Report - Bernard van Leer Foundation

group discussions into gender related groups, in other communities the womenrequested to stay together with the men.2.7 Documentation approachesDiverse documentation approaches were intentionally used during the researchprocesses so as to more readily enable a) cross-checking of information and, b) thesharing of feedback with informants. Documentation approaches included notetaking, photographs, video recording, audio recording. Prior to any documentation,permission was requested and approval was given, for researchers to freelydocument using all of the above strategies. Furthermore, as an important part ofrespecting ownership of information, the Research Team committed to presentingeach community with a set of the photos taken in their community, as part of thefeedback process.2.8 Data Analysisa. Research Team members engaged in daily debriefing and analysis sessions at theend of each field research day and the diverse documentation proved to bevaluable in cross-checking information;b. A two day workshop at the end of the research, brought together resource peopleto share initial collation of data and research experiences, which enabled acollective preliminary analysis of data and drafting of some initial keyrecommendations;c. In order to ensure verification of data analysis & recommendationsi. AMANI facilitated first draft report feedback meetings with MPDI, SepekoWDC and Monduli District Councilii. MPDI facilitated community feedback meetings on the draft.2.9 Constraints and ChallengesNotable limitations in the research process centred on time constraints:-• We could only visit each community once as a team, for a period of 3 – 4hours. This meant that it was not possible engage community members in thecontext of their home environments; it was not possible for researchers tospend in-depth time with children themselves;• Cross-checking and consolidation of data had to be done at a later date byMPDI alone;• During the field research, a government Minister was also in the District, andtherefore many officials and community leaders were involvedsupporting related activities, with limited time for discussion with theresearch team.6