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Funding schemes and support towards gender-based violence prevention and sexual and reproductive health in Lebanon: a critical analysis of their impacts on human rights defenders

23/05/2023

18 pages long

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Funding schemes and support towards gender-based violence prevention and sexual and reproductive health in Lebanon: a critical analysis of their impacts on human rights defenders

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Since 2019, Lebanon has undergone multiple economic, political, and social crises that have exacerbated the heavy burdens on its population, including poverty, unemployment, and economic precarity. The ramifications of these recent shocks for gender-based violence (GBV) and access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are particularly stark, which has drawn the attention and concern […]

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Briefing note

The World Must Back Peace, Not War, to Put an End to Civilian Suffering in Yemen

05/07/2018

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10 pages long

Languages: English

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Hudaydah’s residents are already some of the worst affected in the country by hunger and malnutrition. They now face a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation, despite a reported pause in the military advance to the sea port and city, and a recent reduction in the fighting. Most areas have no electricity. Whole neighbourhoods have no water, […]

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Briefing note

The Fighting Must Stop – to Create a Space for Peace: Attacking Hodeida city, after its airport, would be a far greater threat to Yemeni civilians

20/06/2018

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4 pages long

Languages: English

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On 13 June 2018, the Saudi- and UAE-led coalition launched an attack on Hodeida, Yemen’s lifeline port. One week on, the Coalition has ignored all warnings and combined forces have pressed ahead to take Hodeida airport. The advance must now stop and efforts be refocused on peace. Taking the battle to a densely-populated city will […]

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Briefing note

The World Needs a New Strategy to Protect Hodeida and Avoid Catastrophe

15/06/2018

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4 pages long

Languages: English

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The Saudi- and UAE-led Coalition’s assault on Hodeida – Yemen’s lifeline port – threatens hundreds of thousands of civilians in that city, and around 20 million more who rely on its imports of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies. The strategy to prevent this assault through quiet diplomacy – by the Coalition’s international partners including […]

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Research report

Biometrics in the Humanitarian Sector

05/04/2018

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

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Biometrics is the measurement of human characteristics through technology such as iris scanning, facial recognition and fingerprint scanning. In the aid sector, supporters of the technology praise its potential to combat fraud and streamline service delivery in low-resource settings, while others point to the significant risks to privacy resulting from collecting and storing this personal […]

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Research report

Money Talks: A synthesis report assessing humanitarian funding flows to local actors in Bangladesh and Uganda

23/03/2018

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28 pages long

Languages: English

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International humanitarian agencies and donors have made a series of global commitments to local actors as part of the localization agenda, including to increase their access to greater direct funding by 2020. This briefing paper reviews 2015 national financial data for Bangladesh and Uganda to better understand how to target international investments in localization. It […]

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Briefing note

Hungry for Peace: Exploring the links between conflict and hunger in South Sudan

28/02/2018

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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In December 2017, South Sudan marked four years of devastating conflict. Only a few months later, it has reached another critical point: more South Sudanese are hungry than ever before. While the February 2018 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) does not declare famine, any classification of IPC 3 upwards means people need aid to […]

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Briefing note

The Future of Central African Republic is Still at Risk

09/01/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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More than half of Central African Republic’s population is in need of urgent humanitarian aid – amidst chronic underfunding, persisting violence across the country and unsuccessful peace agreements. This briefing calls for a huge and concerted effort by the government, donors and all stakeholders to consolidate progress, to support peace and reconciliation and to ensure […]

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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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Briefing note

Making Aid To Jordan And Lebanon Work: Aid effectiveness in middle income countries affected by mass displacement

20/04/2017

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Jordan and Lebanon collectively make up less than one percent of the world’s economy, but host around 20 percent of the world’s refugees. Donors have recognized the scale of the challenges that this presents and acknowledged that humanitarian assistance must be supplemented with multi-year development support. This briefing note presents a preview of key findings […]

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