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The Impact of Climate Change on Coffee in Uganda: Lessons from a case study in the Rwenzori Mountains

03/04/2013

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Coffee is a major cash crop in Uganda, but research shows that the smallholder farmers who produce 90% of it could have their already vulnerable livelihoods made more vulnerable by climate change. Oxfam’s research project interviewed coffee farmers in the Rwenzori Mountains and found that they are aware that the climate is changing and becoming […]

Journal article

‘Show the world to women and they can do it’: Southern Fair Trade Enterprises as agents of empowerment

23/03/2012

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Show the world to women and they can do it’: Southern Fair Trade Enterprises as agents of empowerment

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on research with women handicraft producers in Bangladesh in order to analyse processes of empowerment. It explores the practices and social relationships embedded in the activities of four Southern Fair Trade Enterprises (SFTEs). Attention is drawn to the kinds of change which the women producers feel they are achieving and how such […]

Research report

Inequality in South Africa: A two part document on the current understanding and dimensions of inequality in health, gender and livelihoods

01/07/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recognising that inequality is at the heart of the South African ‘development problem’, Oxfam commissioned this research from the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The report, supported by 91 references, is in two parts, with an executive summary. Part 1 covers the current understanding of […]

Research report

Global Urban Market-Based Livelihoods in Oxfam GB: Lessons and experiences from Kenya, Bangladesh, Guatemala, Colombia, Haiti, and Russia

01/04/2012

1 documents

131 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Following the publication of Oxfam GB’s Livelihoods Strategy 2010–2015, which incorporated poverty and urban-rural linkages as a core aim, this study was undertaken by an independent research team to determine the extent to which Oxfam’s rural livelihoods experience –- focused primarily on enterprise development –- is transferable to urban contexts. The research for this study, […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Research report

Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? – Final Report

28/03/2014

5 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report and its annexes presents the results of a 2013 research study entitled, ‘Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’?’ The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London. The project intends to understand how changes in the broader global and humanitarian landscape may […]

Journal article

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

31/08/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

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Overview

Over time, the transport sector has grown more cognisant of gender differences in planning and policy. Yet, extant literature on transport shows that challenges, such as sexual harassment of women still prevail. The value of this study is its contribution towards gender-responsive transport policies with a focus on women by highlighting (1) the spectrum of […]

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Local Humanitarian Leadership Index: A snapshot of progress towards local humanitarian leadership outcomes in the humanitarian coordination architecture in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria

18/07/2022

8 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This index outlines what needs to change in order to achieve local humanitarian leadership in the Syria crisis response. It summarizes research undertaken on the engagement of local and national actors in the international humanitarian coordination architecture in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, and is accompanied by three country case studies. The index is designed to […]

Research report

Local Humanitarian Leadership and Religious Literacy: Engaging with Religion, Faith, and Faith Actors

31/03/2017

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Local humanitarian leadership is built upon the premise that humanitarian action should be led by local humanitarian actors whenever possible, yet this research finds that secular humanitarian INGOs do not engage systematically with local faith actors in their local leadership work. Based primarily on interviews with humanitarian INGO staff, this research also found that neither […]

Journal article

Whose turn to do the dishes? Transforming gender attitudes and behaviours among very young adolescents in Nepal

14/03/2013

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Whose turn to do the dishes? Transforming gender attitudes and behaviours among very young adolescents in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Men who use caring words instead of violence, and who are equal partners in nurturing their children and caring for their homes, are not formed overnight. Attitudes and behaviours that lead to gender equality are developed through a socialisation process beginning at birth. Early adolescence presents a window of opportunity to intervene before individuals solidify […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

The Impact of Climate Change on Coffee in Uganda: Lessons from a case study in the Rwenzori Mountains

03/04/2013

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Coffee is a major cash crop in Uganda, but research shows that the smallholder farmers who produce 90% of it could have their already vulnerable livelihoods made more vulnerable by climate change. Oxfam’s research project interviewed coffee farmers in the Rwenzori Mountains and found that they are aware that the climate is changing and becoming […]

Journal article

‘Show the world to women and they can do it’: Southern Fair Trade Enterprises as agents of empowerment

23/03/2012

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Show the world to women and they can do it’: Southern Fair Trade Enterprises as agents of empowerment

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on research with women handicraft producers in Bangladesh in order to analyse processes of empowerment. It explores the practices and social relationships embedded in the activities of four Southern Fair Trade Enterprises (SFTEs). Attention is drawn to the kinds of change which the women producers feel they are achieving and how such […]

Research report

Inequality in South Africa: A two part document on the current understanding and dimensions of inequality in health, gender and livelihoods

01/07/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recognising that inequality is at the heart of the South African ‘development problem’, Oxfam commissioned this research from the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The report, supported by 91 references, is in two parts, with an executive summary. Part 1 covers the current understanding of […]

Research report

Global Urban Market-Based Livelihoods in Oxfam GB: Lessons and experiences from Kenya, Bangladesh, Guatemala, Colombia, Haiti, and Russia

01/04/2012

1 documents

131 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Following the publication of Oxfam GB’s Livelihoods Strategy 2010–2015, which incorporated poverty and urban-rural linkages as a core aim, this study was undertaken by an independent research team to determine the extent to which Oxfam’s rural livelihoods experience –- focused primarily on enterprise development –- is transferable to urban contexts. The research for this study, […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Research report

Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? – Final Report

28/03/2014

5 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report and its annexes presents the results of a 2013 research study entitled, ‘Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’?’ The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London. The project intends to understand how changes in the broader global and humanitarian landscape may […]

Journal article

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

31/08/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

Keywords

Overview

Over time, the transport sector has grown more cognisant of gender differences in planning and policy. Yet, extant literature on transport shows that challenges, such as sexual harassment of women still prevail. The value of this study is its contribution towards gender-responsive transport policies with a focus on women by highlighting (1) the spectrum of […]

Research report

Local Humanitarian Leadership Index: A snapshot of progress towards local humanitarian leadership outcomes in the humanitarian coordination architecture in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria

18/07/2022

8 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This index outlines what needs to change in order to achieve local humanitarian leadership in the Syria crisis response. It summarizes research undertaken on the engagement of local and national actors in the international humanitarian coordination architecture in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, and is accompanied by three country case studies. The index is designed to […]

Research report

Local Humanitarian Leadership and Religious Literacy: Engaging with Religion, Faith, and Faith Actors

31/03/2017

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Local humanitarian leadership is built upon the premise that humanitarian action should be led by local humanitarian actors whenever possible, yet this research finds that secular humanitarian INGOs do not engage systematically with local faith actors in their local leadership work. Based primarily on interviews with humanitarian INGO staff, this research also found that neither […]

Journal article

Whose turn to do the dishes? Transforming gender attitudes and behaviours among very young adolescents in Nepal

14/03/2013

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Whose turn to do the dishes? Transforming gender attitudes and behaviours among very young adolescents in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Men who use caring words instead of violence, and who are equal partners in nurturing their children and caring for their homes, are not formed overnight. Attitudes and behaviours that lead to gender equality are developed through a socialisation process beginning at birth. Early adolescence presents a window of opportunity to intervene before individuals solidify […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

The Impact of Climate Change on Coffee in Uganda: Lessons from a case study in the Rwenzori Mountains

03/04/2013

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Coffee is a major cash crop in Uganda, but research shows that the smallholder farmers who produce 90% of it could have their already vulnerable livelihoods made more vulnerable by climate change. Oxfam’s research project interviewed coffee farmers in the Rwenzori Mountains and found that they are aware that the climate is changing and becoming […]

Journal article

‘Show the world to women and they can do it’: Southern Fair Trade Enterprises as agents of empowerment

23/03/2012

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Show the world to women and they can do it’: Southern Fair Trade Enterprises as agents of empowerment

Keywords

Overview

This article draws on research with women handicraft producers in Bangladesh in order to analyse processes of empowerment. It explores the practices and social relationships embedded in the activities of four Southern Fair Trade Enterprises (SFTEs). Attention is drawn to the kinds of change which the women producers feel they are achieving and how such […]

Research report

Inequality in South Africa: A two part document on the current understanding and dimensions of inequality in health, gender and livelihoods

01/07/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recognising that inequality is at the heart of the South African ‘development problem’, Oxfam commissioned this research from the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The report, supported by 91 references, is in two parts, with an executive summary. Part 1 covers the current understanding of […]

Research report

Global Urban Market-Based Livelihoods in Oxfam GB: Lessons and experiences from Kenya, Bangladesh, Guatemala, Colombia, Haiti, and Russia

01/04/2012

1 documents

131 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Following the publication of Oxfam GB’s Livelihoods Strategy 2010–2015, which incorporated poverty and urban-rural linkages as a core aim, this study was undertaken by an independent research team to determine the extent to which Oxfam’s rural livelihoods experience –- focused primarily on enterprise development –- is transferable to urban contexts. The research for this study, […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Research report

Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? – Final Report

28/03/2014

5 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report and its annexes presents the results of a 2013 research study entitled, ‘Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’?’ The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London. The project intends to understand how changes in the broader global and humanitarian landscape may […]

Journal article

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

31/08/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

Keywords

Overview

Over time, the transport sector has grown more cognisant of gender differences in planning and policy. Yet, extant literature on transport shows that challenges, such as sexual harassment of women still prevail. The value of this study is its contribution towards gender-responsive transport policies with a focus on women by highlighting (1) the spectrum of […]

Research report

Local Humanitarian Leadership Index: A snapshot of progress towards local humanitarian leadership outcomes in the humanitarian coordination architecture in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria

18/07/2022

8 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This index outlines what needs to change in order to achieve local humanitarian leadership in the Syria crisis response. It summarizes research undertaken on the engagement of local and national actors in the international humanitarian coordination architecture in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, and is accompanied by three country case studies. The index is designed to […]

Research report

Local Humanitarian Leadership and Religious Literacy: Engaging with Religion, Faith, and Faith Actors

31/03/2017

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Local humanitarian leadership is built upon the premise that humanitarian action should be led by local humanitarian actors whenever possible, yet this research finds that secular humanitarian INGOs do not engage systematically with local faith actors in their local leadership work. Based primarily on interviews with humanitarian INGO staff, this research also found that neither […]

Journal article

Whose turn to do the dishes? Transforming gender attitudes and behaviours among very young adolescents in Nepal

14/03/2013

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Whose turn to do the dishes? Transforming gender attitudes and behaviours among very young adolescents in Nepal

Keywords

Overview

Men who use caring words instead of violence, and who are equal partners in nurturing their children and caring for their homes, are not formed overnight. Attitudes and behaviours that lead to gender equality are developed through a socialisation process beginning at birth. Early adolescence presents a window of opportunity to intervene before individuals solidify […]