
A perennial challenge in policy, including that which drives international development programming, is the ability of research to influence practice. Often, good quality and well-intentioned research...
A perennial challenge in policy, including that which drives international development programming, is the ability of research to influence practice. Often, good quality and well-intentioned research...
Full summary Information and rumours have a powerful effect on people's lives. They shape how people experience their environments and view their position in life, and give meaning to the forces that...
Uganda + 1 more
Full summary Information is a powerful tool, and having access to information can be a lifeline. Being able to gather information is crucial for decision-making, shaping how people experience the...
Full summary For international engagement in settings affected by conflict and fragility, three themes emerge prominently from ten years of SLRC research. We need to improve our understanding of: the...
Afghanistan + 4 more
About us The Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) is a global research programme exploring basic services and social protection in conflict‑affected situations. Funded by UK aid from the UK...
Introduction Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in the world: 28% of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 have children (UNFPA, 2019). There is evidence that this high...
Afghanistan + 4 more
By Vagisha Gunasekara Executive Summary This synthesis paper is a product of a long-term research commitment to generate a body of evidence on the changing nature of people’s livelihoods in conflict...
Written by Suleiman Amanela, Tracy Flora Ayee, Stephanie Buell, Alice Escande, Tony Quinlan, Anouk S. Rigterink, Mareike Schomerus, Samuel Sharp, and Sarah Swanson Executive Summary The violent...
Written by Suleiman Amanela, Tracy Flora Ayee, Stephanie Buell, Alice Escande, Tony Quinlan, Anouk S. Rigterink, Mareike Schomerus, Samuel Sharp, Sarah Swanson Executive Summary The violent conflict...
Written by Suleiman Amanela, Tracy Flora Ayee, Stephanie Buell, Alice Escande, Tony Quinlan, Anouk S. Rigterink, Mareike Schomerus, Samuel Sharp, Sarah Swanson Executive Summary The violent conflict...
Written by Suleiman Amanela, Tracy Flora Ayee, Stephanie Buell, Alice Escande, Tony Quinlan, Anouk S. Rigterink, Mareike Schomerus, Samuel Sharp, Sarah Swanson Executive Summary The violent conflict...
Written by Suleiman Amanela, Tracy Flora Ayee, Stephanie Buell, Alice Escande, Tony Quinlan, Anouk S. Rigterink, Mareike Schomerus, Samuel Sharp, Sarah Swanson Executive Summary The violent conflict...
Authors: Clare Castillejo and Stephanie Buell Key messages: Partners under this action research project – Concern, International Rescue Committee (IRC), and Save the Children – are trialling...
Teddy Atim, Dyan Mazurana and Anastasia Marshak Full summary In northern Uganda, active armed conflict disrupted children and young people’s access to education from the early 1980s until 2007. Yet...
World + 6 more
Mareike Schomerus, Stephanie Buell, Aoife McCullough, Vagisha Gunesekara, George Richards Full summary This booklet provides a short introduction to the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium and an...
Full summary Through two decades of conflict and a complex humanitarian response, internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been at the core of assistance in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Gloria Nguya Full summary Thousands of IDPs remain in many camps across North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This working paper explores the experiences of internally displaced persons...
Patrick M. Kyamusugulwa, Dorothea Hilhorst and Sylvia I. Bergh Full summary The United Nations’ Agenda 2030 aims to achieve gender equality as part of the 5th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Yet,...
Wim Marivoet, Tom De Herdt and John Ulimwengu Full summary The first decade of the Democractic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) post-conflict reconstruction period (2004-2013) was marked by an...
Dyan Mazurana, Anastasia Marshak and Teddy Atim Full summary Few large-scale, structured surveys have been conducted on the prevalence of alleged war crimes or crimes against humanity committed by...