This manual is meant for all Oxfam staff who may be involved in initiating a malaria control project in humanitarian situations specifically although much of the background information will be useful for longer term programmes. Knowledge of malaria control is important for Public Health Promoters, Water and Sanitation Engineers and Project Co-ordinators and Managers in order to facilitate decision-making and project formulations.

This practical guide is designed to help practitioners in choosing how and where to build programmes that address issues of governance. It explores how to render power visible – looking at the underlying power relations within a community in order to support people’s movements to demand accountability from the state. This includes looking at gender and women’s rights; finding spaces for dialogue; looking at the power of the individual; and strengthening and supporting groups within civil society. The guide contains case studies from Oxfam’s on-the-ground work around the world, and lists the best sources of further information. For more examples of how the rights-based approach has been put into practice in our programmes see: · Local Governance and Community Action Programme Insights with studies from Malawi, Tanzania, Viet Nam, Nepal and Kenya · Speaking Out: Case studies on how poor people influence decision-making with studies from Honduras, Malawi, Bangladesh, Georgia, Guatemala, Indonesia, the UK, Peru and India

This report informs mining company staff of the potential gender impacts of mining projects and introduces some tools and approaches that they can use to conduct a gender impact assessment of these projects. These tools should be of particular interest to community relations advisors as they are designed to help incorporate gender into community assessment and planning tools including social baseline studies, social impact assessments and risk analysis, community mapping exercises, and monitoring and evaluation plans.