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The Influence of Market Support Interventions on Household Food Security: An evidence synthesis protocol

31/07/2016

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56 pages long

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This protocol outlines the proposed research questions and methodology for an evidence synthesis on the influence of market support interventions on household food security in humanitarian crises. Research questions identified include: What are the project parameters that drive the inclusion and exclusion of market supportÂ interventions in humanitarian crises? What are the potential contextual and institutional […]

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Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

20/03/2014

16 pages long

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Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

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Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa Netherlands research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)-funded international research project (2010–2013), women teachers, mothers, and caregivers in selected schools […]

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Working in Marks and Spencer’s Food and Footwear Supply Chains

14/01/2021

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51 pages long

Languages: English

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M&S asked Oxfam to identify human rights and worker wellbeing issues in their supply chains as part of a collaborative research project. Oxfam interviewed 390 workers across food manufacturing sites in the UK and footwear factories in India over a six-month period. The investigation focused on gender equality, worker voice and in-work poverty. The research […]

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Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

20/03/2014

15 pages long

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Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

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This paper explores how single-sex and co-education affect girls’ and boys’ gender beliefs and relations. Earlier research in sub-Saharan Africa suggests that co-educational schools are sites of male intimidation, violence, and unequal power relations. Meanwhile single-sex education is said to enhance girls’ self-confidence, improve their academic scores, and enable them to act as leaders, in […]

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‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

19/09/2024

26 pages long

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‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

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Academic discourse frequently speaks of a gender violence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), suggesting a distinctive gender violence that is tied to a geographic location. Within the framework of a digital ethnography, this research examines whether gender activists operating in digital spaces themselves conceptualise and mobilise around their struggle using a regional lens, combining observations, a […]

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Breaking a Culture of Silence: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls in Nigeria

28/02/2018

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21 pages long

Languages: English

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Violence against women and girls is often perpetuated by practices defended by some community members on the basis of tradition, culture, religion or superstition. These include female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and early marriage. Such harmful traditional practices are underpinned by social norms, the rules of behaviour that people in a group adhere to because they […]

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Community-based Adaptation and Advocacy in Coastal Pakistan

01/11/2009

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2 pages long

Languages: English

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In 2008, Oxfam GB in Pakistan undertook community-based research to better understand the implications of climate change for communities living in the Badin coastal region of Pakistan. This research was initiated following discussions between programme staff and partners about the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2007 reports, as well as the UNDP Human Development […]

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We are committed to contributing to collective understanding and improved practice in community-based work and humanitarian action

Research report

The Influence of Market Support Interventions on Household Food Security: An evidence synthesis protocol

31/07/2016

1 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This protocol outlines the proposed research questions and methodology for an evidence synthesis on the influence of market support interventions on household food security in humanitarian crises. Research questions identified include: What are the project parameters that drive the inclusion and exclusion of market supportÂ interventions in humanitarian crises? What are the potential contextual and institutional […]

Journal article

Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

20/03/2014

16 pages long

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Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

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Overview

Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa Netherlands research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)-funded international research project (2010–2013), women teachers, mothers, and caregivers in selected schools […]

Research report

Working in Marks and Spencer’s Food and Footwear Supply Chains

14/01/2021

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

M&S asked Oxfam to identify human rights and worker wellbeing issues in their supply chains as part of a collaborative research project. Oxfam interviewed 390 workers across food manufacturing sites in the UK and footwear factories in India over a six-month period. The investigation focused on gender equality, worker voice and in-work poverty. The research […]

Journal article

Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

20/03/2014

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores how single-sex and co-education affect girls’ and boys’ gender beliefs and relations. Earlier research in sub-Saharan Africa suggests that co-educational schools are sites of male intimidation, violence, and unequal power relations. Meanwhile single-sex education is said to enhance girls’ self-confidence, improve their academic scores, and enable them to act as leaders, in […]

