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Barriers to Reporting Misconduct: Understanding power, intersectionality and context

18/08/2023

4 documents

31 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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This report concludes Oxfam’s research project on Factors Influencing Misconduct Reporting, which began in 2019–20 by identifying specific barriers in Myanmar, Iraq and Ghana. To test the integration of recommendations from this research, Oxfam then conducted two pilot projects in Iraq and Ghana from May 2021 to September 2022. Oxfam in Iraq focused on survivors’ […]

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Loss and Damage to Land: Voices from Asia

29/06/2023

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam listened to women and men from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste who shared their stories on how the climate crisis caused loss and damage to their lands and impacted their lives. The stories demonstrate that land ownership is a key factor in determining people’s eligibility to receive assistance to overcome loss and damage. […]

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Linking Cash and Voucher Assistance with Social Protection: A case study in Gaza

22/08/2022

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

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In the Gaza Strip, 80% of the population receives humanitarian assistance. The level of need is overwhelming, and the political and socio-economic context has crippled the traditional social protection system. Efforts to build a stronger social protection system are under way, and cash interventions are on the rise. This report explores the humanitarian cash assistance […]

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Strengthening Urban Resilience: Five emerging lessons

29/11/2021

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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Strengthening urban resilience is key to achieving Oxfam's vision of a world without poverty. Urbanization has become a major challenge for almost all countries around the globe. Cities and city inhabitants are facing additional and amplified challenges as a result of rapid urbanization, a changing climate and rising inequality in urban areas. The COVID-19 crisis […]

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Case study

Understanding Governance from the Margins: What Does It Mean In Practice?

29/11/2021

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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What does governance look like ‘from below’ – from the perspectives of poor and marginalised households? How do patterns of conflict affect that? These were the questions at the heart of the Governance at the Margins research project. Over three years from 2017-2020 we worked to explore this through in-depth study in conflict-affected areas of […]

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Case study

Identifying and Supporting Self-Protection Mechanisms in Somalia/Somaliland

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is a case study produced by Abdirashid Yousuf, Protection and Gender Coordinator at Oxfam in Somalia, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses empowerment of women, mediation, negative coping strategies and self-protection outside community protection structures.

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Case study

Local Advocacy for the Protection of Female Sellers

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is a case study produced by Gracia Kambale Bahwere, Protection Coordinator at Oxfam in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses action plans, advocacy and authority engagement.

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Case study

How to Deal With Constant Transfers of Local Authorities

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is a case study produced by Gracia Kambale Bahwere, Protection Coordinator at Oxfam in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses advocacy and authority engagement.

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Case study

Azul Positivo’s Community Response Strategy during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zulia

17/09/2021

3 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is a case study produced by Andrea Pacheco, Protection Officer at Oxfam in Venezuela, and Yordy Bermúdez, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer at Azul Positivo, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses access to services, community identification, COVID-19, negative coping strategies, referrals and service mapping.

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Responding to Protection Concerns at the Domestic Level

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is a case study produced by Elijah Mulumba, Programme Manager at Candlelight, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses material support and mediation.

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