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Briefing paper

Towards Durable Solutions for Displaced Ivoirians

11/10/2011

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Six months after the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo and the end of major post-electoral conflict in Cote d’Ivoire, Oxfam International, CARE International, and the Danish Refugee Council have launched a report outlining the key remaining humanitarian and protection needs in the west of the country – the area worst affected by violence. Based on interviews […]

Briefing note

Power to the People? Reactions to the EU’s response to the Arab Spring

14/11/2011

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In response to the Arab Spring the EU has promised to shift away from business as usual to ensure that support for human rights and democracy are central to its cooperation policy with the Arab neighbourhood. Enabling civil society to function and advocate for citizen’s priorities and rights and hold governments and donors to account […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Best Practice Guide: For community organisations working with sanctuary-seeking women in Wales

01/11/2011

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There are roughly 12,500 refugees and asylum seekers in Wales. Life can be extremely tough for sanctuary seeking women. Many are forced to flee their homes because they have been subjected to serious human rights abuses related to their gender, such as rape, threats of honour killing and domestic violence. This suffering is compounded, once […]

Research report

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security

15/03/2012

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The question of ‘what changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security?’ has been asked repeatedly. But transformational changes in both public policy and practice have been few and far between, although increasing access to resources and opportunities for women farmers could substantially reduce the number of hungry people in the […]

Journal article

After the earthquake: gender inequality and transformation in post-disaster Haiti

25/06/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

After the earthquake: gender inequality and transformation in post-disaster Haiti

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores gender inequalities and transformations following Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake. Post-disaster experiences of women are located in a wider context of a longer term gender crisis. The paper argues that patterns of gender exclusion occur on multiple levels from the transnational to the local, and identifies gender-specific obstacles in the recovery and reconstruction […]

Briefing paper

Salt, Sugar, and Malaria Pills: How the Affordable Medicine Facility-malaria endangers public health

24/10/2012

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Affordable Medicine Facility-malaria has shown no evidence that it has saved the lives of the most vulnerable or delayed drug resistance. Rather, this global subsidy has incentivised medicine sales without diagnosis and shown no evidence that it has served poor people. It poses a risk to public health and could skew investment away from […]

Campaign report

Growing a Better Future in Viet Nam: Expanding Rights, Voices and Choices for Small-scale Farmers

16/10/2012

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Viet Nam has an enviable record of reducing hunger and poverty: over the past 20 years poverty levels have been reduced by more than half. Many people speak of an era of new opportunities and prosperity, yet the struggle to overcome poverty, and end hunger and gender injustice is not won. With one in five […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Undertaking Research with Ethics

22/11/2012

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Any research must follow ethical principles and particular care must be taken when it involves people as participants or is likely to impact directly upon them. This section sets out the minimum ethical standards required in all research conducted or commissioned by Oxfam GB. When context-specific and/or more detailed guidance is provided by Oxfam or […]

Journal article

Global priorities against local context: protecting Bhutanese refugee children in Nepal

01/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores how the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) global priorities and strategies for refugee girls and boys are applied in long-term Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal. It examines UNHCR’s interventions to prevent and respond to child protection issues, including separation from parents and caregivers, and early marriage. These are compared with […]

Journal article

Islam and development practice: HIV/AIDS in South Africa

01/08/2012

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The role of religion in development is often neglected, whether this refers to the faith of intended beneficiaries, provides staff and volunteers with a motivation for involvement in development practice or influences the design and implementation of projects. This paper examines how Islam provides guidance for development practice, with a focus on addressing HIV/AIDS, using […]

Showing 431 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Towards Durable Solutions for Displaced Ivoirians

11/10/2011

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Six months after the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo and the end of major post-electoral conflict in Cote d’Ivoire, Oxfam International, CARE International, and the Danish Refugee Council have launched a report outlining the key remaining humanitarian and protection needs in the west of the country – the area worst affected by violence. Based on interviews […]

Briefing note

Power to the People? Reactions to the EU’s response to the Arab Spring

14/11/2011

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In response to the Arab Spring the EU has promised to shift away from business as usual to ensure that support for human rights and democracy are central to its cooperation policy with the Arab neighbourhood. Enabling civil society to function and advocate for citizen’s priorities and rights and hold governments and donors to account […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Best Practice Guide: For community organisations working with sanctuary-seeking women in Wales

01/11/2011

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There are roughly 12,500 refugees and asylum seekers in Wales. Life can be extremely tough for sanctuary seeking women. Many are forced to flee their homes because they have been subjected to serious human rights abuses related to their gender, such as rape, threats of honour killing and domestic violence. This suffering is compounded, once […]

Research report

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security

15/03/2012

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The question of ‘what changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security?’ has been asked repeatedly. But transformational changes in both public policy and practice have been few and far between, although increasing access to resources and opportunities for women farmers could substantially reduce the number of hungry people in the […]

Journal article

After the earthquake: gender inequality and transformation in post-disaster Haiti

25/06/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

After the earthquake: gender inequality and transformation in post-disaster Haiti

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores gender inequalities and transformations following Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake. Post-disaster experiences of women are located in a wider context of a longer term gender crisis. The paper argues that patterns of gender exclusion occur on multiple levels from the transnational to the local, and identifies gender-specific obstacles in the recovery and reconstruction […]

