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As the globe tackles Coronavirus, this blog is highlighting the challenges of those affected and the systemic changes needed.

Cash on the move: Supporting Venezuelan migrants in Colombia

Corrie Sissons and Jenny Patricia Gallego Munoz

August 28th, 2019 Cash transfers, Refugees and IDPs

An unfolding crisis in Colombia As you walk across the Simon Bolivar bridge from Venezuela to Colombia’s Norte De Santander region it’s hard not to be overwhelmed by the sheer …

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A street vendor at work in one of the markets in Gaza city. Photo: Lorenzo Tugnoli/ Oxfam/ Contrast

Constant crisis: The new normal for market analysis?

Corrie Sissons and Daniel Pasquini

November 5th, 2018 Cash transfers, Climate Change, Food & livelihoods

Climate change and ongoing conflicts have made Pre-Crisis Market Analysis (PCMA) an essential feature of Oxfam’s humanitarian work. Corrie Sissons and Daniel Pasquini share how PCMA exercises have helped Oxfam …

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A market stall at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Credit: Corrie Sissons, Oxfam

Reaching refugees and boosting small businesses in Bangladesh

Corrie Sissons

December 19th, 2017 Emergency, Food & livelihoods, Humanitarian, Refugees and IDPs

By providing emergency cash or vouchers Oxfam can help people in crisis to get desperately needed food and other items, while boosting local businesses at the same time. Corrie Sissons …

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Women and children arrive in the small host community in Panyijar county. They walked for 5 or 6 days before getting to their current location. The community is sharing all its food with new arrivals. They survive off fish and water lillies. Credit: Bruno Bierrenbach Feder/Oxfam

South Sudan: though famine has ceased hunger has spread

Corrie Sissons

July 11th, 2017 Conflict, General, Humanitarian

As war torn South Sudan reaches its sixth birthday is there any cause for celebration? Tragically not much, as Corrie Sissons explains. Although there is no longer a technical ‘famine,’ …

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The value of vouchers: Innovation and empowerment in Iraq

Corrie Sissons

March 23rd, 2017 ICT4D, Protection

Corrie Sissons introduces a new e-voucher technology helping to meet the unique needs of households living through the Iraq crisis. The changing nature of humanitarian crises in a modern world …

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Female Cash for Work Beneficiaries in Housseini Village, Iraq. Credit: Oxfam

CLARA: How a livelihoods and risk assessment tool is supporting women’s economic empowerment

Corrie Sissons

October 6th, 2016 Gender, Gender & Development Journal, Refugees and IDPs, Women's Economic Empowerment

There are more than 3.3 million displaced people in Iraq. Women and girls, and their ability to participate in livelihoods, have been particularly affected by this displacement. In this blog …

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Iraq: preparing for a predictable crisis

Corrie Sissons

April 13th, 2016 Conflict, Emergencies, Humanitarian, Innovation

LEARNING: The Iraqi army’s planned and ongoing counter-offensive against ISIS is likely to lead to the displacement of between 500,000 and 1.5 million people from the city of Mosul and …

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