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Case study

The Yemen cash transfer programme: How Oxfam used social welfare fund lists and the Post Office system to distribute funds and rebuild donor trust

25/09/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In October 2011, Oxfam partnered with the Social Welfare Fund and the Post Office in Al Hodeidah governorate in Yemen to deliver cash transfers to vulnerable households during a period of worsening food crisis. With other donors stalling and expressing a lack of trust in this approach, the Oxfam team had to work hard to […]

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Research report

Women’s Access to Justice in The Middle East: Challenges and recommendations

01/08/2013

2 documents

39 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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Overview

The major objective of this report is to assess the impact of legal fees on women’s access to justice (in terms of personal status and family matters) in four Arab countries: Lebanon (Mount Lebanon), Jordan (Zarqa), Iraq (Shamshamal in Kurdish Territory), and Yemen. The research then goes on to provide recommendations to enhance women’s access […]

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Evaluation report

Global Humanitarian Indicator – Synthesis Report

04/07/2013

1 documents

25 pages long

Languages: English

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Humanitarian practice

Overview

In 2011 Oxfam developed a framework of ‘quality indicators’ as an additional means to monitor, evaluate and learn from its programmes, and to enhance accountability to all stakeholders. In order to measure the performance of humanitarian programmes using this indicator, a new tool was developed: the Global Humanitarian Indicator Tool (GHIT). It consists of 12 […]

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Case study

Within and Without the State: Effective Programming in Fragile Contexts

09/05/2013

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Within and Without the State (WWS) is piloting innovative approaches to working with civil society to promote more accountable governance in conflict-affected and fragile contexts. This six-page leaflet provides an overview of WWS’s work from 2011-13 in its four focus countries: Yemen, South Sudan, Afghanistan and OPTI. It explores the different approaches taken to governance work […]

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Journal article

Where the boys are: engaging young adolescent boys in support of girls’ education and leadership

14/03/2013

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Where the boys are: engaging young adolescent boys in support of girls’ education and leadership

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The Power to Lead Alliance (PTLA) is a three-year (2008 /2011) project implemented by CARE in six countries: Honduras, Yemen, India, Malawi, Tanzania, and Egypt. PTLA was part of a larger girls’ education programme, focusing on basic education (access and quality), and gender equality. The programme aimed to promote leadership skills among girls aged between […]

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Journal article

Introduction: Working with men on gender equality

14/03/2013

13 pages long

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Introduction: Working with men on gender equality

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Overview

This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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Case study

Within and Without the State: Effective programming in fragile and conflict affected contexts: Workshop Communique, November 2012

12/12/2012

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This ‘Communique’, from the Within and Without the State Workshop, captures the key messages from the workshop, identifies areas for development and suggests key ways to take these forward. It was developed by the participants themselves throughout the course of the workshop.

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Guidelines and toolkits

Power and Fragility: Governance Programming in Fragile Contexts: A Programme Resource

29/10/2012

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

‘Power and Fragility: Governance Programming in Fragile Contexts’ is based on work by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS)and brings together power and political economy analysis, and other research, undertaken in Rwanda, Myanmar, Yemen and Angola – in order to draw broader lessons for Oxfam for work on governance and citizenship in fragile contexts. The […]

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Briefing note

Still Waiting For Change: Making the political transition work for women in Yemen

24/09/2012

2 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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Overview

Women played a key role in Yemen’s 2011 popular uprising, but almost a year on they are still waiting for change. This report draws on research from a series of focus groups with Yemeni women, and calls on the Government of Yemen and the international community to support the humanitarian response, and help ensure women […]

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Briefing paper

The Hunger Grains: The fight is on. Time to scrap EU biofuel mandates.

17/09/2012

8 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish

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EU biofuel mandates, a subsidy to big business that could cost every adult about €30 each year by 2020, deprive millions of people of food, land and water. Countries with poor protection of land rights are magnets for land deals-most of which are to grow crops that can be used for biofuels. If the land […]

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