgeting as a fundamental response to economic distress due to the COVID -19 pandemic

    Evenemang

    This seminar is part of the ICLD cross-pollination seminar series: ”COVID-19 emerging issues for local democracies” Who can apply: active participants in all ICLD`s training programmes and municipal partnerships as well as for ICLD alumni. This seminar will take 70 participants maximum. Last day of registration is 1stJune. Would you like to be added to…

  • Migrants in the Pandemic and the Challenge for Local Government

    Publikationer

    This policy brief addresses a challenge for local government that has emerged with COVID-19,particularly in rural areas of developing countries. As the urban informal economy in India collapsed due to the pandemic, large numbers of people have been returning to their villages of origin in rural areas. However, some of their skills are not relevant…

  • Bridging the Accountability Gap: Applying assed-based and citizen-led development in Emfuleni, South Africa

    Bridging the Accountability Gap: Applying assed-based and citizen-led development in Emfuleni, South Africa

    Publikationer

    This research project aims to gain an understanding of how to institutionalise the Asset-Based and Citizen-Led Development (ABCD) approach as an innovative means of promoting active citizen engagement along with local-level social accountability in Emfuleni Local Municipality, Gauteng Province in South Africa. Building on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA)’s work in three wards of…

  • Local Democracy in Health Emergency

    Publikationer

    This paper analyzes how local governments along with local communities have responded to the health emergency during the pandemic COVID-19. We conducted both content analysis and in-depth interviews to gather data. While the government followed a regulatory approach to enforce lockdown and health measures, we found that an inclusive and resilient community model may be…

  • Conducting Municipal Council Meetings with Social Distance

    Publikationer

    This paper studies how COVID-19 related social distancing affects Swedish local council meetings and the situation for elected representatives. It is based on interviews with local political advisors, a professional group employed to assist elected representatives in their political work. Social distancing has affected the political agenda and the ways of organising local politics; digital…

  • COVID-19

    Sidor

    ICLD is monitoring the development of Covid19 closely, and following the updates from the Public Health Agency of Sweden, WHO, and recommendations from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • Voluntary Local Review (VLR) of Klapmuts & Kayamandi Townships: Stellenbosch Municipality, South Africa

    Voluntary Local Review (VLR) of Klapmuts & Kayamandi Townships: Stellenbosch Municipality, South Africa

    Publikationer

    This report responds to the growing need for voluntary local reviews (VLRs) of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) progress at the municipal level. It presents the findings of a community-based assessment conducted in the informal townships of Klapmuts and Kayamandi, both located within the Stellenbosch Municipality of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. In line with…

  • Implementando el ODS 5 sobre la igualdad de género entre los gobiernos locales en Colombia

    Implementando el ODS 5 sobre la igualdad de género entre los gobiernos locales en Colombia

    Publikationer

    English title: Implementing SDG 5 on Gender Equality in local governments in Colombia Resúmen Este informe de investigación mapea el uso de diferentes mecanismos para transversalizar la igualdad de género en 38 municipios de Colombia. El estudio investiga los niveles de apoyo institucional, participación política, violencia sexual, empleo y políticas de cambio climático, en relación…

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