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Briefing note

The Triple Nexus in Somaliland: Lessons from integrated humanitarian-development-peacebuilding work in El-Afweyn district

22/11/2024

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14 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam is committed to working with communities before, during and after crises. In Somaliland, we have been piloting approaches that aim to achieve greater synergy between our humanitarian, development and peacebuilding programming and influencing. This innovative ‘triple nexus’ work recognises that communities' needs and ambitions are not met along the false silos created by aid agencies. […]

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Issue briefing

Unheard Water Stories from Asia, Africa and MENA: Elevating local voices for water security in a climate insecure world

20/11/2024

3 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper shares stories from six countries—Bangladesh, Nepal, Kenya, Somalia, Syria, and Iraq—highlighting the challenges communities face in accessing water. It seeks to bring forward the unique perspectives of communities from diverse backgrounds, each experiencing water crises in distinct ways. While climate change intensifies their crises, many communities also face marginalization due to exclusionary water […]

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Briefing paper

Neither Enough, Nor Adequate: A participatory assessment of the barriers to local access for climate finance in the Sahel

14/11/2024

4 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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Access to climate finance is a prominent feature of the debate for the upcoming COP29 decision to set a New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance. Countries, communities and groups representing marginalised collectives who are most impacted by the climate crisis are in urgent need of scaled-up, accessible and adequate climate finance. Findings from participatory […]

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Briefing paper

Better Safe Than Sorry: Four fundamentals for scaling up anticipatory action.

07/11/2024

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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In the context of ever-increasing humanitarian needs worldwide, anticipatory action is being recognised as one of main the ways in which predictable shocks can be prevented from turning into crises, reducing both the impacts and the costs. Anticipatory action is a critical approach, bridging the work of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response, and showing […]

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Briefing paper

Communities In Charge: Lessons for the Global Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage from a locally-led project in Kenya

06/11/2024

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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People in northern Kenya have suffered numerous severe economic and non-economic losses and damages due to repeated climate-related droughts and flooding. This briefing note provides an overview and lessons learned from a locally-led project funded by the Scottish government and recently implemented by Oxfam, Strategies for Northern Development and Merti Integrated Development Programme in northern […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Private Sector Rapid Care Analysis Toolkit

29/10/2024

3 documents

78 pages long

Languages: English

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A Private Sector Rapid Care Analysis toolkit (PS RCA) is a rapid process for businesses and workers to understand the heavy responsibility and long hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW), usually done by women workers. The guide also makes the case for why private sector companies should address UCDW as part of workers’ […]

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The Triple Nexus in Somaliland: Lessons from integrated humanitarian-development-peacebuilding work in El-Afweyn district

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Overview

Unheard Water Stories from Asia, Africa and MENA: Elevating local voices for water security in a climate insecure world

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Overview

Neither Enough, Nor Adequate: A participatory assessment of the barriers to local access for climate finance in the Sahel

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Overview

Better Safe Than Sorry: Four fundamentals for scaling up anticipatory action.

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Overview

Communities In Charge: Lessons for the Global Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage from a locally-led project in Kenya

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Overview

Private Sector Rapid Care Analysis Toolkit

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