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Briefing note

Seven Ways the Water Crisis in Gaza is Hurting Women

15/07/2026

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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This briefing note examines the gendered impacts of the collapse of water, sanitation and hygiene services in Gaza. Drawing on interviews with 21 displaced women and girls from across the Gaza Strip, alongside a review of humanitarian evidence, it documents how severe water shortages are affecting women’s health, safety and daily survival. The note identifies […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Unseen Hunger: Data, tools and insights for better food security analysis and response

15/07/2026

1 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents findings from an Oxfam-led initiative designed to address pervasive “gender blindness” within the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) framework. Through mixed-method pilots in Lebanon and South Sudan, the research confirms that traditional household-level assessments routinely mask severe intra-household disparities. Key findings demonstrate that women and girls disproportionately absorb food scarcity through […]

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Briefing note

Locally Led Humanitarian Response Networks

14/07/2026

3 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Locally led humanitarian response networks are transforming aid by centring national, local, and community leadership to deliver faster, more relevant humanitarian assistance across complex crises. This learning brief shares practical approaches and insights from four networks in Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar and Somalia, showing how diverse locally led response networks coordinate, share capacity, and mobilise resources […]

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Briefing note

Local Humanitarian Leadership in Conflict Settings: Insights from civil society actors

01/07/2026

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Civil society organisations play critical roles in implementing and leading humanitarian responses, yet persistent barriers continue to limit their ability to shape inclusive responses on their own terms – particularly in restrictive, conflict-affected contexts. This learning brief examines how civil society organisations operate in conflict settings, and how international actors can more effectively support local […]

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Research report

The Buyback Divide: How stock buybacks distort markets and deepen wealth inequality

30/06/2026

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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This report examines how stock buybacks and the broader model of shareholder primacy contribute to the racial wealth gap in the United States. While racial wealth inequality is often discussed in relation to wages, housing, or inheritance, the report shows that unequal ownership of corporate equity has become an increasingly important driver of wealth inequality. […]

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Evaluation report

A Decade of Climbing and Claiming Rights: Women’s land rights and the Kilimanjaro Initiative Campaign

26/06/2026

2 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French

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This evaluation report presents the experiences, achievements, lessons, and challenges of the Kilimanjaro Initiative, a rural women’s land rights campaign in Africa. The campaign was officially launched in 2016 with the adoption of the Charter of Demands and Aspirations of African Women on Land Rights. Over the past ten years, rural women organized through the […]

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Briefing paper

A Presidency Grounded in EU Values: Oxfam’s recommendations for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

24/06/2026

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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Ireland will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union at a moment of profound consequence, as citizens across the world face escalating conflict, the climate crisis, geopolitical uncertainty and threats to democracy itself.    The Presidency comes at a particularly important time as the EU advances negotiations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the future Global Europe instrument, the Tax Omnibus, […]

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Discussion paper

A More Feminist, Decolonial Approach to Humanitarian Aid

17/06/2026

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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This discussion paper explores how Scotland can contribute to addressing global challenges. It focuses on the actions the Scottish Government can take to continuously evolve its humanitarian response by further embedding a feminist, decolonial and locally-led approach during a global humanitarian funding crisis.

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Briefing paper

Navigating Grievance Mechanisms: A Pathway to Robust Accountability for Rightsholders

16/06/2026

2 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English

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This briefing for business provides practical guidance for companies on how to design and implement effective grievance mechanisms as a core component of human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD). Building on the expectations set by the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and emerging regulatory frameworks, it emphasizes that grievance […]

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Journal article

Dancing the margins: Launda ke Naach, queer embodiment, and the praxis of Southern feminist resistance

15/06/2026

27 pages long

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Dancing the margins: Launda ke Naach, queer embodiment, and the praxis of Southern feminist resistance

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When queer liberation is curated through pride parades in metros and feminist advocacy is measured in policy briefs, what happens to resistance shaped in mud stages—by bodies that labour, bleed, and dance outside elite vocabularies? Launda ke Naach, a gender non-conforming, caste-marked dance-theatre tradition from Bhojpuri-speaking North India, resists easy placement in dominant feminist or […]

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