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Briefing paper

Aid in Limbo: Why Syrians deserve support to rebuild their lives

12/03/2019

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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The crisis in Syria is entering its ninth year. With a reduction in active violence, there is a need to consider how the aid response is best meeting the needs of conflict-affected Syrians. Yet the political stance of donor governments, combined with access restrictions in Syria, is preventing humanitarian actors from supporting Syrians with sustainable […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Shining a Light: How lighting in or around sanitation facilities affects the risk of gender-based violence in camps

21/12/2018

10 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Camps are places of refuge for people fleeing conflict and disaster, but they can be dangerous, especially for women and girls. In their first months, many camps rely on communal sanitation facilities – a quick and cost-effective way of meeting immediate needs and minimizing public health risks until a better solution can be developed. In […]

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Research report

Lighting the Way: Lighting, sanitation and the risk of gender-based violence

21/12/2018

3 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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Humanitarian agencies strive to provide sanitation facilities which are safe, accessible and afford users privacy and dignity. In reality, women in particular have many concerns which can prevent them from using the facilities, especially after dark. In 2016, the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) set up a research challenge asking: Does lighting in or around sanitation […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Sani Tweaks: Guide to best practices in humanitarian response sanitation

18/12/2018

3 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Research has shown that humanitarian agencies are failing to properly consult the users of the latrines they build, leading many people – especially women and girls – to stop using those latrines as they find them inaccessible, unsuitable and/or unsafe. To address this, the Oxfam WASH team has developed a series of communications tools that […]

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Research report

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Post-Emergency Contexts: A study on establishing sustainable service delivery models

04/12/2018

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Large-scale and complex emergencies often occur in countries where government institutions have weak coping capacity. They may struggle to deliver essential services routinely, even in non-emergency situations. This has serious implications for the way in which emergency water, sanitation and hygiene services are managed long-term and in the transition from emergency to post-emergency situations. UNHCR […]

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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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Briefing note

Hungry for Peace: Exploring the links between conflict and hunger in South Sudan

28/02/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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In December 2017, South Sudan marked four years of devastating conflict. Only a few months later, it has reached another critical point: more South Sudanese are hungry than ever before. While the February 2018 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) does not declare famine, any classification of IPC 3 upwards means people need aid to […]

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Research report

Returning to Fragility: Exploring the link between conflict and returnees in Afghanistan

31/01/2018

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Huge numbers of people are returning to Afghanistan – more than two million since 2015 – while the country is still highly fragile, with ongoing fighting and internal displacement in many areas and high levels of poverty. Oxfam’s field research in Herat, Kabul, Kunduz and Nangarhar finds that for as long as these conditions do […]

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Briefing note

The Future of Central African Republic is Still at Risk

09/01/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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More than half of Central African Republic’s population is in need of urgent humanitarian aid – amidst chronic underfunding, persisting violence across the country and unsuccessful peace agreements. This briefing calls for a huge and concerted effort by the government, donors and all stakeholders to consolidate progress, to support peace and reconciliation and to ensure […]

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Briefing paper

‘I Still Don’t Feel Safe to Go Home’: Voices of Rohingya refugees

18/12/2017

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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Since 25 August, more than 626,000 Rohingya have reached Bangladesh from Myanmar. Rohingya women and men have told Oxfam devastating stories of killings, rape and sexual violence. This report is an opportunity for some of them to share their stories, hopes, and their experiences of living in overcrowded refugee camps with overflowing latrines and contaminated […]

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