Data protection

The Safe Programming booklet outlines the safe programming approach, which exists to prevent harm in our work as Oxfam, centring the needs of communities and partners to be safe to participate. The simple risk assessment (Safe Programming Risk Assessment) is a suggested tool to complete the mandatory process of identifying and acknowledging risks in every […]

Two years on from the Going Digital: Using digital technology to conduct Oxfam’s Effectiveness Reviews pilots, Oxfam continues to develop its survey techniques through the use of technology. This short paper examines how Oxfam has piloted using and sharing real-time data during fieldwork. It argues that this has the potential to increase engagement and participation […]

This document outlines Oxfam’s Responsible Program Data Policy. At a time when there is increased pressure on international NGOs for transparency and to disclose more data, and when Oxfam is collecting ever more data through its evaluation practice, the need has become apparent for Oxfam to put in place a data protection policy. Oxfam is […]