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Participatory sense-making to strengthen women’s land rights

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Sense-making is a form of validating research data with research participants. It is not only important from an ethical and beneficence standpoint to return data back to the people and communities who have been involved in research where possible, but it can also help to cross-check and add nuance and depth to the initial findings, making them more robust.

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