Conflict Transformation

Recurrent conflict in Rwanda, Burundi and North and South Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, collectively known as the Great Lakes region, will not be solved by top-down policies. Peace can be effectively attained only by engaging communities in understanding the root causes of the conflict and defining ways to address it. The Peace […]

Oxfam works to ensure that the fundamental right of all people to life and security is respected, both through its responses to humanitarian emergencies and by addressing violent conflict, be it direct, cultural or structural, as one of the key drivers of poverty.   Through thorough conflict analysis, founded on the experience and insight of […]

Oxfam’s mission is a just world without poverty, which seems an impossible task in countries where violence is an everyday feature. Oxfam Novib works predominantly in countries affected by inequality, violent conflicts and lack of mechanisms to address different and opposed interests. It is for this reason that Oxfam Novib and its partners recognise the […]