Resilience Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Case study

Group Cash Transfers in Yemen: Local solutions, lasting impact

09/09/2026

1 documents

18 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 locally identified priorities. In Yemen’s conflict-affected Maqbanah District, Oxfam and partner Benaa Charity for Human Development (BCFHD) supported 13 community groups to lead initiatives addressing food security, women’s empowerment, WASH […]

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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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Journal article

Dancing the margins: Launda ke Naach, queer embodiment, and the praxis of Southern feminist resistance

15/06/2026

27 pages long

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Dancing the margins: Launda ke Naach, queer embodiment, and the praxis of Southern feminist resistance

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When queer liberation is curated through pride parades in metros and feminist advocacy is measured in policy briefs, what happens to resistance shaped in mud stages—by bodies that labour, bleed, and dance outside elite vocabularies? Launda ke Naach, a gender non-conforming, caste-marked dance-theatre tradition from Bhojpuri-speaking North India, resists easy placement in dominant feminist or […]

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Journal article

From local solidarities to collective voice: Women’s cooperatives and grassroots advocacy in Türkiye

15/06/2026

20 pages long

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From local solidarities to collective voice: Women’s cooperatives and grassroots advocacy in Türkiye

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This paper analyses how organising-oriented women’s cooperatives in Türkiye, founded largely by women from lower socio-economic backgrounds, have evolved into sites of grassroots advocacy where marginalised women articulate collective interests. The analysis draws on semi-structured interviews with 15 cooperatives, alongside documents from women’s cooperative meetings. Building on Bayat’s (2000, 2013) framework of quiet encroachment, and […]

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Journal article

Letter to our readers

15/06/2026

1 pages long

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This is a letter to our readers on the occasion of Gender & Development journal’s 100th Issue publication.

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Journal article

From the GADU Pack to Gender & Development issue 100

15/06/2026

4 pages long

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From the GADU Pack to Gender & Development issue 100

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This is a short piece based on the experiences of the author who was part of the journal’s journey from its inception.

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Journal article

Voices of (R)existence: Indigenous women, Instagram, and the fight against (fem)genocide in Brazil

15/06/2026

23 pages long

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Voices of (R)existence: Indigenous women, Instagram, and the fight against (fem)genocide in Brazil

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This paper examines the transformative political impact of Indigenous Brazilian women’s strategic use of Instagram as a platform for advocacy and political mobilisation. It argues that the election of Indigenous women to public office constitutes a decisive mechanism through which racist foundational laws are challenged and reconfigured within the Brazilian state. Figures such as Sônia […]

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Journal article

Transcontinental reflections of feminist advocates: Embracing plurality, embodying care, and pushing forward intersectionality

15/06/2026

17 pages long

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Transcontinental reflections of feminist advocates: Embracing plurality, embodying care, and pushing forward intersectionality

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This article presents a transcontinental dialogue between feminist advocates from Latin America and Europe, who critically reflect on the tensions, possibilities, and challenges of transnational feminist advocacy. It is based on exchanges between the two authors as participants and co-creators of concrete feminist advocacy networks, and is based on a collaborative research initiative with Indigenous […]

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Journal article

Revisiting feminist advocacy

15/06/2026

9 pages long

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This is the introduction to Gender & Development’s special issue on ‘Revisiting Feminist Advocacy’.

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Research report

Building Disaster Resilient Communities Through Women’s Leadership

05/03/2026

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

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Women in Nepal and the Philippines, along with those in other Asian countries, suffer disproportionately from disasters caused by natural hazards yet are excluded from leadership in disaster preparedness and response (DPR). Even as women make a crucial contribution to community resilience, they are hindered from DPR participation by restrictive social norms, limited financial resources, […]

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