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Journal article

Reconceptualising and contextualising sexual rights in the MENA region: beyond LGBTQI categories

20/03/2018

16 pages long

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Reconceptualising and contextualising sexual rights in the MENA region: beyond LGBTQI categories

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In recent years, LGBTQI rights have become central to debates around international development, human rights, refugee protection, and diversity. Yet research and experience in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) reveals significant problems with LGBTQI as a way of identifying individuals who do not conform to heterosexual and binary gender norms, in order to […]

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Briefing paper

Balancing the Books: Including women and protecting refugees is essential to realizing small business growth in Jordan

10/12/2017

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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It is essential that opportunities for job growth are supported both for refugees in Jordan and the vulnerable communities hosting them. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) can be a key driver of job growth. Promoting MSMEs could also help to address gender inequality and protection issues for refugees in Jordan. This joint agency paper […]

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Briefing paper

Beyond ‘Fortress Europe’: Principles for a humane EU migration policy

11/10/2017

5 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, French, Serbian, Spanish

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In 2015, the EU announced its Agenda for Migration: a blueprint for managing migration. Two years on, it’s clear these policies have sacrificed people’s safety and well-being in order to stop irregular migration at all costs. This report outlines Oxfam’s proposal for a new and balanced approach to managing migration – one that protects people […]

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Discussion paper

Trash Talk: Turning waste into work in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp

21/08/2017

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Syrian refugees have the capacity to provide key support for service delivery and the expertise to contribute to the expansion of new productive economic sectors. This paper highlights an innovative approach to solid waste management and income generation, and aims to promote further dialogue on the role that Syrians can play in the Jordanian economy.

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Briefing note

Yemen: Catastrophic cholera crisis

16/08/2017

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Since the end of April 2017, Yemen has been experiencing its worst recorded outbreak of suspected cholera in a single year. By mid-August, more than 500,000 cases were recorded. More than two years of war have devastated large parts of Yemen’s infrastructure and left the majority of the population lacking basic services such as clean […]

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Media briefing

You aren’t human any more’: Migrants expose the harrowing situation in Libya and the impact of European policies

09/08/2017

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Thousands of refugees and migrants face kidnap, slavery, torture and sexual violence in Libya before crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy – if they are not killed first. Oxfam has spoken to men and women who have spent months being beaten, tied up like animals and sold as cheap labour in Libya’s shocking slave […]

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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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Research report

Women’s Access to Justice in The Middle East: Challenges and recommendations

01/08/2013

2 documents

39 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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The major objective of this report is to assess the impact of legal fees on women’s access to justice (in terms of personal status and family matters) in four Arab countries: Lebanon (Mount Lebanon), Jordan (Zarqa), Iraq (Shamshamal in Kurdish Territory), and Yemen. The research then goes on to provide recommendations to enhance women’s access […]

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