Humanitarian Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Research report

Emergency Response Fund Agility: Evaluating a locally led humanitarian funding model

20/08/2026

2 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Emergency Response Fund Agility pilot (2021–2025) tested a locally led, rapid-response funding model in Bangladesh, Puerto Rico, and Uganda. The initiative demonstrated that quality, flexible funding—managed by local consortia—can, according to local actors themselves, deliver fast, inclusive, and cost-effective humanitarian aid. The ERF Agility highlights the need for donors to invest in scalable, locally […]

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Evaluation report

Exit Evaluation of Oxfam’s Program in Puerto Rico

20/08/2026

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

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This exit evaluation examines Oxfam’s Puerto Rico program from its launch following Hurricane María in 2017 through its closure, assessing the experience through the lenses of local humanitarian leadership and feminist principles. Over seven years, Oxfam worked with more than 20 Puerto Rican organizations on humanitarian response, gender justice, energy and climate resilience, and policy […]

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Case study

Operationalising Humanitarian Complementarity and the Evolving Roles of INGOs: Oxfam’s support to local leadership and a feminist response in Ukraine

10/08/2026

1 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

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This learning note explores the evolution of Oxfam’s role in the Ukraine crisis response ecosystem. It focuses on the strategic analysis and policy implications of Oxfam’s journey in the Ukraine crisis response. The analysis of Oxfam’s experience provides critical learning on how international NGOs can think through their complementary role and added value. It demonstrates […]

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Case study

Building Trust through Digital Innovation: Supporting community-led action through group cash transfers in Lebanon

06/08/2026

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Group Cash Transfers (GCTs) provide unrestricted cash grants to unregistered, emerging, or self-mobilising community groups, enabling them to design and implement projects that respond to the priorities of crisis-affected communities. Building on Oxfam’s GCT approach in Lebanon, this case study explores the development of a digital platform designed specifically for community groups. The platform provides […]

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Briefing note

Seven Ways the Water Crisis in Gaza is Hurting Women

15/07/2026

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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This briefing note examines the gendered impacts of the collapse of water, sanitation and hygiene services in Gaza. Drawing on interviews with 21 displaced women and girls from across the Gaza Strip, alongside a review of humanitarian evidence, it documents how severe water shortages are affecting women’s health, safety and daily survival. The note identifies […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Unseen Hunger: Data, tools and insights for better food security analysis and response

15/07/2026

1 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents findings from an Oxfam-led initiative designed to address pervasive “gender blindness” within the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) framework. Through mixed-method pilots in Lebanon and South Sudan, the research confirms that traditional household-level assessments routinely mask severe intra-household disparities. Key findings demonstrate that women and girls disproportionately absorb food scarcity through […]

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Briefing note

Locally Led Humanitarian Response Networks

14/07/2026

4 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Locally led humanitarian response networks are transforming aid by centring national, local, and community leadership to deliver faster, more relevant humanitarian assistance across complex crises. This learning brief shares practical approaches and insights from four networks in Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar and Somalia, showing how diverse locally led response networks coordinate, share capacity, and mobilise resources […]

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Briefing note

Local Humanitarian Leadership in Conflict Settings: Insights from civil society actors

01/07/2026

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Civil society organisations play critical roles in implementing and leading humanitarian responses, yet persistent barriers continue to limit their ability to shape inclusive responses on their own terms – particularly in restrictive, conflict-affected contexts. This learning brief examines how civil society organisations operate in conflict settings, and how international actors can more effectively support local […]

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Briefing paper

A Presidency Grounded in EU Values: Oxfam’s recommendations for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

24/06/2026

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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Ireland will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union at a moment of profound consequence, as citizens across the world face escalating conflict, the climate crisis, geopolitical uncertainty and threats to democracy itself.    The Presidency comes at a particularly important time as the EU advances negotiations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the future Global Europe instrument, the Tax Omnibus, […]

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Discussion paper

A More Feminist, Decolonial Approach to Humanitarian Aid

17/06/2026

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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This discussion paper explores how Scotland can contribute to addressing global challenges. It focuses on the actions the Scottish Government can take to continuously evolve its humanitarian response by further embedding a feminist, decolonial and locally-led approach during a global humanitarian funding crisis.

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