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Discussion paper

Centring Gender and Power in Evaluation and Research: Sharing experiences from Oxfam GB’s quantitative impact evaluations

19/07/2021

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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Bringing a feminist intent to research, monitoring and evaluation practices leads to defining these as tools to contribute to transforming the lives of women, girls and non-binary people, and to bringing about social justice. This has meant putting gender and power at the centre of our practice, which has in turn shaped the technical choices […]

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Journal article

Disrupting and democratising development: community philanthropy as theory and practice

18/03/2020

17 pages long

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Disrupting and democratising development: community philanthropy as theory and practice

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Systems of community giving and self-help have always existed within different cultures and traditions around the world. But it is only recently that community philanthropy has started to gain visibility as a specific practice that has relevance to the broader field of international development. In this article, we focus on what community philanthropy looks like […]

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Journal article

Reimagining equity: redressing power imbalances between the global North and the global South

18/03/2020

18 pages long

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Reimagining equity: redressing power imbalances between the global North and the global South

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Equity in development is most often used to describe something the global North does to or in the global South, rather than as a concept that applies between the North and South. Neither does it take into consideration the issue of creating systems that foster equity between the North and the South, within the context […]

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Journal article

Using critical reflection to question self and power in international development

18/03/2020

17 pages long

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Using critical reflection to question self and power in international development

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Unequal power relations exist between the global North and the global South, between those in need of ‘development’ and the development policymakers and practitioners who work with them in projects and programmes intending to meet their needs – and, less often, support those in need to challenge the underlying inequalities that create these inequities. These […]

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Discussion paper

Global Megatrends: Mapping the forces that affect us all

31/01/2020

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

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Making sense of the rapid changes shaping our world is essential for determining effective strategies. Asking questions about the trends affecting us all can make efforts to reduce poverty and inequality better fit for the future, uncertain though the future is. But to which trends should we pay attention? Many think tanks, international organisations and […]

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Briefing note

Space to be Heard: Mobilizing the power of people to reshape civic space

25/07/2018

3 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The space for people to speak out, organize and take action against poverty, inequality and injustice is shrinking on a global scale. People in many countries around the world face serious restrictions and repression when exercising their basic rights. This includes citizens who raise their voices against corruption and political dysfunction, organizations that save lives […]

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Book

How Change Happens

27/10/2016

1 documents

288 pages long

Languages: English

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Human society is full of would-be ‘change agents’, a restless mix of campaigners, lobbyists, and officials, both individuals and organizations, set on transforming the world. They want to improve public services, reform laws and regulations, guarantee human rights, get a fairer deal for those on the sharp end, achieve greater recognition for any number of […]

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Journal article

Power and the Sustainable Development Goals: a feminist analysis

04/03/2016

15 pages long

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Power and the Sustainable Development Goals: a feminist analysis

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This article offers a power analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) process and outcomes, from a feminist perspective. Many see, in the SDGs, several opportunities for progress on gender equality and women’s rights, if not for transformation. Yet there are many reasons for scepticism, as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’s vision is not […]

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Discussion paper

An Ecological Approach to Partnership

01/11/2015

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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This learning paper explores insights and questions on partnerships from the perspective of the Oxfam Australia (OAU)-led program in South Africa. It examines four issues: power, contestation, trust and adaptive practice. It also presents an emergent partnership model drawing on this learning.

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Guidelines and toolkits

Power and Fragility: Governance Programming in Fragile Contexts: A Programme Resource

29/10/2012

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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‘Power and Fragility: Governance Programming in Fragile Contexts’ is based on work by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS)and brings together power and political economy analysis, and other research, undertaken in Rwanda, Myanmar, Yemen and Angola – in order to draw broader lessons for Oxfam for work on governance and citizenship in fragile contexts. The […]

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