Croatia Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Beyond ‘Fortress Europe’: Principles for a humane EU migration policy

11/10/2017

5 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, French, Serbian, Spanish

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In 2015, the EU announced its Agenda for Migration: a blueprint for managing migration. Two years on, it’s clear these policies have sacrificed people’s safety and well-being in order to stop irregular migration at all costs. This report outlines Oxfam’s proposal for a new and balanced approach to managing migration – one that protects people […]

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Briefing paper

A Dangerous ‘Game’: The pushback of migrants, including refugees, at Europe’s borders

06/04/2017

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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People who are trying to access the EU in search of safety and dignity are being routinely abused by law enforcement officials in countries in the Western Balkans. State agents responsible for upholding fundamental rights are instead subjecting people to violence and intimidation and denying access to asylum procedures to those seeking international protection. Governments […]

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Journal article

War and security, women and gender: an overview of the issues

12/11/2013

19 pages long

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This article addresses the gender division of war and the significance of men and masculinity in processes of militarisation. Three phases of the continuum of war are considered. In periods of war-readiness, societies see a diversion of spending from social provision to the armed forces, accompanied by an increase in patriarchal ideology and authority. The actual waging of […]

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Journal article

Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

01/11/2004

10 pages long

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Post-conflict programmes for women: lessons from the Kosovo women’s initiative

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This paper considers the relationship between the concept of participation in development and the concept of sustainable development in the aftermath of a war. For sustainable development to take place after a period of armed conflict, the intended beneficiaries of a reconstruction programme must be supported to take charge of the process, and hence own […]

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Journal article

Kosovo: missed opportunities, lessons for the future

01/05/2003

9 pages long

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The growth in the number of ‘small wars’ has led to a proliferation of post-conflict reconstruction efforts. The experience in the Balkans with post-war reconstruction can provide a significant contribution to further learning, as much learning still needs to be done from the messy, poorly conceived, and chaotic manner in which the outside world stepped […]

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Journal article

Developing policy on integration and reconstruction in Kosovo

01/05/2003

19 pages long

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Developing policy on integration and reconstruction in Kosovo

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The Gender Audit (GA) and associated reports and reviews drawn upon in this article enable an evaluation of how far the intervention processes at work in Kosovo since 1999 have been inclusive of gender analysis and supportive of women’s and girls’ needs and interests. This assessment considers the strengths and drawbacks of various attempts to […]

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Journal article

Kafka meets Machiavelli: post-war, post-transition Eastern Slavonia

01/11/1999

10 pages long

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As the agonising over ‘what next’ for Kosovo and Serbia continues, Eastern Slavonia offers a transition experience and timescale from which we may learn. Each case is specific in historical and political terms, and in the nature of international intervention. But questions of transition and minority rights are inherent across the region. Though Eastern Slavonia […]

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Journal article

Researching ‘a Family Affair’: domestic violence in former Yugoslavia and Albania

01/11/1998

7 pages long

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Researching ‘a Family Affair’: domestic violence in former Yugoslavia and Albania

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In 1998, the author, a feminist lawyer, carried out a research project on behalf of Oxfam GB, studying Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Albania. Maguire discusses the project method and findings, and urges international aid agencies to focus their attention on domestic violence, particularly by working with women’s organisations. This […]

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Journal article

Women, conflict, and culture in former Yugoslavia

01/02/1995

6 pages long

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Women, conflict, and culture in former Yugoslavia

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This article charts the history of the Yugoslav women’s movement to the present day. The previously strong women’s movement is now splitting along patriarchal nationalist lines. NGOs and women’s groups are multiplying. They support women and children affected by the conflict. Oxfam seeks to empower these groups by providing a space for them to develop […]

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Book

Women and Culture

01/01/1995

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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Throughout the world, cultural norms determine a view of women as subordinate to men, and provide a rationale for denial of women’s economic and political rights. This collection of essays in the Focus on Gender series explores the issues of cultural traditions and beliefs, and their relation to gender and development. Topics discussed in this […]

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