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Briefing paper

Reward Work, Not Wealth: To end the inequality crisis, we must build an economy for ordinary working people, not the rich and powerful.

22/01/2018

14 documents

70 pages long

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, English, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese

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Last year saw the biggest increase in billionaires in history, one more every two days. This huge increase could have ended global extreme poverty seven times over. 82% of all wealth created in the last year went to the top 1%, and nothing went to the bottom 50%. Dangerous, poorly paid work for the many […]

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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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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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Research report

ICTs in Humanitarian Response: A learning review of a three-year, five-country programme

13/04/2017

8 documents

28 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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The Scaling Humanitarian ICTs Network (SHINE) funded by Sida, set out with the theory of change that the quality and efficiency of humanitarian aid can be improved in a variety of contexts through the adoption of Information Communications Technologies (ICTs). With applications in Ethiopia, DRC, Mali, Indonesia and Iraq, ICTs were introduced to enable digital […]

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Research report

Towards Sustainable Food Security in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Strengthening rangeland governance

12/04/2017

2 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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Bedouin and herder communities are among the poorest and most marginalized populations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. In the West Bank, an estimated 30,000 Bedouin live in 183 communities in Area C, under complete Israeli control. In the Gaza Strip, there are some 75,000 Bedouin living in 18 Bedouin communities, many in border areas where […]

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Technical briefing

Oxfam and Protection: A guidance note (now out of date; see 2022 version for latest guidance)

01/02/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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For the latest guidance, see the 2022 update. This guidance note outlines Oxfam’s understanding of protection within humanitarian responses, and the framework it uses for field-based protection work. It goes on to describe the main modes of action Oxfam uses in its work to bring about greater protection for civilians in conflict and disasters, including […]

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Research report

Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights: Oxfam’s global framework

01/01/2017

5 documents

39 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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The Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights working group of Oxfam International is proud to present a new Global Program Framework. The Framework was developed to help us deliver our strategic ambition on Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights (TLWR). This Framework has been developed both to support colleagues wanting to integrate TLWR principles and approaches into […]

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Briefing paper

Picking Up the Pieces: What Yemenis need to rebuild their lives in a country torn apart by conflict

21/09/2016

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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Since March 2015, more than three million Yemenis have fled their homes, displaced by ongoing conflict. Many have been displaced for months or more than a year; they are quickly running out of ways to make ends meet. The situation is dire and getting worse, and hope for successful peace talks is fading. Both displaced […]

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Briefing paper

I Ask the World to Empathize: Voices of people on the move

15/09/2016

4 documents

24 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Worldwide, more than 65 million people have fled conflict, violence and persecution. Millions more are driven from their homes by disasters, drought and inequality. This paper tells the stories of some of those millions of people. Many have relied on local people sharing their scarce resources. In contrast, too many governments have failed to share […]

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Briefing paper

From Words to Action: Reviewing the commitments made at the ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ Conference six months on

07/09/2016

2 documents

35 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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The ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ conference held in London on 4 February 2016 agreed ‘a comprehensive new approach on how to respond to this protracted crisis. The promises made in London have the potential to make a significant contribution to improving the lives of both refugee and vulnerable host communities in Jordan, Lebanon and […]

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