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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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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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Evaluation report

Enabling Access to Non-Food Items in an Emergency Response: A review of Oxfam programmes

10/08/2017

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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The objective of this review is to get a better understanding of the extent and effectiveness of NFI distributions in Oxfam’s emergency responses. The findings of this review will be used to make recommendations for programme policy and guidance to maximize the impact of NFI distribution or alternatives in future responses.

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Research report

Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Final evaluation report

23/06/2017

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

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This report describes the final evaluation of the project ‘Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Bridging Policy and Practice in the Humanitarian System’. The project, supported by the ECHO Enhanced Response Capacity fund and Oxfam, was implemented by Oxfam in Pakistan, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the Dominican Republic between September 2015 and March 2017. Â

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Case study

Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Case study of South Sudan

31/03/2017

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study describes implementation of the project Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Bridging Policy and Practice. The project, supported by ECHO Enhanced Response Capacity and Oxfam, was implemented by Oxfam in South Sudan between September 2015 and March 2017 in collaboration with members of the Cluster Gender Focal Point Group (CGFPG).

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Research report

Local Humanitarian Leadership and Religious Literacy: Engaging with Religion, Faith, and Faith Actors

31/03/2017

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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Local humanitarian leadership is built upon the premise that humanitarian action should be led by local humanitarian actors whenever possible, yet this research finds that secular humanitarian INGOs do not engage systematically with local faith actors in their local leadership work. Based primarily on interviews with humanitarian INGO staff, this research also found that neither […]

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Media briefing

Yemen Pushed Towards Man-Made Famine

23/03/2017

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Yemen has been wracked by a complex and bloody war that escalated in March 2015. Over the past 24 months, airstrikes and fighting have killed more than 7,600 people and resulted in an average of 70 casualties per day. The world is now facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations, […]

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Briefing paper

Joint NGO Briefing: Brussels Syria Conference

22/03/2017

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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Today more than ever, the international community must share responsibility and stand firmly in support of Syria’s civilian population. It is clear however that the aid response, as vital as it is, will only go so far and cannot fully address the needs of Syrian communities to be free from violence and the violations of […]

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Research report

Consolidated Gender Analysis for the Ethiopian Drought Response

16/09/2016

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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This report is the first to be published by the project ‘Institutionalising Gender in Emergencies’, which is funded by the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) and implemented by Oxfam in Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It is a gender analysis developed in collaboration with CARE Ethiopia and combines a desk review with […]

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