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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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Guidelines and toolkits

A Global Water and Sanitation System That Works For All: Oxfam GB’s Sustainable Water and Sanitation Strategy

31/08/2017

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam works with partners to connect poor and vulnerable communities to water and sanitation services. This strategy explains how a unified approach, working to support and connect humanitarian and development actors and approaches, will help build real resilience for marginalized populations to keep water and sanitation systems operational, accessible, equitable and affordable.

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Media briefing

You aren’t human any more’: Migrants expose the harrowing situation in Libya and the impact of European policies

09/08/2017

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Thousands of refugees and migrants face kidnap, slavery, torture and sexual violence in Libya before crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy – if they are not killed first. Oxfam has spoken to men and women who have spent months being beaten, tied up like animals and sold as cheap labour in Libya’s shocking slave […]

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Case study

Community Protection Structures: Influencing for local-level change in conflict settings in the DRC

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Using learning from protection programming in Colombia, Oxfam has been implementing its community protection programme in the DRC since 2006. It aims to help individuals prevent, and respond to, violence and abuse, while also holding duty-bearers to account for the protection of civilian populations. The programme uses a community-based approach that involves building Community Protection […]

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Research report

Gender and Conflict Analysis in ISIS Affected Communities of Iraq

30/05/2017

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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This gender and conflict analysis of ISIS-affected communities of Iraq aims to improve understanding of gender dynamics in the context of conflict and displacement. The report sets out to identify the differential impact of ISIS occupation on women, girls, men and boys in order to explore shifts in prevailing gender norms held by study participants […]

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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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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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Journal article

The impact of war on Somali men: feminist analysis of masculinities and gender relations in a fragile context

09/11/2016

15 pages long

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The impact of war on Somali men: feminist analysis of masculinities and gender relations in a fragile context

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This article describes findings from a research project on the impact of war on Somali men. It asked what are the expectations associated with masculinity and manhood, how they have been affected by war and state collapse, and what implications does this have for women and children and for society more widely. The study found […]

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Journal article

Researching livelihoods recovery and support for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Iraq

09/11/2016

14 pages long

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Researching livelihoods recovery and support for vulnerable conflict-affected women in Iraq

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Across Iraq, the number of displaced people in June 2016 exceeded 3.3 million – 10 per cent of the population. In the context of the ongoing crisis in the country, women and girls have been particularly affected and their ability to engage in livelihoods activities has been disrupted. Through a series of studies and projects, […]

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Journal article

Refugees and ‘host communities’ facing gender-based violence: developing an area-based approach to gender-based violence around Mbera Camp, Mauritania

09/11/2016

15 pages long

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Refugees and ‘host communities’ facing gender-based violence: developing an area-based approach to gender-based violence around Mbera Camp, Mauritania

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The article analyses the impact of fragility and conflict on women’s and girls’ rights in eastern Mauritania, comparing the experience of Malian refugees living in Mbera Camp with the situation of women and girls outside the camp. Both experience extreme insecurity in everyday life: in addition to the economic need they endure alongside men and […]

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