Journal article

‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

19/09/2024

26 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

Keywords

Overview

Academic discourse frequently speaks of a gender violence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), suggesting a distinctive gender violence that is tied to a geographic location. Within the framework of a digital ethnography, this research examines whether gender activists operating in digital spaces themselves conceptualise and mobilise around their struggle using a regional lens, combining observations, a […]

Research report

Breaking a Culture of Silence: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls in Nigeria

28/02/2018

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls is often perpetuated by practices defended by some community members on the basis of tradition, culture, religion or superstition. These include female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and early marriage. Such harmful traditional practices are underpinned by social norms, the rules of behaviour that people in a group adhere to because they […]

Case study

Community-based Adaptation and Advocacy in Coastal Pakistan

01/11/2009

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2008, Oxfam GB in Pakistan undertook community-based research to better understand the implications of climate change for communities living in the Badin coastal region of Pakistan. This research was initiated following discussions between programme staff and partners about the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2007 reports, as well as the UNDP Human Development […]

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Food & Livelihoods

Securing people’s rights to food, income security and decent work is critical to eradicating extreme poverty

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Development & Humanitarian Practice

We are committed to contributing to collective understanding and improved practice in community-based work and humanitarian action

Research report

The Influence of Market Support Interventions on Household Food Security: An evidence synthesis protocol

31/07/2016

1 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This protocol outlines the proposed research questions and methodology for an evidence synthesis on the influence of market support interventions on household food security in humanitarian crises. Research questions identified include: What are the project parameters that drive the inclusion and exclusion of market supportÂ interventions in humanitarian crises? What are the potential contextual and institutional […]

Journal article

Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Communities in Conversation: opportunities for women’s and girls’ self-empowerment

Keywords

Overview

Safeguarding the rights of women and girls is a special concern within the context of prevailing gender discrimination and violence in South African societies, often rooted in cultural or religious contexts. In a South Africa Netherlands research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)-funded international research project (2010–2013), women teachers, mothers, and caregivers in selected schools […]

Research report

Working in Marks and Spencer’s Food and Footwear Supply Chains

14/01/2021

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

M&S asked Oxfam to identify human rights and worker wellbeing issues in their supply chains as part of a collaborative research project. Oxfam interviewed 390 workers across food manufacturing sites in the UK and footwear factories in India over a six-month period. The investigation focused on gender equality, worker voice and in-work poverty. The research […]

Journal article

Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

20/03/2014

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Co-education and the erosion of gender stereotypes in the Zambian Copperbelt

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores how single-sex and co-education affect girls’ and boys’ gender beliefs and relations. Earlier research in sub-Saharan Africa suggests that co-educational schools are sites of male intimidation, violence, and unequal power relations. Meanwhile single-sex education is said to enhance girls’ self-confidence, improve their academic scores, and enable them to act as leaders, in […]

Journal article

‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

19/09/2024

26 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Solidarity Across Borders’: Online gender activism and the construction of a Middle East and North African regional public space

Keywords

Overview

Academic discourse frequently speaks of a gender violence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), suggesting a distinctive gender violence that is tied to a geographic location. Within the framework of a digital ethnography, this research examines whether gender activists operating in digital spaces themselves conceptualise and mobilise around their struggle using a regional lens, combining observations, a […]

Research report

Breaking a Culture of Silence: Social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls in Nigeria

28/02/2018

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Violence against women and girls is often perpetuated by practices defended by some community members on the basis of tradition, culture, religion or superstition. These include female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and early marriage. Such harmful traditional practices are underpinned by social norms, the rules of behaviour that people in a group adhere to because they […]

Case study

Community-based Adaptation and Advocacy in Coastal Pakistan

01/11/2009

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2008, Oxfam GB in Pakistan undertook community-based research to better understand the implications of climate change for communities living in the Badin coastal region of Pakistan. This research was initiated following discussions between programme staff and partners about the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2007 reports, as well as the UNDP Human Development […]