Publications
At ICRW Africa, research is more than generating evidence and data. Here you’ll find our publications that bring evidence to life, making it accessible and actionable for policymakers, practitioners and communities across Africa.
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We have a strong history of work in over 25 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Lesotho, Senegal and DRC. Our work regularly entails active collaboration with communities as well as national, regional, and international bodies to generate and provide contextually grounded evidence, engage in evidence-informed advocacy, and implement innovative programs. We engage stakeholders such as communities, duty-bearers, decision-makers, and program implementers through a variety of strategies, including face-to-face meetings, publications, and other media. ICRW Africa works on the four ICRW thematic focus areas: economic opportunity and security; health and sexual and reproductive rights; equitable social norms and power dynamics; and climate action.
As part of our 2023-2026 Strategy, ICRW Africa is being re-positioned into a mission-driven, efficient, effective, and equitable Gender Center of Excellence. Our intimate connection and proximity to the communities we serve, combined with our extensive history of policy-relevant research, puts us in a strong position to shape policies on multiple issues and support efforts to improve the lived realities of women and girls throughout Africa. At the global level, ICRW continues to reinforce and amplify the common threads of our regional work to maximize impact where it is most needed.
ICRW Africa 2024 update. empowering women, transforming futures: research, action and equity
Policy Brief Social protection measures that work for women in Africa: Policy and programmatic lessons for Kenya
Social protection brief: effective social protection measures for vulnerable women in Africa
Adolescent girls’ and young women’s economic empowerment in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania: context, indicators, and challenges
Marginalized women’s experiences and aspirations regarding social protection in Uganda_an evidence brief
Evidence brief setting the research agenda on sexual and reproductive health and rights (srhr) in Kenya findings of a qualitative study
Evidence brief setting the research agenda on sexual and reproductive health and rights (srhr) in Uganda findings of a qualitative study
Improving the prevention of, and response to endline evaluation report of the KUWAZA III project sexual violence against children (SVAC) in Zanzibar, Tanzania
The social and economic impact of COVID-19 policy responses on women working in the informal urban economy in Uganda study report, May 2023
Rebuild: COVID-19 pandemic and women in the informal economy in Kenya, Uganda and India. key insights and findings
Rebuild the social and economic impact of COVID-19 policy responses on women working in the informal urban economy in Kenya
Brief: Unpaid care work in Kenya: evidence from the WEE community of practice learning agenda Kenya WEE CoP is convened by International Center for Research on Women
Study report: The social and economic impact of COVID-19 policy responses on women working in the informal urban economy in Kenya
Brief: Women and girls at the intersection of climate change and economic empowerment Kenya WEE CoP is convened by International Center for Research on Women
From advocacy to action lessons on girl- and youth-led systems accountability in India, Kenya, and Uganda research report
REPORT. Positive masculinity programs, gender attitudes and practices, and health behaviors among men and boys in poor urban settlements in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Rwanda
The sexual and reproductive health needs and challenges of adolescent girls and young women in humanitarian settings in Nigeria and Uganda: a quantitative report
Transforming work for women in the informal economy: gaps and opportunities for social protection in Uganda a position paper
Impact of COVID-19 on women workers in the urban informal economy in Uganda and Kenya secondary data review
Social protection in Kenya: disruptions and opportunities for women working in the informal sector a position paper
Endline evaluation securing your family’s future (SYFF) course for men in Kenya November 2021
Expanding social protection to informal women workers for better COVID-19 recovery in Uganda policy brief
Enhancing COVID-19 economic recovery & empowerment of informal women workers in Kenya policy brief
Generation equality forum: Kenya’s roadmap for advancing gender equality and ending all forms of gender based violence and female genital mutilation by 2026
Technology - and community - empowered programming to eliminate FGM: promising findings from a program in Kuria, Kenya
Rebuild the social and economic impact of COVID-19 policy responses on women working in the informal urban economy in Uganda
Brief: COVID-19 and indigenous women in East Africa: emerging impacts, responses and opportunities
Brief: women-owned informal enterprises in the developing world: strategies for a post-COVID-19 recovery
Learning brief toward gender equity in the household: promoting women’s decision-making and empowerment in Ibadan, Nigeria
RESEARCH ARTICLE Correlates of intimate partner violence among urban women in sub-Saharan Africa
Intersections of intimate partner violence and violence against children expert perspectives on improving service coordination in Kampala, Uganda
A systematic review availability, accessibility and utilization of post-abortion care in Sub-Saharan Africa
Child marriage, intimate partner violence & mental health among young Ethiopian women a research & programmatic brief
