Violence Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Sí, Pero no Aquí: Percepciones de xenofobia y discriminación hacia migrantes de Venezuela en Colombia, Ecuador y Perú

24/10/2019

3 documents

20 pages long

Languages: Spanish

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Más de 4,4 millones de personas han salido de Venezuela como consecuencia de una prolongada crisis económica, política y social: 2,8 millones de ellas hacia otros países de Latinoamérica y el Caribe, en especial Colombia, Perú y Ecuador. Mientras, más de 7 millones de personas permanecen en el país con necesidades de asistencia humanitaria y protección. […]

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Journal article

Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

20/03/2018

16 pages long

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Disrupting the ‘life-cycle’ of violence in social relations: recommendations for anti-trafficking interventions from an analysis of pathways out of sex work for women in Eastern India

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This article argues for the need to change the ways in which anti-human trafficking (AT) non-government organisations (NGOs) and their interventions in India frame and address violence in sex work. The article asserts that AT NGOs need to move beyond their ideological allegiances and infuse their interventions with a better understanding of the lived realities […]

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Journal article

‘Being young and LGBT, what could be worse?’ Analysis of youth LGBT activism in Indonesia: challenges and ways forward

20/03/2018

17 pages long

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‘Being young and LGBT, what could be worse?’ Analysis of youth LGBT activism in Indonesia: challenges and ways forward

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Young Indonesian LGBT people are currently mobilising against a wave of conservatism and violence in an increasingly anti-LGBT context. Young LGBT people are showing remarkable courage and strategic thinking and mobilising in a range of ways. These include grassroot peer support, advocacy, and partnerships with government, adult-led non-government organisations and the private sector. However, these […]

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Journal article

Artisanal gold mining: both a woman’s and a man’s world. A Uganda case study

09/11/2017

16 pages long

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Artisanal gold mining: both a woman’s and a man’s world. A Uganda case study

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This article is based on ActionAid research exploring the livelihoods of women artisanal miners in the Kampala Camp in Kiltumbi Sub County, Mubende District in Uganda. It shows the different ways in which mining shapes women’s lives and gender relations. The article focuses on women’s strategies in response to their situation. ActionAid has supported and […]

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Briefing paper

A Dangerous ‘Game’: The pushback of migrants, including refugees, at Europe’s borders

06/04/2017

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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People who are trying to access the EU in search of safety and dignity are being routinely abused by law enforcement officials in countries in the Western Balkans. State agents responsible for upholding fundamental rights are instead subjecting people to violence and intimidation and denying access to asylum procedures to those seeking international protection. Governments […]

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Journal article

Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

20/07/2016

15 pages long

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Building capacity for a disability-inclusive response to violence against women and girls: experiences from the W-DARE project in the Philippines

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The Philippines has developed a range of national laws, policies, and programmes in response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, as elsewhere, the needs and experiences of women with disabilities are rarely considered in government policies or development activities. Yet women with disabilities are more likely to experience violence than their peers without […]

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Case study

Power and Change: The Arms Trade Treaty

16/01/2015

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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In October 2003, Oxfam, together with Amnesty International, the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and many other organizations across the world launched the Control Arms campaign. The aim of the campaign was to reduce armed violence and conflict through global controls on the arms trade, and the primary objective was an international Arms […]

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Journal article

Introduction to Conflict and Violence

12/11/2013

8 pages long

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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Briefing paper

Achieving Conflict Transformation

01/10/2012

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Oxfam’s mission is a just world without poverty, which seems an impossible task in countries where violence is an everyday feature. Oxfam Novib works predominantly in countries affected by inequality, violent conflicts and lack of mechanisms to address different and opposed interests. It is for this reason that Oxfam Novib and its partners recognise the […]

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