Participation Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

From Pledges to Progress: Tracking climate finance flows and accountability in Nigeria and Uganda

10/06/2025

2 documents

71 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Climate Finance Shadow reports have shown that high-income countries have failed to deliver on their commitment to mobilize climate finance for low- and middle-income countries. In 2024, two country reports, on Uganda and Nigeria, were published that analyzed how the insufficient international climate finance that is reaching their governments is being spent at national […]

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Briefing note

Climate Plans for the People: Civil society and community participation in national action plans on climate change

25/03/2024

5 documents

25 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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In 2024, all countries will be updating and submitting their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). These national climate plans outline commitments towards tackling climate change. These plans impact all walks of life and must therefore be inclusive of the whole of society. By examining recent practices across 11 countries, Oxfam found that NDCs were not sufficiently […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Youth-Led Participatory Action Research Guides

22/06/2022

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Participatory research challenges the academic tradition in which the scientist is at the center of decisions in the research process. Inspired by popular education, this approach allows members of the community to question their living conditions and develop solutions to improve them from a social justice perspective. These guides were developed and tested as part […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Co-Creation Toolkit: From design to implementation

22/06/2022

16 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Co-creation is a collaborative practice for developing an initiative. It is a way to strengthen the individual and collective power of stakeholders to create innovative solutions to targeted issues, while creating opportunities for synergy between different groups or teams that sometimes work in silos. This toolbox is made up of eight summary sheets explaining the principles of […]

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Research report

Beyond Consultation: Unpacking the most essential components of meaningful participation by refugee leaders

31/03/2022

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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Research on forced displacement reveals a wide gap between policy processes and the people that such processes seek to assist. This paper proposes actionable recommendations on how to operationalize the concept of ‘meaningful refugee participation’ in decision-making processes that affect the lives of refugees. There is a need to go beyond tokenistic participation and to […]

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Briefing paper

More Local is Possible: Recommendations for enhancing local humanitarian leadership and refugee participation in the Gambella refugee response

01/12/2021

2 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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The Gambella region of western Ethiopia hosts over 300,000 South Sudanese refugees in seven camps. The refugee response is dominated by UN agencies and international NGOs and staffed mostly by Ethiopians from outside of Gambella, creating a gap between humanitarian actors and the people they seek to assist. In order to realize commitments to localization […]

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Case study

Understanding Governance from the Margins: What Does It Mean In Practice?

29/11/2021

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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What does governance look like ‘from below’ – from the perspectives of poor and marginalised households? How do patterns of conflict affect that? These were the questions at the heart of the Governance at the Margins research project. Over three years from 2017-2020 we worked to explore this through in-depth study in conflict-affected areas of […]

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Research report

Social Norms Structuring Masculinities, Gender Roles, and Stereotypes: Iraqi men and boys’ common misconceptions about women and girls’ participation and empowerment

31/08/2021

1 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English

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The limited participation of Iraqi women in community decision-making in Kirkuk and Diyala is the result of various intertwined factors. This study explores emerging opportunities for social transformation in the context of sedimented layers of male privilege and the questioning of restrictive gender norms in the two governorates. With this report, Oxfam and its partners […]

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Research report

What Drives Active Citizens? Testing our assumptions through a comparative analysis of citizen data from seven countries

30/06/2021

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

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This report investigates the characteristics of active citizens who raise their voices towards duty-bearers. First, we look at the demographics of people who raise their voices towards duty-bearers. Then, we investigate the various types of citizens' actions and which attitudes and norms active citizens hold. Supporting citizens in raising their voices is one of the […]

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Briefing paper

In Our Own Words: Perspectives from local actors in the Horn, East, and Central Africa

05/02/2021

1 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam is committed to supporting the participation of local actors in humanitarian and development responses. This includes ensuring their opinions and perspectives about priorities, needs, and appropriate ways of addressing issues are part of public debate. Oxfam advocates for their presence and participation in coordination meetings and other spaces for decision-making. We also provide support to […]

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