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Examples emerging from practice

Here are some specific examples of how the powecube approach, as well as other approaches to power analysis, have been used in practice to make change happen.

• Experience with a Learning Trajectory in Oxfam Novib

  Conny Hoitink reflects on a ten month learning trajectory on power within Oxfam Novib enabling the organisation to focus on the quality of their rights-based approach to development.

• Operationalising Empowerment

  This paper presents an overview of key empowerment principles, following the an independent evaluation of SDC’s application of empowerment approaches in its development programming.

• Oxfam introduces Power Analysis to Programme Staff

  Jo Rowlands reflects on introducing power concepts to programme staff from six country offices and the regional office in Oxfam GB’s Horn, East and Central Africa region.

• Power Analysis: Experiences and Challenges

  This paper reflects on lessons learned so far on Sida’s experience of power analysis . It includes experiences about process, content, value added, challenges and the road ahead.

• Power Analysis in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Andrew Edwards describes a workshop which introduced power analysis as a tool to promote local democratic accountability in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Women Headed Households Empowerment Programme

  This case study by Nani Zulminarni describes the Just Associates’ women-headed households empowerment
  programme (PEKKA) in Indonesia.

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