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Briefing paper

Sahel: Priorities for Resilience and Development

01/12/2018

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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The Sahel has experienced a greater increase in hunger over the past decade than any other region. Sahelian states, regional organizations, and technical and financial partners have experienced considerable difficulties in providing a structural and sustainable response to food and nutrition insecurity. Yet hunger is not inevitable in the Sahel. Beyond the rhetoric, these various […]

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Briefing note

The Ebola Outbreak in DRC: Strengthening the response

08/10/2018

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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On 1 August 2018, the Ministry of Health in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new Ebola epidemic in Beni territory, North Kivu. It was the first time that Ebola had struck in an area of chronic insecurity and humanitarian crisis. A large-scale response to the outbreak, including health workers on the ground, volunteers […]

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Briefing note

Yemen’s civilians face death and a crushing siege as fighting expands to the city of Hudaydah: Violence must end and inclusive peace talks resume

21/09/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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The Saudi and UAE-led Coalition has intensified its assault towards Hudaydah’s city and port, with devastating consequences for civilians. If fighting continues and the main roads out of the city are blocked, hundreds of thousands of people could be trapped in Hudaydah without access to adequate food, water and medical care. All sides in the […]

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Evaluation report

Now It Is For Us To Continue: Evaluation of Oxfam’s community gender and protection programme in Central African Republic

27/06/2018

2 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French

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In a context of chronic insecurity in Central African Republic, civilian populations are exposed to the threats of violence, extortion and deprivation. More than 600,000 people have been displaced within the country. Oxfam’s programme in CAR put into place a community protection approach that aims to reduce the exposure of civilians to a range of […]

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Briefing paper

Displaced and Dispossessed: Conflict-affected communities and their land of origin in Kachin State, Myanmar

01/06/2018

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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People displaced by conflict (IDPs) in Myanmar’s Kachin State want to return to their land, yet it is being appropriated unfairly. Legal or administrative procedures are undermining IDP rights, ignoring the exceptional circumstances of displacement. Restrictions on movement are making the situation worse. Action is required to resolve the lack of clarity over IDP land […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Kenya: Impact evaluation of the ‘Building Resilience in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Northern Kenya’ project

09/05/2018

2 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

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The ‘Building Resilience in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Northern Kenya’ project was implemented in Turkana County, in Northern Kenya, between July 2012 and April 2015. The project was designed to build the resilience of project participants to a number of shocks and stresses: droughts – which threaten the area annually – floods and […]

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Education resource

Send My Friend to School 2018: Join the campaign to Make Schools Safe

03/05/2018

4 documents

Languages: English

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Schools should be safe havens for children. But unfortunately, for millions of children around the world, school can be a place of violence and danger. World leaders have promised a safe, quality education for every child. But in many places, children face unacceptable risks and dangers, just by going to school. Join the Make Schools […]

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Research report

Supporting sustainable water service delivery in a protracted crisis: Professionalizing community-led systems in South Sudan

27/04/2018

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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This report shares Oxfam’s experience with a water treatment plant community-led operator in Juba, South Sudan. It contributes to the debate on the role that communities can play in the process of managing water supply systems amid protracted crises. The report gives guidance on how to support professionalization of community services by providing business, governance […]

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Briefing note

Supporting livelihoods in the Lake Chad Basin: Ways forward for conflict-affected communities in Nigeria, Niger, and Chad

28/03/2018

2 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The protracted conflict in the Lake Chad Basin has cut off millions of women and men from their livelihoods, making them dependent on humanitarian assistance to survive. Much emphasis has been given to the stabilization agenda, with a focus on securitization. However, Oxfam’s research in late 2017 showed that early recovery and livelihoods development are […]

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Journal article

Bringing diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) into peacebuilding policy and practice

20/03/2018

17 pages long

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Bringing diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) into peacebuilding policy and practice

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Peacebuilding sets out to respond to societal breakdown in times of violent conflict, but the needs and experiences of people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI) have been notably absent from peacebuilding research, policy, and practice thus far. Individuals who fall outside the binary categories of women and men, or who do not […]

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