The Parliament of Uganda’s first Research Week

The Parliament of Uganda’s first Research Week

In August the Parliament of Uganda held its first ever Research Week to increase the demand and use of evidence in the Parliament of Uganda.

Spotlight: Evidence for gender policy at regional level in Ghana

In April 2015, Thywill Eyra Kpe participated in the first VakaYiko evidence-informed policy making course to be run by Ghana’s Civil Service Training Centre. At that time, she was posted in the Volta Region of the country but she has since moved to the Central Region as the Regional Director for the Department of Gender, under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. In this interview, she discusses gender, evidence and regional policy in Ghana.

Gender mainstreaming in higher education: learning from our experiences

– Blog post by Professor Flora Fabian, University of Dodoma, Tanzania In this blog, Professor Flora Fabian from the University...

The importance of self-awareness in addressing unconscious bias

–  Blog post by Vanessa Fairhurst, Programme Assistant, INASP The question is not “do we have bias?” but rather “which are...

Learning and reflection underpin INASP’s strategy and approaches

INASP is a strongly reflective organization, responding to challenges by listening and learning as we go along. INASP’s new five-year strategy is a milestone along our learning journey, writes Philip Horgan.

Supporting the use of research and knowledge in policy making

INASP is known for strengthening the research and knowledge systems. For almost 25 years, we have been working with different part of this system so it can function as a whole: librarians, publishers, researchers, academics, IT services and their institutions in many countries. More recently, since 2009, we have been incorporating a further key component of the research and knowledge system: the policymakers and other users who need access to knowledge to make better decisions. This group is an important part of INASP's new five-year strategy, as Clara Richards explains.

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