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Item type: Item , Using Social Media for Long-haul Activism(PASGR, 2018-07) Ojebode, Ayobami; Oladapo, WoleThe Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) is a women-led, spontaneous movement that erupted in Nigeria following the abduction of over 200 school girls by Boko Haram terrorists in 2014. It soon gained widespread presence on the streets, but even more online. The BBOG remains a unique movement in contemporary Africa in that it is women-led and depends on bold confrontation offline and viral advocacy online. The objective of the BBOG is clear: pressure the government to rescue and return all the abductees safely. The movement has recorded remarkable achievements, such as the return of over 100 girls and the priming of the plight of the remaining girls. The demand for the release of the abductees has, however, developed a life of its own as many other actors now continue to promote the issue even when the BBOG appears to be fatigued and silent. The movement’s use of social media is most probably responsible for this. What can similar movements or other social actors learn from this?Item type: Item , The Role of Community Based Organisations in Social Protection(PASGR, 2014-11) PASGRState social protection services cover less than 10% of the population in many African countries. Non-State actors (NSAs) have stepped in to fill the void – especially small self-help groups, which are more numerous, more active, and cumulatively reach more people with more impact than any other part of national social service systems. Independent research in more than 30 diverse areas of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda shows that community-based organizations (CBOs –self-help groups and membership associations) represent the first and often the only social services that are available and accessible to the people. Virtually every low-income man, woman, and child belongs to or depends on at least one such group. There are thousands of them, everywhere, addressing general welfare or specific vulnerabilities of widows, orphans, and people living with disabilities or HIV/AIDS, refugees, among others. CBOs do more than compensate for State default. Their small size, highly localized operations, and traditional methods – which make them difficult to track and regulate - make them especially efficient and effective at the point of service delivery. They are owned by, run by, and tailored to the community they serve.Item type: Item , The Need for a Comprehensive Legal Framework for Social Protection in Kenya(PASGR, 2017-05) PASGRGlobally, social protection (SP) is recognized as one of the approaches for tackling poverty and promoting inclusive growth. In Africa, social protection has become a mainstay in poverty reduction strategies, with many African countries developing SP strategies. In Kenya, the government has put in place various policy strategies to guide the implementation of SP interventions. These include: the Constitution of Kenya (2010), the Kenya Vision 2030 (2007), and the National Social Protection Policy (2011). However, these policies have not been fully operationalized to ensure enjoyment of these rights by the beneficiaries. Two main challenges stand on the path to operationalizing SP policy. They include limited research and the extent to which available evidence informs SP interventions. This Policy Brief presents findings of various innovative research and engagement activities supported by a collaboration of the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development (INCLUDE), and the AIHD. The activities – research and a Research-policy Community (Utafiti Sera) on Social Protection in Kenya were aimed at informing and influencing policy uptake.Item type: Item , The Integrated Housing Development Program(PASGR, 2017-09) Bishu, Sebawit G.The city of Addis Ababa, the leading urbanizing city in the country, accounts for nearly 20 percent of the total urban population in the country (CSA, 2014). Rapid urbanization, coupled with high population migration into the city, has accelerated the housing stock demand beyond capacity. The housing sector that engages in supplying housing stock to the city’s residents has been in long-standing strain. At the beginning of the year 2000, the city’s nearly 4 million inhabitants had a housing supply backlog of about 300,000 units. While these numbers show the housing supply shortage in the city, existing housing infrastructure is also characterized by poor and, oftentimes, poor conditions. In Addis Ababa, housing supply is also most critical to the middle and low-income groups of the population. A number of factors fostered the poor housing supply conditions in the city. First, there is a lack of access to affordable land and the widely practiced market-oriented land management system (Tesfaye 2007). Besides poor land management practices, the lack of a diversified housing delivery system, the absence of a robust and affordable housing construction industry, and the absence of a diversified housing financing system are all factors that continually shape the housing stock supply in the city. Particularly among the urban poor, limited access to decent and affordable housing has driven fast-growing informal and squatter settlements in the city.Item type: Item , Strengthening Kenya’s Social Protection Agenda through Research, Programming & Policy(PASGR, 2017-06) PASGRSocial protection programmes are among the most successful development experiences the World has seen in recent years. They have proven to be key in developing countries’ efforts to fight poverty and hunger. Countries and donor agencies across the World have adopted social protection strategies to complement and strengthen their efforts at reducing poverty and vulnerability. In Kenya, social protection is entrenched in primarily three ways: through cash transfer programmes where beneficiaries attest to improved household food security, retention of children in schools, access to basic health care, enhanced social support networks, self-esteem and dignity1; through the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) which provides social security protection to formal and informal workers in form of lump sum payments upon retirement; and through social health insurance implemented by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) through their subsidy programs for orphans and vulnerable children, persons with severe disabilities and older persons.