Briefing paper

Salt, Sugar, and Malaria Pills: How the Affordable Medicine Facility-malaria endangers public health

24/10/2012

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Affordable Medicine Facility-malaria has shown no evidence that it has saved the lives of the most vulnerable or delayed drug resistance. Rather, this global subsidy has incentivised medicine sales without diagnosis and shown no evidence that it has served poor people. It poses a risk to public health and could skew investment away from […]

Campaign report

Growing a Better Future in Viet Nam: Expanding Rights, Voices and Choices for Small-scale Farmers

16/10/2012

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Viet Nam has an enviable record of reducing hunger and poverty: over the past 20 years poverty levels have been reduced by more than half. Many people speak of an era of new opportunities and prosperity, yet the struggle to overcome poverty, and end hunger and gender injustice is not won. With one in five […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Undertaking Research with Ethics

22/11/2012

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Any research must follow ethical principles and particular care must be taken when it involves people as participants or is likely to impact directly upon them. This section sets out the minimum ethical standards required in all research conducted or commissioned by Oxfam GB. When context-specific and/or more detailed guidance is provided by Oxfam or […]

Journal article

Global priorities against local context: protecting Bhutanese refugee children in Nepal

01/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores how the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) global priorities and strategies for refugee girls and boys are applied in long-term Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal. It examines UNHCR’s interventions to prevent and respond to child protection issues, including separation from parents and caregivers, and early marriage. These are compared with […]

Journal article

Islam and development practice: HIV/AIDS in South Africa

01/08/2012

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The role of religion in development is often neglected, whether this refers to the faith of intended beneficiaries, provides staff and volunteers with a motivation for involvement in development practice or influences the design and implementation of projects. This paper examines how Islam provides guidance for development practice, with a focus on addressing HIV/AIDS, using […]

Showing 431 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Towards Durable Solutions for Displaced Ivoirians

11/10/2011

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Six months after the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo and the end of major post-electoral conflict in Cote d’Ivoire, Oxfam International, CARE International, and the Danish Refugee Council have launched a report outlining the key remaining humanitarian and protection needs in the west of the country – the area worst affected by violence. Based on interviews […]

Briefing note

Power to the People? Reactions to the EU’s response to the Arab Spring

14/11/2011

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In response to the Arab Spring the EU has promised to shift away from business as usual to ensure that support for human rights and democracy are central to its cooperation policy with the Arab neighbourhood. Enabling civil society to function and advocate for citizen’s priorities and rights and hold governments and donors to account […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Best Practice Guide: For community organisations working with sanctuary-seeking women in Wales

01/11/2011

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

There are roughly 12,500 refugees and asylum seekers in Wales. Life can be extremely tough for sanctuary seeking women. Many are forced to flee their homes because they have been subjected to serious human rights abuses related to their gender, such as rape, threats of honour killing and domestic violence. This suffering is compounded, once […]

Research report

What Works for Women: Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security

15/03/2012

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The question of ‘what changes do we need to empower women smallholders and achieve food security?’ has been asked repeatedly. But transformational changes in both public policy and practice have been few and far between, although increasing access to resources and opportunities for women farmers could substantially reduce the number of hungry people in the […]

Journal article

After the earthquake: gender inequality and transformation in post-disaster Haiti

25/06/2012

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

After the earthquake: gender inequality and transformation in post-disaster Haiti

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores gender inequalities and transformations following Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake. Post-disaster experiences of women are located in a wider context of a longer term gender crisis. The paper argues that patterns of gender exclusion occur on multiple levels from the transnational to the local, and identifies gender-specific obstacles in the recovery and reconstruction […]

Briefing paper

Salt, Sugar, and Malaria Pills: How the Affordable Medicine Facility-malaria endangers public health

24/10/2012

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Affordable Medicine Facility-malaria has shown no evidence that it has saved the lives of the most vulnerable or delayed drug resistance. Rather, this global subsidy has incentivised medicine sales without diagnosis and shown no evidence that it has served poor people. It poses a risk to public health and could skew investment away from […]

Campaign report

Growing a Better Future in Viet Nam: Expanding Rights, Voices and Choices for Small-scale Farmers

16/10/2012

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Viet Nam has an enviable record of reducing hunger and poverty: over the past 20 years poverty levels have been reduced by more than half. Many people speak of an era of new opportunities and prosperity, yet the struggle to overcome poverty, and end hunger and gender injustice is not won. With one in five […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Undertaking Research with Ethics

22/11/2012

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Any research must follow ethical principles and particular care must be taken when it involves people as participants or is likely to impact directly upon them. This section sets out the minimum ethical standards required in all research conducted or commissioned by Oxfam GB. When context-specific and/or more detailed guidance is provided by Oxfam or […]

Journal article

Global priorities against local context: protecting Bhutanese refugee children in Nepal

01/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores how the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) global priorities and strategies for refugee girls and boys are applied in long-term Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal. It examines UNHCR’s interventions to prevent and respond to child protection issues, including separation from parents and caregivers, and early marriage. These are compared with […]

Journal article

Islam and development practice: HIV/AIDS in South Africa

01/08/2012

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The role of religion in development is often neglected, whether this refers to the faith of intended beneficiaries, provides staff and volunteers with a motivation for involvement in development practice or influences the design and implementation of projects. This paper examines how Islam provides guidance for development practice, with a focus on addressing HIV/AIDS, using […]