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Gender Justice in Resilient Development: Sharing programme learning from Africa, South Asia and Central America

22/01/2019

3 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Oxfam defines resilience as ‘the ability of women and men to realize their rights and improve their wellbeing despite shocks, stresses and uncertainty’. The Oxfam Framework for Resilient Development recognizes that the contexts we work in are increasingly characterized by natural and human-made risks, widening inequalities, rapid demographic change, and more frequent environmental and weather-related […]

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Evaluation report

Using Community-Centred Approaches to Build Resilience at Scale

28/08/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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This Evidence Brief synthesises evidence of how Oxfam is working to support community-centred approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, delivering outcomes for people who are at risk from disasters and climate change. It highlights how such efforts have improved accountability between communities and governments to achieve impacts beyond the local level, influencing […]

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Evaluation report

Using Climate and Disaster Risk Information to Build Resilience

28/08/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Climate and disaster risk information are important tools for resilient development. Combining such information with participatory analysis and planning can create effective early warning systems, and inform forward-looking decision making at household and community levels. Through its programmes, Oxfam has built links with government agencies and local non-government organizations (NGOs) to ensure that information related to […]

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Evaluation report

Building Resilience Through Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships

28/08/2018

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Partnerships are at the core of Oxfam’s work to bring about sustainable and transformative change. Oxfam is working in partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector to build the resilience of poor women and men in the Asia-Pacific region. Investment in these partnerships is delivering positive impact, ensuring locally relevant and innovative approaches to […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Resilience: A companion guide

19/06/2018

3 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This companion guide complements Oxfam’s Framework for Resilient Development, The Future is a Choice. It provides practical guidance on how to design and implement resilience-sensitive monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) systems in interventions that aim to strengthen resilience. The guide focuses on how to assess progress on enhancing resilience capacities and resilient development. It provides practitioners […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Gender Justice in Resilience: Enabling the full performance of the system

07/11/2017

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Gender-based inequality is one of the main barriers to achieving resilience for communities or societies. Gender inequality limits the way women and girls, men and boys are able to respond to and manage change. This guide is designed to help development practitioners understand the importance and implications of gender mainstreaming for humanitarian, development and campaign-based […]

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Research report

The Power of Ownership: Transforming US foreign assistance

11/11/2016

1 documents

124 pages long

Languages: English

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US foreign assistance is a valuable tool for achieving a more stable and prosperous world. The US government spends less than 1 percent of its budget on foreign assistance. Despite this small investment, it’s one of the best value-for-money investments in support of strengthening US national security, providing new economic opportunities, and fighting extreme poverty. […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

The Future is a Choice: The Oxfam Framework and Guidance for Resilient Development

12/04/2016

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This guide provides a framework for Oxfam staff to design programmes and campaigns that contribute to resilient development. Oxfam defines resilience as ‘the ability of women and men to realize their rights and improve their well-being despite shocks, stresses and uncertainty’. Our governance-based approach to enhancing resilient development addresses the impacts of shocks, stresses and […]

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