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Case study

Communities Changing Social Norms to End Female Genital Cutting in West Africa

29/10/2020

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program (CEP) illustrates the transformational power of community-led participatory critical awareness raising and social learning processes to empower people, shift norms, behaviours, and inspire a wider movement. An estimated 5.5 million people across 8,830 communities across West Africa have publicly declared their abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and early marriage, and […]

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Briefing paper

The IMF and Lebanon: The long road ahead – An assessment of how Lebanon’s economy may be stabilized while battling a triple crisis and recovering from a deadly blast

15/10/2020

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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Lebanon is extremely unequal and has been rocked by massive protests in recent months. The country is facing a financial crisis and is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a potential bailout programme. Other IMF programmes in the region have focused on austerity and have driven increases in poverty and inequality. A […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Feminist Principles

09/10/2020

2 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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As an intersectional feminist ally, Oxfam believes in ending sexism and that women should be free of political, social, and economic oppression and exploitation. In support of this aim, our work will be guided by 11 principles: 1. I share power 2. I challenge my behaviour 3. I support the feminist movement 4. Nothing about […]

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Research report

Empty Promises Down the Line? A Human Rights Impact Assessment of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

10/09/2020

2 documents

109 pages long

Languages: English

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This community based human rights impact assessment highlights the social, environmental, cultural, and human rights risks of the East African Crude Oil pipeline for communities located along the proposed pipeline corridor in Uganda and Tanzania. Co-researched and produced by Global Rights Alert (“GRA”), Civic Response on Environment and Development (“CRED”), Northern Coalition for Extractives and […]

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Research report

Caring Under COVID-19: How the Pandemic Is -and Is Not- Changing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work Responsibilities in the United States

29/07/2020

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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The study reveals findings from a rapid poll exploring the gendered and racial impacts of COVID-19 on unpaid care work, which was part of MenCare: A Global Fatherhood Campaign. The report demonstrates how COVID-19 has brought an unprecedented crisis of care in the United States, with a particular workload being taken on by women as […]

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Case study

Factors Influencing Misconduct Reporting: A meta-analysis

07/07/2020

1 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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The purpose of this document is to provide an analysis of the critical factors that influence decision-making behaviour related to misconduct reporting, based on a human-centred design approach. Findings have been analysed across three research locations: Myanmar Iraq Ghana The intended primary audience includes the accountability, safeguarding, protection, gender justice, and technology teams from Oxfam […]

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Briefing paper

Survivantes et Héroïnes: Les femmes dans la crise au Burkina Faso

25/05/2020

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Le Burkina Faso connaît actuellement l'une des crises les plus préoccupantes au monde, à laquelle vient s’ajouter la pandémie du COVID-19. En avril 2020, le pays comptait plus de 848 000 personnes déplacées internes, dont 84 % de femmes et d’enfants. Par ailleurs, 2,2 millions de personnes ont besoin d'aide humanitaire. Les femmes se retrouvent au cœur de cette […]

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Briefing paper

Make Care Count: Unpaid and Underpaid Care Work Across Britain

28/04/2020

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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This report focuses on the link between undervalued care work and poverty in Britain by putting the voices and lived experiences of those who do care work at the forefront. Care work, both paid and unpaid, is a vital social good and an essential human right. Despite its necessity and contribution, in Britain and globally, […]

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Evaluation report

Gender, Enterprise and Markets in Tajikistan: Building resilience, empowering lives

14/11/2019

1 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam initiated the three-year Gender, Enterprise and Markets (GEM) programme in Tajikistan in 2014 with financial support from the Department for International Development of the UK government. The main goal of the programme was to ensure that poor women and men in rural communities have better and more sustainable livelihoods through gendered strategies for inclusive and sustainable […]

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Journal article

Using digital storytelling as a source of empowerment for rural women in Benin

05/11/2019

13 pages long

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Using digital storytelling as a source of empowerment for rural women in Benin

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Digital storytelling offers a combination of traditional storytelling and new technologies that is attracting attention from feminist researchers aiming to co-create research in empowering ways for participants, allowing them to collaborate, build shared awareness of issues, and share their priority issues with decision-makers and power-holders. This article focuses on digital storytelling in research into the […]

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