About
Reclaiming our stories
The project brings together seven grassroots groups from Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America to gather their own data on the impacts of corporate actors on women’s rights to land, housing and natural resources.
Too often, local communities, particularly women, are excluded from decision-making around the use of land where they live, with devastating impacts on basic human rights and the environment. Decision-making processes around land, housing and natural resources often rely on ‘hard evidence’ developed by powerful actors such as states and corporations, rather than reflecting communities’ perspectives and priorities.
At ESCR-Net, we believe that grassroots groups and communities are the legitimate voice and the main experts regarding the issues that affect them such as inequality, impoverishment and injustice. For this reason in June 2020, with the leadership of an Advisory Group of ESCR-Net members, we launched our first project to support grassroots groups, particularly women leaders, in developing research goals, methodologies and tools, undertaking field research, analyzing the data and planning advocacy strategies and outputs.
Workshops
resources on community-led research
Over the course of the project we held several online exchanges to share our members’ experiences in developing and implementing community-led research. In this section you will find resources and tools used to support the development and implementation of research projects. Some of these resources were developed collaboratively by the advisory group of this project, while others have been made available by individual members. Watch this space for upcoming resources!
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 | National Physical Development Plan: the impacts on the Communities and the Environment: The Community Led Research in Sri Lanka | Summary of research findings from National Fisheries Solidarity Movement [NAFSO] in Lanka. NAFSO has prepared this report and expects to mobilize the communities based on their issues, which were identified … | May 11, 2023 | View | country documenting-corporate-capture nafso resources sri-lanka uncategorized | |
 | Human rights violations by hydroelectric companies in Huehuetenango, Guatemala | The Wuxhtaj Women’s Council has conducted women-led research on the impact of human rights violations by hydroelectric companies in the communities of Santa Eulalia, San Mateo Ixtatán and Santa Cruz … | December 19, 2022 | View | country documenting-corporate-capture resources uncategorized | |
 | Mining, Memory & Territory: Findings from Red Chimpu Warmi’s research | Summary of research findings from Red Chimpu Warmi in Bolivia. Key words: mining, memory and territory We focused on these issues due to the need that exists in the Jacha Marka … | December 5, 2022 | View | bolivia country documenting-corporate-capture resources | |
 | Impacts of Large-scale Rubber Concession on Women Dependent on Land and Natural Resources in Liberia | Summary of findings of Natural Women’s Resource Platform (NRWP)’s research on the impacts of large scale rubber concessions on women in Liberia Key words: Lack of consultation, Food insecurity and … | November 14, 2022 | View | country documenting-corporate-capture liberia resources | |
 | Women, empowerment and homelessness: findings from PAH’s community led research | Summary of research findings from PAH – Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca in Barcelona, Spain. Leer el informe completo aquí Key words: Evictions, Women, Empowerment Data collection methods used: … | October 5, 2022 | View | country documenting-corporate-capture resources spain-2 | |
 | Corporate capture and local media in El Salto, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. | Research findings of CISEP’s FATICA’s research project documenting the impacts of agribusiness corporations on women’s access to work and the impacts on the environment and health of El Salto’s inhabitants. … | September 5, 2022 | View | argentina country documenting-corporate-capture fatica resources uncategorized | |
 | Communicating research findings strategically: online workshop | In July 2022 we held a workshop on Communicating and using research findings strategically. The workshop explored how to identify advocacy and campaign targets and key considerations how to communicate … | August 4, 2022 | View | designing-your-research-project resources uncategorized webinars | |
 | Participatory data analysis | On 1st March 2022 we held a workshop on participatory data analysis. The session provided an overview on: qualitative data analysis quantitative data analysis making analysis more participatory and accountable … | March 10, 2022 | View | methodologies-for-data-collection resources | |
 | Overview of research projects | Overview of research initiatives that the groups involved in the project are planning to undertake: Map of key issues / Mapa temático Community participation / Participación comunitaria Research methods / … | November 26, 2021 | View | documenting-corporate-capture methodologies-for-data-collection resources | |
 | Developing videos for advocacy | This guide provides an overview of the process of developing videos for advocacy and campaigning. The guide contains helpful considerations for designing your video, choosing the right message and audience, as … | October 22, 2021 | View | methodologies-for-data-collection resources | |
 | Conducting community-led surveys | Surveys can be a very powerful tool to get a full picture of an issue or problem. A Community-led Survey, unlike a conventional survey, is not only about collecting information … | July 6, 2021 | View | methodologies-for-data-collection resources webinars | |
 | Gathering credible human rights evidence | Human rights documentation means gathering evidence about human rights violations. The credibility of evidence on human rights violations is often disputed. Credibility is subjective, and too often community-led data is … | June 15, 2021 | View | designing-your-research-project methodologies-for-data-collection resources | |
 | Shortguide on Focus Group Discussions and interviews | This is a step-by-step guide for developing and conducting Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and individual interviews in community settings. The guide provides an overview on the process for developing focus … | June 1, 2021 | View | methodologies-for-data-collection resources | |
 | Guide on methodologies for community-led research | This short guide has been developed as part of ESCR-Net’s project on community-led research. The guide has been co-authored by members of the Project Advisory Group with the aim of … | April 19, 2021 | View | methodologies-for-data-collection resources | |
 | Worksheet to design a community-led research | This worksheet was developed to support research the design of an action-oriented research process led by grassroots groups. The worksheet was used within the context of a workshops series on … | April 1, 2021 | View | designing-your-research-project resources | gallery |
 | Documenting Corporate Capture – Picture Series | Documenting Corporate Capture – Picture Series The concept of Corporate Capture refers to the many ways that economic elites exert influence to shape domestic and international decision-making spaces in order … | March 26, 2021 | View | documenting-corporate-capture resources | |
 | Corporate Capture Animated Video | What is corporate capture? The human rights community has started to use the words “corporate capture” to refer to this trend of corporations taking over our hard-won democratic institutions. Do … | March 26, 2021 | View | documenting-corporate-capture resources | |
 | Manifestations of corporate capture | This PDF document introduces and defines the concept of corporate capture and its eight manifestations. The document names and explains the manifestations in depth. It begins with Community Manipulation and … | March 26, 2021 | View | documenting-corporate-capture resources uncategorized |