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Journal article

‘Now I want to use it to learn more’: using mobile phones to further the educational rights of the girl child in Kenya

11/07/2018

12 pages long

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‘Now I want to use it to learn more’: using mobile phones to further the educational rights of the girl child in Kenya

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The Kenyan Constitution states that all children have a right to education. However, over the past 15 years, girls in Kenya have been unable to exercise this right consistently – particularly at the secondary school level. During this same period, there has been greater access to digital technologies within Kenya, and the use of mobile […]

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Journal article

‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

11/07/2018

14 pages long

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‘We want that for ourselves’: how girls and young women are using ICTs to counter violence and demand their rights

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Established in 2006, Take Back the Tech! is a global campaign that encourages women and girls to use technology to counter gender-based violence. Through interviews with women in the Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, and India, this article explores how, ten years later, girls and young women are ‘taking back’ technology to demand their rights and […]

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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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Case study

Going Digital: Using and sharing real-time data during fieldwork

22/11/2017

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Two years on from the Going Digital: Using digital technology to conduct Oxfam’s Effectiveness Reviews pilots, Oxfam continues to develop its survey techniques through the use of technology. This short paper examines how Oxfam has piloted using and sharing real-time data during fieldwork. It argues that this has the potential to increase engagement and participation […]

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Case study

Sustainable Solutions to Water Supply in Kenya

10/07/2017

3 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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WASH

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The Kenya Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Resilience and Governance Programme is built upon a theory of change which emphasizes empowerment, rights and the ability of citizens – particularly women – to develop and implement their own strategies for better access to services to improve health and quality of life. The programme’s approach holds that […]

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Research report

ICTs in Humanitarian Response: A learning review of a three-year, five-country programme

13/04/2017

8 documents

28 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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The Scaling Humanitarian ICTs Network (SHINE) funded by Sida, set out with the theory of change that the quality and efficiency of humanitarian aid can be improved in a variety of contexts through the adoption of Information Communications Technologies (ICTs). With applications in Ethiopia, DRC, Mali, Indonesia and Iraq, ICTs were introduced to enable digital […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Responsible Data Management training pack

29/03/2017

25 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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A stimulating, adaptable training pack for humanitarian organizations on managing programme data. Managing data properly may be the greatest challenge of the information age. We now have more ways to collect, store, share, transmit, analyse and publish data than ever before. As new legal frameworks emerge and increasing attention is paid to the ethics of […]

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Discussion paper

Digital Development: What is the role of international NGOs? ICT for Development programmes and opportunities in the Horn, East and Central Africa

23/02/2017

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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Development is going digital and INGOs like Oxfam have a vital convening role to play. This paper draws on ICT for Development in Oxfam’s programmes in the Horn, East and Central Africa to consider what this role is. In order to realise the opportunities associated with the digital landscape, Oxfam will need to build internal […]

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Evaluation report

Humanitarian Informal feedback project: Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan. Evaluation report 2015/16

14/12/2016

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam has piloted the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) tool as a way to increase and improve the accountability Oxfam provides to refugees in Za’atari Camp in Jordan. This evaluation finds that there are several technological improvements that can and should be made to the tool, as well as internal improvements to the culture of accountability […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Mobile Survey Toolkit

27/07/2016

3 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Surveys form the basis of many data collection exercises run by Oxfam and other organizations, ranging from assessments to ongoing monitoring and evaluation processes. Traditional methods of conducting surveys (often paper-based) can be time-consuming and there are limitations to the type and accuracy of information they collect. Digitalizing these data collection processes ‘ using mobile […]

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