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Civil society-led Emergency Preparedness for Women with Disabilities in Gaza

25/01/2017

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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Gaza has long been a place of desperate need, with huge challenges in all areas of civic life. Devastating escalations in violence not only destroy lives and infrastructure, but also hope and aspiration. In the midst of this, the most marginalized people are often ignored or forgotten. As part of the Within and Without the […]

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Preventing Cattle Raiding Violence in South Sudan: Local level peace building focusing on young people

04/08/2016

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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Within and Without the State (WWS), a programme funded by the UK Department for International Development, has been working in South Sudan since 2012 to improve the relationship between citizen and state. This case study describes the efforts of Community Empowerment and Progress Organization, a WWS partner, to work with young people in cattle raiding […]

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Oxfam’s Work in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts: Learning event Bangkok February 8-12, 2016

21/07/2016

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20 pages long

Languages: English

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A third of the world’s poorest, most vulnerable and marginalized people are thought to live in fragile and conflict-affected countries. Oxfam’s work in these countries aims to address their needs, but we recognize the importance of finding different ways to do this in these challenging contexts. In these environments, conflict is often violent, protracted and […]

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Case study

Building Dialogue Between Citizens and the State: Six factors contributing to change in the Within and Without the State programme in DRC

08/06/2016

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study reflects on progress of Oxfam’s Within and Without the State (WWS) programme in the Équateur Province of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a visit by the WWS Programme Coordinator in March 2016. Despite the project being relatively new in DRC, signs of change are already being seen. This case study outlines six key contributing factors to […]

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Case study

Inclusive Partner Selection in South Sudan:The process of selecting partners in a participatory way in South Sudan

19/01/2016

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10 pages long

Languages: English

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Within and Without the State in South Sudan chose deliberately to include a wide range of people and groups in the process of selecting its partners, so that civil society groups would remain engaged with the programme even if they were not selected as implementing partners.

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Six Lessons from the Within and Without the State Programme in South Sudan

02/07/2015

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11 pages long

Languages: English

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Since 2012, Within and Without the State (WWS) has been working in South Sudan to improve the relationship between citizen and state, mainly using the ‘social contract’ model. Richard Chilvers, learning and communications officer for WWS, recently visited and identified six lessons on how to support positive change in gender equality, peacebuilding and working with the state.

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Fostering Community Change in the West Bank

06/10/2014

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14 pages long

Languages: English

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In OPTI, WWS has been working in Gaza to strengthen civil society organizations (CSOs) to engage with power-holders to claim their rights, and has conducted a process of ‘action research’ in Gaza, West Bank, and Israel. Between April 2010 and September 2012, WWS co-funded (with the EU’s Non-State Actors funding stream) the ‘Fostering Community Change’ […]

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Building a Social Contract in South Sudan

06/10/2014

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15 pages long

Languages: English

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In South Sudan, WWS is working to strengthen civil society and to facilitate its engagement with those in positions of authority at all levels of governance, using the model of the social contract. The social contract model promotes constructive engagement between citizens and state; encourages both parties to respect each other’s rights and fulfil their […]

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Action Research in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

06/10/2014

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper reflects Oxfam’s experience of commissioning and managing action research in OPTI. Action research is a process of enquiry conducted by citizens and members of affected communities, rather than by trained researchers. Civil society in OPTI has limited space for operation. Oxfam therefore identified action research as a potentially effective model of community empowerment […]

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Case study

Making the Impossible Possible: An overview of governance programming in fragile contexts

06/10/2014

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13 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam has been working in fragile contexts for many years, responding to humanitarian need and delivering services in places where the government is unable or unwilling to do so. Oxfam has recognised we must also address the issue of governance. Failures of governance are usually failures of power-holders in the state to enable citizens to […]

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