Fragility Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Discussion paper

Local Solutions, Global Urgency: Addressing climate, conflict, and fragility in the Sahel and Horn of Africa

13/02/2026

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Climate change, conflict, and fragility converge most acutely in the Sahel and Horn of Africa, creating vulnerability cycles that undermine livelihoods, fuel displacement, and strain already fragile governance systems. Extreme climate events interact with weak institutions and insecurity, disproportionately burdening women, youth, and displaced groups. Yet these same groups are also central to resilience – […]

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Research report

Responsiveness of the Palestinian National Cash Programme to Shifting Vulnerabilities in the Gaza Strip

28/05/2020

1 documents

59 pages long

Languages: English

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The deteriorating situation in Gaza means increasingly difficult conditions for the population, a majority of whom are already dependent on assistance to survive and who are now running out of coping strategies. In addition, newly vulnerable groups are emerging who in normal times would be productive members of society – fishers, farmers, merchants, new graduates […]

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Research report

Now is the Time: Research on Gender Justice, Conflict and Fragility in the Middle East and North Africa

05/06/2017

7 documents

61 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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This study examines the impact of fragility and conflict on gender justice and women’s rights in the MENA, as a part of an Oxfam project entitled ‘Promoting the Needs of Women in Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa’ funded through the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It specifically aims to understand how conflict […]

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Journal article

Introduction: Working on gender equality in fragile contexts

09/11/2016

14 pages long

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Introduction: Working on gender equality in fragile contexts

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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Journal article

How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

09/11/2016

20 pages long

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How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

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New Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) research suggests that effective donor programming on gender in fragile contexts requires doing more and doing things differently. A critical step is to close financing gaps in key sectors through both dedicated funding and gender mainstreaming. Donors can also do more to improve quality of programming, notably […]

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Journal article

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

09/11/2016

16 pages long

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‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

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In mid-2015, a team of 15 Congolese ‘girl researchers’ were recruited, trained, and mentored by the UK’s Department for International Development-funded La Pépinière programme. They conducted peer-to-peer research to explore the experiences, perceptions, and aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in relation to their economic and social empowerment. […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

The Future is a Choice: The Oxfam Framework and Guidance for Resilient Development

12/04/2016

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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This guide provides a framework for Oxfam staff to design programmes and campaigns that contribute to resilient development. Oxfam defines resilience as ‘the ability of women and men to realize their rights and improve their well-being despite shocks, stresses and uncertainty’. Our governance-based approach to enhancing resilient development addresses the impacts of shocks, stresses and […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Power and Fragility: Governance Programming in Fragile Contexts: A Programme Resource

29/10/2012

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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‘Power and Fragility: Governance Programming in Fragile Contexts’ is based on work by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS)and brings together power and political economy analysis, and other research, undertaken in Rwanda, Myanmar, Yemen and Angola – in order to draw broader lessons for Oxfam for work on governance and citizenship in fragile contexts. The […]

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Journal article

Beyond war: ‘suffering’ among displaced Congolese children in Dar es Salaam

01/06/2012

11 pages long

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This paper examines Congolese children’s experiences of war and displacement in the context of the material, social, and relational aspects of their lives in Dar es Salaam. It argues that the challenges, privations and indignities of daily life in urban Tanzania were characterised by feelings of loss, deprivation and hardship so intense they were felt […]

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Journal article

Variables affecting fieldworkers of NGOs in Pakistan

01/04/2012

12 pages long

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NGOs have played a key role in development since the end of World War II, and more so since the 1970s. Like elsewhere in the world, the state and the market catered to the different needs of people in Pakistan. With the arrival of foreign funding, NGOs emerged as a channel for dispersing resources to […]

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