ReInvest Project and Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute
Abstract
This handbook explains the Participatory
Action Human Rights and Capability App -
roach, PAHRCA, developed by the RE-InVEST
project. It is written for co-researchers; NGOs,
trade unions, and community groups under -
taking research with vulnerable people and
the vulnerable as co-researchers themselves.
The handbook is developed in a way that is
‘user friendly’. It provides a brief overview of
the theory behind the methodological app -
roach and then includes concrete detail ex -
plain ing the methodology, case studies of
how it was implemented in practice, sample
participatory methods that can be used and
useful advice for researchers, and reflections on
the role of the different participants involved