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Transforming Power to Put Women at the Heart of Peacebuilding: Introduction

21/09/2020

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18 pages long

Languages: English

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Peace and security for women and other marginalized groups cannot be achieved if it is defined exclusively within the frame of war and militarism. Feminist peace and security addresses insecurity before, during and after conflict and understands violence as something that spans from the home to international fora. The essays in this collection challenge us […]

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Feminist Peace and Security in Africa

21/09/2020

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19 pages long

Languages: English

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Helen Kezie-Nwoha uses a post-colonial and feminist lens to deconstruct why the African continent has continued to be a site for conflict in the 21st century. Long-running wars have had devastating impacts on populations, and particularly on women, young women and girls. She argues that most of the conflicts can be blamed on the nature […]

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Feminist Peace and Security in the Middle East and North Africa

21/09/2020

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22 pages long

Languages: English

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In her essay, Zeynep Kaya observes the tensions within the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the Middle East and North Africa region. Given that the agenda emerged from UNSCR 1325, the framework and structures cannot help but replicate the ‘hard power’ and agendas of the member states. Kaya identifies that the UN Security […]

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Feminist Peace and Security in the Pacific Islands

21/09/2020

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24 pages long

Languages: English

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Alisia Evans and Sharon Bhagwan Rolls use a feminist analysis of Pacific regional Women, Peace and Security (WPS) mechanisms to highlight Pacific feminist peacebuilders’ efforts to localize regional peace and security policies through gender-transformative peacebuilding practices. Their essay shows how Pacific peacebuilding networks operate through traditional and customary systems and engage with faith leaders in […]

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Feminist Futures: Caring for people, caring for justice and rights

14/09/2020

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23 pages long

Languages: English

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In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities around the world are weighing the many possible answers to the questions of ‘how did we arrive here?’, ‘what comes after COVID-19?’ and ‘what kind of society do we want to build after this global shock?’ The pandemic has been so extraordinary in nature that in order to […]

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Youth Leadership, Engagement and Participation: Theory of change

28/08/2020

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11 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Young people have tremendous potential to be both present and future drivers of inclusive sustainable development. In recognition of this potential and the power of collective action, Oxfam has developed a theory of change to explore what needs to happen so that young people, institutions and communities can create equitable, transformative and sustainable change together. […]

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Removing Carbon Now: How can companies and individuals fund negative emissions technologies in a safe and effective way to help solve the climate crisis?

19/08/2020

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20 pages long

Languages: English

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Carbon removals are an important part of the solution of the climate crisis, hundreds of gigatons of CO2 will likely need to be removed from the atmosphere this century with the help of a wide range of negative emission technologies. This paper sets out to answer which negative emissions techniques are available on the market […]

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COVID-19 and Key Human Rights Principles in Practice: State obligations and business’ responsibilities in responding to the pandemic

07/08/2020

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48 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating existing human rights violations, and enabling others. However, it is also stimulating opportunities to further the human rights agenda. A robust framing is needed to hold duty bearers to account, and to help governments and communities to build back better. This paper provides an overview of the issues through the […]

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Finding Britain’s Role in a Changing World: Building a values-based foreign policy

03/03/2020

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60 pages long

Languages: English

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The United Kingdom is preparing for its post-Brexit place in the world at a time when the principles of liberal democracy and the rules-based world order are being challenged. In a fast-changing world with new powers rising, old institutions struggling and future challenges emerging, a strong values-based foreign policy is essential. This calls for bold, […]

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Accountable Governance and Resilient Development: Thinking and acting for transformative change

01/02/2020

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24 pages long

Languages: English

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This iterative learning inquiry was undertaken to help development actors better understand formal and informal accountable governance structures in resilient development including how resilient development programming contributes to transformative and systems-level change. Four emerging themes were identified as part of the research: accountable governance; systems; transformative change; and partnerships. Between them they paint a picture of […]

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