KnowledgeBank is a database of research about the voluntary and community sector brought to you by the Yorkshire and the Humber Forum.
Please contact the Editor at knowledgebank@regionalforum.org.uk with any enquiries.

Gender


Making Connections

Making Connections

Author: Womens Health Matters | Published: July 2007 | 3.73MB

Report from a disabled women's networking event looking at experiences of using health services.

Whilst not based on acedemic research the report provides a great deal of valuable personal opinion about access to health services.


Mapping the Contribution of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Yorkshire and the Humber

Mapping the Contribution of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: The Regional Forum, Graha,m Lewis | Published: May 2001 | 214.26KB

The Regional Forum's research providing regional level data on the sector's contribution, focusing on number of organisations, employment, volunteering, and contribution to regional economy.


Profiles of the Workforce by Ethnicity and Migrant Workers - Yorkshire and the Humber

Profiles of the Workforce by Ethnicity and Migrant Workers - Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: A. Green, D. Owen and R. Wilson | Published: November 2005 | 166.59KB

This is one of 9 Regional Profiles. The objective is to provide a set of national and regional profiles of employment patterns, focussing upon gender, age and ethnic group, including variations across occupation and sector dimensions (as far as the data will allow).


The development needs of refugee communities in Leeds, Bradford & South Yorkshire

The development needs of refugee communities in Leeds, Bradford & South Yorkshire

Author: Dr Archana Choksi with Marzieh Berenjin, Hlabera Chirwa and Dorine Nakuti | Published: July 2008 | 765.4KB

Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) are seen as an essential agency for refugee integration. They act as a vital bridge between the refugee community and host society. They adopt a wide range of roles that include acting as intermediary, interpreter, educator, campaigner, negotiator,representative and advocate for refugee individuals or whole communities (Home Office 2005; Refugee Council and Refugee Action 2007).

This research set out to generate information about the current roles played by RCOs in the region, to
understand their current capacity in relation to meeting the demands placed
upon them and investigate their understandings, expectations and roles as the sector becomes more professionalised in its approach to policy influencinghow in the Yorkshire and Humber region, (Y&H).


Women and poverty

Women and poverty

Author: Womens Health Matters/Leeds Initiative | Published: January 2001 | 350.12KB

The aim of the research was to collate available information about the lives of women in Leeds.


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