Gender Dynamics in Mining: Why women don’t go into mines
In all mining areas, we found that mining work, in general, is gender-segregated – women will not go down a mine shaft to do the
Category: Active Citizens
Gold Rush: Artisan Miners battle with underground water in search of wealth
In the last few weeks, we have travelled to different parts of Kenya to meet with artisan miners and listen to them tell us about
Participation must be meaningful for successful extractive projects
Public participation should not be just a way of ticking a box Communities in Lamu are united in its fervent opposition to the proposed coal
The 15th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform Meeting
The 15th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform Meeting was held on from 9th – 14th June 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. This years
The 15th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
The 15th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform Meeting was held on from 9th – 14th June 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. This years
Help Us Map our City
Imagine this. Imagine for a moment, if our public and private spaces were made more accessible with ramps, level flooring where needed, safe stairwells with
Finding ways for the invisible to become visible
Working with citizens in Kenya, using data to identify their development needs and priorities, we have had the opportunity to learn many things. One of
Dundori Data Fair: Global Goals for Local Impact
When communities have data, then action is possible – where solutions can be implemented directly by the community themselves, by the county government and by
Nakuru Leaders Leverage on Data for Better Agriculture
Agriculture has been recognized as a major economic driver in the African region. Current statistics (http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/population/) indicate a population of 1.2 billion people in Africa
Citizen Generated Data: What we now know
Today, we are excited to release datalocal.info, a web site through which we share our experiences working on citizen generated data projects since September 2015.