Research in
support of human rights activities
MHRRC strongly
believes that good and effective development work is based
on sound and through analysis of issues. To this end, apart
from developing capacity in research methodologies and
skills through training, the Centre has undertaken and
support a number of specific research projects aimed at
deepening CSO understanding of core issues and ensure that
MHRRC and CSO programme activities are contextually
relevant. MHRRC research can be broken down into the
following categories:
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Research commissioned by
MHRRC and undertaken in partnership with NGOs:
Examples include Malawi Human Rights Needs
Assessment Survey (1999) and Violence and
Social Injustice Against Women in the Workplace (1999);
Baseline Survey on Gender Based Violence, HIV and AIDS and
other related issues in the Kanengo area of Lilongwe.
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Research identified by
NGOs but funded by MHRRC:
Examples include
Factors Affecting Freedom of Expression in Malawi (Media Council,
2001) and A Survey Analysis of the Juvenile Justice Situation in
Approved and Reformatory Centre in Malawi (CEYCA 2000)
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Research commissioned by
donor partners and carried out by MHRRC jointly with
others:
Examples include Human
Rights Needs Assessment Study (Commissioned by DFID
and carried out jointly with the UK based International
Organization Development- IOD); Various studies
Commissioned by DFID for the design and implementation of
the MaSSAJ Programme carried out jointly with
such institutions as The Institution for Security Studies,
ISS- Pretoria, RSA- University of Cape Town); An Analysis
of the Poverty and Human Rights Situation in Malawi (2002,
Commissioned by Dan Church Aid- DCA and carried out by MHRRC);
Mapping out of Case Handling Institutions in Malawi (2000, Commissioned by the then Danish Centre for Human Rights
(DCHR), Denmark and carried out by MHRRC)
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