Yemen Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

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

Speaking Up: The role of women in building peace in Yemen

08/03/2023

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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This paper brings the voices of Yemeni women forward. Women were active in the 2011 protests, influencing political developments at key junctures. However, subsequent armed conflicts militarized the political environment and pushed forward a more limited religious agenda that saw more and more women systematically marginalized in the process. This paper outlines these major trends and […]

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Briefing paper

Fueling Conflict: Analyzing the human impact of the war in Yemen

11/01/2023

1 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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This report, and the research behind it, were conceived in response to the UK government’s position in the judicial review brought by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), which questioned whether the licensing of the transfer of arms to Saudi Arabia for use in the war in Yemen is legal under UK and international law. Oxfam’s […]

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Case study

Supporting Community Initiatives to Ensure Their Own Protection in Yemen

17/09/2021

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is a case study produced by Oxfam’s Protection Team in Yemen as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses gender-based violence, material support, safe spaces, sensitization and self-protection outside community protection structures.

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Guidelines and toolkits

Terms of Reference for Community-Based Protection Networks

17/09/2021

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is an example tool provided by Oxfam’s Protection Team in Yemen as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening, community protection structures, roles and responsibilities and selection of volunteers.

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Case study

Rana, a Survivor of Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse in Yemen

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is a case study produced by Oxfam’s Protection Team in Yemen as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses access to services, advocacy, authority engagement, culture, gender-based violence and referrrals.

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Briefing paper

‘Leading the Way’: Women driving peace and security in Afghanistan, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Yemen

14/01/2021

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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In Afghanistan, the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Yemen, women’s rights organizations are leading efforts to realize the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, in spite of ongoing conflict, insecurity and occupation. But without national duty bearers and international actors stepping up to meet their commitments, implement National Action Plans (NAPs) and provide resources and […]

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Briefing note

A Crisis With No End in Sight: How the ongoing crisis in Taiz Governorate continues to put civilians at risk

21/12/2020

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

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Despite a UN-brokered peace agreement in December 2018, the conflict in Yemen has run into its sixth year. In Taiz Governorate, civilians continue to bear the brunt of conflict. Every day, they face death or injury from indiscriminate attacks, gender-based violence in their homes and poor access to food, water and medical care. As people’s […]

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Research report

“Do Our Voices Matter?”: An analysis of women civil society representatives’ meaningful participation at the UN Security Council

17/12/2020

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

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Peace is made at home, in the streets, in our communities – and on the world stage. In all these spaces, women in all their diversity work to forge the conditions that make peace possible. Perhaps nowhere is this clearer than in conflict-affected countries, where diverse women’s organizations draw attention to human rights violations happening […]

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Education resource

Crisis in Yemen: Learn more about the conflict in Yemen

25/11/2020

6 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

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Yemen is locked in a bloody conflict which is leading to hunger, displacement and civilian deaths. This resource for 11-16 year olds provides an insight into the conflict in Yemen and advice for taking action. Learners can create doves for peace, write to their MPs about the UK’s role in selling arms to Saudi Arabia […]

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