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Women in grassroots governance: a survey [PDF]

, 2014
This survey seeks "to assess the representation of women in local governance at the grassroots in the state of Assam, the North East Network (NEN) undertook a study of government schemes, state institutions and other public bodies at the community level.
Borkataki, Devyani, Hazarika, Anurita, Sharma, Sheetal   +2 more
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The Baltic Chain’s Political Impact and Memory Politics

Pasado y Memoria
The Baltic Chain, a historic act of peaceful resistance, played a crucial role in the independence movements of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. This article examines its impact on the dissolution of Soviet authority in the Baltic region and its evolution
Viktoria Mazur
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A Short Course on Grassroots Grantmaking [PDF]

, 2013
Grassroots grantmaking is a place-based grantmaking strategy that is simple yet powerful. Quite simply, it utilizes modest grants and common sense to help people reclaim their place as change-makers in their own community.
E. Gabriel Works, Janis Foster Richardson   +1 more
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Grassroots capacity building for REDD+: lessons from Nepal

, 2013
Meaningful engagement and effective participation of grassroots stakeholders and forest managing communities in national policy formulation and local institutional processes for forest management have implications for the future global climate regime and
Frick, Simon, Poudyal, Bishnu Hari, Silori, Chandra Shekhar, Luintel, Harisharan   +3 more
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Leaders, not clients: grassroots women's groups transforming social protection

, 2011
Grassroots women in poor communities are creating their own innovative social protection mechanisms, and often moving beyond this to foster economic growth and prosperity.
Asaki, Becca, Becca Asaki, Shannon Hayes, Hayes, Shannon   +3 more
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Impact of a Strength Training Program on Physical Performance in U10 Soccer Players: A Quasi-Experimental Trial

Children
Background/Objectives: The integration of strength training in grassroots youth soccer remains limited, often due to persistent myths regarding its safety and utility.
Adrián Torregrosa-Domínguez, Iván Moreno-Camacho, Eduardo José Fernández-Ozcorta, Rafael Ramos-Véliz   +3 more
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Universal Ecology

Acta Neophilologica
This paper argues that Noam Chomsky’s universal grammar can be re-organized into a new concept for understanding climate change: universal ecology. Taking into account criticisms of Chomsky’s idea, we argue that the universal ecology approach focuses on
Brian Willems, Gianna Brahović
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Scaling-up and rooting-down: a case study of North-South partnerships for health from Tanzania [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2012
Background: North-South Partnership (NSP) is the mandated blueprint for much global health action. Northern partners contribute funding and expertise and Southern partners contribute capacity for local action. Potential Northern partners are attracted to
Gro Th. Lie, Maurice B. Mittelmark, J. Hope Corbin   +2 more
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Measuring the Grassroots: Puzzles of Cultivating the Grassroots from the Top Down [PDF]

The Sociological Quarterly, 2014
Does a participatory, open-ended organizational format inspire creativity and draw on participants' local knowledge? Many nonprofits operate under this assumption, and many of their financial sponsors agree, and therefore demand precise accounts documenting the nonprofits' "participatory" formats. In the U.S.
openaire   +2 more sources

Australian sport policy and advocacy: an historical account of policy evolution, government involvement, and the advent of lobbying

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Various factors have influenced the evolution of Australian sport policy, including war and the importance of national health. Historically, the involvement of the Australian federal government was sporadic, and policy decisions were subject to ...
Charles Mountifield
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