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Briefing paper

Emergent Agency in a Time of COVID-19: Key takeaways for donors, INGOs and the wider sector

28/02/2023

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event in the modern era. Earlier studies demonstrated how ‘critical junctures’, which comprise major historical events and emergencies, often play an essential role in social change. This paper seeks to explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic would prove to be a similar pivotal moment, and what lessons […]

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Research report

Emergent Agency in a Time of COVID-19: Research report

28/02/2023

4 documents

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event in the modern era. Earlier studies demonstrated how ‘critical junctures’, which comprise major historical events and emergencies, often play an essential role in social change. This paper seeks to explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic would prove to be a similar pivotal moment, and what lessons […]

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Briefing paper

Transforming the Systems that Contribute to Fragility and Humanitarian Crises: Programming across the triple nexus

15/07/2021

4 documents

24 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Conflicts and shocks linked to climate change are more frequent and intense, leading to poverty and inequality, exacerbating these phenomena and people’s vulnerability. In this context, humanitarian relief, development programmes and peacebuilding are not serial processes; they are all needed at the same time to tackle the systemic inequalities that trap people in poverty and […]

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Research report

Local Humanitarian Leadership: The View from Local Actors

26/05/2021

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

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The global call for localization and locally led emergency response acknowledges the reality that the humanitarian system is currently organized around international actors. More than the limited access to direct funding, the core issue is the power imbalance between local and international actors. In the Philippines, national and local networks of humanitarian, faith-based, developmental organizations […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Resources for Community Engagement in WASH

21/05/2020

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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The overall aim of Oxfam’s WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) response in emergencies is to minimize public health risks in relation to water, sanitation and hygiene. This means working more directly with a wide range of people affected by the crisis to better understand them, to motivate them to make positive behaviour changes, and to […]

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Education resource

Cyclone Idai: Find out what has happened and think critically about what makes some people more vulnerable to disasters than others

03/04/2019

4 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

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Cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozambique on the night of 14–15 March 2019 – this weather system caused extensive damage in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Strong winds, a storm surge, heavy rains and widespread flooding have had devastating impacts. More than 800 people have died across the three countries, with many more still missing and […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Mum’s Magic Hands: A field guide for rapid implementation of handwashing promotion in emergencies

29/06/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is particularly prevalent in emergency situations. Handwashing can reduce the risk of diarrhoeal disease by up to 48%. Oxfam, Unilever’s Lifebuoy soap, and Unilever’s Chief Sustainability Office conducted research with emergency-affected mothers in the Philippines, Pakistan and Nepal in […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Mum’s Magic Hands Training Guide: Training trainers for handwashing promotion in emergencies

29/06/2018

3 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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The Mum’s Magic Hands (MMH) programme is a set of promotional activities designed to increase the practice of handwashing with soap in emergencies. It was developed by Oxfam in partnership with Unilever’s Lifebuoy soap and Unilever’s Chief Sustainability Office using the most common emotional motivators (nurture and affiliation) found across three Asian countries. See the […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

‘Mum’s Magic Hands’ Programme Resources

29/06/2018

4 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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Mum’s Magic Hands’ programme resources for rapid response include materials to run meetings with groups (storyboards and images of handwashing with soap) and visuals for making posters and stickers to remind target groups of the importance of handwashing with soap. The storyboard presentation includes story scripts and images which can be printed out to tell […]

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Research report

Everything Except the Soil: Understanding wild food consumption during the lean season in South Sudan

30/10/2017

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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Wild plants are a critical part of the regular South Sudanese diet and become even more important during the lean season. This paper explores seasonal consumption patterns and recent significant changes in those patterns in Panyijar County, Unity State during the acute food crisis in 2017. It provides information on local preferences and health perceptions […]

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