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Journal article

Women, Water and Peace: Strategies for climate adaptation and agricultural sustainability in Somalia

21/10/2026

20 pages long

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Women, Water and Peace: Strategies for climate adaptation and agricultural sustainability in Somalia

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In Somalia’s conflict- and drought-prone regions, women’s local leadership in water and agricultural projects has emerged as a successful model not only for peacebuilding but also community-led climate adaptation and resilience. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork conducted in 2025 in three study sites spread across three Somali federal states, this article examines how local women are […]

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Journal article

Community-led resistances and responses to climate crises

21/10/2026

17 pages long

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Community-led resistances and responses to climate crises

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This is the introduction to the Gender and Development Journal’s special issue titled ‘Community-led resistances and responses to climate crises’

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Campaign report

Voices from the Frontlines: Messages for the Next UN Secretary General

22/09/2026

4 documents

26 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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This report, produced as part of Oxfam’s engagement for the UN General Assembly, brings together the personal testimonies of civil society leaders living and working on the frontlines of conflict. Their voices come from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine, Lebanon, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Colombia, Yemen, Syria, South Sudan and Ethiopia. Through these testimonies, […]

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Briefing note

Locally Led Humanitarian Response Networks

14/07/2026

4 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 paper

From Commitments to Communities: Rethinking Climate Finance: How civil society and community participation strengthen accountability, access and equity

15/05/2026

1 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

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The climate crisis is accelerating, but climate finance is still not reaching the people who need it most. Despite repeated promises and global commitments, funding remains inadequate, fragmented, and too often locked in top-down systems that ignore local realities. Communities on the frontlines and civil society actors are too often shut out of decisions that […]

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Discussion paper

Local Solutions, Global Urgency: Addressing climate, conflict, and fragility in the Sahel and Horn of Africa

13/02/2026

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Climate change, conflict, and fragility converge most acutely in the Sahel and Horn of Africa, creating vulnerability cycles that undermine livelihoods, fuel displacement, and strain already fragile governance systems. Extreme climate events interact with weak institutions and insecurity, disproportionately burdening women, youth, and displaced groups. Yet these same groups are also central to resilience – […]

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Research report

Building a locally driven humanitarian future in Somalia

21/11/2025

1 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

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This research report examines the progress, challenges, and emerging opportunities in advancing humanitarian localization and local leadership in Somalia since 2020. Building on Oxfam’s earlier Breaking the Localization Deadlock study, it provides an in-depth assessment of how local and national NGOs (LNNGOs) are strengthening institutional capacity, accessing direct funding, and exercising leadership within coordination and […]

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Briefing paper

Africa’s Inequality Crisis and the Rise of the Super-Rich

10/07/2025

4 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Africa is facing a double inequality crisis: extreme inequality alongside weak commitment among its governments to fight it. But there is hope. The African Union has urged member states to reduce inequality by 15% in the coming decade and has identified progressive taxation as a key tool to do so. The challenge, though, is the […]

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Briefing paper

Water-Driven Hunger: How the Climate Crisis Fuels Africa’s Food Emergency

30/04/2025

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper calls for an integrated water and food security management in eight Eastern and Southern African countries—Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Sudan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. These countries, identified as Hunger Hotspots for 2025 and among the 30 most water insecure globally, are also experiencing the severe impacts of climate variability. The paper strongly […]

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Issue briefing

Unheard Water Stories from Asia, Africa and MENA: Elevating local voices for water security in a climate insecure world

20/11/2024

3 documents

19 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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This paper shares stories from six countries—Bangladesh, Nepal, Kenya, Somalia, Syria, and Iraq—highlighting the challenges communities face in accessing water. It seeks to bring forward the unique perspectives of communities from diverse backgrounds, each experiencing water crises in distinct ways. While climate change intensifies their crises, many communities also face marginalization due to exclusionary water […]

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