Famine Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Dangerous Delay 2: The cost of inaction

18/05/2022

7 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, French, Somali, Spanish

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In 2011, Somalia experienced a devastating famine that killed over a quarter of a million people. Afterwards, leaders in the region made a commitment to end drought emergencies by 2022. The international community sought to ensure that there would be no repeat of the failures that led to famine. Next time, the world would heed […]

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Briefing note

Later Will Be Too Late: How extreme levels of hunger have not been averted despite alarms

13/10/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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In July 2020 Oxfam warned that by the end of this year more people could die from hunger related to the COVID-19 pandemic than from the disease itself. But the response of the international community to global food insecurity has been dangerously inadequate. The threat of 'COVID famines' and widespread extreme hunger is setting off […]

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Briefing note

Missiles and Food: Yemen’s man-made food security crisis

20/12/2017

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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The current high levels of food insecurity in Yemen and the threat of famine are the results of more than two-and-a-half years of war, and have added to the already high levels existing pre-war. The economic crisis and loss of livelihoods has left people without the means to purchase what is available in the market. […]

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Briefing note

On The Brink: As famine looms, world leaders must pay up and deliver political solutions to save lives

19/05/2017

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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As famine takes hold in South Sudan and threatens to spread to northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen, world leaders must immediately step up to fully fund the United Nations’ appeal for $6.3 billion. Of this amount, $4.9 billion is urgently needed by July for critical assistance, including health, food, nutrition, and water. If lives are […]

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Media briefing

A Climate in Crisis: How climate change is making drought and humanitarian disaster worse in East Africa

27/04/2017

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Nearly eleven million people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are dangerously hungry and in need of humanitarian assistance. The worst drought-affected areas in Somalia are on the brink of famine. There is growing scientific analysis suggesting that the impacts of current and recent droughts in East Africa are likely to have been aggravated by climate […]

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Issue briefing

Yemen on the Brink of Famine: Forging a pathway to peace. Oxfam Fair Share Analysis April 2017

24/04/2017

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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The number of people in need as a result of Yemen’s conflict continues to rise, but the international aid response has failed to keep up. International donors should immediately commit to fully funding the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan. As the tables in this briefing show, some donor governments are pulling their weight, while others are […]

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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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Discussion paper

A Common Sense Approach to the Right to Food

25/06/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

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Despite the growing activism and debate around the right to food in the past decade, there has been little exploration of what the right means in everyday life and in the routine encounters between states and citizens. This paper draws together original qualitative research in nine African, Asian and Latin American countries on how people […]

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Education resource

Dealing with Disasters: Teaching activities for 11-14 year olds

28/09/2011

11 documents

Languages: English

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Why do disasters happen? Can they be prevented? What can be done to help? This cross-curricular resource for 11-14 year olds features detailed background information, case study material, and lesson plans to help you tackle these questions in your classroom. Activities cover floods, earthquakes, hurricanes and famine. There is also some useful case study material […]

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