Somalia Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

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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Briefing paper

Better Safe Than Sorry: Four fundamentals for scaling up anticipatory action

07/11/2024

3 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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In the context of ever-increasing humanitarian needs worldwide, anticipatory action is being recognised as one of main the ways in which predictable shocks can be prevented from turning into crises, reducing both the impacts and the costs. Anticipatory action is a critical approach, bridging the work of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response, and showing […]

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Briefing paper

Emergent Agency in a Time of COVID-19: Key takeaways for donors, INGOs and the wider sector

28/02/2023

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event in the modern era. Earlier studies demonstrated how ‘critical junctures’, which comprise major historical events and emergencies, often play an essential role in social change. This paper seeks to explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic would prove to be a similar pivotal moment, and what lessons […]

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Research report

Emergent Agency in a Time of COVID-19: Research report

28/02/2023

4 documents

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event in the modern era. Earlier studies demonstrated how ‘critical junctures’, which comprise major historical events and emergencies, often play an essential role in social change. This paper seeks to explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic would prove to be a similar pivotal moment, and what lessons […]

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Briefing note

Civic Space: The missing element in the World Bank’s Country Engagement Approach

22/09/2022

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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The World Bank has publicly committed to mainstreaming engagement with project stakeholders and civil society to achieve more inclusive development results. Yet typically Bank projects forge ahead to achieve these objectives without comprehensively understanding the dynamics of a country’s ‘civic space’, the actual environment in which communities will be engaging. This paper makes the case […]

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Briefing paper

Dangerous Delay 2: The cost of inaction

18/05/2022

7 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, French, Somali, Spanish

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In 2011, Somalia experienced a devastating famine that killed over a quarter of a million people. Afterwards, leaders in the region made a commitment to end drought emergencies by 2022. The international community sought to ensure that there would be no repeat of the failures that led to famine. Next time, the world would heed […]

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Research report

The Inequality Crisis in East Africa: Fighting austerity and the pandemic

09/02/2022

2 documents

47 pages long

Languages: English

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The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions into poverty in East Africa, and worsened inequality. The economic crisis continues, due to the obscene global vaccine inequality, which means that only 4% of East African citizens had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, compared with 71% in high-income countries by mid-January2022. Many East African governments were already hamstrung by high […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Partnership Recommendations

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is a set of recommendations produced by Mohamud Birik Adan, Protection Manager at KAALO, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

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Case study

Creating Safe Spaces for Women’s Groups to Discuss Issues and Participate in Decision Making

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is a case study produced by Abdirashid Yousuf, Protection and Gender Coordinator at Oxfam in Somalia, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses advocacy, authority engagement and empowerment of women.

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Guidelines and toolkits

Terms of Reference for Community Protection Volunteers

17/09/2021

2 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English, French

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This is an example tool provided by Abdirashid Yousuf, Protection and Gender Coordinator at Oxfam in Somalia, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening, community protection structures, COVID-19, material support, monitoring and coaching, roles and responsibilities and selection of volunteers.

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