Research Consultancy
Beyond Research is a research consultancy firm whose work has been helpful to a number of institutions.
Research Areas
Currently, most of our work is law related; but we are well equipped to undertake research in other specialised areas. We have conducted research in:
- Gender Issues and Women's Rights;
- Children's Rights;
- Land Rights and Tenure;
- Labour Rights;
- Review of Policy and Legislation;
- Market Research; and
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects.
Our consultants also have expertise in the following research areas:
- Health;
- Gender Audits; and
- Environmental Impact.
Past Projects
The following are some of the major projects that the lead consultant, who is also the Executive Director of Beyond Research, has worked on:
- Baseline Survey: The Situational Analysis of Access to Justice for the Poor and Marginalised in Zambia (Client: Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Ministry of Justice)
- Business Management: Establishing the Sustainability of the Samfya Resource Centre (SRC) (Client: Campaign for Female Education (Camfed))
- Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E): M&E of Implementation of Camfed’s Fifteen Business Ideas (Client: Camfed)
- Market Research: Market Research on Business Ideas that are Potentially Viable in Rural Zambia (Client: Camfed)
- Human Rights Training: Goldman Sachs 10 000 Women Certificate Programme for Young Women’s Leadership and Enterprise (Client: Camfed)
- Creation of Documentaries and Video Diaries: (Client: Camfed)
- Creation of a Tool Kit: The WLRP’s Tool Kit of Innovative Participatory Models for Promoting Women’s Land Rights in Customary Areas (Client: The Women’s Land Rights Project (WLRP))
- Preliminary Prison Audit: The Background Report for Audit of Pre-Trial Detention in Zambia (Client: Zambia Human Rights Commission)
Other beneficiaries of services rendered by other Beyond Research consultants include:
- World Bank;
- COMESA;
- SCC;,
- NORAD;
- GTZ;
- SIDA;
- UNFPA;
- Ministry of Education;
- Ministry of Agriculture and Co – operatives;
- Zambia Civic Education Association;
- USAID; and
- JICA.
Publications
BR Kap Study On the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Among Farmers and Other Relevant Stakeholders
A Synopsis of Legal Arguments Made in the 2018 FCTC Moot Court COmpetition
Beyond Research 2017 FCTC Essay Competiton - A Compendium of 15 Select Essays
ZLA Training Manual and Toolkit 2013
Study on Access to Justice in the Republic of Zambia 2012
Pretrial Detention in Zambia: Understanding caseflow management and conditions of incarceration 2011