Pakistan Archives - Page 17 of 18 - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Technical briefing

Excreta Disposal for Physically Vulnerable People in Emergencies

19/01/2007

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

All kinds of people experience a variety of physical difficulties, which can make it difficult to use standard designs of latrines. For example, elderly men and women with weak legs may struggle to squat or rise from the squatting position when using a standard latrine, and there may be nothing for a pregnant woman, or […]

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Briefing note

Keeping Recovery on Course: Challenges facing the Pakistan earthquake response one year on

04/10/2006

3 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

Survivors have begun rebuilding their homes, communities, and livelihoods – but as another hazardous Himalayan winter looms, urgent efforts are needed to ensure that people stay safe and the reconstruction process is not derailed.

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of ‘We Can’ Campaign to End Violence against Women in South Asia: ‘Light Touch’ Review of Year 1

01/03/2006

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Nearly half of women in South Asia will experience some form of violence within their homes and communities. The We Can campaign aims to reduce the social acceptability of violence at regional, national and community level in six countries of South Asia by changing popular ideas, beliefs and practice. The objective is to mobilise 5 […]

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Briefing note

Starting on the Road to Recovery: Saving lives and rebuilding livelihoods after the Pakistan earthquake

27/01/2006

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

On 8 October 2005, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale ripped through Northern Pakistan, leaving 80,000 people dead and affecting 3 million more. The crisis is far from over: survivors of the earthquake still face dangers and difficulties as the worst of Pakistan’s winter weather has now settled in. Many people are huddled […]

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Briefing note

A Mountain to Climb: What needs to be done to prevent further deaths following the Pakistan earthquake and to enable survivors to rebuild their lives and livelihoods

19/11/2005

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

‘I sat and spoke to a group of women in one of Muzaffarabad’s main parks – once a beautiful green space full of flowers, now a home for people with nowhere left to go. One woman told me how she had lost her two children when her house came down over her head. She had […]

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Journal article

Advocacy for an end to poverty, inequality, and insecurity: feminist social movements in Pakistan

01/11/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Advocacy for an end to poverty, inequality, and insecurity: feminist social movements in Pakistan

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Overview

In this paper, taken from a presentation given to the Women In Development Europe (WIDE) Conference 2005, I consider the situation in Pakistan, within the general context of South Asia as a whole, and focus on the questions that confront feminists today. These questions, I believe, may be relevant to women activists not only in […]

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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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Overview

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 paper

Towards Ending Violence Against Women in South Asia

05/08/2004

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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Gender-based violence

Overview

There are 50 million fewer women in South Asia today than there should be – girl babies are killed before birth through sex-selective abortions, or die prematurely through violence and neglect. Millions more girls and women face discrimination – they have less to eat than boys and men, are denied an education, are forced into […]

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Journal article

Participation via collective action in government and NGO schools in Pakistan

01/08/2003

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Development methods

Overview

Parent-teacher associations (PTAs) or school management committees (SMCs) are an important way of realising participation via collective action to improve schooling. Field visits, a literature review, and a small sample survey are the three sources used to explore the status of SMCs/PTAs that have been established by provincial governments and NGOs in Pakistan. My main […]

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Book

Pakistan: Tradition and change

01/01/2003

4 documents

73 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Many dramatic developments have taken place in Pakistan since the publication of the first edition of Oxfam’s Profile (Pakistan Tradition and Change, 1996). The original text, which describes Pakistan’s history and rich cultural heritage, and self-help community schemes run by grassroots groups, is reproduced in full, with its evocative illustrations. In addition, this up-dated edition […]

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