Eritrea Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Issue briefing

El Nino Key Messages: Urgent action now can prevent major suffering and loss

20/11/2015

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Millions of poor and vulnerable people face hunger and poverty this year and next because of record global temperatures, droughts and erratic rains in 2014 and 2015, followed by the development of possibly the most powerful El Niño on record. This briefing makes the case to urgently scale up humanitarian response in countries already in […]

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Journal article

Lessons, challenges, and successes while working on the ‘Triangle’ of education, gender, and sexual and reproductive health

20/03/2014

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Lessons, challenges, and successes while working on the ‘Triangle’ of education, gender, and sexual and reproductive health

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This article focuses on the lessons, challenges, and successes Oxfam has observed while working on the ‘Triangle’ of quality education, gender justice, and sexual and reproductive health. The article argues that linking education, gender, and sexual and reproductive health can be effective. However, to ensure we work effectively and sustainably on the Triangle, we need […]

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Discussion paper

What Can Governments Do To Empower Poor People?

18/11/2013

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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Whether guaranteeing access to justice, promoting norms of equality and respect, ensuring access to quality essential services, or supporting citizens’ organization and voice, governments can play an important role in the empowerment of poor and excluded groups and individuals. Reviewing dozens of case studies, along with the latest conceptual work on empowerment, this paper shows that […]

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Case study

Effective Ways of Linking Relief and Rural Development: Oxfam’s experience of implementing programmes using EU Food Facility funds

19/12/2012

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Aid is often criticised for breaking ‘humanitarian’ and ‘development’ aid into silos; EU aid is often criticised for being overly bureaucratic. Both criticisms are largely unfounded in the case of the EU Food Facility (EUFF) which was set up in response to the 2008 food price spike which threatened millions of people with hunger. Oxfam […]

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Technical briefing

Armed Robbery: How the poorly regulated arms trade is paralysing development

13/06/2012

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The poorly regulated global trade in arms and ammunition weakens the ability and willingness of governments to sustain progress in development. It fuels and exacerbates conflicts and armed violence, diverting resources away from poverty reduction activities. Development gains are lost as communities are paralysed: schools are closed, health systems are strained to breaking point, investment […]

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Education resource

Photo Opportunities: Explore the globe with this visual literacy resource for ages 7–11

01/09/2007

5 documents

Languages: English

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Explore the theme of everyday tasks with these beautiful images from around the world. This vibrant visual literacy resource for 7-11 year olds includes detailed background information, guidance on using images, and activities for using captions, storyboarding, and cropping images. Investigate how children view images differently at different ages, and support them to develop key […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Sustainable Livelihoods, Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDP) Support, and Emergency Seed Distribution Projects in Eritrea

01/02/2007

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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Eritrea suffered four consecutive years of drought with an estimated 2.3 million people (67% of the population) affected in 2005. The objectives of each of these projects were: 1. Sustainable Livelihoods (ERIA44) improving the food and income security of 19,785 people. 2. Internally Displaced Person (IDP) Support (ERIA51) improving the agricultural production of 600 IDP […]

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Journal article

Veterinary services in the Horn of Africa: where are we now?

01/02/2005

9 pages long

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Pastoralists are marginalised in the Horn of Africa and receive inadequate veterinary services. Under economic structural adjustment programmes, public veterinary services became increasingly ineffective and, in response, community-based NGO programmes were established in some pastoral areas. While these programmes were often considered to be effective, with few exceptions they were small in scale, isolated from […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Excreta Disposal in Emergencies: A field manual

01/10/2004

1 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

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The purpose of the manual is to provide practical guidance on how to select, design, construct and maintain appropriate excreta disposal systems in emergency situations. Relevant situations include natural disasters, relief for refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and complex emergencies, focusing on rural and peri-urban areas.

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Briefing note

Africa’s Forgotten Crises: people in peril: Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Congo

09/09/1999

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper reviews the current emergencies, and the opportunities for peace, in five countries. Four of them fall within the fifteen poorest countries in the world. These countries are so desperately poor that war – and in Ethiopia, drought too – means they can no longer cope without much more international help.

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