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Research report

Emergency Response Fund Agility: Evaluating a locally led humanitarian funding model

20/08/2026

2 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Emergency Response Fund Agility pilot (2021–2025) tested a locally led, rapid-response funding model in Bangladesh, Puerto Rico, and Uganda. The initiative demonstrated that quality, flexible funding—managed by local consortia—can, according to local actors themselves, deliver fast, inclusive, and cost-effective humanitarian aid. The ERF Agility highlights the need for donors to invest in scalable, locally […]

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Research report

Unpaid Care & Loss and Damage in Bangladesh

20/05/2026

2 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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This report combines literature review and quantitative analysis to explore the gendered impacts of climate crises, with emphasis on unpaid care work. It finds that unpaid care hours increase for low-income women in high climate vulnerability areas, and argues that care-related impacts must be acknowledged and addressed in climate responses around Loss & Damage. It […]

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Journal article

Beijing+30

16/03/2026

19 pages long

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This document introduces the Gender and Development journal’s November 2025 Special Issue titled, ‘Beijing +30’.

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Journal article

Queering Beijing+30 in the digital age: addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence against Queer communities in South Asia by One Future Collective

16/03/2026

21 pages long

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Queering Beijing+30 in the digital age: addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence against Queer communities in South Asia by One Future Collective

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As digital technologies reshape political and social landscapes, queer individuals face escalating technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), including doxxing, online harassment, deepfake abuse, and state surveillance. While the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) is committed to eliminating violence against women and gender minorities, it could not have anticipated the emergence of digital violence as a key […]

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Journal article

Bridging the gender gap in the digital age: the role of digital governance in advancing feminist futures post-Beijing+30

16/03/2026

21 pages long

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Bridging the gender gap in the digital age: the role of digital governance in advancing feminist futures post-Beijing+30

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As the global community reflects on 30 years since the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), digital transformation presents opportunities and challenges for gender equality. Digital technologies offer new avenues for feminist advocacy, economic empowerment, and inclusive governance. However, these also intensify existing inequalities through the digital divide, algorithmic bias, and online gender-based violence. Using an […]

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Evaluation report

Ending the Discrimination faced by Informal and Marginalized Formal Women Workers in Bangladesh

30/01/2026

1 documents

77 pages long

Languages: English

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This impact evaluation examines Oxfam in Bangladesh’s interventions with two highly vulnerable informal and marginalized formal worker groups: domestic workers and tea-garden workers. Using a mixed-methods and contribution-analysis approach, the study assesses changes in livelihoods, workplace dignity, social protection, gender-based violence, and decision-making power. The findings show notable gains for domestic workers in skills, confidence, […]

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Discussion paper

Feminist perspectives on beyond GDP in Asia

24/11/2025

2 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

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Asia's rapid GDP growth masks severe costs, including displacement, environmental depletion, and high inequality. A shift beyond GDP is essential, and alternatives must be feminist, ecologically just, and decolonial. While Asia explores wellbeing metrics, most merely complement GDP, failing to challenge the growth paradigm or address systemic injustices fundamentally. True transformation requires an equity- and […]

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Journal article

Helping Rural Women Secure Their Land and Resource Rights: Reach, benefit, empower, or transform?

08/05/2025

9 pages long

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Helping Rural Women Secure Their Land and Resource Rights: Reach, benefit, empower, or transform?

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gender transformative approaches

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This essay deals with helping rural women secure their land and resource rights and is based on International Fund for Agriculture Development's work and interventions.

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Journal article

Introduction: Disaster and resilience: intersectional approaches towards establishing resilient communities during crises

12/02/2025

15 pages long

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Introduction: Disaster and resilience: intersectional approaches towards establishing resilient communities during crises

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This is the introduction to the special issue on 'Disaster and resilience: intersectional approaches towards establishing resilient communities during crises'.

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Journal article

Beyond drinking water supply infrastructure: gendered lived experiences in coastal Bangladesh

12/02/2025

22 pages long

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Beyond drinking water supply infrastructure: gendered lived experiences in coastal Bangladesh

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Women and water have extensively been written about, especially in the context of disaster. Given increasing water scarcity and frequent disruptions to water infrastructure, a large number of water purification technologies have been developed in numerous water-scarce regions by both national and international stakeholders. Despite technology development and demonstrated benefits, there are certain challenges to […]

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