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Journal article

Fighting all demons: feminist voices on popular protests in Lebanon and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

07/12/2021

15 pages long

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Fighting all demons: feminist voices on popular protests in Lebanon and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

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For generations, feminists in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have fought all types of oppression and discrimination. Joining and leading popular protests of the last decade or so in different MENA countries was part of their ongoing struggle to gain social justice, equality, and better representation in society. A feminist struggle has its […]

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Journal article

The story of the Doria Feminist Fund: de-colonising the funding narrative in the MENA region

07/12/2021

11 pages long

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The story of the Doria Feminist Fund: de-colonising the funding narrative in the MENA region

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International funding has played an important role in the struggles of women in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region, directly and indirectly. In this article, we reflect on the narratives and processes that influence and oftentimes determine the funding accessible to the MENA region, which have often excluded those emanating from local feminists. […]

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Research report

The Magic Potion of Austerity and Poverty Alleviation: Narratives of political capture and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa

22/11/2021

4 documents

46 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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Dominant narratives promoting economic growth at the expense of state institutions and basic social services have long underpinned a neoliberal model of spiralling debt and austerity in the MENA region. This exacerbates political capture and inequality and takes shape in an environment of media concentration and shrinking civic space. It is important for change movements […]

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Discussion paper

Transforming Power to Put Women at the Heart of Peacebuilding: A collection of regional-focused essays on feminist peace and security

21/09/2020

1 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

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The twentieth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) is in October 2020. It is a landmark resolution on women’s role in peacebuilding, but progress on women’s rights and leadership in peace and security decision making continues to fall short. This discussion paper brings together three regional essays commissioned to explore what needs to […]

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Discussion paper

Transforming Power to Put Women at the Heart of Peacebuilding: Introduction

21/09/2020

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Peace and security for women and other marginalized groups cannot be achieved if it is defined exclusively within the frame of war and militarism. Feminist peace and security addresses insecurity before, during and after conflict and understands violence as something that spans from the home to international fora. The essays in this collection challenge us […]

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Discussion paper

Feminist Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa

21/09/2020

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

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In her essay, Zeynep Kaya observes the tensions within the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the Middle East and North Africa region. Given that the agenda emerged from UNSCR 1325, the framework and structures cannot help but replicate the ‘hard power’ and agendas of the member states. Kaya identifies that the UN Security […]

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Briefing note

The Gendered Impact of IMF Policies in MENA: The case of Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia

08/10/2019

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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This paper takes a closer look at the gendered impact of conventional macroeconomic policies supported by the International Monetary Fund in its loan programmes for Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia since 2012. It calls on the IMF to build on its ongoing efforts to operationalize gender equality, and to go beyond policies of encouraging women’s labour […]

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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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Guidelines and toolkits

The Change Maker’s Toolkit: For raising awareness on gender roles and women’s political participation in the MENA region

01/11/2014

2 documents

63 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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This toolkit is intended for the use of Change Makers working with men and women from their communities to support change in knowledge and attitudes on gender equality and women’s political participation. It provides them with a series of tools for facilitating discussion during one-on-one conversations, meetings and awareness-raising events. These tools include information for […]

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Evaluation report

Women’s Access to Justice in the MENA Region: Endline and final evaluation report

01/09/2014

2 documents

70 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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Oxfam GB, in partnership with other leading civil society organizations (CSOs), implemented a three-year project in Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq to enhance women’s access to justice in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region (May 2011 – April 2014). This project evaluation assesses impact through the change in people’s lives, highlight project successes and […]

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